: For the company ( later renamed Safeway plc ) that bought Safeway UK during the 1980s, see Argyll Foods.

The merger of Argyll and Safeway was hailed by commentators as one of the most successfully integrated retail combinations in the UK, bringing together Argyll's experienced management team with a strong but somewhat underdeveloped retail brand.

In 2002, Safeway was the fourth largest supermarket chain by sales in the UK.

The store conversion process was completed on 24 November 2005 when the last Safeway fascia disappeared from the UK.

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* Safeway Stores ( Ireland ), a Northern Ireland-based joint venture between the UK Safeway plc and Fitzwilton Group, now part of Asda

This was to distinguish from larger Wellworths stores which were acquired by Safeway Stores ( Ireland ), a joint venture between Fitzwilton and Safeway ( UK ).

A Somerfield ( former Safeway ( UK ) | Safeway ) in Oakwood, Leeds | Oakwood, Leeds

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It was also the first Fairtrade coffee brand to carry the Fairtrade Mark in the UK and the first Fairtrade product to be sold in supermarkets such as Co-op and Safeway.

Pendeford also has a large Morrisons ( previously Safeway ( UK )) supermarket which, several smaller shops which include the Elle Louise clothes store, Sally's Beauty Accessories, Home and Motorsave and Martins ( previously Dillons and before that Preedy ).

These include Smith's, Kroger and Safeway ( each through both its own name and many of its regional chain names ), Albertsons, Winn-Dixie, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Giant Eagle, Tops, and CVS / pharmacy.

J Sainsbury plc, Asda, KKR ( the company which sold Safeway to Argyll in 1986 ), Trackdean Investments Limited ( controlled by Philip Green, owner of BHS and Arcadia ), and Tesco all said they were considering making offers.

In 1944 – 45, the 30-minute Tonight at Hoagy's aired on Mutual Sunday nights at 8: 30 pm ( Pacific time ), sponsored by Safeway supermarkets.

It passes close to Tollerton Airfield and a large Morrisons ( former Safeway ), and crosses the Grantham Canal meeting the former route ( A6011 ) at a busy roundabout near the Bridge pub.

There is a Safeway supermarket, three hairdressing salons, a travel agency, a building design ( drafting ) service, a pharmacy, a butcher, a dry cleaner, three bakeries, a newsagency, a cinema, a few fast food outlets, restaurants, a Centrelink office, a pub and a few bars / lounges, two banks ( the Commonwealth Bank and the Bendigo Bank ), two tattoo studios, as well as a public library.

A Safeway supermarket, a Peoples Drug ( now known as CVS pharmacy ), beauty salon, barber shop, bank, bakery, liquor store, florist, dry cleaner, post office, upscale shops, and high-end restaurant took up residency in the retail space on the ground floor in November 1966.

Starting in the 1980s, these independents themselves were overtaken by family chains Genuardi's ( later acquired by Safeway and soon to be defunct ) and Clemens ( now defunct ) along with Giant-Carlisle and Giant-Landover in newer suburbs, and modernized Acme, Super Fresh ( A & P ), and Pathmark stores in the city and older suburbs not long after.

A 1991 built Morrisons ( originally Safeway ) exists on the eastern edge of the town centre and the original Safeway on Kirk Road ( previously a William Low supermarket ), about from the new store, was a small market style mall and hosted various stalls and a café, however this mall closed on March 2009 and has been converted back to its supermarket form into B & M Bargains discount store.

After a period of several years in which KKR explored merger possibilities with Safeway ( which it also controlled at the time ), Stop & Shop

It is the third-largest food retailing company in the United States ( after Kroger and Safeway ), and ranks # 51 on the Fortune 100 list.

Magowan's maternal grandfather was Charles Merrill ( 1885 – 1956 ), co-founder of Merrill Lynch & Company and instrumental in the formation of Safeway.

Magowan's father, Robert Anderson Magowan, was chairman and CEO of Safeway ; Magowan's mother, Doris Merrill Magowan ( 1914 – 2001 ), was a prominent San Francisco philanthropist.

* Safeway ( Australia ) a defunct supermarket chain of the Australian company Woolworths Limited, formerly a subsidiary of the American company

The ground was built when now defunct Airdrieonians ' previous home, Broomfield Park, was sold to supermarket chain Safeway, who were given permission to build a new store on the site.

Other Manchester locations included Victoria Railway Station, St Peter's Square, Old Trafford, the Arndale Centre, University of Salford, the Ramada Hotel and the Safeway supermarket in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Although Webvan failed in its goal of disintermediating the North America n supermarket industry, several supermarket chains ( like Safeway Inc. ) have launched their own delivery services to target the niche market to which Webvan catered.

Sydenham is also home to a Co-operative, originally Safeway, more recently Somerfield supermarket on Sydenham Road.

The attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and the murders of chief judge for the U. S. District Court for Arizona, John Roll, and five other people on January 8, 2011, occurred at a Safeway supermarket in Casas Adobes.

When opened in February – March 1960, it included a Safeway supermarket and Kress ( later McCrory's ) variety store, the first in the Washington, D. C. area.

The Safeway closed in October 2009 and has been sub-leased to an Asian supermarket, which opened in December 2009.

In January 2011, Jim McCullar bought his half of a $ 380 million Mega Millions lottery ticket at a Safeway supermarket in Ephrata.

A Safeway supermarket in Walworth, South East London, in 2003

Argyll then began converting the larger Presto superstores to the Safeway brand, a notable example being the Presto supermarket in Sedgley, West Midlands, which had only opened in 1987, becoming a Safeway in 1989.

Safeway was the first of the large supermarket groups to introduce a loyalty card, which it launched in 1995 and called ABC ( Added Bonus Card ).

A larger Safeway supermarket in Bude, Cornwall.

Further to this policy decision, it was announced in late 2004 that the 114 smaller Safeway Compact stores were to be sold off to rival supermarket chain Somerfield in a two-part deal worth £ 260. 2 million in total.

She became a locum pharmacist in 1982 before joining Safeway as a supermarket pharmacy manager in 1992, and joined Tesco in the same position in 1999 where she remained until her election to the House of Commons.

The first floor fronting Kirkintilloch Road contained commercial offices, with its first anchor tenant as a district council office, twelve retail units, and a Morrisons ( formerly Safeway ) supermarket in 1991.

Although Webvan failed in its goal of disintermediating the North America n supermarket industry, several supermarket chains ( like Safeway Inc. ) have launched their own delivery services to target the niche market to which Webvan catered.

Tesco acquired the Safeway store, Wilkinson took over the former Somerfield store and the former Co-op superstore was subdivided into a number of units which provided the town with a new main post office, Morrisons supermarket and Store Twenty One clothing store.

The two new supermarkets will bring more choice for the residents of Peterlee and the surrounding villages as ASDA is the only large supermarket in Peterlee since Safeway closed in 2005 and the nearest other supermarkets such Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons are in Hartlepool.

The ground was sold to the former supermarket chain Safeway ( now Sainsbury's ) and the search was started for a new location.