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Safeway

Safeway Inc. (Safeway), incorporated in July 1986, is a food and drug retailer in North America, with 1,761 stores during the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company's United States retail operations are located principally in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, the Chicago metropolitan area and the Mid-Atlantic region. Its Canadian retail operations are located principally in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba/Saskatchewan. In support of Safeway's retail operations, the Company has a network of distribution, manufacturing and food processing facilities. It also has a 49% ownership interest in Casa Ley, S.A. de C.V. (Casa Ley), which operates 127 food and general merchandise stores in Western Mexico. Blackhawk, a subsidiary of Safeway, provides third-party gift cards, prepaid cards, and sports and entertainment cards to Safeway, as well as to a group of North American retailers for sale to retail customers.

Official website:www.safeway.com