Safeway Inc.

McManus: Mother knows best

2013-05-12 00:00:00

There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...

Arizona law bans destroying guns purchased in buyback programs

2013-05-04 16:04:00

TUCSON — City- or county-sponsored gun buybacks — often used in larger cities to entice people to give up their handguns — have become effectively pointless in Arizona with legislation signed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The bill prohibits...

Taggants: Still a better way to track a bomber

2013-05-02 13:57:00

A number of commenters on the online version of our April 28 Op-Ed,� "A better way to track a bomber," argue against the use of taggants to trace explosives because the suspects in the Boston bombings, the Tsarnaev brothers, were identified through...

Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises

2013-04-25 09:40:00

Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...

Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets

2013-04-17 16:49:00

The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...

Police investigate 'gallon-smashing' incident in Elk Grove

2013-03-07 10:22:03

Oakland mass killing suspect declared mentally unfit to stand trial

2013-01-07 17:02:55

Chef Boyardee owner ConAgra makes huge $6.8-billion bet

2012-11-27 09:21:00

ConAgra Foods Inc. makes some of the best-known packaged food brands around, including Chef Boyardee, Hebrew National, Hunt’s, Orville Redenbacher’s, Reddi-wip and Slim Jim. But these days, the money is in private grocery store labels,...

Sierra LaMar slaying suspect charged in attempted kidnappings

2012-11-14 10:03:11

Frances Hashimoto dies at 69; Little Tokyo leader, mochi ice cream creator

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Frances Hashimoto, one of Little Tokyo's most influential business leaders who fought to preserve the neighborhood's Japanese cultural traditions and who invented the popular fusion dessert known as mochi ice cream, died of lung cancer Sunday at her...

Veteran Emerald Triangle pot growers see their way of life ending

2012-09-29 17:03:00

LAYTONVILLE, CALIF. — In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middle-aged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year's crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings,...

Peanut butter recall expands to 76 products on salmonella fears

2012-09-25 09:22:00

The peanut butter recall that started this past weekend with a salmonella-linked product sold at Trader Joe’s has now been expanded to dozens of peanut, cashew and almond butters, according to producer Sunland Inc. The New Mexico-based company...

Safeway's revenue was flat for the first quarter, the Pleasanton company said.

2013-04-25 09:23:27

A shopper fills his cart at a Dominick's at 87th Street and Cicero Avenue in a 2006 file photo.

2013-04-25 08:19:00

We will never not sing along to this song when we hear it -- whether in our car, a dentist's office or grocery store (seriously, it's a staple at Safeway).

2013-04-16 00:00:00