What is Safeway Maple Ridge?
Safeway Maple Ridge is one of the stores of Safeway an American supermarket Chain having its stores in both Canada and the United States. Safeway Maple Ridge is under the ownership of its Canadian division. The chain is pioneered in the sale of consumer goods and home need products. The company operates 1,335 stores throughout the United States and Canada as of December, 2013. Safeway is one of the largest supermarket chains in North America. The corporate office of the company is located in Pleasanton, California, United States. Safeway stores offers a broad array of products ranging from snack food, bakery and dairy products, delicatessen, frozen foods, groceries, pharmacy products, seafood, liquor products, flowers, and more. In addition to the supermarket chain the company owns fuel stations in Canada. The company also provide the facility of home delivery of groceries to its customers.
Safeway started its Canadian division way back in the year 1929 as 'Canada Safeway Limited' with nine stores in the beginning. With the passage of time the company opened more and more number of stores in the nation. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SWY". Safeway is also amongst the largest employers in the United States offering employment to over 2 lakh people living in the country. In June 2013 it was announced that Sobeys a food retailing company started acquiring the company.