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Safeway Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    The Texas Farm Bureau Applauds Domino's Support for Gestation Crates, Orders a Pizza

    Confining sows in small gestation crates has come under great scrutiny lately. Major companies like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and most recently the nation's second largest grocery chain, Safeway, have announced a phase-out of pork supplied by farms that use gestation crates. However, recent ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2012

    How a Battle Over a Korean-Owned Kwik Stop Divided, Then United, South Dallas

    Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Where Is All This Pink Slime Anyway?

    A number of articles have been published in the last few days as Safeway and Kroger have announced their intentions to stop selling ground beef products that contain lean finely textured beef. The ammonia treated additive has gotten significant attention after receiving the nickname "pink slime." I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    At Last, We Have a Firm Opening Date for That New Central Market in Preston Royal

    ​Speaking of new grocery stores ...Last we'd been told, the Central Market replacing the old Borders (which replaced an old Safeway) in Preston Royal would be open come "mid-winter." But as you can see from the photo I snapped a couple of nights ago, it's looking awful close to opening. How close? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Bird versus Bird: A Farm and Factory Showdown.

    Heritage Turkey​In college I had to take a communications class, which involved giving a persuasive speech. Luckily, I don't remember mine. But, I'll never forget the girl who persuaded us not to eat chicken. It worked. She did a standing ovation-worthy physical interpretation of a chicken wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Central Market to Ask Council For Variance to Sell Beer and Wine Next Door to St. Mark's

    The under-construction Central Market in Preston Royal, which used to be a Safeway, by the way. You can see the original walls from the Royal Lane side, matter of fact.​Used to be, a business situated too close to a school, church, hospital or daycare center that wanted to sell booze couldn't, exc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Lots of Folks Object to Blockbuster's Store Closure Plan. Like Dallas County, For Starters.

    The Blockbuster outlet at Lovers and Inwood closed shortly before the end of 2010.​As you'll recall, Blockbuster ended the year by announcing it's looking over all its leases and planning on breaking many of them, after which it'll shutter stores, dump inventory for pennies on the dollar and turn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Noshing On Nutella

    The Blockbuster outlet at Lovers and Inwood closed shortly before the end of 2010.​As you'll recall, Blockbuster ended the year by announcing it's looking over all its leases and planning on breaking many of them, after which it'll shutter stores, dump inventory for pennies on the dollar and turn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    That Zoning Fight Over Simon David Has Moved From the Neighborhood to City Hall

    Sarah Dodd​[Editor's note at 4:27 p.m.: Jim has opted to turn this item into a live blog concerning the afternoon's doings at Dallas City Hall. The Simon David debate has wrapped with a vote in favor of the store's expansion, so the council has moved on to the University of North Texas Dallas camp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Echoes and Reverberations: Decadent Dub Team, Fracturing the Mash-Up

    DDTers Jason Wolford, EZ Eddie D and Jeff Liles​ The puke green exterior made the Mitchell Building in Deep Ellum look like a frightening industrial shop of horrors. Far from being accidental, that's by design -- the place was actually a weapons manufacturing facility during Word War II.In the ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Food For Thought 3.24.09

    "We're going to chew them up on corporate brands. And we're just going to keep driving corporate brands." (Steven Burd, president of Safeway--parent of Tom Thumb and Randalls--speaking on the importance of store brands as leverage against the large food companies. Some grocery chains have been cutti ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Ask a Mexican

    In corn vs. flour, wheat gets a smackdown

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    The Man and the Myth

    In corn vs. flour, wheat gets a smackdown

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    The Cult of Ole

    Ole Anthony anointed himself the watchdog of America's televangelists. But who was watching Ole Anthony?

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Unfit to Print

    A vicious fight between John Wiley Price and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas

  • News

    November 25, 2004

    Playmakers

    Want to design video games? SMU's Guildhall can show you how, if you're willing to work like a dog.

  • Film

    November 7, 2002

    All Right Now

    In Mike Leigh's latest, love means never having to say you're sorry

  • Culture

    May 17, 2001

    In Cold Blood

    Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

  • Dining

    November 16, 2000

    Fat City

    Does anybody eat low-fat/no-fat ice cream?

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Fooling with Mother Nature

    Plano-based Frito-Lay finds it's better to be safe than sorry with genetically modified foods

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Saint Al

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

  • Dining

    October 30, 1997

    Sweet ode to convoy grub

    But Truckers grinds the breakfast gears

  • Dining

    March 7, 1996

    Heart of gold

    Beyond outward appearances lies wonderful Vietnamese food

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