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Premium Company Profile - Safeway Inc.

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Report Summary

Introduction

Safeway hopes to boost growth by implementing a Lifestyle store format that emphasizes on customer experience and organic produce, while continuing to remain rooted to its traditional grocery store positioning.

Scope

  • Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
  • Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
  • Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies


    • Highlights

    Safeway is one of the largest retailers in the US grocery market. With over 1,000 in-store pharmacies in the US, the company has the third largest pharmacy sales among US grocery retailers. Safeway operates 1,761 stores in the Western, Southwestern, Rocky Mountain, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US as well as Western Canada

    It operates grocery stores under several brands including Vons (Southern California), Dominick's Finer Foods (Chicago), Carr-Gottstein Foods (Alaska), Genuardi's Family Markets (eastern US), and Randall's Food Markets (Texas) and has a private label portfolio that includes brands such as Safeway Select, Lucerne, O Organics and Mrs. Wright's.

    Safeway operates in the US and Canada, the former accounting for approximately 86% of total revenues and the latter for the rest of 14%. Safeway recorded a decline in same store sales in 2006, which indicates lower market penetration as compared to its competitors.

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    • Table of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Overview 1
    Catalyst 1
    Summary 1
    Tables 4
    Company Structure 5
    Company Overview and Key Facts 5
    History 8
    Locations and Subsidiaries 10
    Company Financials 11
    Overview 11
    Revenue by Geography 11
    Products and Services List 12
    Major Products and Services List 12
    Competitors And Strategic Business Relationships 13
    Key Competitors 13
    Suppliers/Partners 14
    Strategy 15
    Company View 15
    Strategy 18
    Corporate Social Responsibility 20
    SWOT Analysis 22
    Overview 22
    Strengths 23
    Weaknesses 24
    Opportunities 25
    Threats 27
    Value Chain Analysis 29
    Overview: 29
    Raw materials 29
    Manufacture 30
    Operations and distribution 30
    Sales 30
    Key Employees 32
    List of Key Employees 32
    Key Employee Biographies 33
    Appendix 41
    Ask the analyst 41
    Datamonitor consulting 41
    Disclaimer 41


    TABLES
    Table 1: Safeway: Key Facts 5
    Table 2: Safeway - Other Locations and Subsidiaries 10
    Table 3: Safeway: Revenue by Geography 11
    Table 4: Safeway - List of Products 12
    Table 5: Safeway - List of Brands 12
    Table 6: Safeway – Key Competitors 13
    Table 7: Safeway - SWOT Analysis Summary 22
    Table 8: Safeway - Value Chain Analysis 29
    Table 9: Safeway: Key Employees 32