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Safeway (UK)

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For the company (later renamed Safeway plc) that bought Safeway UK during the 1980s, see Argyll Foods. Safeway plc Industry Groceries, General merchandise Fate Defunct Purchased by Wm Morrison and rebranded Successor Wm Morrison Supermarkets Asda (Northern Ireland only) Waitrose Supermarkets Founded 1962 Defunct 24 November 2005 (merged into Wm Morrison Supermarkets) Headquarters Hayes, Greater London Key people David Webster (Chairman) Carlos Criado-Perez (CEO) Parent Morrisons (since 2004) Website www.safeway.co.uk - Safeway website - Archive Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience shops in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987. Safeway was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, until it was acquired by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons, with others being sold of...

Morrisons

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For other uses, see Morrison's (disambiguation). Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc Trading name Morrisons Type Public Traded as LSE: MRW FTSE 100 component Industry Retail Founded 1899 ; 120 years ago  ( 1899 ) Founder William Morrison Headquarters Bradford, England, UK Number of locations 498 stores (2016) [1] Key people Andrew Higginson (Chairman) David Potts (CEO) Products Food and Drink, Clothing, Books, Magazines, CDs and DVDs. Revenue GB£17,262 million (2018) [2] Operating income GB£458 million (2018) [2] Net income GB£311 million (2018) [2] Number of employees 105,487 (2018) [2] Website morrisons.com Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc , trading as Morrisons , is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, [3] and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. [4] Founded in 1899 by William Morrison, hence the abbreviation Wm Morrison, it began as an egg and b...