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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Safeway, Inc., Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Celgene Corp., Cirrus Logic and PACCAR
- 2008-10-09
CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Safeway, Inc. (NYSE: SWY) as the Bull of the Day and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (Nasdaq: RRGB) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq: CELG), Cirrus Logic (Nasdaq: CRUS) and PACCAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCAR)....
Safeway F3Q08 (Qtr End 9/6/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-07
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question today is from John Heinbockel and please state your company name. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs Steve, a couple of things; if you look at the up-tick in ID momentum here in the last five weeks, could you talk about...
A 3-Pronged Thesis for Safeway
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-24
Ryan Barnes submits: Anyone who listened to Ben Bernanke’s testimony this morning got an extremely frank rundown on the state of the U.S. consumer. Some tidbits from his testimony: Real economic activity in the second quarter appears to have been remarkably resilient; however in the third quarter economic activity...
PowerShares Dynamic Retail ETF Finds Bargains in Discount Retailers
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-07
Don Dion submits: Despite an extended economic slowdown and poor consumer spending numbers, PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio ETF PMR gained momentum over the summer. While some analysts believe that the worst is yet to come for retail, an increasing number of investors believe that some retailers are oversold...
Safeway: A Safe Way to Invest
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-09-07
Mark Krieger submits: Morgan Stanley is looking at the cup as half empty. Its recent downgrade of Safeway SWY from "equal weight to underweight, was due to analyst Mark Withamuth's perception that SWY's strategy to cater to the upscale market has not lived up to expectations. Analyst concerns:...
Safeway Inc. to Participate in Goldman Sachs Fifteenth Annual Global Retailing Conference
- 2008-08-28
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc.'s (NYSE:SWY) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Burd, will address investors at the Goldman Sachs Fifteenth Annual Global Retailing Conference in New York on Thursday, September 4th at 9:30 am eastern daylight time. The Safeway presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet...
U.S. Consumers Could Feel Heat from Higher Fuel Costs
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-28
FP Trading Desk submits: Higher home heating prices could be another deterrent to U.S. consumers shopping this holiday season. “As if retailers did not have enough to worry about, just as the holiday season rolls around, most consumers will find a new sticker shock in their heating bills,” Gary...
Wednesday Options Outlook: KRE, STI, WPI, IYR, BGG, SWY
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-13
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. KBW Regional Banking ETF KRE ? Regional banks continue to be a particularly raw bruise site in the already-buffeted financial sector. Option traders continue to seek out unusual out-of-the-money put positions in the KBW Regional Banking ETF. With the index share price down...
Tuesday Options Outlook: SKF, GS, KRE, X, GDX, SIL, SWY, TTWO, AUXL
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-12
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. Ultrashort Financial Proshares SKF ? News this morning Morgan Chase that it plans to write down $1.5 billion in mortgage backed assets amid ?substantially deteriorated? trading conditions ? coupled with an analyst downgrade of Goldman Sachs ? didn?t just provide a terse lesson...
The Follies of Academic Finance
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-12
Inglefox Investing submits: I was recently looking for an inspiring topic to write my next article about when I turned to a collegiate textbook from the first finance class that I ever took. I turned to the chapter about bear markets and recessions and tried to find a topic that...
Highly Defensive PerformIdex: 35 Stocks to Outpace the Markets
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-11
Mike Havrilla submits: The accompanying table presents a quarterly update of my Highly Defensive PerformIdex, with an average beta of 0.72 and a market cap-weighted total return of 7.9% over the past year, outpacing the overall market and ETF peer group -- except for Vanguard Consumer Staples VDC ETF with...
How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn?
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-10
Larry Bellehumeur submits: Like many people on Seeking Alpha, I tend to watch a lot of Business-related programming on Bloomberg and BNN Canada. Over the past few months, more and more Analysts and Fund Managers are telling the viewers to “get more defensive” in their portfolio. When asked which...
Safeway Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-07-17
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. So looks like our first question comes from John Heinbockel. You may ask your question. Please state your company name. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs Yes, Goldman Sachs. So, Steve, two things I wanted to drill down on. First, the dynamics of the...
Safeway Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of 2008 Stockholder Vote
- 2008-05-15
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced the preliminary results of its stockholder vote at the Company's Annual Meeting.
Safeway Inc. Board of Directors Approves 20% Increase in the Quarterly Dividend and Increases Stock Repurchase Authorization by $1 Billion
- 2008-05-14
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced that its Board of Directors met yesterday and declared a regular quarterly cash dividend and approved a 20% increase from $0.069 per share to $0.0828 per share on a quarterly basis. The cash dividend of $0.0828 per share is payable on July 17,...
Safeway Inc. to Webcast 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
- 2008-05-07
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) will webcast its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. pacific time.
Safeway Stores Incorporated Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-04-24
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Our first question today is from Bob Summers. Bob Summers Hey, good morning. Seems like the reports at your desks were greatly exaggerated. Can we just dig a little into the ID, tell us how to think about the inflation component, maybe...
Safeway Inc. Announces First-Quarter 2008 Earnings
- 2008-04-24
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY):
Safeway Inc. to Participate in Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Retail and Restaurant Conference
- 2008-04-22
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) will participate in the Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Retail and Restaurant Conference in New York on Tuesday, April 29th. The Company will make a presentation to investors at 8:00 a.m. eastern standard time.
Safeway Inc. To Webcast First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call
- 2008-04-17
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) will host a conference call with investors on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. EST to discuss its first quarter 2008 financial results.
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- Revenue (Fiscal Year) $42.2B
- Profit (Fiscal Year) $15.9B
- Incorporated: 1986
- CEO: Mr. Steven A. Burd
Safeway operates as a food and drug retailers, with 1743 stores as of Dec 29 2007. Co.'s U.S. retail operations are located principally in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, the Chicago metropolitan area and the Mid-Atlantic region. Co.'s Canadian retail operations are located principally in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba/Saskatchewan. Co.'s stores provide dry grocery items tailored to local preferences, with most of its stores offering food and general merchandise, as well as feature specialty departments such as bakery, delicatessen, floral and pharmacy.
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Mr. William Y. Tauscher
Mr. Raymond G. Viault
Ms. Janet E. Grove
Mr. Mohan Gyani
Mr. Paul M. Hazen
Mr. Frank C. Herringer
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Mr. Douglas J. Mackenzie
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Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores: 445110
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