Safeway Limited is a British groceries brand, and former chain of supermarkets and convenience shops. The British Safeway was founded in 1962 by the American Safeway Inc., before being sold to Argyll Foods in 1987. It was later listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was purchased by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons, with others being sold. Safeway-branded shops disappeared from the United Kingdom on 24 November 2005.
A Safeway supermarket in Walworth in 2003
A larger Safeway supermarket in Bude, Cornwall in 2005, after the purchase of the chain by Morrisons.
The same building in 2016, now as a branch of Morrisons.
Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and features a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and fuel centers. It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The subsidiary is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Safeway headquarters in Pleasanton, California, United States
Safeway Stores 1955 Specimen Stock certificate
A "marina-style" Safeway in Hamilton, Montana, built in 1962. This still-operating store keeps the Marina design, but the red letters have been replaced with the current logo.
A Safeway store design from the 1970s, in San Jose, California, August 2005.
