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Safeway
COMPANY
Supermarket chain formed 1926 by the merger of M. B. Skaggs' Skaggs Stores with the Sam Seelig Company. It was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1986. After extensive restructuring and the sale of half its stores, Safeway was made a public company again in 1990. It presently has 1,775 stores in North America, operating under the Safeway brand and a variety of lesser names including Carrs (Alaska), Casa Ley (Mexico), Dominick's (Illinois), Genuardi's (Pennsylvania), Pak 'n' Save (California), Randall's (Texas), Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy (Texas), and Vons (California). Acquired by Cerberus Capital Management in 2015.
Official Website:
http://www.safeway.com/
Industry:
Retail
Ticker:
NYSE:SWY
Corporate headquarters:
Pleasanton, CA
Sales:
$38.4B (2005)
Employees:
200,000
EXECUTIVES
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Sam Ginn |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99 |
| Henry Kravis |
Business |
6-Jan-1944 |
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Peter A. Magowan |
Business |
5-Apr-1942 |
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President, San Francisco Giants |
| George R. Roberts |
Business |
1944 |
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| M. B. Skaggs |
Business |
5-Apr-1888 |
8-May-1976 |
Founder of Safeway |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Joe Albertson |
Business |
17-Oct-1906 |
20-Jan-1993 |
Founder of Albertson's |
| Kathryn Walt Hall |
Diplomat |
1947 |
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US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001 |
| George W. Off |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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Checkpoint Systems |
| Mike Vaska |
Activist |
1960 |
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