PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2012) - Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) will host a conference call with investors on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. PT) to discuss its third quarter 2012 financial results.

The conference call will be audio webcast live at http://www.safeway.com/investor_relations. Click on 'Webcasts' to access the call. A replay will be available for one week following the call.

Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,666 stores in the United States and western Canada and had annual sales of $43.6 billion in 2011.