Sitting on a storied site less than two miles from the U.S. Capitol building, Safeway’s newest location in Washington, D.C., brings some of the latest ideas in the grocery chain’s playbook to a spot that housed another Safeway until two years ago. That store was torn down in mid-2018 to [...]
Unionized Safeway workers say they won't strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the grocery store chain early Thursday morning. Union leaders say they will present details of the proposed new contract to workers at a meeting this afternoon. "These negotiations were long and unusually complex due to the difficult pension issues [...]
Safeway and Giant workers in the D.C. area say they could announce a strike vote on Wednesday if contract negotiations with their employers do not change course. Such a move would include about 25,000 workers at more than 280 grocery stores in the region. According to UFCW Local 400, which [...]
Uber doubled down on its Washington, D.C. based grocery delivery service, expanding the number of products available to shoppers in the nation’s capital just in time for the holidays. It’s a move that puts the transportation startup on a collision course with Amazon Fresh and other players in the grocery delivery market. [...]