Safeway

<p>shut down SF recycling?</p>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway</a>

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<p><b>afeway</b> is one of the largest supermarket chains in North America with stores located mostly in the western, midwestern and mid-Atlantic U.S., and also in western Canada. Besides the Safeway brand, it also has Vons, Dominick's, Carr-Gottstein (in Alaska), Genuardi's (in eastern U.S.), and Randall's (in Texas). In 2006, it had sales of $40 billion and profits of $870 million. <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Political_contributions"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Political contributions</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Lobbying"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Lobbying</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Contact_details"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact details</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Resources_and_articles"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Resources and articles</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#Related_Sourcewatch"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related Sourcewatch</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#References"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_contributions">Political contributions</span></h2>

<p><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steven_A.Burd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven A. Burd (page does not exist)">Steven A. Burd</a>, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Safeway, is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush%27s_Rangers" title="Bush's Rangers">Bush Ranger</a> having raised at least $200,000 for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Walker_Bush" title="George Walker Bush">Bush</a> in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.presidential_election,_2004" title="U.S. presidential election, 2004">2004 presidential election</a>.

The <i>Texans for Public Justice</i> website said about Burd, 'Steven Burd started his own firm in 1987, developing close ties to buyout firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts%26_Co.L.P." title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P." class="mw-redirect">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co</a> ... Under Kohlberg Kravis control in 1992, Safeway appointed Burd as president. Under Burd, the nation’s No. 3 grocery chain has clashed repeatedly with its workers. Workers in Safeway’s crucial Northern California market struck over health concession demands in 1995, two years after Burd became CEO. The company’s $1.9 billion buyout of a competitor in 1998 triggered a costly showdown between Burd and Dominick’s union workers. In a 2003 replay, union workers struck Safeway-owned Vons grocery stores in Southern California to protest management’s attempts to slash their benefits. The San Diego Union-Tribune described Burd as, “the point man on the imperative of wresting concessions from unionized workers.” That labor struggle spread to area Albertsons and Ralphs groceries owned by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kroger" title="Kroger">Kroger</a> ... The grocery chains, which sought to deprive workers of health benefits worth approximately $5,000 per family, got most of what they wanted after a bitter four-month strike. Burd who received $2.2 million in 2002 compensation, sold $21 million worth of Safeway stock in the weeks leading up to the 2003 strike. With Safeway stock losing half its value over three years, five public pension funds controlling 1.6 percent of Safeway’s stock demanded in 2004 that the company oust Burd and two other Safeway directors with Kohlberg Kravis ties. The company kept Burd on the board but discarded the other two directors. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush%27s_Rangers" title="Bush's Rangers">Pioneer</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_Ridge" title="Tom Ridge">Tom Ridge</a> appointed Burd to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="Department of Homeland Security" class="mw-redirect">Department of Homeland Security</a>’s Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee in 2003.' <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup>

Safeway gave $402,000 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> - 45% to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democrats" title="Democrats" class="mw-redirect">Democrats</a> and 55% to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party_%28USA%29" title="Republican Party (USA)">Republicans</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Lobbying">Lobbying</span></h2>

<p>The company spent $1,294,000 for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> in 2006. $360,000 went to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbying_firms" title="Lobbying firms">lobbying firm</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Quinn_Gillespie_%26_Associates" title="Quinn Gillespie & Associates">Quinn Gillespie & Associates</a> with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<p>Key executives and 2006 pay: <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup></p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steven_A._Burd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven A. Burd (page does not exist)">Steven A. Burd</a>, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $3,970,000 (plus exercised $187,000 in options)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_L._Edwards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert L. Edwards (page does not exist)">Robert L. Edwards</a>, Chief Financial Officer, $3,036,887<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Larree_M._Renda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Larree M. Renda (page does not exist)">Larree M. Renda</a>, Chief Administrative Officer, $1,390,000 (plus exercised $684,000 in options)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bruce_L._Everette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruce L. Everette (page does not exist)">Bruce L. Everette</a>, Executive Vice President of Retail Operations, $1,330,000 (plus exercised $1,620,000 in options)</li>

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<p>Selected Safeway Board of Directors: <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mohan_Gyani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohan Gyani (page does not exist)">Mohan Gyani</a>, Former President and Chief Executive Officer Mobility Services <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> Wireless Services, Inc.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Hazen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Hazen (page does not exist)">Paul Hazen</a>, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells Fargo</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Raymond_G._Viault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond G. Viault (page does not exist)">Raymond G. Viault</a>, Former Vice Chairman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Mills" title="General Mills">General Mills</a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_details">Contact details</span></h2>

<p>5918 Stoneridge Mall Road

Pleasanton, CA 94588

Phone: 925-467-3000

Fax: 925-467-3321

Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.safeway.com">http://www.safeway.com</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources_and_articles">Resources and articles</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_Sourcewatch">Related Sourcewatch</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ann_Burdus" title="Ann Burdus">Ann Burdus</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoovers.com/safeway/--ID__11308--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml">Safeway Profile</a>, <i>Hoovers</i>, accessed August 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tpj.org/docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=837">Bush Ranger Steven A. Burd</a>, <i>Texans for Public Justice</i>, accessed August 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00194084">2006 PAC Summary Data</a>, <i>Open Secrets</i>, accessed August 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-3">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?txtname=Safeway+Inc&year=2006">Safeway lobbying expenses</a>, <i>Open Secrets</i>.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-4">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SWY">Safeway Key Executives</a>, <i>Yahoo Finance</i>, accessed November 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-5">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=1119362">Robert L Edwards</a>, <i>Forbes</i>, accessed November 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Safeway#cite_ref-6">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shop.safeway.com/superstore/sixframeset.asp?page=investors">Corporate Governance/Board of Directors</a>, Safeway, accessed August 2007.</span></li>

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SAN FRANCISCO — Grocery retailer Safeway, Inc. will pay $600,000 and has agreed to a nationwide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration equipment at its 659 U.S. stores under terms of a settlement released Wednesday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said the settlement with the Pleasanton, Calif.-based retailer is the largest ozone protection case ever reached under the Clean Air Act.

The government says Safeway violated the nation's clear air laws by not promptly fixing leaks of HCFC-22, a potent heat-trapping gas that contributes to climate change, from its refrigerators.

The government says Safeway, the nation's second-largest grocery retailer, also failed to keep proper maintenance records.

In a statement Wednesday, Safeway pointed out that the settlement does not require the company to admit any liability.</p>

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