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NORTH PLAINS, OR - AUGUST 28: Michelle Wie during the first round of the Safeway Classic on August 28, 2009 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Oregon.

Safeway Pharmacist Sonya Safaie works at a Safeway Pharmacy in Great Falls, Virginia, July 29, 2009.

Safeway Pharmacist Sonya Safaie catches up on record keeping at a Safeway Pharmacy in Great Falls, Virginia, July 29, 2009.

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A Safeway store in Menlo Park, Calif. is shown Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

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Safeway Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Byrd, right, and others, listen to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009, during the Senate Health Committee's health care roundtable.

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Steve Burd (R), president and CEO, Safeway, Inc. talks with Scott Gottlieb (2nd-R), resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 11, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Steve Burd (R), president and CEO, Safeway, Inc. ,Scott Gottlieb (C), resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute and Sandy Praeger (L) Kansas Insurance Commissioner, participate in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hi...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 11: Steve Burd (R), president and CEO, Safeway, Inc. and Scott Gottlieb (L), resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute participate in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 11, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Safeway Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Byrd talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009, before the start of the Senate Health Committee's health care roundtable.

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Safeway Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Byrd, left, talks with Safeway Group Vice President of Government Relations Jonathan Mayes, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009 prior to the Senate Health Committee hearing on health care reform.

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President Barack Obama speaks with Safeway President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Burd, right, as REI President and Chief Executive Officer Sally Jewell looks on during a meeting on health care reform, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

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SAN ANSELMO, CA - APRIL 30: The Safeway logo is displayed at a Safeway store April 30, 2009 in San Anselmo, California. Safeway Inc. reported a 25 percent decline in first quarter profits and sales dipped 7.6 percent. The grocery store chain earned $144.2 million, or 34 cents a share.

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SAN ANSELMO, CA - APRIL 30: A customer walks into a Safeway store April 30, 2009 in San Anselmo, California. Safeway Inc. reported a 25 percent decline in first quarter profits and sales dipped 7.6 percent. The grocery store chain earned $144.2 million, or 34 cents a share.

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SAN ANSELMO, CA - APRIL 30: Customers leave a Safeway store April 30, 2009 in San Anselmo, California. Safeway Inc. reported a 25 percent decline in first quarter profits and sales dipped 7.6 percent. The grocery store chain earned $144.2 million, or 34 cents a share.

Chairman, President and CEO of Safeway Inc. Steven Burd speaks at a panel discussion "Wellness in the Workplace: Obesity and Other Bottom-Line Issues" at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills,California April 27, 2009.

A sign for a Safeway grocery store is shown in San Francisco, California, February 23, 2009. Safeway Inc posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by modest market share losses and efforts to lower prices, and the supermarket chain's shares fell nearly 12 percent.

The sign outside a Safeway gas station is seen, in Denver February 26, 2009. Safeway Inc posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by modest market share losses and efforts to lower prices, and the supermarket chain's shares fell nearly 12 percent.

A Safeway grocery store is pictured in Denver February 26, 2009. Safeway Inc posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by modest market share losses and efforts to lower prices, and the supermarket chain's shares fell nearly 12 percent.

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Steve Burd (2nd-L), Chairman, President & CEO of Safeway Inc. , speaks with another guest before an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy.

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A Safeway supermarket is shown Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Portland, Ore. Safeway Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent because of price-cutting and lower sales at its grocery stores.

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Jude Deckenbach puts her groceries away in a Safeway parking lot in San Francisco, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009. Safeway Inc. said Thursday, its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent because of price-cutting and lower sales at its grocery stores.

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Farmer Don Young, from Des Moines, Iowa, stands next to his winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Young's pumpkin weighed in at 1658 pounds, setting a weight record for California.

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Farmer Don Young, center left, of Des Moines, Iowa, stands with his winning 1658-pound pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Monday Oct. 12, 2009.

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The top four "most beautiful pumpkins" are raised on forklifts at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Callif. , Monday Oct. 12, 2009. The pumpkin second from the left won the contest.

Michele Redman of the U.S. reacts to missing a putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff during the final round of the LPGA Safeway Classic golf tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland, Oregon August 30, 2009.