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• Dominick's chief opts to check out after a year.(Business)

  - 2004-09-18

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer R. Randall Onstead Jr. is stepping down as president of Dominick's Finer Foods about a year after being appointed to lead its turnaround. The Oak Brook-based subsidiary of Safeway Inc. said veteran Safeway executive...

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• Management Changes at Dominick's

  - 2004-09-17

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. announced today that R. Randall Onstead, Jr., president of its Chicago-area subsidiary, Dominick's Finer Foods, LLC, has resigned for personal reasons. His successor will be Bruce Everette, who will assume leadership of Dominick's as one of his major responsibilities as an executive vice president at...

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• Southern California labor dispute takes toll on Safeway

  - 2004-04-12

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. remained mired in red ink during the quarter and year ended January 3, affected by the prolonged grocery workers' strike in southern California for which a settlement has now been reached and a variety of charges associated with its Dominick's Finer Foods Inc. and Randall's...

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• Big write-downs result in red ink at Safeway

  - 2003-03-03

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Rocked by massive write-downs at two of its faltering divisions, including one that has been placed on the selling block, Safeway Inc. piled up huge losses for both the fourth quarter and 2002 fiscal year. Even after excluding noncash charges, earnings from continuing operations were trimmed...

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• Former food exec joins Garden Ridge - Market Watch - Brief Article

  - 2002-11-11

  HOUSTON -- Former supermarket executive Randall Onstead is the new ceo at the Garden Ridge chain of home decor stores. Onstead is best known as the former chairman and ceo of Randalls Food Market, a regional supermarket chain founded by his father and sold to Safeway in 1999. Garden Ridge,...

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• Rx a key driver of Safeway expansion

  - 2002-08-05

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc., already one of the premiere pharmacy operators in the country, is looking to make its prescription drug business even more dynamic. In recent quarters pharmacy volume has accounted for most of the positive thrust in supermarket and food/drug combination store operator's same-store sales results,...

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• Competing with the giant

  - 2002-01-01

  Wal-Mart has convinced a great many consumers that their prices are significantly and consistently less than supermarket prices on the same items. Some consumers believe that the price spreads have actually widened. * On many national brand items, the price difference between the supermarkets and Wal-Mart is now the...

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• Houston-Area Randalls Join National Effort to Distribute Golden Dollars; Local Stores to Incorporate Coin Into Everyday Use

  - 2001-02-21

  Business Editors HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 21, 2001 Houston-area Randalls stores, a division of Safeway, Inc., announced today a new commitment to join the 1,500 nationwide Safeway stores to routinely circulate Golden Dollar coins to its customers. Initially, each store will order 1,000 coins. As demand for the Golden...

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• Earnings advance 20.9% at Safeway

  - 2000-11-06

  PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc., reflecting solid gains from its core store roster and the September 1999 acquisition of the Randall's chain, chalked up a 20.9% bottom-line advance during this years third quarter. The operator of food/drug combination stores and supermarkets generated net income of $270 million over the...

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• Randall's Food Markets

  - 1999-10-04

  Safeway is moving into Texas now that its acquisition of privately held Randall's Food Markets for $1.8 billion in cash and stock is a done deal. The combined company will have estimated annual sales of $30 billion. Safeway plans to keep the 116 stores in Texas under the Randalls and...

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