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mike1trim	na	Love	September 14, 2009
barrons3	If Auxier thinks a sector is cheap, he buys several stocks. He jumped into health-management organizations last year when shares were selling for just four to five times earnings. He also bought supermarket operators Kroger (KR) and Safeway (SWY).	Love	September 05, 2009
barrons3	Goldman's roster of 24 stocks with the greatest operating leverage includes Amazon.com (AMZN), Safeway (SWY), Pioneer Natural (PXD), Hess (HES), Grainger (GWW) and Applied Materials (AMAT).	Love	September 05, 2009
barrons3	Kroger (KR), Safeway (SWY) and Wal-Mart (WMT) are the cheapest, and they are down.	Love	August 06, 2009
High Dividends	declared a regular quarterly cash dividend and approved a 21% increase from $0.0828 per share to $0.10 per share	Love	May 03, 2009
graceee	employee	Love	March 10, 2009
barrons3	Anything with any sort of higher price point was a disaster in January, and there's a food war going on among Kroger (KR), Safeway (SWY) and Wal-Mart (WMT) that's disastrous for margins.	Love	February 18, 2009
barrons3	Strategas screened for staple companies with net margins above three-year average, improving net operating cash flow, and reasonable price-to-sales ratios relative to the sector's average, and came up with names including Altria (MO), Kroger (KR), Sysco (SYY), H.J. Heinz (HNZ), Safeway (SWY), and Molson Coors Brewing (TAP).	Love	October 18, 2008
sarah z	The supermarket chain based out of Pleasanton, Calif. announced that it will add $1 billion to its buyback plan. Since the programs beginning, Safeway's board has authorized a total of $5 billion for buybacks. To date, the company has spent $3.55 billion repurchasing common stock and has $1.45 billion remaining. The leading food retailer also announced that it raised its quarterly dividend to 8.28 cents a share from 6.9 cents a share, an increase of 20%. Safeway reported first quarter profit of $193.4 million, or 44 cents a share, an increase of 11% from $174.4 million or 39 cents a share in the same period last year. The Easter holiday and high fuel consumption helped total sales jump 7.3% to $10 billion. During the quarter the company spent $74.1 million repurchasing 2.5 million shares. Steve Burd, Chairman, President and CEO added, "Our efforts to reduce and control costs contributed to operating margin improvement. At the same time, we invested in lower prices to improve our competitiveness and enhance our consumer offering. We remain confident in our ability to deliver earnings per share growth in the 13-18% range for this 53-week year." The grocery store also said that if their Club Card members cash in their economic stimulus checks at Safeway stores then that customer will receive a 10% discount on purchases made in the store.	Love	May 21, 2008
High Dividends	20%	Love	May 17, 2008
barrons2	Also in the golden state, grocery giant Safeway (SWY) sweetened its common dividend by 20%. The new quarterly will be 8.28 cents a share, up from 6.9 cents. The payment date is July 17 for stockholders of record June 26. Ex-date: June 24. Dividends were initiated in 2005 and have been growing annually. In addition, Safeway directors increased the company's stock-buyback program by $1 billion, to a total of $5 billion. As of March 31, Safeway had repurchased approximately $3.55 billion worth of its shares.	Love	May 17, 2008
Icepick	employed by and don't approve of its methods	Hate	May 01, 2008
barrons2	Jeff Macke thinks the grocers are the trade and he likes Safeway (SWY) and Procter & Gamble (PG).	Love	December 19, 2007
richard he	A good player in a competitive market, though there is a lot of uncertainty at the present time in this industry	Love	November 24, 2007
Shaffettman	HITTING SUPPORT LOOKING FOR IT TO BREAKTHROUGH	Hate	November 13, 2007
rob j gardner	steady sales.gift card bus. growing	Love	May 29, 2007
Barrons	From Barron's 5-21-07 "Safeway (SWY) sweetened its quarterly to 6.9 cents a share from 5.75 cents. The California-based company is now one of the nation's biggest buyers of clean energy, following the Golden State's 2000 energy crisis. As a result, it's been able to keep costs down. Profits are on the rise, reflecting the company's aggressive rollout of its "lifestyle" stores, which have décor and produce meant to help Safeway compete with grocers like Whole Foods."	Love	May 19, 2007
AKALISCH	IM CANADIAN SWY IS CANADIAN	Love	May 16, 2007
hueristix	Organics line making healthy affordable is what got me excited in SWY, new fancy remodels are wonderful. If USA's economy is slowing, SWY is a bit defensive. While I don't expect the stock to go up that rapidly, it will be a steady, less risky company.	Love	May 07, 2007
jcmiller	Safeway	Love	April 24, 2007
Guest	Safeway is "not finished going up either".	Love	April 23, 2007
mark and lisa	employer	Love	April 08, 2007
Ththinker	growth	Love	April 02, 2007
myspy	people have to eat	Love	March 30, 2007
cfvan	always the neeed for food, and markets consolidating	Love	March 27, 2007
patuleia	Cramer	Love	March 13, 2007
whytehotel	like the gift card route	Love	March 10, 2007
Barrons	"Safeway Stores [SWY] is another name. Periodically, there are leveraged-buyout rumors in the supermarket space, where deals have gotten done."	Love	March 10, 2007
Guest	Cash Donations: $36 Million Goods Donations: $110 Million	Love	March 06, 2007
jsc43	Company w/strong market share that has learned to steal the best aspects of Whole Foods. Blackhawk gift card is LT call option for growth in a "defensive" industry	Love	March 03, 2007