Premium Company Profile: Safeway Inc.

Safeway hopes to boost growth by implementing a Lifestyle store format that emphasizes on customer experience and organic produce, while continuing to remain rooted to its traditional grocery store positioning.



Report Highlights
Safeway is one of the largest retailers in the US grocery market. With over 1,000 in-store pharmacies in the US, the company has the third largest pharmacy sales among US grocery retailers. Safeway operates 1,761 stores in the Western, Southwestern, Rocky Mountain, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US as well as Western Canada It operates grocery stores under several brands including Vons (Southern California), Dominick's Finer Foods (Chicago), Carr-Gottstein Foods (Alaska), Genuardi's Family Markets (eastern US), and Randall's Food Markets (Texas) and has a private label portfolio that includes brands such as Safeway Select, Lucerne, O Organics and Mrs. Wright's. Safeway operates in the US and Canada, the former accounting for approximately 86% of total revenues and the latter for the rest of 14%. Safeway recorded a decline in same store sales in 2006, which indicates lower market penetration as compared to its competitors.
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Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Tables 4
Company Structure 5
Company Overview and Key Facts 5
History 8
Locations and Subsidiaries 10
Company Financials 11
Overview 11
Revenue by Geography 11
Products and Services List 12
Major Products and Services List 12
Competitors And Strategic Business Relationships 13
Key Competitors 13
Suppliers/Partners 14
Strategy 15
Company View 15
Strategy 18
Corporate Social Responsibility 20
SWOT Analysis 22
Overview 22
Strengths 23
Weaknesses 24
Opportunities 25
Threats 27
Value Chain Analysis 29
Overview: 29
Raw materials 29
Manufacture 30
Operations and distribution 30
Sales 30
Key Employees 32
List of Key Employees 32
Key Employee Biographies 33
Appendix 41
Ask the analyst 41
Datamonitor consulting 41
Disclaimer 41
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Table 1: Safeway: Key Facts 5
Table 2: Safeway - Other Locations and Subsidiaries 10
Table 3: Safeway: Revenue by Geography 11
Table 4: Safeway - List of Products 12
Table 5: Safeway - List of Brands 12
Table 6: Safeway – Key Competitors 13
Table 7: Safeway - SWOT Analysis Summary 22
Table 8: Safeway - Value Chain Analysis 29
Table 9: Safeway: Key Employees 32



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