date:Feb 21, 2014
Safeway Inc. has announced it is in discussions concerning a possible transaction involving the sale of the company. Although the discussions are ongoing, the company has not reached an agreement on a transaction, and there can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to an agreement or a completed transaction. The company will not comment further on these discussions at this time.
Separately, the company has decided to distribute the remaining 37.8 million shares it owns of Blackhawk N