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Percentage of Stores with Specialty Departments
1997 1992
Floral 91% 77%
Deli 92 86
Bakery 82 71
Pharmacy 59 46
Manufacturing and Processing Facilities
U.S. Canada
Milk Plants 7 3
Bread Baking Plants 6 2
Ice Cream Plants 5 2
Cheese and Meat Packaging Plants 2 2
Soft Drink Bottling Plants 4 –
Fruit and Vegetable Processing Plants 1 3
Other Food Processing Plants 3 1
Pet Food Plant 1 –
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Total 29 13
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Corporate Profile
Safeway Inc. is the second largest food and drug retailer
in North America based on sales. As of January 3, 1998,
the company operated 1,368 stores (including 315 Vons
stores) in the Western, Southwestern, Rocky Mountain,
and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States and in
western Canada. On April 8, 1997, the company
acquired the shares of The Vons Companies, Inc. it
did not already own. In support of its stores, Safeway
has an extensive network of distribution, manufacturing
and food processing facilities.
Safeway also holds a 49% interest in Casa Ley, S.A.
de C.V., which at January 3, 1998 operated 74 food
and general merchandise stores in western Mexico.