Safeway (Channel Islands)

Safeway (Channel Islands)
Industry Grocery
Fate Defunct - Purchased by Waitrose and re-branded
Founded 1993
Defunct 2011
Owner Waitrose
Subsidiaries Safeway Stores (Jersey) Ltd
Safeway Stores (Guernsey) Ltd
Website Safeway (Channel Islands)

Safeway (Channel Islands) was a supermarket chain in the Channel Islands. There were two supermarkets, one in Jersey and one in Guernsey.[1]

The chain was founded in 1993, when Argyll Foods's Safeway division acquired them off a local businessman, Mr M D Besan.

Following Morrisons 2004 acquisition of Safeway plc, a local business, CI Traders (now Sandpiper CI), bought the two Safeway supermarkets from Morrisons in 2005 for £51 million.

In 2011 Sandpiper CI sold the stores to Waitrose, ending the Safeway name in the Channel Islands.

References

  1. "BBC News - Guernsey Safeway's final day before Waitrose rebranding". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2013-10-24.


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