PLEASANTON, CA, Aug 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced that its Board of Directors met yesterday and declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.145 per share. The cash dividend will be payable on October 13, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 22, 2011.

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 1,687 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $41.1 billion in 2010.

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SOURCE: Safeway Inc.