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Safeway shares rose 10% but analysts question the future. Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions, which is owned by Safeway, faces a tough food environment and the many problems confronting the economy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24594
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons/Pavilions
Safeway Inc.
Economic Conditions
Grocery Stores
Item ID
24785AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Shares of Safeway Inc. fell 4.5 percent after the Pleasanton-based parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions said it expects second-quarter earnings will be below Wall Street estimates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons/Pavilions
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Item ID
29693AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Last winter's 4 1/2 month strike had a devastating impact on Safeway Inc., parent company of Vons/Pavilion headquartered in Arcadia. First quarter profits fell 73.5 % to $43.1 million from $162.6 million during the same quarter for the prior year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business & Industry - Safeway Inc. -- Vons/Pavilion -- profits
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)
Supermarkets & grocery stores
Labor union disputes -- strikes
Item ID
28897AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway Inc.'s profit slid 4% in the second quarter as the nation's number 3 supermarket chain continued to battle lingering effects from last winter's polarizing labor strikes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28858
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Strikes --Labor disputes
Safeway Inc. --Vons/Pavilions
Financial profits
Item ID
29049AN
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Newspaper Index
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Safeway Inc., parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions, is changing operations to comply with a new law that calls for a 25 percent reduction in California's carbon emissions by the year 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30222
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2006
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2006
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Energy
Environment
Safeway Incorporated
Vons/Pavilions
Item ID
30409AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A class action lawsuit is allegedly underway against Safeway Inc. The claim is that a store manager at one of their locations was peeping at women in the restroom. Carpenters Local 409 also claim Vons has been negligent in paying standard wages to carpenters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29031
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons
Lawsuits - class action
Sexual misconduct - peeping
Carpenters Locas 409
Item ID
29218AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway, Inc., the parent company of The Vons Companies, Inc., announced layoffs which will include 28 workers at the Vons Pavilions headquarters in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Companies Inc.
Item ID
25838AN
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Newspaper Index
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Steve Burd, Safeway chairman and CEO, told analysts that parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions expects to continue rebounding from the 5-month labor strike that ended March 2004. Safeway reversed losses with a $202.7 million fourth-quarter profit in 2004.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29428
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Safeway
Vons / Pavilions --profits and earnings
Labor strikes
Item ID
29612AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Freon leak causes Vons Pavilions supermarket in 700 block of West Naomi Avenue, Arcadia, to close. A worker accidentally broke a refrigerant pipe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34427
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Vons Pavilions
Item ID
34619AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The May Company outlet at Michillinda and Sunset will close in January. It will become corporate headquarters for the Vons Grocery Companies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper795
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
May Co.
May Company
Vons Grocery Companies
Item ID
795AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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No end seen for market strike. Labor dispute between employees of Vons Pavilions, Albertsons and Ralphs grocery stores.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33101
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Albertsons
Grocery Stores
Labor strikes
Ralphs
Vons Pavilions
Item ID
33298AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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British retail giant Tesco considers selling its struggling U.S. grocery market Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. The El Segundo-based chain is losing money and Tesco has hired investment bank Greenhill to review options. Fresh & Easy has 200 stores in California, Nevada, and Arizona. There is a store in Arcadia (on Foothill Boulevard).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Grocery Stores
Tesco
Item ID
33461AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Vons Market, which operates 328 grocery stores in Southern California, has moved its corporate headquarters from El Monte to Michillinda Avenue, between Sunset Boulevard and Huntington Drive. The 240,000 square foot building, a former May Co. store that closed in January 1989, will house 950 Vons employees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper842
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Vons Market
May Company
Item ID
842AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Vons Co. headquartered in Arcadia, said Tuesday it will purchase 18 Williams Brothers Markets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper837
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 5, 1991
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 5, 1991
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Vons Companies
Item ID
837AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ralphs grocery store supermarket re-opens Arcadia store with new upscale look. Fifty-year-old store aims for competitive edge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34995
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Grocery Stores
Ralphs
Supermarkets
Item ID
35185AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ralphs grocery store at 1101 West Huntington Drive. This was at the corner of Huntington Drive and Sunset Boulevard. Brick exterior. Photo by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2354
Date
2001
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  1 image

Date
2001
Subjects
Grocery stores
Markets
Ralphs
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2251C
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Ralphs grocery store at 1101 West Huntington Drive. This was at the corner of Huntington Drive and Sunset Boulevard. Brick exterior. Photo by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2355
Date
2001
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  1 image

Date
2001
Subjects
Grocery stores
Markets
Ralphs
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2251D
Collection
Photographs
Images
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The Vons Pavilion just west of Hinshaw's staged a grand opening, Wednesday, December 10.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper841
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1986
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1986
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
841AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bill Davila, former head of the Vons Grocery chain, will be the guest speaker at the 28th annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22938
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Prayer breakfast
Davila, Bill
Item ID
23146AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A U.S. District judge overturned convictions for bribery, mail, wire and tax fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, against George Torres, 52, of Arcadia, the former owner of Numero Uno supermarket chain. The judge threw out the more serious convictions for racketeering, conspiracy and solicitation of murder, back in June. Torres has been set free after 2 years in custody.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31722
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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