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Safeway 3Q profit drops 35 percent on slow sales

Safeway Inc. said Thursday that falling prices and frugal shoppers drove its third-quarter profit down 35 percent.

Earnings Preview: Safeway to report 3Q Thursday

Grocery chain Safeway Inc. reports its third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments related to the period.

Safeway recalls ground beef

Safeway Inc. is recalling ground beef sold in some of its stores because of concerns it may be linked to an outbreak of salmonella.

Sales down in 2Q, Safeway lowers outlook for year

Budget-conscious shoppers and falling fuel and commodity prices took a toll on Safeway Inc. during its second quarter, and the grocery chain, which doesn't expect the picture to improve soon, lowered its earnings forecast for the full year Thursday.

Safeway: Colo. workers' contract extended again

Safeway says its unionized Colorado grocery workers have agreed to extend their labor contract again until June 26.

Safeway, workers agree to continue labor talks

With the threat of a strike looming, Safeway agreed to resume negotiations with its union workers a day after they authorized a strike, a company spokeswoman said Sunday.

Safeway 1st-quarter profit falls 25 percent

Grocery store operator Safeway Inc. said Thursday that weak consumer spending, the stronger dollar, lower fuel prices and the late Easter holiday caused its first-quarter profit to fall 25 percent.

Earnings Preview: Safeway Inc.

Grocery-store operator Safeway Inc. reports its fourth-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments related to the period.

Safeway profit edges up in Q3

Higher sales at its gas stations and upscale stores helped boost grocer Safeway Inc.'s profit nearly 3 percent in its third fiscal quarter.

Safeway 2Q profit rises, shares tumble on outlook

Higher gas sales and a boost from its more upscale stores helped grocer Safeway Inc. post slightly higher second-quarter earnings Thursday, but a downbeat outlook because of consumers cutting back sent its shares tumbling more than 10 percent.

Wie Withdraws From Safeway

Michelle Wie withdrew from the Safeway International on Friday after tweaking an injury to her left wrist during practice last week.

Safeway's 3Q Profit Rises 12 Percent

Safeway Inc.'s third-quarter profit climbed 12 percent to match analysts' projections, the latest payoff from the grocer's recent recipe of cutting labor costs while spending on store improvements to attract more shoppers.

Pet Owners Worry About Food Recall

Silviene Grzybowski became worried when her local pet store pulled the food she normally feeds her cat and posted an announcement saying it, and many other popular pet foods, had been recalled. Her cat, Smokey, hadn't been eating for days.

2 Dead, 5 Hurt in Denver Shooting Rampage

A gunman burst into a sprawling Safeway Inc. warehouse, killing one person, wounding five others and sending terrified workers fleeing the building. The attacker was later killed in a shootout with police.

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Supermarkets' Bloody Vaccination Campaign
Source: Jeff Rense Program

Safeway is not the only billion-dollar company partnered with Steve Burd in this sinister flu scam and agenda for Health Care Reform. Costco is also offering flu vaccine specials this Fall.

Mr. Burd Goes to Washington
Source: Wall Street Journal

As most of corporate America sits on the health-care sidelines -- issuing vague statements, trying not to offend a new U.S. president -- Steve Burd has charged into the political debate. By the end of his trip to DC, the Safeway CEO will have told all 100 U.S.

How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
Source: Wall Street Journal

At Safeway we believe that well-designed health-care reform, utilizing market-based solutions, can ultimately reduce our nation's health-care bill by 40%. The key to achieving these savings is health-care plans that reward healthy behavior.

Laundry soap thwarts Everett robbery suspect - Witnesses stop a possible purse snatcher with grit and a wallop of detergent
Source: heraldnet.com

EVERETT --- It took a jug of laundry detergent to stop an Everett purse snatcher. After grabbing a handicapped woman's handbag in a Safeway parking lot last month, a bystander smacked the would-be robber over the head with a plastic bottle of liquid laundry soap.

Explosion at We Energies coal facility injures 6
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Six workers were injured, including four who were initially reported in critical condition, in an explosion about 11 a.m. today at the We Energies plant in Oak Creek.

Woolies shelves Safeway brand
Source: theage.com.au

MORE than four decades after Safeway supermarkets first opened their doors in Victoria, its owner Woolworths has decided to scrap the name.

Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings
Source: The New York Times

Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation's biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource.

Safeway Sold on Solar
Source: TreeHugger

North America's second-largest supermarket chain has embraced the power of the sun by installing a solar-panel array atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store in Dublin, California.

Deadly Strain of E.Coli found in Ground Beef
Source: CBC

Officials are warning people not to eat a number of fresh and frozen ground beef products sold at Canada Safeway and independent grocery stores because they may be contaminated with a potentially deadly strain of E. coli bacteria.

Biodiesel Available at Seattle Safeway
Source: The Seattle Times

...Safeway's entrance into the market marks the first time such a prominent chain has taken the plunge into alternative fuels, another indication that the demand is growing.

Safeway milk free of bovine hormone
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Got milk? Safeway does, but it doesn't have a controversial artificial growth hormone anymore. The grocer chain said milk suppliers for the grocer's Northwest processing plants have stopped using recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH.

Wine Library TV » Blog Archive » Episode #32 - California red wines. Gary Vaynerchuk jumps in!
Source: tv.winelibrary.com

Ouch! The local Safeway store wines go down in flames (as well the should) but three cheers for Ponzi Cab.

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