About: Safeway (UK)

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Safeway is a British brand owned chain of supermarkets and convenience shops. Founded in 1962 by the American Safeway Inc., before being sold to Argyll Foods in 1987. It was later listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was purchased by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons, with others being sold. The brand disappeared from the United Kingdom on 24 November 2005. In November 2016, Morrisons revived the Safeway brand for a range of products, manufactured in the company's own factories, for distribution through UK independent retailers.

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  • Safeway is a British brand owned chain of supermarkets and convenience shops. Founded in 1962 by the American Safeway Inc., before being sold to Argyll Foods in 1987. It was later listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was purchased by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons, with others being sold. The brand disappeared from the United Kingdom on 24 November 2005. In November 2016, Morrisons revived the Safeway brand for a range of products, manufactured in the company's own factories, for distribution through UK independent retailers. (en)
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  • 2005-11-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Defunct: purchased byMorrisonsand rebranded (en)
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  • 1962-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
  • 2016-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • The same building in 2016 after Morrisons take over. (en)
  • A larger Safeway supermarket in Bude, Cornwall in 2005. (en)
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  • 2005-11-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Defunct: purchased by Morrisons and rebranded (en)
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  • 1962 (xsd:integer)
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  • Morrisons supermarket car park, Bude .jpg (en)
  • Safeway Superstore, Bude - geograph.org.uk - 18245.jpg (en)
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  • David Webster (en)
  • Carlos Criado-Perez (en)
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  • London, England (en)
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  • Safeway plc logo.png (en)
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  • Safeway plc (en)
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  • Safeway is a British brand owned chain of supermarkets and convenience shops. Founded in 1962 by the American Safeway Inc., before being sold to Argyll Foods in 1987. It was later listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was purchased by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons, with others being sold. The brand disappeared from the United Kingdom on 24 November 2005. In November 2016, Morrisons revived the Safeway brand for a range of products, manufactured in the company's own factories, for distribution through UK independent retailers. (en)
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  • Safeway (UK) (en)
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