Nov 13, 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 (and somewhat …

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 · 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 starting in the …

Oct 1, 2025 · Offsite links It doesn’t really get much better than Rob Ketcherside’s writings about Seattle history in general and Seattle grocery history in particular: Ba-kground: Grocery Archives The …

Nov 13, 2025 · Safeway crossed the $2 billion national sales mark in 1957, with 1958 stores in operation. Robert Magowan succeeded Ling Warren as Safeway’s president in 1955, much to the …

Apr 30, 2025 · This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Little Rock and North Little Rock between 1925 and 2021, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other …

Nov 13, 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 count …

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

May 14, 2025 · This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Denver between 1927 and 1984, compiled from city directories, telephone books, and other sources. There …

Jul 2, 2025 · This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Los Angeles (including some San Fernando Valley locations) between 1932 and 1944, compiled from city …