Safeway (Canada)
Canadian supermarket chain owned by Empire Company Limited / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the supermarket chain in Canada. For other retail establishments of the same name, see Safeway (disambiguation).
Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain of 135 full service supermarket stores mostly operating in the western provinces in Canada. It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold in 2013 to Canada's second-largest supermarket chain, Sobeys, a division of the conglomerate Empire Company.[1] Independent since 2013 from the American company (owned by Albertsons) it continues to use the same Safeway name and logo as of May 2023.[2]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1929 |
Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Michael B. Medline, President & CEO |
Owner | Empire Company |
Parent | Safeway Inc. (1929–2013) Sobeys Inc. (2013–present) |
Website | safeway |
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It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada.[3]