Location: 5918 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone:(925)467-3000, (925)467-3000
Category: Grocery
Tags: Fruits & Vegetables, Grocery Stores & Supermarkets, Grocers & Supermarkets
Safeway, Inc., based in Pleasanton, California, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and drug retailer in North America. The company operates stores that provide an array of dry grocery items, food, and general merchandise, as well as features specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy, as well as coffee shops and fuel centers. As of December 29, 2007, Safeway operated approximately 1,743 stores in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba/Saskatchewan. The company also owns and operates GroceryWorks.com Operating Company, LLC, an online grocery channel, doing business under the names Safeway.com, Vons.com, and Genuardis.com; and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., which provides third-party gift cards, prepaid cards, telecom cards, and sports and entertainment cards to North American retailers for sale to retail customers. It also engages in gift card businesses in the United Kingdom and Australia, and through 49% ownership interest in Casa Ley, S.A. de C.V. operates 137 food and general merchandise stores in Western Mexico.