Safeway stores in northern California sell 50% more fresh herbs, Asian food, fresh pasta, capers and fresh spinach than its stores elsewhere in the country.

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And then much smaller cuts of beef are sent already - you know, meat in general - are sent already pre-wrapped to stores like Safeway or Costco.

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Adina started in health food stores, Whole Foods Market, and Wegmans, and it is now available in more mainstream stores like Safeway and is being test marketed in the Pepsi distribution change (you can buy it at LaGuardia airport, for instance).

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More significantly, its prices were approaching the levels of competing stores run by Kroger and Safeway.

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Other competitors in the services sector include: Safeway (SWY), Winn-Dixie Stores (WINN), and Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA).

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In an antitrust lawsuit filed last year, and still outstanding, a group of stores including Wal-Mart, Safeway and Sears, Roebuck alleges that Visa and MasterCard are acting illegally by insisting that retailers that accept their credit cards also accept their debit cards.

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Agnese is most negative on Safeway, a major food and drug retailer which operates about 1, 700 stores in the U.S. and Canada, which he rates as a sell.

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