Eastern Division Safeway Stores To Begin 86 Hours of Continuous Service on Dec. 21

Safeway-owned stores in the mid-Atlantic region will be open for more than three-and-one-half days leading into Christmas Eve. Most of its supermarkets will also open for some period of time on Christmas Day.
By: Craig M. Muckle
 
Dec. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- More than 100 mid-Atlantic Safeway-owned stores (nearly 70 percent) will operate continuously – offering approximately 86 consecutive hours of continuous operation – leading into Christmas Eve beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 5 a.m.  In addition, selected Safeway stores will also open on Christmas Day.

Safeway’s three consecutive days of continuous operation will conclude at 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve when all of its stores will close.  A total of 106 stores will observe the 24-hour holiday shopping schedule.  The Georgetown and CityVista locations in Washington, D.C. are the division’s only regularly scheduled 24/7 operations.

The company offered 24-hour service in limited stores last year prior to Christmas and found it to be successful, prompting the extension of the service to three consecutive days.

“The three days of 24-hour service provide our shoppers with the ultimate convenience of doing their holiday grocery shopping at any time that best fits their schedule,” said Eastern Division President Steve Neibergall.  “Customers will have peace of mind in knowing that Safeway will be readily available to serve them regardless of the time of day during this very busy season.

“We see this as an extension of the Christmas Day service we have offered for several years as we continue to be sensitive to the needs and desires of the very diverse base of customers and employees we serve and employ,” Neibergall continued.

More than 120 Safeway-owned supermarkets in the mid-Atlantic region will be open Christmas Day with some stores opening as early as 7 a.m. and as late as 12 noon.  All of Safeway’s Christmas Day activity will conclude at 5 p.m.  The pharmacies and SunTrust bank branches will not be open.

Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America, based on sales. The company operates 1,694 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $41.1 billion in 2010. The company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWY.

Safeway’s Eastern Division employs approximately 19,000 people and operates 156 stores, including 28 Genuardi's Markets in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with 67 Safeway stores in Maryland, 43 in Virginia, 14 in the District of Columbia and four in Delaware.

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National retail grocery chain with stores throughout located throughout North America (approximately 20 states and Canada).
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