SWY Safeway Inc.

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced that on December 12, 2014 its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share.  The cash dividend will be payable on January 2, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 26, 2014.

Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales.  The company operates 1,326 stores in the United States and had annual sales of $35.1 billion in 2013. 

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SOURCE Safeway Inc.