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Safeway – Groceteria. com 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
Safeway History – Groceteria. com 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 incomplete and inaccurate) version of the history from the early years of this site It will be removed when the new pages are complete Photos and other material will also be added, so as long as this notice
Safeway History – Page 4 – Groceteria. com 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 relief of many store managers who believed that 20 years was enough and that Warren’s ideas were wearing thin
Kansas City Area – Groceteria. com 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 late 1970s After this, KC was left with one local chain on the way down (Milgram) and a collection of independents, franchises, and co-ops Except for the presence of limited assortment chains
Phoenix Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1925-1980 Safeway purchased the ten-year-old Pay’n Takit chain in 1928 and used the brand in other regions during the 1930s It was Safeway’s only brand in Phoenix until 1939, when the stores were rebranded as Safeway
Denver Chain Grocery Supermarket Locations, 1927-1984 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 may be some omissions due to incomplete or missing data, etc and I welcome suggestions and corrections Please read about my methodology for more information about what I do and do not include Notes The original
Seattle and King County – Groceteria. com 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 grocery revolution reaches Broadway Ice cream, beer, and the Montlake Drive-In Public Market Piggly Wiggly on Broadway Broadway Market v1 0, created by a developer, a lawyer, and a saloon owner Capitol
Safeway History – Page 2 – Groceteria. com 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 dropped by only about a quarter The first Safeway supermarket units were also somewhat smaller than those of some competitors
Groceteria. com – Exploring chain supermarket history What’s it all about? Groceteria com is a site about the history of American and Canadian urban chain supermarkets, from the 1920s through the present, with an emphasis on spatial history (buildings and locations) Explore the site… What’s new?
Vons – Groceteria. com Vons purchased many stores from Safeway in 1988, giving Safeway a stake in the company Safeway acquired the remainder in 1997; Fresno County is the dividing line between the Safeway and Vons banners, although the actual stores are more or less indistinguishable anyway