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Abhijeet S
Safeway Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is North America's third largest supermarket chain, with, as of December 29, 2007, 1743 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada.[3] It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Supermarket News ranked Safeway No. 4 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2006 fiscal year estimated sales of $40.5 billion.[4] Based on 2005 revenue, Safeway is the tenth largest retailer in the United States.
Sam Seelig Company was founded in April 1912 by Sam Seelig who had come to California from Arizona in 1911. Seelig opened a single grocery store in Los Angeles at the corner of Pico and Figueroa streets[6]. The chain had grown to 71 stores by 1922.[7] After World War I the firm became deeply indebted to its main grocery wholesaler, a firm owned by W.R.H. Weldon. In a swap of stock for debt, Weldon assumed control of the chain, leaving Seelig in charge of retail operations. Seelig then left the company in 1924 to enter the real estate business, forming Sam Seelig Realty.
Strengths
* High percentage of stores recently remodeled into "Lifestyle" format
* Real estate
* Blackhawk Network (gift card company)
* Private label brands
Weaknesses
* Pricing image
* Generally more expensive real estate brings higher expenses
* Markets outside of California historically not performing in line with core market
* Labor unions
Opportunities
* Shopper insights
* Private label development
* Format/store/department innovation
* Blackhawk growth
* Expansion into healthcare services
Threats
* Competition from EDLP/EDLC operators - Tesco, Wal-Mart, Kroger
* Pricing image - how to evolve past that?
* Highly vested in store Lifestyle remodeling program
* Shopper driven programs risk driving too much complexity at store level
Sam Seelig Company was founded in April 1912 by Sam Seelig who had come to California from Arizona in 1911. Seelig opened a single grocery store in Los Angeles at the corner of Pico and Figueroa streets[6]. The chain had grown to 71 stores by 1922.[7] After World War I the firm became deeply indebted to its main grocery wholesaler, a firm owned by W.R.H. Weldon. In a swap of stock for debt, Weldon assumed control of the chain, leaving Seelig in charge of retail operations. Seelig then left the company in 1924 to enter the real estate business, forming Sam Seelig Realty.
Strengths
* High percentage of stores recently remodeled into "Lifestyle" format
* Real estate
* Blackhawk Network (gift card company)
* Private label brands
Weaknesses
* Pricing image
* Generally more expensive real estate brings higher expenses
* Markets outside of California historically not performing in line with core market
* Labor unions
Opportunities
* Shopper insights
* Private label development
* Format/store/department innovation
* Blackhawk growth
* Expansion into healthcare services
Threats
* Competition from EDLP/EDLC operators - Tesco, Wal-Mart, Kroger
* Pricing image - how to evolve past that?
* Highly vested in store Lifestyle remodeling program
* Shopper driven programs risk driving too much complexity at store level