Safeway Last updated on 30 April 2025. I took the photo you see above in Lodi, California sometime in 1994. I didn’t know it at the time, but taking that picture was the genesis of this site.

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway History Last updated on 30 April 2025. The 1940s New prototype At the dawn of the 1940s, Safeway was operating hundreds of older units in taxpayer strips or on the …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway has also drastically modified many of its original stores. In 1998, the landmark store on Market Street in San Francisco was remodeled into a super-sized post …

Apr 30, 2025 · This section consists of a narrative history of Safeway. It is currently being rewritten and new pages are being added as they are completed. There is also the original …

Jan 26, 2009 · A great photo of a 1960s Safeway in Blackfen, in southeast London, sent to me by Nic Ayling. It’s rare to find photos of UK Safeway stores from this era. He also included some …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway Stores divisions from 1932 as noted in Uno Animo, the company’s employee magazine.

Apr 30, 2025 · Kansas City is fascinating in that it was served for decades by all of the “big three” (A&P, Kroger, and Safeway) and in that all three chains pulled out in about a ten-year period …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway and Piggly Wiggly seem to have operated side by side in many districts with no distinction between the two names; the organizational structure seems to have been …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway was perhaps somewhat conservative in the move to supermarkets; A&P closed or consolidated more than half its 15000 stores during the 1930s, while Safeway’s store …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway entered the New York City area in 1941 with the purchase of the Daniel Reeves chain. At the time, Daniel Reeves had 498 locations, 215 of which were in the city. …