[wintertime]

This could easily become the most effective boycott ever.
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Does Safeway own other grocery stores. I tend to shop at Smiths. Is Smiths one of their chains?

[rivercat]

Safeway owns...
Carrs (Carr-Gottstein Foods), Alaskan supermarket chain
Casa Ley, food stores in western Mexico, competes primarily with Wal-Mart
Dominick’s (Dominick’s Finer Foods), Illinois supermarket chain
Genuardi’s (Genuardi’s Family Markets), Mid-Atlantic supermarket chain
Pak ‘n’ Save (warehouse store chain in California)
Pavilions, upscale division of The Vons Companies, Inc.
Randall’s Food Markets, southeast and central Texas supermarket chain
Simon David, Dallas, Texas, specialty grocer
Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy, North Texas supermarket chain
Vons (The Vons Companies, Inc.), Southern California/Nevada supermarket chain