Safeway News

Some 25,000 people who work at Safeway Inc. stores and Fry's supermarkets in Arizona look likely to strike on Friday.

Fry's and Safeway grocery stores and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 in Phoenix remained at odds Monday over a new contract and threatened strike.

Who could object to rewarding people who quit smoking, lose weight or start to exercise? The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, for starters.

Stocks discussed on the in-depth s ession of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Thursday November 5. A successful Sotheby's auction which sold $187 million in modern and impressionist art and strong numbers from high-end retail names indicate the rich are back and are buying.

Are the upscale grocery chain's best days behind it? Fourth-quarter net income soared to $36.4 million, or $0.20 per share, from the year-ago $1.5 million, or $0.01 per share.

An article in Reuters last week touts Safeway Inc. for the generous grants it gives to Easter Seals to empower children and adults with autism and other disabilities.

Reporting from Washington - Who could object to rewarding people who quit smoking, lose weight or start to exercise? The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Assn., for starters.

The fall harvest, Thanksgiving and the holiday season are often the perfect time for a grocer to generate awareness of the hunger that faces many in our communities.

Read more of Daniel Engber's columns on obesity and health care reform . Safeway CEO Steven A. Burd thinks he's solved the nation's health care crisis.

If you've never heard of Village Super Markets , you're not alone. Village operates a chain of 26 markets in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Safeway food clerk Sean Rice restocks a display table with grapes at the company's newly remodeled 162nd Avenue store in east Vancouver.

The fight for the frugal shopper is getting fiercer. Citing a lingering recession, Randalls Food Market last week announced it would slash prices by up to 25 percent on thousands of items, upping the ante in an increasingly competitive market in which Kroger and H-E-B are taking direct shots at each other in aggressive advertising campaigns.

Most of the pros will tell you that heavy insider buying can be a cue to look more closely at a stock.

Five food retailers and wholesalers have been honored with Retail Patriot awards for "going beyond the call of duty" in their support of our active military troops and veterans.

More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations.

When it comes to shopping store brands, Wal-Mart and its Great Value brand are tough to beat if you want to save money.

The health care reform debate has largely dealt with getting employers to cover more people, but some experts say employers would be better off encouraging their employees to stay healthy.

The development company presented revised plans for a 65,000-square-foot Safeway to be constructed in two phases on the land kitty corner to the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Bernal and Valley avenues.

Shoppers at one major grocery store in North Texas can still save while leaving their coupons and reward cards at home.

Kimberly Clark Corp., the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, said Thursday its profit jumped 41 percent in the second quarter because of higher prices on its products and lower commodity and energy costs.