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Yesterday | Seeking Alpha

Supervalu Could Outperform Other Food Retailers In 2013

The reasons for this optimism are that Supervalu realized significant cost savings and had other restructurings in 2011, which, I believe, will start factoring in earnings and the share price during the second half of 2012 and into 2013.

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Related Topix: Supervalu, Food, Retail, Grocery, Financial Markets, Whole Foods Market

Wed May 30, 2012

Patch.com

Video: Studio Z Brings Zumba to Tri-Cities

Behind her desk, Cheryl Louie crunches numbers as a certified public accountant for Safeway Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Union City, CA, Fitness, Aerobics

Tue May 29, 2012

ABA Journal

Safeway General Counsel Apologizes to Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi for Pig Joke

Critics didn't find Gordon's joke funny, and neither, apparently, did Safeway CEO Steve Burd.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Retail, Grocery

Sun May 27, 2012

Examiner.com

Actress Angie Harmon to appear in public service campaign about prostate cancer

Actress and Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador Angie Harmon will appear in a new prostate cancer campaign on behalf of Stand Up To Cancer and The Safeway Foundation.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Rizzoli and Isles, Entertainment, Health, Television, Celebrities, Angie Harmon, Retail, Grocery

Fri May 25, 2012

Patch.com

Marc Klaas: I'm Not Convinced Sierra's Dead

Although authorities are currently treating the disappearance of Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar as a kidnapping and murder, KlassKids founder Marc Klaas isn't convinced the public should be searching for a deceased body.

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Related Topix: Morgan Hill, CA, Canada Safeway, Safeway, Retail, Grocery, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu May 24, 2012

Corporate Counsel

Safeway's GC and CEO Offer Apologies to Clinton and Pelosi

Safeway general counsel Robert Gordon found himself in hot water last week, after a joke he made at the company's annual meeting had him branded a sexist.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

SFGate

Move to oust Walmart CEO growing amid allegations

More blows from the West have been raining down on Walmart ahead of what is likely to be a contentious annual shareholders meeting next week.

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Related Topix: California Public Employees Retirement System, Financial Services, Investment Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Canada Safeway, Safeway, Retail, Grocery

Market Wire

Equity Research on Safeway Inc. and SUPERVALU Inc. - Grocery Stores Battling It Out

Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Grocery Stores industry and are offering free analytical research on Safeway Inc.

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Related Topix: Supervalu, Food, Retail, Grocery

Sys-Con Media

Equity Research on Safeway Inc. and SUPERVALU Inc. - Grocery Stores Battling It Out

Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Grocery Stores industry and are offering free analytical research on Safeway Inc.

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Related Topix: Supervalu, Food, Retail, Grocery, Canada Safeway, Safeway

Wed May 23, 2012

Inside Bay Area

Safeway reinstates clerk who defended pregnant woman

Safeway has reinstated Ryan Young, the meat clerk who was suspended without pay for about a month after he intervened in a domestic disturbance at the grocery chain's Del Rey Oaks store near Monterey.

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Related Topix: Canada Safeway, Safeway, Retail, Grocery, Monterey, CA, Marina, CA

Investopedia

Have Misdeeds Opened A Window For Walmart?

A company like Walmart is not going to get cheap all that often. The company is widely-held, well-known and generally appreciated as a play both on U.S. retail in general and lower-income retail in particular.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Target, Dollar Tree Stores, Grocery

Value Line

Stock Screen: Highest Yielding Companies with the Best Payout Ratios - May 23, 2012

One of the things that is most alluring about dividends is that they are real hard cash.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Retail, Grocery

Tue May 22, 2012

Daily Report

Was the Safeway general counsel's big joke sexist?

The general counsel of Safeway Inc., a Fortune 100 company, tried to make like Jay Leno and tell a joke at the supermarket chain's annual meeting Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Active Stock Alerts: Boeing, EMC, Safeway, Rent-A-Center May 22nd

Boeing Co. : Sterne Agee believes that concerns about commercial aerospace companies generating excess capacity is overblown, as Boeing's backlog deferral rates are at trough levels and the growth of the global fleet as measured by net deliveries is at its historical average.

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Related Topix: RentACenter, Leasing, Boeing, Computers, EMC, Iomega, Startups, Retail, Greenplum Software, Grocery

Mon May 21, 2012

GuruFocus.com

Guru Stocks Raising Dividends: STAG, PCBK, NSP, SWY, NI

This is the group of companies who raised their dividend during the week: Stag Industrial STAG Industrial Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking, Financial Services, Pacific Continental Corporation Ore, Administaff, Human Resources, Retail, Grocery

Market Wire

Blackhawk Network Recognizes Outstanding Achievement in the Prepaid Industry

Blackhawk Network, a leading provider of prepaid and financial payment products, has announced the winners of the company's sixth annual Hawk Awards, recognizing exceptional achievement among companies and individuals in the prepaid arena.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Retail, Grocery

Grocery Headquarters

Safeway Launches Just for U Digital Savings

To make grocery shopping easier and provide great savings, Safeway launched the Just for U program in the company's Oregon and Washington divisions.

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Related Topix: Safeway, Retail, Grocery, iPhone, Android

Triple Pundit

Safeway, Tone Deaf to Stakeholders, Has a Miserable Week

Safeway had a nightmare of a week, and based on the social media firestorm, recent criticism of the supermarket chain will not stop anytime soon.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Public Relations

AmericanBankingNews.com

Safeway Upgraded by Citigroup to "Buy"

Safeway opened at 18.39 on Monday. Safeway has a 52-week low of $15.93 and a 52-week high of $25.43. The company has a market cap of $4.421 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.52. Safeway last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 26th.

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Banking, Financial Services, CitiMortgage, Citigroup

Fri May 18, 2012

Free Republic

Bay Area congressmembers call Safeway lawyer’s joke ‘sexist’

A group of Bay Area congressmembers sent a stern letter to Pleasanton-based Safeway CEO Steve Burd admonishing the grocery giant for a joke its top lawyer reportedly made at the expense of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi during a May 15 stockholder meeting.

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Related Topix: Canada Safeway, Safeway, Retail, Grocery, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

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