Talent Risk · Employers · Consumer & retail
Safeway
- 92
- Jobs cut · 90 days
- 92
- Jobs cut · 12 months
- 20 Oct 2026
- Latest news
Safeway is showing signs of job cuts: 92 jobs in small notices in the last 90 days — below the size that counts as Cutting.
Latest, on 20 October: Safeway filed a WARN notice covering 92 employees in California, with layoffs effective 2026-12-20.
What’s happening, and where
- 20 October 2026Cuts announced · 92 jobs in USSafeway filed a WARN notice covering 92 employees in California, with layoffs effective 2026-12-20.Formal notice · WARN notice (CA)
Next This becomes Cutting if a single notice or announcement in 90 days covers 100 or more jobs, or 0.1% of its staff.
The last 12 months
Baseline building. A full year of history is still loading; the comparison appears when it has.
At a glance
| Label | Signs since the week to 20 Oct |
|---|---|
| Jobs cut, 12 months | 92 |
| Jobs cut, 90 days | 92 |
| Latest on the record | 20 October 2026 · Cuts announced · 92 jobs |
| Where the jobs are | US |
| Normal for them? | Baseline building. A full year of history is still loading; the comparison appears when it has. |
| Sources, 12 months | 1 report from 1 outlet, each linked below |
| Headquarters · sector | US · Consumer & retail · part of Cerberus Capital Management · SWY |
| Which company | Safeway, American supermarket chain (headquartered in US; part of Cerberus Capital Management; Wikidata Q1508234). |
What happened
Every event on the record, newest first. Open a row for the full summary and every report. How we decide
| Date | What | Jobs | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 October 2026 | Cuts announcedSafeway filed a WARN notice covering 92 employees in California, with layoffs effective 2026-12-20.
| 92 jobs | Formal notice |
Which jobs, and where
In context
How the label has changed · 26 weeks
| 20 Oct | Quiet → Signs |
|---|
Share of its sector’s cuts
0%
of the 21,370 job cuts announced in 12 months by the employers we cover in consumer & retail.
Peers in consumer & retail
- British American Tobacco19.6%
- Diageo7.2%
- Ocado5.3%
- John Lewis Partnership5.0%
- Tyson Foods1.9%
- Pilgrim's Corp0.5%
- Coca-Cola0.4%
- Safeway92 jobs
Job cuts in 12 months as a share of each employer’s workforce.
Related companies
Part of Cerberus Capital Management.
- Albertsons Quiet
Related companies are never compared as peers.
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Relevant through its sector and market, not a finding about Safeway. Official sources.
Safeway, American supermarket chain (headquartered in US; part of Cerberus Capital Management; Wikidata Q1508234).
Right of reply
Safeway can reply or correct this record at any time.
This label is our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed.