• May 11, 2007

EVP/CMO Brian Cornell is leaving after three years to actively pursue a search for the top leadership role at another company, per Safeway.

Chairman/President/CEO Steve Burd credited him with reorganizing Safeway's centralized marketing, merchandising and supply chain functions, and customer insight and market research.

Upon Cornell's departure June 1, and until a successor is named, the marketing organization will report directly to Burd.

Safeway has 1,755 stores in the United States and Canada.