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.

Apr 30, 2025 · 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 …

May 14, 2025 · 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. …

Oct 7, 2019 · 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 …

Apr 30, 2025 · 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 …

Jul 2, 2025 · Safeway continued to be Sacramento’s dominant chain throughout the 1970s, but with some significant changes among its locations. While the branches on J Street and …

Apr 30, 2025 · 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 …

Apr 30, 2025 · Safeway and Piggly Wiggly were co-owned in the 1930s. The later Piggly Wiggly stores belonged to an unrelated franchisee. Kroger acquired the Wyatt stores in 1958, but did …

May 28, 2025 · Safeway was also strong in Wichita until the unraveling of large parts of the company in the late 1980s. As in Kansas City, many of Safeway’s stores transitioned to its …

Apr 30, 2025 · Abilene Historical Chain Locations (Groceteria.com)This is a list of all chain grocery locations my research has uncovered in Abilene between 1926 and 2015, compiled …