Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug
retailers in North America, based on sales. The company operates 1,740
stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of
$40.2 billion in 2006. Safeway supports a broad range of charitable and
community programs and last year donated more than $154 million to
important causes, such as cancer research, education, food banks and
programs focused on assisting people with disabilities. The company's
common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
SWY.
