date:Oct 11, 2013
es as it can, Edwards said on the call. Safeway has already sold four Dominick's stores to the company running rival chain Jewel-Osco, it said late on Thursday.
Supervalu Inc got out of the Chicago market in March, when it sold Jewel-Osco and other chains in different parts of the country to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP.
Leaving Chicago is the latest strategic move for Safeway, which plans to close the sale of its Canadian operations to Empire Company Ltd, parent of