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Founded in 1929 in Manitoba, Safeway has over 85 years of history serving communities across Western Canada. Now with 183 Safeway stores from Vancouver, British Columbia to Thunder Bay, Ontario. Safeway has been serving Western Canadians since 1929. In 2013, the assets of Canada Safeway Limited were acquired by Sobeys Inc.
Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain of 135 full service supermarket stores mostly operating in the western provinces in Canada. It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc. , before being sold in 2013 to Canada's second-largest supermarket chain, Sobeys , a division of the conglomerate Empire Company . [1]
Safeway company history timeline. 36 Safeway jobs. 1916. In 1916, founder, H.D. Snell, opens his first United Cash Store. 1919. In 1919, Davis purchases the George C. Shaw Company of Portland, Maine, and operates the two companies independently. 1921. By 1921, M.B. Skaggs owned multiple stores in Idaho and Montana.
Safeway has over 85 years of history serving communities across Canada. With Safeway stores from Vancouver, British Columbia to Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Jan 13, 2009 · On 22 June 1929, the New York Times reported that Safeway was operating 2394 stores in twenty states plus Canada and the territory of Hawaii, of which 1050 included meat markets, and also noted that the company was considering expansion in Canada through the acquisition of 1000 stores over the next three years.
Aug 13, 2023 · A Safeway in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, 1961. Safeway Inc. established its Canadian operation as Canada Safeway Limited with nine stores in 1929 with headquarters in Winnipeg. In 1935, it acquired the 179 Canadian Piggly Wiggly stores. In 1969, Safeway entered the Toronto market by opening new stores, rather than by acquisition. The firm ...
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1849 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB, Canada. 2021. Opened 16 November 1929 as store 515 in the chain. As with 1409 Main Street, this store occupies a corner lot and has a side wall decorated by a continuation of Safeway's early "trefoils and shields" motif.
