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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 3 – Groceteria. com
Safeway History Last updated on 30 April 2025 The 1940s New prototype At the dawn of the 1940s, Safeway was operating hundreds of older units in taxpayer strips or on the first floors of apartment or commercial buildings, most of which were a fraction of the size of the new supermarkets that were opening around the country
- Safeway History – Page 4 – Groceteria. com
Safeway has also drastically modified many of its original stores In 1998, the landmark store on Market Street in San Francisco was remodeled into a super-sized post-modern nightmare, with only the hint of an arch and the enormous tower sign being preserved
- Safeway Divisions, 1929 - Groceteria. com
Safeway and Piggly Wiggly seem to have operated side by side in many districts with no distinction between the two names; the organizational structure seems to have been based on a “critical mass” of each brand
- 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
- Safeway Divisions, 1932 - Groceteria. com
Safeway Stores divisions from 1932 as noted in Uno Animo, the company’s employee magazine
- San Francisco Chain Grocery History Overview - groceteria. com
Safeway Safeway started the 1970s with 24 stores in San Francisco, the oldest being three pre-1940 stores at 1010 South Van Ness, 279 West Portal, and 1330 Bush, all of which are now demolished
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