Safeway News

Whole Foods Market Inc. A reported net income above Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter.A Net income for Whole Foods Market Inc.A rose to $118.3 million vs.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is strongly against Walmart Neighborhood Markets coming to Northern California, the union said in a press release Wednesday.

Safeway is in escrow to buy the 50-year-old Rancho del Mar shopping center in Aptos and overhaul it to expand parking and reduce congestion around its gas station, where discount prices attract lines of cars.

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Eggs are among the foods getting a new "Great For You" icon from the world's largest retailer as it tries to convince shoppers that they can make healthy, low-cost choices when picking out food at its U.S. stores.

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No. 7: Safeway Inc. Total Bay Area employees: 13,661 Total employees companywide: 185,000 Business type: Retail grocer Sample of benefits: Retirement plan, medical, ESPP Top Bay Area executive: Steven Burd, Chairman and CEO The San Francisco Business Times publishes industry rankings in each issue of the paper and reprints them at the end of the ... (more)

McKesson Corporation : Citigroup said McKesson lost the Safeway contract to Cardinal Health beginning April 1. Best Buy Co.

What follows is a list of companies that have a 5-year average growth rate below 2.5%. These companies cover a variety of different industries: office supplies, food retailing, media, and computers.

Safeway and Kraft Foods on Thursday announced that its Help Us End Hunger food drive yielded nearly 362,000 bags of groceries for food banks and other hunger-relief centers throughout the United States.

Raley's says the lack of progress on a new labor contract is costing the West Sacramento grocer millions - and contributed to the recent closure of two of its stores.

After trading lower in recent days, grocery store stocks from Kroger to Whole Foods Market have started to turn back to the upside.

The Street currently rates shares of Safeway and Supervalu closer to a "sell" and shares of Korger a "buy". In general, while I also prefer Kroger, I am considerably more bullish versus consensus on Safeway and Supervalu based on my multiples analysis and DCF model.

She replaces Tom Keller , who retires this week after a 40-year career in the food industry, including a dozen years leading Vons.

Lowe's has announced that Richard Dreiling has joined its board of directors. He will serve on the board's audit and governance committees.

For these supermarket giants, paying more attention to prices would better support stock valuations -- if it's not too late.

Reading an article in the local weekly about Wal-Mart's attempt to open a supermarket in a neighboring city, noted some comments about "local" markets, which Wal-Mart is anything but.

The newspaper reports that Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway will lease its 60,000 square-foot supermarket back from the new owners.

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SafeA way announces that Tom Keller, PresA iA dent of the company's Vons DiviA sion, will retire after more than 40 years of disA tinA guished serA vice in the food indusA try.