Mar. 27, 2001

Latham & Watkins: PLEASANTON-BASED SAFEWAY GETS $1.2 BILLION IN FINANCING

Supermarket giant Safeway Inc. recently completed $1.2 billion in senior notes financing. Pleasanton-based Safeway is one of North America's largest food retailers, with about 1,700 stores located mostly in the western, midwestern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, as well as western Canada. It also operates several regional supermarket companies, including The Vons Companies, Dominick's Supermarkets, Carr-Gottstein Foods, Genuardi's Family Markets and Randall's Food Markets.