SAFEWAY INC
10-Q, 1994-10-21
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-Q

                                   (Mark One)

              X   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
             ---     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the quarterly period ended September 10, 1994

                                       OR

             ___  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the transition period from  ______  to  _____

                         Commission file number   1-41

                                  SAFEWAY INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                       <C>
                     Delaware                                          94-3019135
                     --------                                          ----------
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
                   organization)

            Fourth and Jackson Streets
                Oakland, California                                      94660
                -------------------                                      -----
     (Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code                  (510) 891-3000
                                                                    --------------
</TABLE>

                                Not Applicable
                                --------------
             (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                        if changed since last report.)
                         
       Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
       required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
       Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
       that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
       subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES  X  NO __.

  As of October 14, 1994, there were issued and outstanding 103,735,094
                   shares of the registrant's common stock.
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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


                                     INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PART I           FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)                                                   Page
- - ------           ---------------------------------                                                   ----
<S>              <C>                                                                                  <C>
ITEM 1.          FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of  September 10, 1994 and
                   January 1, 1994                                                                     3

                 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the 12 and 36 weeks
                   ended September 10, 1994 and September 11, 1993                                     5
                   
                 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the 36 weeks
                   ended September 10, 1994 and September 11, 1993                                     6

                 Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements                              7

ITEM 2.          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                 CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS                                                  11

PART II          OTHER INFORMATION
- - -------          -----------------

ITEM 1.          LEGAL PROCEEDINGS                                                                    14

ITEM 6.          EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K                                                     15
</TABLE>





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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Financial Statements
- - -------   --------------------


                        SAFEWAY  INC.  AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (In millions)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                September 10,     January 1,
                                                    1994             1994
                                                -------------     ----------
<S>                                               <C>              <C>     
ASSETS                                                                     
- - ------
Current assets:                                                            
  Cash and equivalents                            $   58.4         $  118.4
  Receivables                                        136.5            119.5
  Merchandise inventories                          1,057.1          1,128.1
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets           91.7             98.0
                                                  --------         --------
  Total current assets                             1,343.7          1,464.0
                                                  --------         --------
                                                                          
Property                                           4,279.8          4,207.3
  Less accumulated depreciation                                            
    and amortization                               1,798.5          1,647.2
                                                  --------         --------
  Property, net                                    2,481.3          2,560.1
                                                                           
Goodwill, net of amortization of $92.5                                     
   and $86.2, respectively                           336.6            347.6
Prepaid pension costs                                313.8            307.1
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates             324.2            303.4
Other assets                                          87.7             92.5
                                                  --------         --------
                                                                           
Total assets                                      $4,887.3         $5,074.7
                                                  ========         ========
</TABLE>

(Continued)





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                         SAFEWAY  INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
                    (In millions, except per share amounts)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              September 10,    January 1,
                                                  1994            1994
                                              -------------    ----------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY            
- - ------------------------------------

Current liabilities:
  Current maturities of notes
    and debentures                              $  155.5        $  188.6
  Current obligations under capital leases          19.2            19.3
  Accounts payable                                 910.5           880.5
  Accrued salaries and wages                       200.4           216.3
  Other accrued liabilities                        464.4           406.7
                                                --------        --------

  Total current liabilities                      1,750.0         1,711.4
                                                --------        --------
Long-term debt:                                                  
  Notes and debentures                           1,890.7         2,287.7
  Obligations under capital leases                 182.4           193.6
                                                --------        --------
                                                                 
  Total long-term debt                           2,073.1         2,481.3
                                                                 
Deferred income taxes                              141.8           145.5
Accrued claims and other liabilities               372.7           353.6
                                                --------        --------
                                                                 
Total liabilities                                4,337.6         4,691.8
                                                --------        --------
                                                                 
Stockholders' equity:                                            
  Common stock:  par value $.01 per share;                       
     300 shares authorized; 103.3 and 101.5                      
     shares outstanding, respectively                1.0             1.0
  Additional paid-in capital                       642.6           624.5
  Cumulative translation adjustments                33.3            39.0
  Accumulated deficit                             (127.2)         (281.6)
                                                --------        --------
                                                                 
  Total stockholders' equity                       549.7           382.9
                                                --------        --------
                                                                 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity      $4,887.3        $5,074.7
                                                ========        ========
</TABLE>

    See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.





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                        SAFEWAY  INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                    (In millions, except per share amounts)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               12 Weeks Ended              36 Weeks Ended
                                                           -----------------------     -----------------------
                                                           Sept. 10,     Sept. 11,     Sept. 10,     Sept. 11,
                                                              1994          1993          1994          1993
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Sales                                                      $ 3,631.8     $ 3,558.9     $10,736.3     $10,512.9 
Cost of goods sold                                          (2,635.9)     (2,592.0)     (7,799.9)     (7,660.5)
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
     Gross profit                                              995.9         966.9       2,936.4       2,852.4
                                                                                                      
Operating and administrative expenses                         (847.4)       (845.8)     (2,523.8)     (2,572.2)
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
     Operating profit                                          148.5         121.1         412.6         280.2
                                                                                                      
Interest expense                                               (48.1)        (61.5)       (156.6)       (187.9)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates                  4.4          12.4          22.8          35.7
Other income, net                                                2.0           2.0           4.9           6.1
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
     Income before income taxes and extraordinary loss         106.8          74.0         283.7         134.1
                                                                                                      
Income taxes                                                   (43.1)        (31.9)       (119.2)        (57.7)
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
     Income before extraordinary loss                           63.7          42.1         164.5          76.4
                                                                                                      
Extraordinary loss related to early                                                                   
   retirement of debt, net of income tax                                                              
   benefit of $1.7 and $6.5, respectively                       (2.7)          -           (10.1)          -
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
      Net income                                           $    61.0     $    42.1     $   154.4     $    76.4
                                                           =========     =========     =========     =========
                                                                                                      
Earnings per common share and common                                                                   
share equivalent:                                                                                     
      Primary                                                                                         
           Income before extraordinary loss                $    0.52     $    0.35     $    1.35     $    0.64
           Extraordinary loss                                  (0.02)          -           (0.08)           -
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
           Net income                                      $    0.50     $    0.35     $    1.27     $    0.64
                                                           =========     =========     =========     =========
      Fully diluted                                                                                   
           Income before extraordinary loss                $    0.52     $    0.34     $    1.34     $    0.63
           Extraordinary loss                                  (0.02)          -           (0.08)          -
                                                           ---------     ---------     ---------     ---------
           Net income                                      $    0.50     $    0.34     $    1.26     $    0.63
                                                           =========     =========     =========     =========
                                                                                                      
Weighted average common shares and common                                                             
   share equivalents:                                                                                 
       Primary                                                 122.1         121.3         121.5         119.9
                                                           =========     =========     =========     =========
       Fully diluted                                           122.5         122.3         122.5         122.3
                                                           =========     =========     =========     =========
</TABLE>

  See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (In millions)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            36 Weeks Ended
                                                                    -----------------------------
                                                                    September 10,   September 11,
                                                                        1994            1993
                                                                    -------------   -------------
<S>                                                                    <C>             <C>       
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:                                     
Net income                                                             $ 154.4         $  76.4
Reconciliation to net cash flow from operations:                                    
  Extraordinary loss related to early retirement of debt,                           
    before income tax benefit                                             16.6             -
  Depreciation and amortization                                          225.5           229.0
  LIFO expense                                                             6.9             7.7
  Equity in undistributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates          (22.8)          (35.7)
  Other                                                                   37.1            14.6
  Change in working capital items:                                                  
    Receivables and prepaids                                              (7.1)           10.8
    Inventories at FIFO cost                                              50.1           107.2
    Payables and accruals                                                 87.5            27.8
                                                                       -------         -------
      Net cash flow from operations                                      548.2           437.8
                                                                       -------         -------
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                                                
Cash paid for property additions                                        (181.6)         (153.6)
Proceeds from sale of property                                            27.6             8.3
Other                                                                    (27.0)          (34.6)
                                                                       -------         -------
     Net cash flow used by investing activities                         (181.0)         (179.9)
                                                                       -------         -------
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                                                
Additions to short-term borrowings                                        93.9            26.0
Payments on short-term borrowings                                        (43.6)          (44.9)
Additions to long-term borrowings                                        345.4           267.6
Payments on long-term borrowings                                        (821.8)         (486.3)
Premiums paid on early retirement of debt                                (12.7)            -
Net proceeds from sale of common stock                                    10.5             3.2
Other                                                                      1.1             2.0
                                                                       -------         -------
    Net cash flow used by financing activities                          (427.2)         (232.4)
                                                                       -------         -------
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents                              (60.0)           25.5
                                                                                    
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS:                                                               
    Beginning of period                                                  118.4            96.6
                                                                       -------         -------
    End of period                                                      $  58.4         $ 122.1
                                                                       =======         =======
</TABLE>

     See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
          NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (UNAUDITED)


NOTE A - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Safeway Inc.
and subsidiaries ("Safeway" or the "Company") for the 12 and 36 weeks ended
September 10, 1994 and September 11, 1993 are unaudited and, in the opinion of
management, contain all adjustments that are of a normal and recurring nature
necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations
for such periods.  The condensed consolidated financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related
notes contained in the Company's 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders.  The
results of operations for the 12 and 36 weeks ended September 10, 1994 are not
necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year.


NOTE B - INVENTORY

The results of operations reflect the application of the LIFO method of valuing
certain domestic inventories, based upon estimated annual inflation ("LIFO
Indices").  LIFO expense was $2.3 million in the third quarter of 1994 and $1.2
million in the third quarter of 1993.  Actual LIFO Indices are calculated
during the fourth quarter of the year based upon a statistical sampling of
inventories.


NOTE C - INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

Investments in affiliates consist of a 35% interest in The Vons Companies, Inc.
("Vons") which operates 344 supermarkets located mostly in southern California,
and a 49% interest in Casa Ley, S.A. de C.V. which operates 61 stores in
western Mexico.

The Company's recorded investment in Vons at September 10, 1994 was $235.7
million, including unamortized goodwill of $47.3 million that is being
amortized over a 40 year life.  Income from Safeway's equity investment in
Vons, recorded on a one-quarter delay basis, was $1.3 million and $10.4 million
for 12 and 36 weeks ended September 10, 1994 compared to $5.9 million and $20.6
million for the same periods in 1993.

Based on the September 9, 1994 closing price for Vons' common stock as quoted
on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company's 15.1 million shares of Vons'
common stock had an aggregate market value of $236.3 million.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (UNAUDITED)


NOTE C - INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES (CONTINUED)

Summarized financial information derived from Vons' financial reports to the
Securities and Exchange Commission is as follows (in millions):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 June 19,         January 2,
 FINANCIAL POSITION                                1994              1994   
 ------------------                             ---------         ----------
 <S>                                            <C>                <C>
 Current assets                                 $  441.8           $  473.4
 Property and capital leases                     1,223.2            1,215.6
 Other assets                                      567.6              560.5
                                                --------           --------
   Total assets                                 $2,232.6           $2,249.5
                                                ========           ========

 Current liabilities                            $  494.4           $  542.7
 Long-term obligations                           1,199.7            1,181.9
 Shareholders' equity                              538.5              524.9
                                                --------           --------
   Total liabilities and shareholders'
     equity                                     $2,232.6           $2,249.5
                                                ========           ========
        
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       12 Weeks Ended                    36 Weeks Ended
                                                 --------------------------        --------------------------
                                                  June 19,         June 20,         June 19,         June 20,
 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS                              1994             1993             1994             1993
 ---------------------                           ---------        ---------        ---------        ---------
 <S>                                             <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
 Sales                                           $ 1,160.2        $ 1,175.3        $ 3,474.7        $ 3,729.1
 Cost of sales and other expenses                 (1,155.7)        (1,157.6)        (3,442.3)        (3,667.9)
                                                 ---------        ---------        ---------        --------- 
 Income before extraordinary item                      4.5             17.7             32.4             61.2
 Extraordinary item                                    -                -                -               (0.1)
                                                 ---------        ---------        ---------        --------- 
 Net income                                      $     4.5        $    17.7        $    32.4        $    61.1
                                                 =========        =========        =========        =========
</TABLE>


As of December 31, 1993, Casa Ley had total assets of $411.9 million based on
financial information provided by Casa Ley.  Sales and net income were $781.3
million and $25.4 million for the 36 weeks ended June 30, 1994, and $704.9
million and $30.7 million for the 36 weeks ended June 30, 1993.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (UNAUDITED)


NOTE D - FINANCING

Notes and debentures were composed of the following at September 10, 1994 and
January 1, 1994 (in millions):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  September 10, 1994            January 1, 1994
                                                ----------------------      ----------------------
                                                Long-term      Current      Long-term      Current
                                                ---------      -------      ---------      -------
<S>                                             <C>            <C>          <C>            <C>
Bank Credit Agreement, secured                  $   93.0                    $   35.0       
Working Capital Credit Agreement, secured          249.8                       340.3       
9.30% Senior Secured Debentures                                                            
   due 2007                                         70.7                       100.0       
10% Senior Notes due 2002,                                                                 
   unsecured                                        60.6                        74.0       
10% Senior Subordinated Notes due                                                          
   2001, secured                                   241.4                       300.0       
9.875% Senior Subordinated                                                                 
   Debentures due 2007, secured                    110.0                       150.0       
9.65% Senior Subordinated                                                                  
   Debentures due 2004, secured                    228.2                       300.0       
9.35% Senior Subordinated Notes due                                                        
   1999, secured                                   182.5                       250.0       
Mortgage notes payable, secured                    436.8       $ 49.1          494.5       $ 72.8
Other notes payable, unsecured                     217.7         22.1          243.9         81.8
Other bank borrowings, unsecured                     -           84.3            -           34.0
                                                --------       ------       --------       ------
                                                $1,890.7       $155.5       $2,287.7       $188.6
                                                ========       ======       ========       ======
</TABLE>

Note B to the Company's consolidated financial statements on pages 25 through
27 of the 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders and the information appearing
under the caption "Terms of Outstanding Indebtedness" in Item 1 of the
Company's 1993 Form 10-K describe all of the material restrictive covenants of
the Company's indebtedness.

During the second and third quarters of 1994, the Company revised the Bank
Credit Agreement and Working Capital Credit Agreement (together the "Bank
Agreements").  The revisions extend the maturity of the Bank Agreements by one
year to 1998.  The revisions also include a $250 million voluntary reduction of
the borrowing capacity under the Bank Agreements, which decreases the annual
commitment fees by approximately $0.5 million and leaves remaining commitments
of $1.15 billion.  The revisions permit the Company to purchase Senior
Subordinated Debt of up to $300 million per year or $500 million over the life
of the Bank Agreements.

During the first three quarters of 1994, Safeway retired $42.7 million of
Senior Debt and $237.9 million of Senior Subordinated Debt.  Safeway purchased
the long-term debt primarily with proceeds from floating rate bank borrowings.
While these transactions resulted in extraordinary losses of $2.7 million and
$10.1 million after estimated tax benefit for the 12 and 36 weeks ended
September 10, 1994, estimated annual interest expense savings will be
approximately $11 million, subject to fluctuations in short-term interest
rates.  The extraordinary losses consist primarily of premiums paid to purchase
debt and the write-off of related deferred finance costs.  Depending on market
conditions, Safeway may continue to purchase and retire long-term debt.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (UNAUDITED)


NOTE E - CONTINGENCIES

LEGAL MATTERS

Note H to the Company's consolidated financial statements, under the caption
"Legal Matters" on pages 32 and 33 of the 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders,
provides information on significant claims and litigation in which the Company
is involved.  In part, Note H provides information on certain claims arising
from the July 1988 Richmond, California warehouse fire.  The Company's excess
insurance carrier asserted that its liability policy does not cover third-party
claims against the Company arising from the fire, and the Company filed suit
against the carrier to establish coverage.  The court ordered that the claim be
arbitrated in London in accordance with the policy's arbitration clause.  A
panel of arbitrators in London has rendered a decision in Safeway's favor in
the arbitration proceeding between the Company and the insurance carrier.
Under the panel's decision, Safeway is entitled to be indemnified by the
carrier under the policy.  Safeway believes that coverage under the policy will
be sufficient for resolution of all remaining third-party claims arising out of
the fire.

Note H also provides information regarding two class action employment
discrimination lawsuits filed against the Company.  In June 1994, the court
gave final approval to a voluntary consent decree in settlement of the
lawsuits.  The settlement covers over 20,000 current and former employees at
more than 200 store locations in Northern California and provides for a fund of
$5.0 million for payments to certain class members and an additional payment of
$2.5 million in attorneys' fees and costs.  The consent decree includes
provisions for enhancing the Company's equal opportunity programs by setting
additional affirmative action goals for certain retail positions, tracking the
distribution of hours of work and training opportunities, and continuing a
system for posting job vacancies.  This settlement did not have a material
impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations, and is not
expected to have a significant impact on future results.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


ITEM 2.      MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
             RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Safeway's income before extraordinary loss for the third quarter ended
September 10, 1994 was $63.7 million ($0.52 per share) compared to net income
of $42.1 million ($0.34 per share) for the third quarter of 1993.  Net income
of $61.0 million ($0.50 per share) in the third quarter of 1994 included an
extraordinary loss of $2.7 million ($0.02 per share) for the early retirement
of debt.  For the first 36 weeks of 1994, income before extraordinary loss was
$164.5 million ($1.34 per share) compared to net income of $76.4 million ($0.63
per share) in the same period of 1993.  Net income for the first 36 weeks of
1993 included a $30.2 million after-tax charge ($0.25 per share) for a
voluntary employee buyout program in Safeway's Alberta, Canada division.


Sales were $3.6 billion in the third quarter and $10.7 billion for the first 36
weeks of 1994 compared to $3.6 billion and $10.5 billion for the same periods 
of 1993.  Same-store sales increased 3.7% in the third quarter of 1994,
continuing a seven-quarter trend of same-store sales increases.  Same-store
sales for the first 36 weeks of 1994 increased 4.0%.  Despite low food price
inflation, Safeway achieved sales growth in the first 36 weeks of 1994.   The
Company has simplified work methods in the stores, streamlined the support
functions at corporate headquarters and retail division offices, achieved labor
cost parity through competitive labor contracts signed in Alberta, and improved
inventory management.  The savings from these efforts to lower the Company's
fundamental cost of doing business were reinvested into sales growth through
improved service and more competitive pricing.

Gross profit was 27.4% and 27.3% of sales in the 12 and 36 weeks ended
September 10, 1994, respectively, compared to 27.2% and 27.1% for the same
periods of 1993.  LIFO expense decreased to $6.9 million for the first 36 weeks
of 1994 from $7.7 million for the same period of 1993, reflecting the Company's
expectation of low inflation for the year.

Operating and administrative expense for the third quarter fell to 23.33% of
sales in 1994 from 23.76% in 1993.  Included in operating and administrative
expense for the third quarter of 1994 is an $18 million reserve for the future
write-off of capitalized software.  This reserve resulted from the
identification of duplicate and obsolete systems as part of the previously
announced reorganization of Safeway's information technology group.  The
elimination of these systems is expected to be largely completed during 1995.  
Higher sales, programs to control expenses, and insurance recoveries
combined to offset the software write-off and reduce operating and
administrative expense as a percent of sales in the third quarter of 1994.  
Programs to control expenses include the previously announced reorganizations 
of administrative support functions in the United States and Canada, which are 
generating estimated annual savings of $25 million.

In the first 36 weeks of the year, operating and administrative expense
decreased to 23.51% in 1994 from 24.47% in 1993.  Excluding the $54.9 million
pre-tax charge for the Alberta buyout in 1993, operating and administrative
expense for the first 36 weeks of 1993 would have been 23.94%.

Interest expense for the third quarter fell to $48.1 million in 1994 compared
to $61.5 million in 1993.  For the first 36 weeks of the year, interest expense
was $156.6 million in 1994 compared to $187.9 million in 1993.  The decreases
during 1994 were primarily due to overall debt reductions resulting from
Safeway's strong cash flow from operations in excess of capital expenditures
and the replacement of higher rate long-term debt with short-term floating rate
debt.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, recorded on a one-quarter
delay basis, was $4.4 million for the third quarter of 1994, compared to $12.4
million the same period of 1993.  Vons reported that its net income reflected
the impact of price reductions and promotional programs initiated in early
1994, as well as a same-store sales decrease of 3.2% for its quarter ended June
19, 1994.  For the first 36 weeks of the year, equity in earnings of
unconsolidated subsidiaries fell to $22.8 million in 1994 from $35.7 million in
1993.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

During the second and third quarters of 1994, the Company revised the Bank
Credit Agreement and Working Capital Credit Agreement (together the "Bank
Agreements").  The revisions extend the maturity of the Bank Agreements by one
year to 1998.  The revisions also include a $250 million voluntary reduction of
the borrowing capacity under the Bank Agreements, which decreases the annual
commitment fees by approximately $0.5 million and leaves remaining commitments
of $1.15 billion.  The revisions permit the Company to purchase Senior
Subordinated Debt of up to $300 million per year or $500 million over the life
of the Bank Agreements.

During the first three quarters of 1994, Safeway retired $42.7 million of
Senior Debt and $237.9 million of Senior Subordinated Debt.  Safeway purchased
the long-term debt primarily with proceeds from floating rate bank borrowings.
While these transactions resulted in extraordinary losses of $2.7 million and
$10.1 million after estimated tax benefit for the 12 and 36 weeks ended
September 10, 1994, estimated annual interest expense savings will be
approximately $11 million, subject to fluctuations in short-term interest
rates.  The extraordinary losses consist primarily of premiums paid to purchase
debt and the write-off of related deferred finance costs.  Depending on market
conditions, Safeway may continue to purchase and retire long-term debt.

Operating cash flow, as presented below, provides a measure of the Company's
ability to generate cash to pay interest and fixed charges, and facilitates the
comparison of Safeway's results of operations with those of companies having
different capital structures.  Safeway's computation of operating cash flow is
as follows (dollars in millions):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          12 Weeks Ended            36 Weeks Ended
                                                      ----------------------    ----------------------
                                                      Sept. 10,    Sept. 11,    Sept. 10,    Sept. 11,
                                                        1994         1993         1994         1993
                                                      ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
<S>                                                    <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
Income before income taxes and extraordinary loss      $106.8       $ 74.0       $283.7        $134.1
LIFO expense                                              2.3          1.2          6.9           7.7
Interest expense                                         48.1         61.5        156.6         187.9
Depreciation and amortization                            75.4         76.6        225.5         229.0
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates          (4.4)       (12.4)       (22.8)        (35.7)
                                                       ------       ------       ------        ------ 
Operating cash flow                                    $228.2       $200.9       $649.9        $523.0
                                                       ======       ======       ======        ======
As a percent of sales                                   6.28%        5.65%        6.05%         4.97%
                                                        =====        =====        =====         =====
As a multiple of interest expense                       4.74x        3.27x        4.15x         2.78x
                                                        =====        =====        =====         =====
</TABLE>


Excluding the $54.9 million Alberta buyout charge, operating cash flow for the
36 weeks ended September 11, 1993 was 5.50% of sales, and was 3.08 times
interest expense.

Cash flow from operations supplemented by credit available under the Bank
Agreements are the Company's primary sources of short-term liquidity.  At
September 10, 1994, the Company had available unused borrowing capacity of
$663.2 million under the Bank Agreements.  Management believes that this amount
is adequate to meet the Company's requirements.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM

A key component of the Company's long-term strategy is its capital expenditure
program.  Safeway scaled back its capital expenditure program in 1993 in order
to focus on near-term operating challenges, enhance the quality of projects and
lower their cost.  During 1993, Safeway invested $290.2 million to open 14
stores and complete 45 major remodels.  The Company expects to spend about $350
million in 1994 to open 20 new stores and remodel between 50 and 60 stores.
The expected cost of capital expenditures for 1994 has been reduced from
earlier estimates without changing the number of expected store openings or
remodels.  This was possible due to the consolidation of information technology
systems earlier this year, which reduced expenditures for capitalized computer
software, and due to store design improvements which have lowered the cost of
new stores and remodels.  For the first 36 weeks of 1994, capital expenditures
totaled $185.6 million.  Safeway expects to increase its level of capital
expenditures gradually over time.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


PART II   OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Note H to the Company's consolidated financial statements, under the caption
"Legal Matters" on pages 32 and 33 of the 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders,
provides information on significant claims and litigation in which the Company
is involved.  In part, Note H provides information on certain claims arising
from the July 1988 Richmond, California warehouse fire.  The Company's excess
insurance carrier asserted that its liability policy does not cover third-party
claims against the Company arising from the fire, and the Company filed suit
against the carrier to establish coverage.  The court ordered that the claim be
arbitrated in London in accordance with the policy's arbitration clause.  A
panel of arbitrators in London has rendered a decision in Safeway's favor in
the arbitration proceeding between the Company and the insurance carrier.
Under the panel's decision, Safeway is entitled to be indemnified by the
carrier under the policy.  Safeway believes that coverage under the policy will
be sufficient for resolution of all remaining third-party claims arising out of
the fire.

Note H also provides information regarding two class action employment
discrimination lawsuits filed against the Company.  In June 1994, the court
gave final approval to a voluntary consent decree in settlement of the
lawsuits.  The settlement covers over 20,000 current and former employees at
more than 200 store locations in Northern California and provides for a fund of
$5.0 million for payments to certain class members and an additional payment of
$2.5 million in attorneys' fees and costs.  The consent decree includes
provisions for enhancing the Company's equal opportunity programs by setting
additional affirmative action goals for certain retail positions, tracking the
distribution of hours of work and training opportunities, and continuing a
system for posting job vacancies.  This settlement did not have a material
impact on the Company's third quarter 1994 financial position or results of
operations, and is not expected to have a significant impact on future results.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


ITEM 6(A).  EXHIBITS

Exhibit 4(i).1            Form of Warrant Agreement between the Company and The
                          First National Bank of Boston as Warrant Agent
                          relating to Warrants to purchase shares of common
                          stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4.5 to Registration Statement No. 33-9913)
                          and Amendment to the Warrant Agreement between the
                          Company and The First National Bank of Boston as
                          Warrant Agent relating to Warrants to purchase shares
                          of common stock of the Company (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4(i).6 to Registrant's Form 10-K
                          for the year ended December 30, 1989).

Exhibit 4(i).2            Specimen Warrant (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4(i).5 to Registration Statement No. 
                          33-33388).

Exhibit 4(i).3            Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4(i).2 to Registration Statement
                          No. 33-33388).

Exhibit 4(i).4            Registration Rights Agreement dated November 25, 1986
                          between the Company and certain limited partnerships
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(i).4 to
                          Registration Statement No. 33-33388).

Exhibit 4(i).5            Indenture dated as of November 20, 1991 among the
                          Company and The Bank of New York as Trustee relating
                          to the Company's Senior Subordinated Debt Securities
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated November 13, 1991).

Exhibit 4(i).6            Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms
                          of the 10% Senior Subordinated Notes due December 1,
                          2001, including the form of Note (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4.4 of Registrant's Form 8-K
                          dated November 13, 1991).

Exhibit 4(i).7            Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms
                          of the 9.65% Senior Subordinated Debentures due
                          January 15, 2004, including the form of Debenture
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated January 15, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).8            Indenture dated as of February 1, 1992 between the
                          Company and The First National Bank of Chicago as
                          Trustee relating to the Company's 9.30% Senior
                          Secured Debentures due 2007, including the form of
                          Debenture and the forms of Deed of Trust and
                          Environmental Indemnity Agreement attached as
                          exhibits thereto (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4(i).14 to Registrant's Form 10-K for the
                          year ended December 28, 1991).

Exhibit 4(i).9            Indenture dated as of March 15, 1992 between the
                          Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank as Trustee
                          relating to the Company's Senior Subordinated Debt
                          Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
                          of Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).10           Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms
                          of the 9.35% Senior Subordinated Notes due March 15,
                          1999 and the 9.875% Senior Subordinated Debentures
                          due March 15, 2007, including the form of Note and
                          form of Debenture (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4.2 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17,
                          1992).

Exhibit 4(i).11           Indenture dated as of September 1, 1992 between the
                          Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (National
                          Association), as Trustee relating to the Company's
                          Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                          4.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated September 16,
                          1992).





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


ITEM 6(A).  EXHIBITS (CONTINUED)

Exhibit 4(i).12           Form of Officers' Certificate relating to the
                          Company's Fixed Rate Medium-Term Notes and the
                          Company's Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes, form of
                          Fixed Rate Note and form of Floating Rate Note
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and
                          4.4 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated September 16,
                          1992).

Exhibit 4(i).13           Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms
                          of a separate series of Safeway Inc.'s Medium-Term
                          Notes entitled 10% Senior Notes due November 1, 2002,
                          including the form of Note (incorporated by reference
                          to Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 of Registrant's Form 8-K
                          dated November 5, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).14           Form of Officers' Certificate establishing the terms
                          of a separate series of Safeway Inc.'s Medium-Term
                          Notes entitled Medium-Term Notes due June 1, 2003
                          (Series OPR-1), including the form of Note
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated June 1, 1993).

Exhibit 4(i).15           Company Pledge Agreement dated as of November 24,
                          1986 between the Company and Bankers Trust Company,
                          as collateral agent, form of First Amendment thereto
                          dated as of June 12, 1990, and form of Second
                          Amendment thereto dated as of November 8, 1991
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated November 13, 1991) and
                          Third Amendment dated as of January 28, 1992 to
                          Company Pledge Agreement between the Company and
                          Bankers Trust Company, as collateral agent and
                          interest rate exchanger (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4.3 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17,
                          1992).

Exhibit 4(i).16           Trademark Security Agreement and Conditional
                          Assignment dated as of November 24, 1986 between the
                          Company and Bankers Trust Company, as collateral
                          agent, form of First Amendment thereto dated as of
                          June 12, 1990, and form of Second Amendment thereto
                          dated as of November 8, 1991 (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Registrant's Form 8-K
                          dated November 13, 1991) and Third Amendment dated as
                          of January 28, 1992 to Safeway Pledge Agreement
                          between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as
                          collateral agent and interest rate exchanger
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).17           Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of November
                          26, 1986 between the Company and Bankers Trust
                          Company, as collateral agent, form of First Amendment
                          thereto dated as of June 12, 1990, and form of Second
                          Amendment thereto dated as of November 8, 1991
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated November 13, 1991) and
                          Third Amendment dated as of January 28, 1992 to
                          Company Pledge and Security Agreement (Inventory)
                          between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as
                          collateral agent and interest rate exchanger
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17, 1992).





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


ITEM 6(A).  EXHIBITS (CONTINUED)

Exhibit 4(i).18           Intercreditor Agreement (Company Pledge) dated as of
                          November 24, 1986 among the Company, Bankers Trust
                          Company, as agent and collateral agent, Harris Trust
                          and Savings Bank, and Norwest Bank Minneapolis, N.A.,
                          and form of First Amendment thereto dated as of
                          November 8, 1991 (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4.8 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated November
                          13, 1991) and Second Amendment dated as of January
                          28, 1992 to Intercreditor Agreement (Company Pledge),
                          among the Company, Bankers Trust Company, as agent,
                          collateral agent and interest rate exchanger, Harris
                          Trust and Savings Bank, Norwest Bank Minneapolis,
                          N.A., and The Bank of New York (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Registrant's Form 8-K
                          dated March 17, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).19           Intercreditor Agreement (Substitute Collateral) dated
                          as of November 24, 1986 among the Company, Bankers
                          Trust Company, as agent and collateral agent, Harris
                          Trust and Savings Bank and Norwest Bank Minneapolis,
                          N.A., and form of First Amendment thereto dated as of
                          November 8, 1991 (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4.9 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated November
                          13, 1991) and Second Amendment dated as of January
                          28, 1992 to Intercreditor Agreement (Substitute
                          Collateral) among the Company, Bankers Trust Company,
                          as agent, collateral agent and interest rate
                          exchanger, Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Norwest
                          Bank Minneapolis, N.A., and The Bank of New York
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of
                          Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 17, 1992).

Exhibit 4(i).20           Form of Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
                          dated as of June 12, 1990 incorporating changes
                          through the Third Amendment dated as of August 7,
                          1991, the Fourth Amendment dated November 8, 1991 and
                          the Fifth Amendment dated January 28, 1992 among the
                          Company, the banks listed therein, and Bankers Trust
                          Company as Lead Manager and Agent (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 4(i).19 to Registrant's Form
                          10-K for the year ended January 2, 1993), and the
                          Extension Agreement and Sixth Amendment dated March
                          31, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                          4(i).20 of the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the
                          quarterly period ended March 26, 1994), and Seventh
                          Amendment dated as of August 19, 1994.

Exhibit 4(i).21           Form of Second Amended and Restated Working Capital
                          Credit Agreement dated as of June 14, 1990
                          incorporating changes through the Third Amendment
                          dated as of August 7, 1991, the Fourth Amendment
                          dated November 8, 1991 and the Fifth Amendment dated
                          January 28, 1992 among the Company, the Banks listed
                          therein and Bankers Trust Company as Lead Manager and
                          Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(i).20
                          to Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended January
                          2, 1993), the Extension Agreement and Sixth Amendment
                          dated March 31, 1994 (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 4(i).21 of the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the
                          quarterly period ended March 26, 1994), and Seventh
                          Amendment dated as of August 19, 1994.

Exhibit 4(iii)            Registrant agrees to provide the Securities and
                          Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of
                          instruments defining the rights of holders of
                          long-term debt of Registrant and all of its
                          subsidiaries for which consolidated financial
                          statements are required to be filed with the
                          Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 10(iii).1*        Safeway Inc. Outside Director Equity Purchase Plan
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
                          Registration Statement No. 33-36753) and First
                          Amendment to the Safeway Inc. Outside Director Equity
                          Purchase Plan dated as of July 5, 1994.

__________________
*  Management contract, or compensatory plan or arrangement





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


ITEM 6(A).  EXHIBITS (CONTINUED)

Exhibit 10(iii).2*        Share Appreciation Rights Plan of Canada Safeway
                          Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                          10(iii).17 to Registrant's Form 10-K for the year
                          ended December 29, 1990) and Amendment No. 1 thereto
                          dated December 13, 1991 (incorporated by reference to
                          Exhibit 10(iii).17 to Registrant's Form 10-K for the
                          year ended December 28, 1991).

Exhibit 10(iii).3*        Share Appreciation Rights Plan of Lucerne Foods Ltd.
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(iii).18 to
                          Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended December
                          29, 1990) and Amendment No. 1 thereto dated December
                          13, 1991 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                          10(iii).18 to Registrant's Form 10-K for the year
                          ended December 28, 1991).

Exhibit 10(iii).4*        Letter Agreement dated March 24, 1993 between the
                          Company and Peter A. Magowan (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 10(iii).6 to Registrant's Form
                          10-Q for the quarterly period ending June 19, 1993).

Exhibit 10(iii).5*        Settlement Agreement and General Release of Claims
                          dated October 6, 1993 between the Company and Robert
                          H.  Kinnie (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                          10(iii).8 to Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarterly
                          period ending September 11, 1993).

Exhibit 10(iii).6*        Stock Option Plan for Consultants of Safeway Inc.
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(iii).7 to
                          Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
                          ending June 19, 1993).

Exhibit 10(iii).7*        First Amendment to the Stock Option Plan for
                          Consultants of Safeway Inc. (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 10(iii).7 to Registrant's Form
                          10-K for the year ended January 1, 1994).

Exhibit 10(iii).8*        1994 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive
                          Plan for Key Employees of Safeway Inc. (incorporated
                          by reference to Exhibit 10(iii).8 to Registrant's
                          Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 1994).

Exhibit 10(iii).9*        Operating Performance Bonus Plan for Executive
                          Officers of Safeway Inc. (incorporated by reference
                          to Exhibit 10(iii).9 to Registrant's Form 10-K for
                          the year ended January 1, 1994).

Exhibit 10(iii).10*       Capital Performance Bonus Plan (incorporated by
                          reference to Exhibit 10(iii).10 to Registrant's Form
                          10-K for the year ended January 1, 1994).

Exhibit 10(iii).11*       Retirement Restoration Plan of Safeway Inc.
                          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(iii).11 to
                          Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended January 1,
                          1994).

Exhibit 11.1              Computation of Earnings Per Common Share and Common 
                          Share Equivalent.

Exhibit 27                Financial Data Schedule.
_______________
*  Management contract, or compensatory plan or arrangement


ITEM 6(B).  REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

On August 11, 1994 the Company filed a Form 8-K listing under Item 7 (Exhibits)
its Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the second quarter of
1994.





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                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.

Date:   October 20, 1994                 \s\ Steven A. Burd
      ------------------                 ------------------
                                         Steven A. Burd
                                         President and Chief Executive
                                         Officer

Date:   October 20, 1994                 \s\ Julian C. Day
      ------------------                 -----------------
                                         Julian C. Day
                                         Executive Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer





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                        SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                           INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED


Exhibit 4(i).20         Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit
                        Agreement Dated as of August 19, 1994.

Exhibit 4(i).21         Seventh Amendment and Consent Dated as of August 19,
                        1994 to Second Amended and Restated Working Capital 
                        Credit Agreement.

Exhibit 10(iii).1       First Amendment to the Safeway Inc. Outside Director
                        Equity Purchase Plan Dated as of July 5, 1994.

Exhibit 11.1            Computation of Earnings Per Common Share and
                        Common Share Equivalent.

Exhibit 27              Financial Data Schedule.


<PAGE>   1
                                                               Exhibit 4(i).20

                                  SAFEWAY INC.
                               SEVENTH AMENDMENT
                TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF AUGUST 19, 1994


        This SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 19, 1994 (this "Amendment") to the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 1990, as amended by a First
Amendment dated as of March 22, 1991, a Second Amendment dated as of June 7,
1991, a Third Amendment dated as of August 7, 1991, a Fourth Amendment and
Consent to Documents dated as of November 8, 1991, a Fifth Amendment and
Consent to Documents dated as of January 28, 1992 and an Extension Agreement
and Sixth Amendment dated as of March 31, 1994 (as so amended, the "Credit
Agreement"), is by and among Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
the financial institutions named on the signature pages hereof ("Banks"),
Bankers Trust Company ("Bankers"), as Lead Manager and Agent for Banks
("Agent"), the Managers named on the signature pages hereof ("Managers"), the
Co-Managers named on the signature pages hereof ("Co-Managers"), the Guarantors
named on the signature pages hereof ("Guarantors") and the Pledgors named on
the signature pages hereof ("Pledgors").  Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Credit
Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

        WHEREAS, Company proposes to reduce voluntarily the Commitments by
$50,000,000 and Company and Canadian Borrowers propose to reduce voluntarily
the Working Capital Commitments by $50,000,000;

        WHEREAS, in connection with such commitment reductions, Company and
Banks have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, to
amend the Credit Agreement (i) to modify the amount of commitment fees and
interest payable under the Credit Agreement, (ii) to eliminate those provisions
of the Credit Agreement relating to Additional Pro Rata Shares or requiring
further reductions of the Commitments on the First Commitment Reduction Date
and the Second Commitment Reduction Date, and (iii) to make certain other
modifications to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein;

        WHEREAS, Guarantors desire expressly to consent to this Amendment and
to reaffirm the effectiveness of the 

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First Tier Guaranty, the Second Tier Guaranty, the Guaranty and Assumption 
Agreement and the Contribution Agreement; and

   WHEREAS, Pledgors desire expressly to consent to this Amendment and to
reaffirm the effectiveness of the Company Pledge Agreement, the Safeway Pledge
Agreement, the Inventory Pledge Agreement, the First Tier Pledge Agreements and
the Second Tier Pledge Agreements.

                                   AGREEMENT

   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions herein
contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

   SECTION 1.  AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

   A.  Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
defined term "Second Commitment Reduction Date" therefrom in its entirety and
by adding thereto the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical
order:

   "'CONSOLIDATED ADJUSTED EBITDA' means, for any period, net income adjusted
  to eliminate the impact of:  (a) income taxes, (b) extraordinary items, (c)
  the cumulative effect of accounting changes, (d) any LIFO provision, (e)
  Consolidated Interest Expense, (f) amortization expense, (g) depreciation
  expense and (h) equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, all as
  determined on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries in
  conformity with GAAP."

   "'CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE' means, for any period, interest expense
  with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness (including, without limitation,
  all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
  letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing, net costs under Interest
  Rate Agreements and any such expense attributable to Capital Leases in
  accordance with GAAP) of Company and its Subsidiaries for such period
  determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP."

   "'COVERAGE LEVEL' means, for the purposes of determining the Eurodollar
  Margin or Usage Fee Rate as of any date of determination on or after the
  Seventh Amendment Effective Date, Coverage Level I, Coverage Level II,
  Coverage Level III, or Coverage Level IV, as applicable, determined by
  reference to Company's Interest Coverage Ratio as set forth in the most
  recent Level Determination Certificate delivered by Company at


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  least one Business Day before such date of determination, as follows:

                Coverage Level I:    Company's Interest Coverage Ratio is 
            greater than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00;

                Coverage Level II:   Company's Interest Coverage Ratio is 
            less than 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00;

                Coverage Level III:  Company's Interest Coverage Ratio is 
            less than 3.75 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00;

                Coverage Level IV:   Company's Interest Coverage Ratio is 
            less than 3.00 to 1.00;

     provided, however, that if Company fails to deliver a Level Determination
     Certificate pursuant to subsection 5.1(xiii) setting forth Company's
     Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter within 75
     days or, in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter of any fiscal year only,
     120 days of the end of such fiscal quarter, the Coverage Level shall
     thereafter be deemed to be Coverage Level IV until such time as Company
     delivers such Level Determination Certificate.  The Coverage Level shall
     change to the extent necessary to reflect changes in Company's Interest
     Coverage Ratio, as demonstrated by the delivery of a Level Determination
     Certificate, on the next Business Day following Company's delivery of such
     Level Determination Certificate."

              "'EURODOLLAR MARGIN' means (A) as of any date of determination
     prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, .75% per annum or (B) as of
     any date of determination on or after the Seventh Amendment Effective
     Date, the percentage (per annum) set forth in the table below which
     corresponds to Company's Rating Level and Coverage Level as in effect on
     such date of determination:

                               Eurodollar Margins

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Coverage Levels           
                               --------------------------------------
                               Level I  Level II  Level III  Level IV 
                               -------  --------  ---------  ---------
     Rating Levels
     -------------
     <S>                       <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>     
     Level A                   .4375%    .4375%     .4375%     .4375%
     Level B                   .4375%    .50%       .50%       .50%
     Level C                   .4375%    .50%       .625%      .625%
     Level D                   .4375%    .50%       .625%      .75%
</TABLE>





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     If any determination of the Eurodollar Margin is erroneous by reason of
     any error in the determination of the Rating Level or Coverage Level by
     Company, and as the result of such error, the Eurodollar Margin during any
     period is set below or above the Eurodollar Margin that should, in the
     absence of such error, have been effective during such period, Company or
     Banks, as the case may be, shall promptly make payments, or adjust the
     amount of future payments, to Banks or Company, as the case may be, to the
     extent necessary to correct for such error."

              "'INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO' means, as at any date of
     determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (ii)
     Consolidated Interest Expense for the four fiscal quarter period ending
     with the most recently completed fiscal quarter of Company."

              "'LEVEL DETERMINATION CERTIFICATE' means an Officers' Certificate
     of Company, delivered on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date and
     thereafter delivered pursuant to subsection 5.1(xiii) with the financial
     statements required pursuant to subsections 5.1(ii) and 5.1(iii), setting
     forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio
     and Company's credit ratings from Moodys and S&P."

              "'MOODYS' means Moody's Investors Service, Inc."

              "'RATING LEVEL' means, for the purposes of determining the
     Eurodollar Margin or Usage Fee Rate as of any date of determination on or
     after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, Rating Level A, Rating Level
     B, Rating Level C, or Rating Level D, as applicable, determined by
     reference to the highest debt rating assigned to Company's Senior Debt by
     S&P or Moodys as in effect on such date of determination as follows:

                  Rating Level A:   (a) Company's Senior Debt is rated 
             Baa2 or better by Moodys or BBB or better by S&P;

                  Rating Level B:   Company's Senior Debt is rated 
             Baa3 by Moodys or BBB- by S&P;

                  Rating Level C:   Company's Senior Debt is rated 
             Ba1 by Moodys or BB+ by S&P;

                  Rating Level D:   Company's Senior Debt
             or subordinated debt is not rated by S&P or Moodys or Company's
             Senior Debt is rated Ba2 or lower by Moodys or BB or lower by
             S&P.





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     For the purposes of determining Company's Rating Level at any time that
     Company's Senior Debt is not rated by S&P or Moodys but Company's
     long-term subordinated debt is rated by S&P or Moodys, Company's Senior
     Debt shall be deemed to have received from S&P or Moodys, as applicable,
     the second highest rating above the rating received from such rating
     agency on Company's long-term subordinated debt.  The Rating Level shall
     change as of the opening of business on the earlier of (a) the fifth
     Business Day following any day that S&P or Moodys, as the case may be,
     changes the rating it assigns to Company's long-term senior or
     subordinated debt to the extent such change in the Rating Level is
     necessary to reflect such rating change or (b) the Business day following
     the date Company, pursuant to subsection 5.1(xiii), delivers notice of
     such a rating change."

              "'SENIOR DEBT' means Company's 9.30% Senior Secured Debentures
     due 2007, at any time such debentures are outstanding, or any other
     long-term senior secured debt of Company outstanding at any other time;
     provided if Company shall use other long-term senior secured debt to
     determine its Rating Level, the rating on such debt from S&P or Moodys, as
     applicable, shall not be higher than the next highest rating over the
     rating assigned by such rating agency to Company's senior unsecured
     long-term debt."

              "'SEVENTH AMENDMENT' means the Seventh Amendment to the Second
     Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 1994, by and
     among Company, the Guarantors listed therein, the Pledgors listed therein,
     Banks, Managers, Co-Managers and Agent."

              "'SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE' means the date the Seventh
     Amendment becomes effective in accordance with its terms."

              "'S&P' means Standard & Poors Corporation."

              "'USAGE FEE RATE' means (a) as of any date of determination prior
     to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, .375% per annum or (b) as of any
     date of determination on or after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
     the applicable percentage rate (per annum) set forth in the table below
     which corresponds to Company's Rating Level and Coverage Level as in
     effect on such date of determination:





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                                Usage Fee Rates

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Coverage Levels            
                               ---------------------------------------
                               Level I  Level II  Level III   Level IV 
                               -------  --------  ---------   ---------
     Rating Levels
     -------------
     <S>                        <C>      <C>        <C>         <C> 
     Level A                    .1375%   .1375%     .1375%      .1375%
     Level B                    .15%     .15%       .15%        .15%
     Level C                    .15%     .20%       .225%       .225%
     Level D                    .15%     .20%       .25%        .375%
</TABLE>

     If any determination of the Usage Fee Rate is erroneous by reason of any
     error in the determination of the Rating Level or Coverage Level by
     Company, and as the result of such error, the Usage Fee Rate during any
     period is set below or above the Usage Fee Rate that should, in the
     absence of such error, have been effective during such period, Company or
     Banks, as the case may be, shall promptly make payments, or adjust the
     amount of future payments, to Banks or Company, as the case may be, to the
     extent necessary to correct for such error."

              B.      Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further
amended by amending and restating the definitions of "Additional Pro Rata
Share", "Commitment Termination Date", "Pro Rata Share", "Reallocation Date"
and "Working Capital Commitment Reduction Amount" in their entirety as follows:

              "'ADDITIONAL PRO RATA SHARE' means, with respect to each Bank, as
     of any date of determination prior to Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
     the percentage designated as such Bank's Additional Pro Rata Share as set
     forth on SCHEDULE B of this Agreement, as in effect prior to the Seventh
     Amendment Effective Date, as any such Additional Pro Rata Share may be
     adjusted from time to time prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date
     as a result of bank assignments pursuant to subsection 9.2A hereof, it
     being agreed and understood that no Bank shall have an Additional Pro Rata
     Share on or after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date."

              "'COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE' means August 7, 1998, which date
     reflects a one year extension requested by Company pursuant to subsection
     2.12 and shall not be subject to any further extension thereunder."

              "'PRO RATA SHARE' means with respect to each Bank and unless
     otherwise indicated herein, the percentage set forth opposite the name of
     such Bank as such Bank's Pro Rata Share on SCHEDULE B of this Agreement,
     as any such Pro Rata Share may be adjusted from time to time





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     pursuant to subsections 2.6F and 9.2A hereof; provided, however, that the
     'Pro Rata Share' of any Bank with respect to any amount of commitment fees
     that is accrued but unpaid immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment
     Effective Date shall be determined by reference to the 'Pro Rata Share' of
     such Bank immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date."

              "'REALLOCATION DATE' means a date which may not occur after
     giving effect to the Seventh Amendment, it being agreed and understood
     that all references to the Reallocation Date or its occurrence shall be
     disregarded on and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date."

              "'WORKING CAPITAL COMMITMENT REDUCTION AMOUNT' means the
     aggregate amount by which the Working Capital Commitments are reduced in
     connection with Company's or a Canadian Borrower's incurrence of any
     Refinancing Indebtedness, which amount shall be zero unless Company, in a
     written notice delivered to Agent and Canadian Administrative Agent at
     least three Business Days prior to the date of such reduction, indicates
     that the Working Capital Commitments are to be reduced and specifies the
     amount of such reduction; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any
     such notice from Company, if an Event of Default or Potential Event of
     Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Working Capital
     Commitment Reduction Amount shall equal (1) the sum of the amounts set
     forth in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Required Refinancing
     Commitment Reduction multiplied by (2) a fraction having the Working
     Capital Commitments as its numerator and the sum of the Working Capital
     Commitments and Revolving Commitments as its denominator."

              C.      Subsection 2.1A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by:

              (i)     amending and restating the first paragraph of such
     subsection in its entirety as follows:

                      "A.      REVOLVING COMMITMENTS.  Subject to the terms and
              conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the
              representations and warranties of Company herein set forth, each
              Bank hereby severally agrees to lend to Company from time to time
              to and including the Commitment Termination Date, its Pro Rata
              Share of the aggregate Revolving Commitments (as defined below)
              to be used for the purposes identified in subsection 2.7A,
              subject to adjustment as provided herein.





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              Each Bank's commitment to make Revolving Loans to Company
              pursuant to this subsection 2.1A is herein called its 'Revolving
              Commitment' and such commitments of all Banks in the aggregate
              are herein called the 'Revolving Commitments.'  The amount of
              each Bank's Revolving Commitment as of the Seventh Amendment
              Effective Date is set forth opposite its name on SCHEDULE B
              annexed hereto, and the aggregate amount of the Revolving
              Commitments as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date is
              $750,000,000.  Each Bank's Revolving Commitment shall expire on
              the Commitment Termination Date then in effect and all Revolving
              Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder shall be paid in full
              no later than that date.  The amount of Revolving Commitments
              shall be reduced by the amount of all reductions thereof made
              pursuant to subsection 2.6F through the date of determination.
              In no event shall the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving
              Loans from any Bank outstanding plus the Letter of Credit Usage
              allocable to such Bank at any time exceed its Revolving
              Commitment then in effect nor shall the Total Utilization of
              Commitments exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments
              then in effect."

               (ii) deleting the second proviso from the second paragraph
     thereof;

              (iii) by deleting the phrase "clause (c) of" from clause (i) of
     the third paragraph thereof;

               (iv) by deleting the semicolon and the word "and" from the end
     of clause (ii) of the third paragraph thereof and substituting a period
     therefor; and

               (v) deleting clause (iii) from the third paragraph thereof in
     its entirety.

              D.      Subsection 2.1E of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted
in its entirety from the Credit Agreement, it being agreed and understood that
all cross references in the Credit Agreement to subsection 2.1E shall be
disregarded.

              E.      Subsection 2.4A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting from clause (iii) thereof the phrase ".75% per annum" therefrom and
substituting therefor the phrase "the applicable Eurodollar Margin".

              F.      Subsection 2.4B of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by amending and restating clause (v) thereof in its entirety as follows:





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              "(v)  [Intentionally Omitted];"

              G.      Subsection 2.5A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by amending and restating clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) in their entirety as
follows:

               "(i) Company agrees to pay to Agent for distribution to each
     Bank in proportion to that Bank's Pro Rata Share, commitment fees, for the
     period from and including the Seventh Amendment Effective Date to but
     excluding the date the Revolving Commitments terminate or expire, equal to
     the average of the daily unused portion of the Revolving Commitments
     multiplied by the applicable Usage Fee Rate.  Notwithstanding anything to
     the contrary contained in this Agreement, for the purposes of calculating
     the commitment fees payable pursuant to this subsection 2.5A(i), the
     'unused portion' of the Revolving Commitments shall, for any date of
     determination be an amount equal to the aggregate Revolving Commitments
     (as reduced pursuant to subsection 2.6F) minus the aggregate principal
     amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans.

         (ii)         [Intentionally Omitted]

        (iii)         [Intentionally Omitted]"

              H.      Subsection 2.6F of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the fourth, fifth and sixth sentences of the second paragraph of
clause (i) thereof and substituting therefor the following sentence:

     "Any partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall reduce the
     Revolving Commitment of each Bank proportionately in accordance with its
     Pro Rata Share on the date of such partial reduction."

Subsection 2.6F of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending
and restating clause (ii) thereof in its entirety as follows:

                      "(ii)    Mandatory Reductions of Revolving Commitments.
     The Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as follows:  if
     Company or any Canadian Borrower incurs any Refinancing Indebtedness
     pursuant to subsection 6.1(xiv) that does not constitute Subordinated
     Indebtedness, then on the earlier of the day Company or such Canadian
     Borrower prepays Revolving Loans with the proceeds of such Refinancing
     Indebtedness or the fifth Business Day following the day Company or such
     Canadian Borrower incurs such Refinancing Indebtedness, the Revolving
     Commitments shall be reduced by an aggregate amount





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<PAGE>   10
     equal to the Required Refinancing Commitment Reduction.  Any partial
     reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall reduce the Revolving
     Commitment of each Bank proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata
     Share on the date of such partial reduction."

              I.      Subsection 2.10F of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended (a) by amending and restating clause (i) thereof in its entirety as
follows:

              "(i)    with respect to each Standby Letter of Credit, an
     administrative fee equal to .125% per annum of the maximum amount
     available from time to time to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and a
     commission payable at a rate equal to (a) the Eurodollar Margin, as in
     effect from time to time, minus (b) the Usage Fee Rate, as in effect from
     time to time, on the maximum amount available from time to time to be
     drawn under such Letter of Credit, in each case payable in arrears on and
     through the last day of each fiscal quarter of Company and calculated on
     the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed;"

and (b) by deleting the reference to ".125%" from the last paragraph thereof.

              J.      Subsection 2.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
(i) by deleting the phrase "each of the First Commitment Reduction Date, the
Second Commitment Reduction Date and" and the phrase "the First Commitment
Reduction Date, the Second Commitment Reduction Date and" therefrom, and (ii)
by deleting the last paragraph in its entirety therefrom.

              K.      Subsection 5.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by amending and restating clause (xiii) in its entirety as follows:

              "(xiii)  together with each delivery of consolidated financial
     statements of Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to clauses (ii) and
     (iii) above (commencing with the financial statements to be delivered in
     relation to Company's fiscal quarter ended in September 1994) and, in any
     event, not more often than quarterly, a Level Determination Certificate
     setting forth Company's Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the
     most recently ended fiscal quarter, and promptly upon, and in any event
     not later than five Business Days after, Company's receipt of notice that
     S&P or Moodys, as the case may be, is increasing or reducing the credit
     rating assigned to the senior or subordinated debt of Company, notice of
     such increase or reduction;"





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              L.      Subsection 6.1(xiv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the term "subsection 2.6F(c)" therefrom and substituting
therefor the term "subsection 2.6F".

              SECTION 2.       AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE B TO THE CREDIT 
                               AGREEMENT.

              Schedule B to the Credit Agreement (Banks, Revolving Commitments
and Pro Rata Shares) is hereby amended by deleting such Schedule in its
entirety from the Credit Agreement and by substituting in lieu thereof Schedule
B as annexed to this Amendment.

              SECTION 3.       REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS.

              Company and Banks hereby agree that concurrent with the
effectiveness of this Amendment, the Revolving Commitments shall, pursuant to
subsection 2.6F(i), automatically be reduced by $50,000,000 so as to equal
$750,000,000, such reduction to be applied to reduce the Commitments of Banks
in accordance with their respective Additional Pro Rata Shares as in effect
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment.

              SECTION 4.       REALLOCATION OF LOANS OUTSTANDING ON SEVENTH
                               AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE.

              On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the
outstanding Loans shall be reallocated based on the assumption that Company
shall, as of the opening of business on such day, have repaid all Loans then
outstanding in accordance with the respective Pro Rata Shares of Banks, as in
effect immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment, and shall have
thereafter reborrowed Loans in the same principal amount from Banks in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares as in effect immediately after
giving effect to this Amendment.  Agent shall advise each Bank as to the net
amount of payments to be received by, or Loans to be advanced by, such Bank on
the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.

              SECTION 5.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, Company
represents and warrants to each Bank that:

              A.      No event would result from the execution of this
     Amendment and, after giving effect to this Amendment, no event has
     occurred or is continuing which





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     constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default;

              B.      After giving effect to this Amendment, the
     representations and warranties of Company contained in the Credit
     Agreement, as amended by this Amendment (the "Amended Credit Agreement")
     are true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the
     date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of the date
     hereof, except that the representations and warranties need not be true
     and correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions on
     which such representations and warranties are based are required or
     permitted under the Credit Agreement;

              C.      This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement, and the
     consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and
     will not (i) violate any provisions of law applicable to Company or any of
     its Subsidiaries, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of Company or
     any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or
     other agency of government binding on Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
     or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due
     notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the indentures pursuant
     to which any outstanding Subordinated Indebtedness (including, without
     limitation, the Senior Subordinated Debt) has been issued (the
     "Indentures") or any term of any other material agreement or instrument to
     which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of
     their properties or assets are bound;

              D.      If the Commitments were fully utilized as of the date
     hereof, all Indebtedness of Company with respect to the Loans under the
     Amended Credit Agreement would be within the definition of "Senior
     Indebtedness" contained in the Indentures, the definition of "Senior
     Secured Obligations" contained in the Company Pledge Agreement, the
     Inventory Pledge Agreement and the Safeway Pledge Agreement, the
     definition of "Secured Obligations" contained in the First Tier Pledge
     Agreements and the Second Tier Pledge Agreements and the definition of
     "Guarantied Obligations" contained in the First Tier Guaranty, the Second
     Tier Guaranty, the Guaranty and the Assumption Agreement and the
     Contribution Agreement;

              E.      Each Loan Party has performed in all material respects
     all agreements and satisfied all conditions which the Credit Agreement and
     this Amendment provide shall be performed by it on or before the date
     hereof;





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              F.      The Guarantors mean and include Company and all of the
     First Tier Subsidiaries, the Second Tier Subsidiaries (including ICC
     Subsidiary but excluding the Canadian Second Tier Subsidiary) and the
     Domestic Third Tier Subsidiaries presently owned either directly or
     indirectly by Company;

              G.      The Pledgors mean and include Company and all of the
     First Tier Subsidiaries and all of the Second Tier Subsidiaries (including
     ICC Subsidiary but excluding the Canadian Second Tier Subsidiary);

              H.      The execution, delivery and performance by Company of
     this Amendment are within the corporate power of Company and have been
     duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company,
     and this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute the valid
     and binding obligations of Company enforceable against Company in
     accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of any
     applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating
     to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; and

              I.      Each Loan Guaranty and the Contribution Agreement shall
     continue in full force and effect and remain the valid and binding
     obligations of the Guarantors party thereto enforceable against the
     Guarantors party thereto in accordance with their respective terms,
     subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
     creditors' rights generally.  The Pledge Agreements shall continue in full
     force and effect and remain the valid and binding obligations of the
     Pledgors party thereto, enforceable against the Pledgors party thereto in
     accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of any
     applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating
     to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

              SECTION 6.       CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.

              This Amendment shall become effective on the first date Agent, on
behalf of Banks, shall have received all of the following, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent (the "Seventh Amendment Effective Date"):

              A.      Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Company
     authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this
     Amendment and resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Guarantor and
     each Pledgor authorizing and approving the





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     execution and delivery of this Amendment, in each case certified by the
     corporate secretary or an assistant secretary of Company, each Guarantor
     and each Pledgor, as the case may be, as of the Seventh Amendment
     Effective Date;

              B.      A certificate of the corporate secretary or an assistant
     secretary of Company, each Guarantor and each Pledgor which shall certify,
     as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the names and offices of the
     officers of Company, each Guarantor and each Pledgor authorized to sign
     this Amendment;

              C.      A counterpart hereof executed by a duly authorized
     officer of Company, Banks, Agent, each Guarantor and each Pledgor, or in
     the case of any Bank, telecopy or telephone confirmation from such Bank of
     its execution hereof;

              D.      The Reallocation Date, as defined in the Credit Agreement
     prior to giving effect to this Amendment, shall not have occurred;

              E.      Company shall have delivered a Level Determination
     Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending in June 1994;

              F.      Company shall have prepaid all commitment fees and
     interest accrued prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date which shall
     be allocated to Banks in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares
     or Additional Pro Rata Shares, as applicable, as in effect immediately
     prior to giving effect to this Amendment; and

              G.      Copies of an amendment to the Working Capital Credit
     Agreement executed by Canadian Borrowers and Banks (as defined therein)
     approving, among other things, the transactions contemplated by this
     Amendment.

              SECTION 7.       THE GUARANTIES AND THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, each
Guarantor represents and warrants to each Bank that the execution, delivery and
performance by such Guarantor of this Amendment are within the corporate power
of such Guarantor and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of such Guarantor and that this Amendment constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the





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effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

              Each Guarantor agrees to and acknowledges the terms and
provisions of this Amendment and confirms that each Loan Guaranty to which it
is a party will, from and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, continue
to guaranty to the fullest extent possible the payment and performance of the
Guarantied Obligations (as that term is defined in each Loan Guaranty) and
furthermore, that from and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, each
such Loan Guaranty will also guaranty, to the fullest extent possible, the
performance of all obligations (including, without limitation, due and punctual
payment of all amounts) under, referred to in, or contemplated by this
Amendment by Company and the Guarantied Obligations (as defined in each Loan
Guaranty) shall include all such obligations of Company.  Each Guarantor agrees
and acknowledges that the Contribution Agreement will continue to establish the
rights and obligations of contribution among Guarantors with respect to the
payment and performance of all Guarantied Obligations (as that term is defined
in the Contribution Agreement), including, without limitation, the payment and
performance of all Obligations of Company now or hereafter existing under or in
respect of the Amended Credit Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and confirms the
understanding and intent of such Guarantor that, upon the effectiveness of this
Amendment, as a result of this Amendment, the definition of "Obligations"
contained in the Credit Agreement includes the obligations of Company set forth
in the Amended Credit Agreement and that the obligations of Company guarantied
under any Loan Guaranty shall include the obligations of Company under the
Amended Credit Agreement.

              Each Guarantor agrees and acknowledges that each Loan Guaranty to
which it is a party and the Contribution Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be impaired or affected by the execution of this
Amendment.  Each Guarantor represents and warrants that all representations and
warranties contained in this Amendment and the Loan Guaranty to which it is a
party are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof to the same extent
as though made on such date except that the representations and warranties need
not be true and correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions
on which such representations and warranties are based are required or
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              SECTION 8.       THE PLEDGE AGREEMENTS.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, each
Pledgor represents and warrants to each Bank that the execution, delivery and
performance by each Pledgor of this Amendment are within the corporate power of
such Pledgor and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of such Pledgor and that this Amendment constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of such Pledgor, enforceable against such Pledgor in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

              Each Pledgor agrees to and acknowledges the terms and provisions
of this Amendment and confirms that the Pledge Agreement(s) to which it is a
party and the Pledged Collateral (as that term is defined in each such Pledge
Agreement) will continue to secure to the fullest extent possible the payment
and performance of all Senior Secured Obligations (as that term is defined in
the Company Pledge Agreement, the Safeway Pledge Agreement and the Inventory
Pledge Agreement) and all Secured Obligations (as that term is defined in each
First Tier Pledge Agreement and each Second Tier Pledge Agreement), including,
without limitation, the payment and performance of all Obligations of Company
now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Amended Credit Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby
acknowledges and confirms the understanding and intent of such Pledgor that,
upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, as a result of this Amendment, the
definition of "Obligations" contained in the Credit Agreement includes the
obligations of Company set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement.

              Each Pledgor agrees and acknowledges that the Pledge Agreements
to which it is a party shall continue in full force and effect and that all of
its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be
impaired or affected by the execution of this Amendment.  Each Pledgor
represents and warrants that all representations and warranties contained in
this Amendment and the Pledge Agreement to which it is a party are true,
correct and complete as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on
such date except that the representations and warranties need not be true and
correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions on which such
representations and warranties are based are required or permitted under such
agreements.





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              SECTION 9.       COUNTERPARTS.

              This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

              SECTION 10.      EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.

              It is hereby agreed that, except as specifically provided herein,
this Amendment does not in any way affect or impair the terms and conditions of
the Credit Agreement, and all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement are
to remain in full force and effect unless otherwise specifically amended,
waived or changed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

              SECTION 11.      APPLICABLE LAW.

              THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE UNDER, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



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              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
to be executed as of the date first above written, by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.


                                       SAFEWAY INC.


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
                                         individually and as Agent


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CITIBANK, N.A.,
                                         individually and as Manager


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.
                                         individually and as Manager


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:



                                       BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND   
                                       SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
                                        individually and as Manager


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





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                                       THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
                                         individually and as Manager


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANK OF MONTREAL,
                                         individually and as Manager


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CIBC INC.


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CONTINENTAL BANK, N.A.


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





                                      S-2
<PAGE>   20
                                       NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN, 
                                       LIMITED


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       UNION BANK


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       ROYAL BANK OF CANADA


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





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<PAGE>   21
                                       WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       SOCIETE GENERALE


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CHEMICAL BANK


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       ARAB BANK, PLC


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE TOKAI BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES   
                                       AGENCY


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LIMITED
                                       (SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY)


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





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<PAGE>   22
                                       ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       CREDIT LYONNAIS CAYMAN ISLAND BRANCH


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE YASUDA TRUST & BANKING CO., LTD.   
                                       (Los Angeles Agency)


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANK OF HAWAII


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





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<PAGE>   23
                                       CREDIT SUISSE


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                       THE NIPPON CREDIT BANK, LTD.,
                                       (Los Angeles Agency)


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS


                                       By ___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANCA DI ROMA


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





                                      S-6
<PAGE>   24

                                       WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE
                                       NEW YORK BRANCH


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By _________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       GIROZENTRALE VIENNA



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANK HAPOALIM



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





                                      S-7
<PAGE>   25
                                       BANQUE INDOSUEZ



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       BANK OF IRELAND - GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING
                                       CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES AGENCY



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE MITSUI TRUST & BANKING CO., LTD.,
                                       LOS ANGELES AGENCY


                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       FIRST SECURITY BANK OF IDAHO, N.A.


                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON


                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:





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<PAGE>   26
                                       PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       STANDARD CHARTER BANK



                                       By________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                       GUARANTORS AND PLEDGORS:

                                       SAFEWAY INC.


                                       By _______________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                       SAFEWAY AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY CANADA HOLDINGS, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY WAREHOUSE, INC.


                                       By ___________________________________
                                          As an authorized officer of each of
                                          the foregoing First Tier Subsidiaries


                                       SAFEWAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY DENVER, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY RICHMOND, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY DALLAS, INC. (formerly named  
                                       "SAFEWAY WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.")
                                       SAFEWAY SUPPLY, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY CORPORATE, INC.
                                       SAFEWAY TRUCKING, INC.


                                       By __________________________________
                                          As an authorized officer of each of
                                          the foregoing Domestic Second Tier
                                          Subsidiaries





                                      S-9
<PAGE>   27
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>
SAFEWAY STORES 18, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 72, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 26, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 73, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 28, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 74, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 31, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 75, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 42, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 76, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 43, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 77, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 44, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 78, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 45, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 79, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 46, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 80, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 47, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 81, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 48, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 82, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 49, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 85, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 50, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 86, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 58, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 87, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 59, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 88, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 64, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 89, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 67, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 90, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 68, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 91, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 69, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 92, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 70, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 96, INC.
SAFEWAY STORES 71, INC.                                             SAFEWAY STORES 97, INC.
                                                                    SAFEWAY STORES 98, INC.
</TABLE>


                                        By __________________________________
                                           As an authorized officer of each of 
                                           the foregoing Domestic Third Tier
                                           Subsidiaries





                                      S-10
                                      

<PAGE>   1
                                                               Exhibit 4(i).21




                                  SAFEWAY INC.
                             CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED
                               LUCERNE FOODS LTD.

           SEVENTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 19, 1994
                         TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        WORKING CAPITAL CREDIT AGREEMENT


     This SEVENTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT dated as of August 19, 1994 (this
"Amendment") to the Second Amended and Restated Working Capital Credit
Agreement dated as of June 14, 1990, as amended by a First Amendment and
Consent dated as of March 22, 1991, a Second Amendment and Consent dated as of
June 7, 1991, a Third Amendment and Consent dated as of August 7, 1991, a
Fourth Amendment and Consent dated as of November 8, 1991, a Fifth Amendment
and Consent dated as of January 28, 1992 and an Extension Agreement and Sixth
Amendment and Consent dated as of March 31, 1994 (as so amended, "Working
Capital Credit Agreement") is by and among Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Company"), Canada Safeway Limited, an Alberta corporation ("Safeway Canada"),
Lucerne Foods Ltd., an Alberta corporation ("Lucerne"), the financial
institutions named on the signature pages hereof ("Banks"), The Bank of Nova
Scotia, as paying agent with respect to the Canadian Loans and Bankers'
Acceptance Facility ("Canadian Paying Agent"), BT Bank of Canada, as
administrative agent with respect to the Canadian Loans and Bankers' Acceptance
Facility ("Canadian Administrative Agent"), Bankers Trust Company, as Lead
Manager and Agent for the Banks ("Agent"), the Guarantors named on the
signature pages hereof ("Guarantors") and the Pledgors named on the signature
pages hereof ("Pledgors").  Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Working Capital Credit
Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Company proposes to reduce voluntarily the Acquisition Commitments
by $50,000,000, and Company, Safeway Canada and Lucerne propose to reduce
voluntarily the Working Capital Commitments by $50,000,000;

     WHEREAS, in connection with such commitment reductions, Company, Safeway
Canada, Lucerne and Banks have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Amendment, to amend the Working Capital Credit Agreement to modify the
amount of commitment fees and interest payable under the Working Capital Credit
Agreement and to make certain other modifications to the Working Capital Credit
Agreement as set forth herein;


<PAGE>   2
     WHEREAS, Company proposes to amend the Acquisition Credit Agreement and has
requested that Banks consent to the amendments to the Acquisition Credit
Agreement (as amended prior to the date hereof) to be effected by that certain
Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 19, 1994 (the "Seventh ACA Amendment") by and among Company, the
Acquisition Banks, the managers party thereto, the co-managers party thereto,
the Acquisition Agent, the guarantors party thereto and the pledgors party
thereto;

     WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, Banks,
Canadian Paying Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent and Agent are willing to
agree to such amendments, it being understood that, pursuant to the definition
of Requisite Banks under the Working Capital Credit Agreement, each Domestic
Bank having a Canadian Bank Affiliate under the Working Capital Credit
Agreement is entitled to execute this Amendment on behalf of its Canadian Bank
Affiliate;

     WHEREAS, Guarantors desire expressly to consent to this Amendment and to
reaffirm the effectiveness of the First Tier Guaranty, the Second Tier
Guaranty, the Safeway Guaranty, the Safeway New Canada Guaranty, the Safeway
Canada Guaranty, the Lucerne Guaranty and the Contribution Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, Pledgors desire expressly to consent to this Amendment and to
reaffirm the effectiveness of the Company Pledge Agreement, the Safeway Pledge
Agreement, the Inventory Pledge Agreement, the First Tier Pledge Agreements,
the Second Tier Pledge Agreements, the Safeway Canada Pledge Agreement and the
Safeway New Canada Pledge Agreement (collectively, the "Pledge Agreements");

                                   AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions herein
contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

     SECTION 1.  AMENDMENTS TO WORKING CAPITAL CREDIT AGREEMENT.

     A.  Subsection 1.1 of the Working Capital Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following defined terms in the appropriate
alphabetical order:

     "'COVERAGE LEVEL' means, for the purposes of determining the Pricing Margin
  or Usage Fee Rate as of any date of determination on or after the Seventh


                                      2

<PAGE>   3
  Amendment Effective Date, Coverage Level I, Coverage Level II, Coverage Level
  III, or Coverage Level IV, as applicable, determined by reference to
  Company's Interest Coverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Level
  Determination Certificate delivered by Company at least one Business Day
  before such date of determination, as follows:

                   Coverage Level I:   Company's Interest Coverage Ratio 
              is greater than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00;

                  Coverage Level II:   Company's Interest Coverage Ratio 
              is less than 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 
              3.75 to 1.00;

                  Coverage Level III:  Company's Interes Coverage Ratio 
              is less than 3.75 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 
              3.00 to 1.00;

                  Coverage Level IV:   Company's Interest Coverage Ratio 
              is less than 3.00 to 1.00;

     provided, however, that if Company fails to deliver a Level Determination
     Certificate pursuant to subsection 5.1(xiii) of the Acquisition Credit
     Agreement setting forth Company's Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last
     day of any fiscal quarter within 75 days of the end of such fiscal
     quarter, the Coverage Level shall thereafter be deemed to be Coverage
     Level IV until such time as Company delivers such Level Determination
     Certificate.  The Coverage Level shall change to the extent necessary to
     reflect changes in Company's Interest Coverage Ratio, as demonstrated by
     the delivery of a Level Determination Certificate, on the next Business
     Day following Company's delivery of such Level Determination Certificate."

              "'PRICING MARGIN' means (A) as of any date of determination prior
     to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, .75% per annum or (B) as of any
     date of deter-mination on or after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
     the percentage (per annum) set forth in the table below which corresponds
     to Company's Rating Level and Coverage Level as in effect on such date of
     determination:

                                Pricing Margins

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Coverage Levels           
                               ---------------------------------------
                               Level I  Level II  Level III   Level IV 
                               -------  --------  ---------   ---------
     Rating Levels
     -------------
     <S>                       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>  
     Level A                    .4375%    .4375%    .4375%      .4375%
     Level B                    .4375%    .50%      .50%        .50%
     Level C                    .4375%    .50%      .625%       .625%
     Level D                    .4375%    .50%      .625%       .75%
</TABLE>





                                       3
<PAGE>   4
     If any determination of the Pricing Margin is erroneous by reason of any
     error in the determination of the Rating Level or Coverage Level by
     Company, and as the result of such error, the Pricing Margin during any
     period is set below or above the Pricing Margin that should, in the
     absence of such error, have been effective during such period, Company or
     Banks, as the case may be, shall promptly make payments, or adjust the
     amount of future payments, to Banks or Company, as the case may be, to the
     extent necessary to correct for such error."

              "'RATING LEVEL' means, for the purposes of determining the
     Pricing Margin or Usage Fee Rate as of any date of determination on or
     after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, Rating Level A, Rating Level
     B, Rating Level C, or Rating Level D, as applicable, determined by
     reference to the highest debt rating (or implied debt rating) assigned to
     Company's Senior Debt by S&P or Moodys as in effect on such date of
     determination as follows:

                   Rating Level A:  (a) Company's Senior Debt is rated Baa2
              or better by Moodys or BBB or better by S&P;

                   Rating Level B:  Company's Senior Debt is rated Baa3 by
              Moodys or BBB- by S&P;

                   Rating Level C:  Company's Senior Debt is rated Ba1 by
              Moodys or BB+ by S&P;

                   Rating Level D:  Company's Senior Debt or subordinated debt
              is not rated by S&P or Moodys or Company's Senior Debt is rated
              Ba2 or lower by Moodys or BB or lower by S&P.

     For the purposes of determining Company's Rating Level at any time that
     Company's Senior Debt is not rated by S&P or Moodys but Company's
     long-term subordinated debt is rated by S&P or Moodys, Company's Senior
     Debt shall be deemed to have received from S&P or Moodys, as applicable,
     the second highest rating above the rating received from such rating
     agency on Company's long-term subordinated debt.  The Rating Level shall
     change as of the opening of business on the next Business Day following
     any day that S&P or Moodys, as the case may be, changes the rating it
     assigns to Company's long-term senior or subordinated debt to the extent
     such change in the Rating Level is necessary to reflect such rating
     change."

              "'SEVENTH AMENDMENT' means the Seventh Amendment and Consent
     dated as of August 19, 1994, to Second





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<PAGE>   5
     Amended and Restated Working Capital Credit Agreement among Company,
     Safeway Canada, Lucerne, Banks, Canadian Agents, the pledgors named
     therein and the guarantors named therein."

              "'SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE' means the date the Seventh
     Amendment becomes effective in accordance with its terms."

              "'USAGE FEE RATE' means (a) as of any date of determination prior
     to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, .375% per annum or (b) as of any
     date of determination on or after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
     the applicable percentage rate (per annum) set forth in the table below
     which corresponds to Company's Rating Level and Coverage Level as in
     effect on such date of determination:

                                Usage Fee Rates

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Coverage Levels            
                               ---------------------------------------
                               Level I  Level II  Level III  Level IV 
                               -------  --------  ---------  ---------
     Rating Levels
     -------------
     <S>                       <C>        <C>      <C>        <C> 
     Level A                    .1375%    .1375%    .1375%     .1375%
     Level B                    .15%      .15%      .15%       .15%
     Level C                    .15%      .20%      .225%      .225%
     Level D                    .15%      .20%      .25%       .375%
</TABLE>

     If any determination of the Usage Fee Rate is erroneous by reason of any
     error in the determination of the Rating Level or Coverage Level by
     Company, and as the result of such error, the Usage Fee Rate during any
     period is set below or above the Usage Fee Rate that should, in the
     absence of such error, have been effective during such period, Company or
     Banks, as the case may be, shall promptly make payments, or adjust the
     amount of future payments, to Banks or Company, as the case may be, to the
     extent necessary to correct for such error."

              B.      Subsection 1.1 of the Working Capital Credit Agreement is
hereby further amended by amending and restating the definitions of "Drawing
Fee" and "Expiry Date" and follows:

              "'DRAWING FEE' means, with respect to the Drafts drawn by Safeway
     Canada hereunder and accepted or purchased as provided herein on any
     Drawing Date, an amount equal to the applicable Pricing Margin multiplied
     by the aggregate Face Amount of such Drafts, calculated, in each case, on
     the basis of the term to maturity of such Draft and a year of 365 days."





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<PAGE>   6
              "'EXPIRY DATE' means August 7, 1998, which date reflects a one
     year extension requested by Canadian Borrowers pursuant to subsection 2.1F
     and shall not be subject to any further extension thereunder."

              C.      Subsection 1.2 of the Working Capital Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following terms in the appropriate
alphabetical order:

                      "Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA"
                      "Consolidated Interest Expense"
                      "Interest Coverage Ratio"
                      "Level Determination Certificate"
                      "Moodys"
                      "Senior Debt"
                      "S&P"

              D.      Subsection 2.1A of the Working Capital Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "clause (c) of" from the
fourth-to-last line thereof.

              E.      Subsection 2.2A of the Working Capital Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the term ".75% per annum" from clauses (ii)(c)
and (iii)(b) and substituting therefor the term "the applicable Pricing Margin
per annum".

              F.      Subsection 2.3A of the Working Capital Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the phrase ".375% per annum" therefrom and
substituting therefor the phrase "the applicable Usage Fee Rate".

              SECTION  2.      INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE FROM ACQUISITION
                               CREDIT AGREEMENT OF THE SEVENTH ACA AMENDMENT.

              Banks hereby agree and consent to the Seventh ACA Amendment,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, and to all of the
amendments and modifications to the Acquisition Credit Agreement effected by
the Seventh ACA Amendment.  It is hereby agreed that all definitions,
representations, warranties, covenants and other provisions contained in the
Acquisition Credit Agreement which are incorporated in the Working Capital
Credit Agreement by reference (the "Incorporated Provisions") are so
incorporated in the form in which such Incorporated Provisions exist in the
Acquisition Credit Agreement, as amended by the Seventh ACA Amendment, subject
to the proviso set forth in subsection 1.5 of the Amended Working Capital
Credit Agreement.

              SECTION  3.      WORKING CAPITAL COMMITMENT REDUCTION.





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<PAGE>   7
              Canadian Borrowers and Banks hereby agree that concurrent with
the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Working Capital Commitments shall,
pursuant to subsection 2.4E of the Working Capital Credit Agreement,
automatically be reduced by $50,000,000 so as to equal $400,000,000, such
reduction to be applied to reduce the Working Capital Commitments of Banks in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

              SECTION  4.      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, Company,
Safeway Canada, and Lucerne each represent and warrant (which representations
and warranties in the case of Safeway Canada and Lucerne, as the case may be,
shall be limited to Safeway Canada and its Subsidiaries and Lucerne and its
Subsidiaries, respectively, and other facts and circumstances known to Safeway
Canada and its Subsidiaries, or Lucerne and its Subsidiaries, as the case may
be) to each Bank that:

              A.      No event would result from the execution of this
     Amendment and, after giving effect to this Amendment, no event has
     occurred or is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or
     Potential Event of Default;

              B.      The representations and warranties of Company contained
     in the Working Capital Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment (the
     "Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement") are true, correct and complete
     in all material respects on and as of the date hereof to the same extent
     as though made on and as of the date hereof except that the
     representations and warranties need not be true and correct to the extent
     that changes in the facts and conditions on which such representations and
     warranties are based are required or permitted under the Amended Working
     Capital Credit Agreement;

              C.      This Amendment, the Amended Working Capital Credit
     Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
     thereby do not and will not (i) violate any provisions of law applicable
     to Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Certificate of Incorporation or
     Bylaws of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or
     decree of any court or other agency of government binding on Company or
     any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or
     constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the
     indentures pursuant to which any outstanding Subordinated Indebtedness
     (including, without limitation, the Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) has





                                       7
<PAGE>   8
     been issued (the "Indentures") or any term of any other material agreement
     or instrument to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
     which any of their properties or assets are bound;

              D.      If the Working Capital Commitments were fully utilized as
     of the date hereof, all indebtedness of Company with respect to the Loans
     under the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement and all indebtedness of
     Company under the Company Guaranty with respect to (i) monies borrowed by
     the Canadian Borrowers under the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement
     and (ii) amounts owed by Safeway Canada with respect to repayment of
     Drafts, Bankers' Acceptances and Bankers' Acceptance Equivalent Notes
     issued under the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement would be within
     the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" contained in the Indentures;

              E.      All monetary obligations of Company, Safeway Canada and
     Lucerne now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Amended
     Working Capital Credit Agreement, whether for principal, interest, fees or
     otherwise, are within the definition of "Guarantied Obligations" contained
     in the Contribution Agreement, the First Tier Guaranty, the Second Tier
     Guaranty and the Safeway Guaranty and all such monetary obligations of
     Company are within the definition of "Senior Secured Obligations"
     contained in the Company Pledge Agreement and the Inventory Pledge
     Agreement and the Collateral Agent is entitled to the benefit of the Liens
     created pursuant to the Collateral Documents referred to in this sentence
     with respect to all such obligations of Company.  The obligations of each
     First Tier Subsidiary and each Domestic Second Tier Subsidiary under the
     First Tier Guaranty and the Second Tier Guaranty, respectively, are within
     the definition of "Secured Obligations" contained in the First Tier Pledge
     Agreements and the Second Tier Pledge Agreements and the Collateral Agent
     is entitled to the benefit of the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral
     Documents referred to in this sentence to which such First Tier Subsidiary
     or Domestic Second Tier Subsidiary is a party with respect to all such
     obligations of such Subsidiary;

              F.      All monetary obligations of Safeway Canada or Lucerne now
     or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Amended Working Capital
     Credit Agreement, whether for principal, interest, fees or otherwise, are
     within the definition of "Guarantied Obligations" contained in the Safeway
     Canada Guaranty and the Lucerne Guaranty, as applicable, and, with the
     exception of the aforementioned obligations of Lucerne,





                                       8
<PAGE>   9
     are within the definition of "Secured Obligations" contained in the
     Safeway Canada Pledge Agreement and the Canadian Administrative Agent is
     entitled to the benefit of the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral
     Documents referred to in this sentence with respect to all such
     obligations of Safeway Canada or Lucerne;

              G.      Each Loan Party has performed in all material respects
     all agreements and satisfied all conditions which the Working Capital
     Credit Agreement and this Amendment provide shall be performed by it on or
     before the date hereof;

              H.      The Guarantors mean and include Company, Safeway New
     Canada, Safeway Canada, Lucerne and all of the First Tier Subsidiaries,
     Safeway Warehouse, Inc., all of the Second Tier Subsidiaries (including
     ICC Subsidiary) and all of the Domestic Third Tier Subsidiaries presently
     owned either directly or indirectly by Company;

              I.      The Pledgors mean and include Company, Safeway New
     Canada, Safeway Canada and all of the First Tier Subsidiaries and all of
     the Second Tier Subsidiaries (including ICC Subsidiary);

              J.      The execution, delivery and performance by Company of
     this Amendment are within the corporate power of Company and have been
     duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company,
     and this Amendment and the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement
     constitute the valid and binding obligations of Company enforceable
     against Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the
     effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
     laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
     generally; and

              K.      Each Working Capital Guaranty and the Contribution
     Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and remain the valid and
     binding obligations of the Guarantors party thereto enforceable against
     the Guarantors party thereto in accordance with their respective terms,
     subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
     reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
     creditors' rights generally.  The Pledge Agreements shall continue in full
     force and effect and remain the valid and binding obligations of the
     Pledgors party thereto, enforceable against the Pledgors party thereto in
     accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of any
     applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating
     to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.





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<PAGE>   10
              SECTION  5.      CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.

              This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date Agent,
on behalf of Banks, shall have received all of the following in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent (the "Seventh Amendment Effective Date"):

              A.      Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Company, Safeway
     Canada and Lucerne authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and
     performance of this Amendment and resolutions of the Board of Directors of
     each Guarantor and each Pledgor authorizing and approving the execution
     and delivery of this Amendment, in each case certified by the corporate
     secretary or an assistant secretary of Company, Safeway Canada, Lucerne,
     each Guarantor and each Pledgor, as the case may be, as of the Seventh
     Amendment Effective Date;

              B.      A certificate of the corporate secretary or an assistant
     secretary of Company, Safeway Canada, Lucerne, each Guarantor and each
     Pledgor which shall certify, as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
     the names and offices of the officers of Company, Safeway Canada, Lucerne,
     each Guarantor and each Pledgor authorized to sign this Amendment;

              C.      A counterpart hereof executed by a duly authorized
     officer of Company, Banks, Canadian Paying Agent, Canadian Administrative
     Agent and Agent, each Guarantor and each Pledgor or in the case of any
     Bank, telecopy or telephone confirmation from such Bank of its execution
     hereof; and

              D.      The Seventh ACA Amendment, which shall have become
     effective in accordance with its terms.

              SECTION  6.      THE WORKING CAPITAL GUARANTIES AND THE
                               CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, each
Guarantor represents and warrants to each Bank that the execution, delivery and
performance by such Guarantor of this Amendment are within the corporate power
of such Guarantor and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of such Guarantor and that this Amendment constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting
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              Each Guarantor agrees to and acknowledges the terms and
provisions of this Amendment and acknowledges and confirms that each Working
Capital Guaranty to which it is a party will, from and after the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, continue to guaranty to the fullest extent possible
the payment and performance of the Guarantied Obligations (as that term is
defined in each Working Capital Guaranty) and, furthermore, that from and after
the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, each such Working Capital Guaranty will
also guaranty, to the fullest extent possible, the performance of all
obligations (including, without limitation, due and punctual payment of all
amounts) under, referred to in, or contemplated by this Amendment by the
principal debtor(s) whose obligations are guaranteed by the particular
Guarantor and the Guarantied Obligations (as defined in each Working Capital
Guaranty) shall include all such obligations of the principal debtor(s).  Each
Guarantor (other than Safeway Canada and Lucerne) agrees and acknowledges that
the Contribution Agreement will continue to establish the rights and
obligations of contribution among Guarantors with respect to the payment and
performance of all Guarantied Obligations (as that term is defined in the
Contribution Agreement).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and confirms the understanding and intent of
such Guarantor that, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, as a result of
this Amendment, the definition of "Working Capital Obligations" contained in
the Working Capital Credit Agreement includes the obligations of Borrowers set
forth in the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement and that the obligations
of any Borrower guarantied under any Working Capital Guaranty shall include the
obligations of such Borrower under the Amended Working Capital Credit
Agreement.

              Each Guarantor agrees and acknowledges that each Working Capital
Guaranty to which it is a party and, to the extent that such Guarantor is also
a party thereto, the Contribution Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be impaired or affected by the execution of this
Amendment.  Each Guarantor represents and warrants that all representations and
warranties contained in this Amendment and the Working Capital Guaranty to
which it is a party are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof to the
same extent as though made on such date except that the representations and
warranties need not be true and correct to the extent that changes in the facts
and conditions on which such representations and warranties are based are
required or permitted under such agreements.





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              SECTION  7.      THE PLEDGE AGREEMENTS.

              In order to induce Banks to enter into this Amendment, each
Pledgor represents and warrants to each Bank that the execution, delivery and
performance by each Pledgor of this Amendment are within the corporate power of
such Pledgor and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of such Pledgor and that this Amendment constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of such Pledgor, enforceable against such Pledgor in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

              Each Pledgor agrees to and acknowledges the terms and provisions
of this Amendment and confirms that the Pledge Agreements to which it is a
party and the Pledged Collateral (as that term is defined in each such Pledge
Agreement) will continue to secure to the fullest extent possible the payment
and performance of all Senior Secured Obligations (as that term is defined in
the Company Pledge Agreement, the Safeway Pledge Agreement and the Inventory
Pledge Agreement) and all Secured Obligations (as that term is defined in the
Safeway Canada Pledge Agreement, the Safeway New Canada Pledge Agreement, each
First Tier Pledge Agreement and each Second Tier Pledge Agreement), and
furthermore, that from and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, each
such Pledge Agreement will also secure, to the fullest extent possible, the
performance of all obligations (including, without limitation, due and punctual
payment of all amounts) under, referred to in, or contemplated by this
Amendment of each Borrower or Pledgor whose Working Capital Obligations are
secured by any such Pledge Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Pledgor hereby acknowledges and confirms the understanding and
intent of such Pledgor that, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, as a
result of this Amendment, the definition of "Working Capital Obligations"
contained in the Working Capital Credit Agreement includes the obligations of
Borrowers set forth in the Amended Working Capital Credit Agreement and that
the obligations of any Borrower secured under any Pledge Agreement shall
include the obligations of such Borrower under the Amended Working Capital
Credit Agreement.

              Each Pledgor agrees and acknowledges that the Pledge Agreement to
which it is a party shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its
obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired
or affected by the execution of this Amendment.  Each Pledgor represents and
warrants that all representations and warranties contained in this Amendment
and the Pledge Agreement to which it is a party are true,





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correct and complete as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on
such date except that the representations and warranties need not be true and
correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions on which such
representations and warranties are based are required or permitted under such
agreements.

              SECTION  8.      COUNTERPARTS.

              This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

              SECTION  9.      EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.

              It is hereby agreed that, except as specifically provided herein,
this Amendment does not in any way affect or impair the terms and conditions of
the Working Capital Credit Agreement, and all terms and conditions of the
Working Capital Credit Agreement are to remain in full force and effect unless
otherwise specifically amended, waived or changed pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Amendment.

              SECTION  10.     APPLICABLE LAW.

              THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE UNDER, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


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              WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly
authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.


                                           SAFEWAY INC., (as a Borrower, 
                                           Guarantor and Pledgor)


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED, (as a 
                                           Borrower, Guarantor and Pledgor)


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           LUCERNE FOODS LTD., (as a Borrower 
                                           and Guarantor)


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, individually 
                                           as a Domestic Bank and as Agent and 
                                           on behalf of its Canadian
                                           Bank Affiliate


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           BT BANK OF CANADA, individually as 
                                           a Canadian Bank and as Canadian
                                           Administrative Agent


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:





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                                        THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, individually 
                                        as a Domestic Bank and Canadian Bank 
                                        and as Canadian Paying Agent
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Domestic Bank 
                                        and a Canadian Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        CHEMICAL BANK, as a Domestic Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        CHEMICAL BANK OF CANADA, as a 
                                        Canadian Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Domestic 
                                        and Canadian Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                      S-2
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                                        THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A., as 
                                        a Domestic Bank and on behalf of 
                                        its Canadian Bank Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND 
                                        SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as a Domestic 
                                        Bank and on behalf of its
                                        Canadian Bank Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        CITIBANK, N.A., as a Domestic Bank 
                                        and on behalf of its Canadian Bank 
                                        Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        THE BANK OF TOKYO - SAN FRANCISCO 
                                        AGENCY, as a Domestic Bank and on 
                                        behalf of its Canadian Bank
                                        Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        BARCLAYS BANK OF CANADA, as a Domestic 
                                        Bank and a Canadian Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                      S-3
<PAGE>   17
                                        THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, as a
                                        Domestic Bank and on behalf of its
                                        Canadian Bank Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as 
                                        a Domestic Bank and on behalf of its
                                        Canadian Bank Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        ABN AMRO N.V., as a Domestic Bank and on
                                        behalf of its Canadian Bank Affiliate
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD., 
                                        as a Domestic Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN (CANADA), 
                                        as a Canadian Bank
                                        
                                        
                                        By __________________________________
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                           BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS, as a 
                                           Domestic Bank and on behalf of 
                                           its Canadian Bank Affiliate


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

                                           BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS (CANADA), 
                                           as a Canadian Bank


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           CIBC INC., as a Domestic Bank and 
                                           Canadian Bank


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:



                                           BANK HAPOALIM, as a Domestic Bank


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:





                                      S-5
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                                   BANK HAPOALIM (CANADA), as a Canadian Bank
                                 
                                 
                                   By __________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:
                                 
                                 
                                   By __________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:
                                 
                                 
                                   THE SAKURA BANK, LIMITED, as a 
                                   Domestic Bank
                                 
                                 
                                   By __________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:
                                 
                                 
                                   SAKURA BANK (CANADA), as a Canadian Bank
                                 
                                 
                                   By __________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:
                                 




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                                       GUARANTORS AND PLEDGORS:
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY NEW CANADA, INC.
                                     
                                     
                                       By ___________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:
                                     
                                     
                                       FIRST TIER SUBSIDIARIES:
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY CANADA HOLDINGS, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY WAREHOUSE, INC.
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                       By ___________________________________
                                          As an authorized officer of each of 
                                          the foregoing First Tier Subsidiaries
                                     
                                     
                                       DOMESTIC SECOND TIER SUBSIDIARIES:
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY DENVER, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY RICHMOND, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY DALLAS, INC. (formerly 
                                       named "SAFEWAY WASHINGTON, D.C., 
                                       INC.")
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY SUPPLY, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY CORPORATE, INC.
                                     
                                       SAFEWAY TRUCKING, INC.
                                     
                                     
                                       By __________________________________
                                          As an authorized officer of each 
                                          of the foregoing Domestic Second Tier
                                          Subsidiaries
                                     




                                      S-7
<PAGE>   21
DOMESTIC THIRD TIER SUBSIDIARIES:

SAFEWAY STORES 18, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 72, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 26, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 73, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 28, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 74, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 31, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 75, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 42, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 76, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 43, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 77, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 44, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 78, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 45, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 79, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 46, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 80, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 47, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 81, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 48, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 82, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 49, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 85, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 50, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 86, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 58, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 87, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 59, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 88, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 64, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 89, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 67, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 90, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 68, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 91, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 69, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 92, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 70, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 96, INC.  
SAFEWAY STORES 71, INC.                         SAFEWAY STORES 97, INC.
                                                SAFEWAY STORES 98, INC.


                                By ____________________________________
                                   As an authorized officer of each of
                                   the foregoing Domestic Third Tier
                                   Subsidiaries





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                                                              EXHIBIT 10(iii).1

                                FIRST AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                         SAFEWAY INC. OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
                              EQUITY PURCHASE PLAN


         This First Amendment, adopted as of July 5, 1994 (this "First
Amendment"), to the Safeway Inc. Outside Director Equity Purchase Plan adopted
on December 14, 1990 (the "Plan"), is adopted by Safeway Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company").  Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

         1.  Section 3.2 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its entirety
as follows:

SECTION 3.2 - GRANTING OF OPTIONS

         (a)     Each Outside Director shall be granted, on the later to occur
of (i) the adoption of this Plan by the Board, or (ii) such Outside Director's
appointment to the Board, an Option to purchase the number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock set forth on the attached Schedule I; provided, however,
that no such Option shall be granted unless and until the Outside Director
purchases the number of shares of Purchase Stock set forth on Schedule I in
accordance with Articles VI and VII.

         (b)     Each Outside Director shall be granted, on the later to occur
of (i) the adoption of this First Amendment by the Board, or (ii) the date such
Outside Director completes three (3) continuous years of service as a member of
the Board, an Option to purchase 25,000 shares.

         2.  Section 4.1 of the Plan shall be amended to read in its entirety
as follows:

SECTION 4.1 - OPTION AND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

         (a)     As soon as possible after an Outside Director becomes entitled
to the grant of an Option under Section 3.2(a) above, the Secretary shall issue
such Option and shall cause to be executed a Stock Option and Purchase
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 for the number of Options
calculated pursuant to Schedule I which shall be executed by the Outside
Director and an authorized Officer of the Company.

         (b)     As soon as possible after an Outside Director becomes entitled
to the grant of an Option under Section 3.2(b) above, the Secretary shall issue
such Option and shall cause to be executed a Stock Option Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 which shall be executed by the Outside Director
and an authorized Officer of the Company.
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         3.  Section 4.2 shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

SECTION 4.2 - PURCHASE PRICE OF SHARES SUBJECT TO OPTIONS

         (a)     The Purchase Price of the shares subject to each Option
granted pursuant to Section 3.2(a) above shall be (i) with respect to grants to
Outside Directors who are eligible to be granted Options as of the date of the
adoption of this Plan by the Board, $9.60 per share, and (ii) with respect to
all other grants, 80% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant.

         (b)     The Purchase Price of the shares subject to each Option
granted pursuant to Section 3.2(b) above shall be the Fair Market Value on the
date of grant.

         4.  The first sentence of Section 9.3 shall be amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

         The Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified,
suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board or the
Committee; provided, however, that the Plan may not be amended more than once
every six months, other than to comport with changes in the Internal Revenue
Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder.

         5.  Section 9.5 shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

SECTION 9.5 - APPROVAL OF PLAN BY STOCKHOLDERS

         The original Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders in 1991.
The First Amendment to the Plan shall be submitted for approval by the
Company's stockholders within 12 months after the date of the Board's adoption
of the First Amendment to the Plan.  Options may be granted under the Plan, as
amended by the First Amendment, prior to such stockholder approval; provided,
however, that if stockholder approval of the First Amendment has not been
obtained at the end of such 12-month period, all such Options which were not
otherwise permitted to be granted under the Plan prior to adoption of the First
Amendment shall thereupon be cancelled and become null and void.

                                   *  *  *  *


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<PAGE>   3

         I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amendment to the Plan was
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Safeway Inc. as of July 5, 1994.

         Executed on this ___ day of ________, 1994.



                                          _______________________________
                                            Secretary

                                   *  *  *  *

         I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amendment to the Plan was
duly approved by the stockholders of Safeway Inc. on _______________, 1995.

         Executed on this ___ day of ________, 1995.



                                          _______________________________
                                            Secretary





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<PAGE>   4

                                                                     EXHIBIT A-1


                                  SAFEWAY INC.
                                OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
                              EQUITY PURCHASE PLAN

                      STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT


         THIS AGREEMENT, dated_____________________, 19_____, is made by and
between SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and_____________, 
an Outside Director of the Company.

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Outside Director the
opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock; and

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Safeway Inc. Outside
Director Equity Purchase Plan (the terms of which are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Agreement) pursuant to which each Outside
Director is entitled to a grant of stock options and to purchase shares of
Common Stock of the Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                           PURCHASE OF PURCHASE STOCK

Section 1.1 - Sale of Purchase Stock

         In consideration of the Outside Director's agreement to remain as a
director of the Company and in exchange for the consideration and other
payments described in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 below, concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement the Company shall irrevocably issue to the Outside
Director____________shares of its Common Stock (the "Purchase Stock") upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 1.2 - Consideration to the Company

         As consideration for the issuance of the Purchase Stock by the
Company, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement the Outside Director
shall deliver to the Company cash or a check in the amount of $100 and execute
and deliver a full recourse promissory note in the form


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attached hereto as Exhibit A in the original principal amount or $99,900 and in
addition shall execute in favor of the Company a Stock Pledge Agreement in form
attached hereto as Exhibit B.

Section 1.3 - Income Tax Withholding

         As a condition to the receipt of the Purchase Stock, the Outside
Director shall concurrently deliver to the Company full payment (in cash or by
check) of the amounts that must be withheld by the Company, as determined by
the Committee in its sole discretion, for federal, state and/or local tax
purposes.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                GRANT OF OPTION

Section 2.1 - Grant of Option

         Pursuant to the terms of the Plan but subject to the Outside Director
purchasing the Purchase Stock on the date hereof, the Company irrevocably
grants to the Outside Director the option to purchase any part or all of an
aggregate of___________________shares of its Common Stock upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan.

Section 2.2 - Purchase Price

         The purchase price of the Common Stock covered by the Option shall be
$______________per share without commission or other charge.

                                  ARTICLE III

                       PERIOD OF EXERCISABILlTY OF OPTION

Section 3.1 - Commencement of Exercisability

                 (a) The Option shall become exercisable in three (3) cumulative
         installments as follows:

                          (i) The first installment shall consist of one-third
                 of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                 exercisable on the first anniversary of the date hereof.

                          (ii) The second installment shall consist of
                 one-third of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                 exercisable on the second anniversary of the date hereof.

                          (iii) The third installment shall consist of
                 one-third of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                 exercisable on the third anniversary of the date hereof.





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                 (b) No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at 
         Termination of Directorship shall thereafter become exercisable.

Section 3.2 - Duration of Exercisability

         The installments provided for in Section 3.1 are cumulative. Each such
installment which becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 3.1 shall remain
exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3.

Section 3.3 - Expiration of Option

         This Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the
first to occur of the following events:

                 (a) The expiration of fifteen years from the date hereof; or

                 (b) The expiration of three months from the time of the
         Outside Director's Termination of Directorship unless such Termination
         of Directorship results from his death or his disability; or

                 (c) The expiration of one year from the date of the Outside
         Director's Termination of Directorship by reason of his death or his
         disability; or

                 (d) The effective date of either the merger or consolidation
         of the Company with or into another corporation, or the acquisition by
         another corporation or person of all or substantially all of the
         Company's assets or 80% or more of the Company's then outstanding
         voting stock, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, unless
         the Committee waives this provision in connection with such
         transaction. At least ten days prior to the effective date of such
         merger, consolidation, acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, the
         Committee shall give the Outside Director notice of such event if the
         Option has then neither been fully exercised nor become unexercisable
         under this Section 3.3; or

                 (e) Without the prior written consent of the Committee which
         may be withheld for any reason or no reason in the Committee's sole
         and absolute discretion, the sale of any or all of the Outside
         Director's Purchase Stock.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                              EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Section 4.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise

         During the lifetime of the Outside Director, only he may exercise an
Option granted to him, or any portion thereof.  After the death of the Outside
Director, any exercisable portion of an Option may, prior





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to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3, be
exercised by his personal representative or by any person empowered to do so
under the deceased Outside Director's will or under the then applicable laws or
descent and distribution.

Section 4.2 - Partial Exercise

         At any time and from time to time prior to the time when any
exercisable Option or exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.3, such Option or portion thereof may be exercised in whole or in
part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares and the Committee may, by the terms of the Option, require
any partial exercise to be with respect to a specified minimum number of
shares.

Section 4.3 - Manner Of Exercise

         An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be
exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the
following prior to the time when such Option or such portion becomes
unexercisable under Section 3.3:

                 (a) Notice in writing signed by the Outside Director or other
         person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that
         such Option or portion is exercised, such notice complying with all
         applicable rules established by the Committee; and

                 (b)      (i) Full payment (in cash or by check) for the shares
                 with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby 
                 exercised; or

                          (ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment
                 by delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock owned by
                 the Outside Director duly endorsed for transfer to the Company
                 by the Outside Director or other person then entitled to
                 exercise such Option or portion with a Fair Market Value equal
                 to the Option price of shares with respect to which such
                 Option or portion is thereby exercised; or

                          (iii) Any combination of the considerations provided
                 for in the foregoing subsections (i) and (ii); and

                 (c) On or prior to the date the same is required to be 
         withheld:

                          (i) Full payment (in cash or by check) of any amount
                 that must be withheld by the Company for federal, state and/or
                 local tax purposes; or

                          (ii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment
                 by delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock owned by
                 the Outside Director duly endorsed for transfer to the Company
                 by the Outside Director or other person then entitled to
                 exercise such Option or portion, with an aggregate Fair Market
                 Value equal to the amount that must be witheld by the Company
                 for federal, state and/or local tax purposes; or





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<PAGE>   8

                          (iii) Subject to the Committee's consent, full
                 payment by retention by the Company of shares of Common Stock
                 to be issued pursuant to such Option exercise with an
                 aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount that must be
                 withheld by the Company for federal, state and/or local tax
                 purposes; or

                          (iv) Any combination of payments provided for in the
                 foregoing subsections (i), (ii) or (iii);

                          Provided that if and to the extent required by Rule
                 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
                 Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 16b-3n"), an election to make
                 full payment by the means described in Sections 4.3(c)(ii) or
                 4.3(c)(iii) shall be made more than six months after grant of
                 the Option and either (x) made and the Option exercised only
                 during the period beginning on the third business day
                 following the date of release of quarterly or annual summary
                 statements of sales and earnings of the Company and ending on
                 the twelfth business day following such date, or (y)
                 irrevocably made more than six months prior to the date the
                 amount of tax to be withheld is determined in the case of
                 Sections 4.3(c)(ii) and 4.3(c)(iii); and

                 (d) Such representations and documents as the Committee, in
         its absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect
         compliance with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and
         any other federal or state securities laws or regulations. The
         Committee may, in its absolute discretion, also take whatever
         additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance
         including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates
         and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars;
         and

                 (e) In the event that the Option or portion thereof shall be
         exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than
         the Outside Director, appropriate proof of the right of such person or
         persons to exercise the Option or portion thereof.

Section 4.4 - Rights as Shareholders

         The holders of Options shall not be, nor have any of the rights or
privileges of, shareholders of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable
upon the exercise of any part of an Option unless and until certificates
representing such shares have been issued by the Company to such holders.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 5.1 - Administration

         The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this
Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent





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<PAGE>   9

therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all
interpretations and determinations made by the Committee in good faith shall be
final and binding upon the Outside Director, the Company and all other
interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for
any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to
the Plan or the Agreement.  In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any
time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the
Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2 - Agreement Subject to Terms of Plan

         This Agreement and the rights of the Outside Director hereunder are
subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended
from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee
may adopt for administration of the Plan. Any inconsistency between this
Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan.

Section 5.3 - Option Not Transferable

         Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof
shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Outside Director
or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means
whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by
judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable
proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall
be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 5.3
shall not prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.

Section 5.4 - Notices

         Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the
Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any
notice to be given to the Outside Director shall be addressed to him at the
address given beneath his signature hereto. By a notice given pursuant to this
Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for
notices to be given to him. Any notice which is required to be given to the
Outside Director shall, if the Outside Director is then deceased, be given to
the Outside Director's personal representative if such representative has
previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice
under this Section 5.4.  Any notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in
a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with
postage prepaid), in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained
by the United States Postal Service.

Section 5.5 - Titles

         Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve
as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.





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<PAGE>   10

Section 5.6 - Construction

         This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under
the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 5.7 - Stockholder Approval

         The Plan will be submitted for the approval of the Company's
stockholders within 12 months after the date or the Board's initial adoption.
No portion of this Option shall become exercisable prior to the time when the
Plan is approved by the stockholders, and if such approval has not been
obtained at the end of such 12-month period, this Option shall thereupon be
canceled and become null and void.

Section 5.8 - Definitions

         Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have
the meaning specified in the Safeway Inc. Outside Director Equity Purchase
Plan.

Section 5.9 - No Right to Continued Membership On the Board

         Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Outside
Director any right to continue in his capacity as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the
rights of the Company or its stockholders, which are hereby expressly reserved,
to remove the Outside Director at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or
without cause.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date set forth above.


                                          SAFEWAY INC.

                                          By:___________________________________

ATTEST:

__________________________________

                                          ______________________________________
                                                       Outside Director





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<PAGE>   11

                                                                     EXHIBIT A-2


                                  SAFEWAY INC.

                                OUTSIDE DIRECTOR

                              EQUITY PURCHASE PLAN

                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


         THIS AGREEMENT, dated _______________, 19___, is made by and between
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and ____________________,
an Outside Director of the Company.

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Outside Director the
opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock; and

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Safeway Inc. Outside
Director Equity Purchase Plan, as amended by the First Amendment thereto (the
terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this
Agreement), pursuant to which each Outside Director is entitled to certain
grants of stock options and to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                GRANT OF OPTION

SECTION 1.1 - GRANT OF OPTION

         Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, on the date hereof the Company
irrevocably grants to the Outside Director the option to purchase any part or
all of an aggregate of 25,000 shares of its Common Stock upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan.

SECTION 1.2 - PURCHASE PRICE

         The purchase price of the Common Stock covered by the Option shall be
$_____ per share without commission or other charge.
<PAGE>   12

                                   ARTICLE II

                       PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY OF OPTION

SECTION 2.1 - COMMENCEMENT OF EXERCISABILITY

         (a)     The Option shall become exercisable in three (3) cumulative
installments as follows:

                 (i)      The first installment shall consist of one-third of
                          the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                          exercisable on the first anniversary of the date
                          hereof.

                 (ii)     The second installment shall consist of one-third of
                          the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                          exercisable on the second anniversary of the date
                          hereof.

                 (iii)    The third installment shall consist of one-third of
                          the shares covered by the Option and shall become
                          exercisable on the third anniversary of the date
                          hereof.

         (b)     No portion of an Option which is unexercisable at Termination
of Directorship shall thereafter become exercisable.

SECTION 2.2 - DURATION OF EXERCISABILITY

         The installments provided for in Section 2.1 are cumulative.  Each
such installment which becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1 shall remain
exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3.

SECTION 2.3 - EXPIRATION OF OPTION

         This Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the
first to occur of the following events:

         (a)     The expiration of fifteen years from the date hereof; or

         (b)     The expiration of three months from the time of the Outside
Director's Termination of Directorship unless such Termination of Directorship
results from his death or his disability; or

         (c)     The expiration of one year from the date of the Outside
Director's Termination of Directorship by reason of his death or his
disability; or


                                      2
<PAGE>   13

         (d)     The effective date of either the merger or consolidation of
the Company with or into another corporation, or the acquisition by another
corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or
80% or more of the Company's then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation
or dissolution of the Company, unless the Committee waives this provision in
connection with such transaction.  At least ten days prior to the effective
date of such merger, consolidation acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, the
Committee shall give the Outside Director notice of such event if the Option
has then neither been fully exercised nor become unexercisable under this
Section 2.3.

                                  ARTICLE III

                              EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

SECTION 3.1 - PERSON ELIGIBLE TO EXERCISE

         During the lifetime of the Outside Director, only he may exercise an
Option granted to him, or any portion thereof.  After the death of the Outside
Director, any exercisable portion of an Option may, prior to the time when such
portion becomes unexercisable under Section 2.3, be exercised by his personal
representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Outside
Director's will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.

SECTION 3.2 - PARTIAL EXERCISE

         At any time and from time to time prior to the time when any
exercisable Option or exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 2.3, such Option or portion thereof may be exercised in whole or in
part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares and the Committee may, by the terms of the Option, require
any partial exercise to be with respect to a specified minimum number of
shares.

SECTION 3.3 - MANNER OF EXERCISE

         An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be
exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the
following prior to the time when such Option or such portion becomes
unexercisable under Section 2.3:

         (a)     Notice in writing signed by the Outside Director or other
person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that such
Option or portion is exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules
established by the Committee; and

         (b)     (i)      Full payment (in cash or by check) for the shares
                          with respect to which such Option or portion is
                          thereby exercised; or

                 (ii)     Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment by
                          delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock
                          owned by the Outside Director


                                      3
<PAGE>   14

                          duly endorsed for transfer to the Company by the
                          Outside Director or other person then entitled to
                          exercise such Option or portion, with a Fair Market
                          Value equal to the Option price of shares with
                          respect to which such Option or portion is thereby
                          exercised; or

                 (iii)    Any combination of the considerations provided for in
                          the foregoing subsections (i) and (ii); and

         (c)     On or prior to the date the same is required to be withheld:

                 (i)      Full payment (in cash or by check) of any amount that
                          must be withheld by the Company for federal, state
                          and/or local tax purposes; or

                 (ii)     Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment by
                          delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock
                          owned by the Outside Director duly endorsed for
                          transfer to the Company by the Outside Director or
                          other person then entitled to exercise such Option or
                          portion with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to
                          the amount that must be withheld by the Company for
                          federal, state and/or local tax purposes; or

                 (iii)    Subject to the Committee's consent, full payment by
                          retention by the Company of shares of Common Stock to
                          be issued pursuant to such Option exercise with an
                          aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount that
                          must be withheld by the Company for federal, state
                          and/or local tax purposes; or

                 (iv)     Any combination of payments provided for in the
                          foregoing subsections (i), (ii) or (iii);

provided that if and to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 16b-3"),
an election to make full payment by the means described in Sections 3.3(c)(ii)
or 3.3(c)(iii) shall be made more than six months after grant of the Option and
either (x) made and the Option exercised only during the period beginning on
the third business day following the date of release of quarterly or annual
summary statements of sales and earnings of the Company and ending on the
twelfth business day following such date, or (y) irrevocably made more than six
months prior to the date the amount of tax to be withheld is determined in the
case of Sections 3.3(c)(ii) and 3.3(c)(iii); and

         (d)     Such representations and documents as the Committee, in its
absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other federal or state
securities laws or regulations.  The Committee may, in its absolute discretion,
also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such
compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates
and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars; and


                                      4
<PAGE>   15

         (e)     In the event that the Option or portion thereof shall be
exercised pursuant to Section 3.1 by any person or persons other than the
Outside Director, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to
exercise the Option or portion thereof.

SECTION 3.4 - RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS

         The holders of Options shall not be, nor have any of the rights or
privileges of, shareholders of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable
upon the exercise of any part of an Option unless and until certificates
representing such shares have been issued by the Company to such holders.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                OTHER PROVISIONS

SECTION 4.1 - ADMINISTRATION

         The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this
Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke
any such rules.  All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations
made by the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon the Outside
Director, the Company and all other interested persons.  No member of the
Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or
interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Agreement.
In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time
exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this
Agreement.

SECTION 4.2 - AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO TERMS OF PLAN

         This Agreement and the rights of the Outside Director hereunder are
subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended
from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee
may adopt for administration of the Plan. Any inconsistency between this
Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan.

SECTION 4.3 - OPTION NOT TRANSFERABLE

         Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof
shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Outside Director
or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means
whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by
judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable
proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall
be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 4.3
shall not prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.


                                      5
<PAGE>   16

SECTION 4.4 - NOTICES

         Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the
Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any
notice to be given to the Outside Director shall be addressed to him at the
address given beneath his signature hereto.  By a notice given pursuant to this
Section 4.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for
notices to be given to him.  Any notice which is required to be given to the
Outside Director shall, if the Outside Director is then deceased, be given to
the Outside Director's personal representative if such representative has
previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice
under this Section 4.4.  Any notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in
a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with
postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by
the United States Postal Service.

SECTION 4.5 - TITLES

         Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve
as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.6 - CONSTRUCTION

         This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under
the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 4.7 - STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL

         The First Amendment to the Plan will be submitted for the approval of
the Company's stockholders within 12 months after the date of the Board's
initial adoption of the First Amendment to the Plan.  No portion of this Option
shall become exercisable prior to the time when the First Amendment to the Plan
is approved by the stockholders, and if such approval has not been obtained at
the end of such 12-month period, this Option shall thereupon be canceled and
become null and void.

SECTION 4.8 - DEFINITIONS

         Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have
the meaning specified in the Safeway Inc. Outside Director Equity Purchase
Plan.

SECTION 4.9 - NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD

         Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Outside
Director any right to continue in his capacity as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the
rights of the Company or its stockholders, which


                                      6
<PAGE>   17
are hereby expressly reserved, to remove the Outside Director at any time for
any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the Date set forth above.

                                          SAFEWAY INC.



                                          By: ________________________________

ATTEST:



_________________________________



                                          ____________________________________ 
                                          Outside Director

                                          Address: ___________________________
                                                   ___________________________
                                                   ___________________________
                                                   








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<PAGE>   1

                                                                    Exhibit 11.1

                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    Computation of Earnings Per Common Share
                          and Common Share Equivalent
                    (In millions, except per share amounts)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  12 Weeks Ended
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
                                                                      September 10, 1994     September 11, 1993
                                                                    ---------------------   --------------------
                                                                     Fully                    Fully
                                                                    Diluted      Primary     Diluted     Primary
                                                                    -------      -------     -------     -------
<S>                                                                  <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Income before extraordinary loss                                     $ 63.7      $ 63.7      $ 42.1      $ 42.1
Extraordinary loss                                                     (2.7)       (2.7)        -           -
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
Net income                                                           $ 61.0      $ 61.0      $ 42.1      $ 42.1
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                   
                                                                                                          
Weighted average common shares outstanding                            103.3       103.1        99.8        99.5
Common share equivalents                                               19.2        19.0        22.5        21.8
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
Weighted average common shares and common                                                                 
 share equivalents                                                    122.5       122.1       122.3       121.3
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                   
Earnings per common share and common                                                                      
 share equivalent                                                                                         
 Income before extraordinary loss                                    $ 0.52        0.52      $ 0.34        0.35
 Extraordinary loss                                                   (0.02)      (0.02)        -           -
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
 Net Income                                                          $ 0.50        0.50      $ 0.34        0.35
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                   
                                                                                                          
Calculation of common share equivalents:                                                                  
                                                                                                          
    Options and warrants to purchase common                                                               
       shares                                                          27.8        28.0        31.2        30.5
    Common shares assumed purchased with                                                                  
       potential proceeds                                              (8.6)       (9.0)       (8.7)       (8.7)
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
    Common share equivalents                                           19.2        19.0        22.5        21.8
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                   
                                                                                                          
 Calculation of common shares assumed purchased with                                                      
  potential proceeds:                                                                                     
                                                                                                          
    Potential proceeds from exercise of options and                                                       
       warrants to purchase common shares                            $238.7      $233.6      $166.6      $151.1
    Common stock price used under the treasury                                                            
       stock method                                                  $27.62      $25.91      $19.12      $17.26
    Common shares assumed purchased with                                                                  
       potential proceeds                                               8.6         9.0         8.7         8.7
</TABLE>

    (Continued)





<PAGE>   2

                         SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                    Computation of Earnings Per Common Share
                    and Common Share Equivalent (Continued)
                    (in millions, except per share amounts)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   36 Weeks Ended
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
                                                                     September 10, 1994      September 11, 1993
                                                                    --------------------    --------------------
                                                                     Fully                   Fully
                                                                    Diluted     Primary     Diluted      Primary
                                                                    -------     -------     -------      -------
<S>                                                                  <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Income before extraordinary loss                                     $164.5      $164.5      $ 76.4      $ 76.4
Extraordinary loss                                                    (10.1)      (10.1)        -           -
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
Net income                                                           $154.4      $154.4      $ 76.4      $ 76.4
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                    
                                                                                                          
Weighted average common shares outstanding                            103.3       102.4        99.8        99.2
Common share equivalents                                               19.2        19.1        22.5        20.7
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
Weighted average common shares and common                                                                 
 share equivalents                                                    122.5       121.5       122.3       119.9
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                    
                                                                                                          
Earnings per common share and common                                                                      
 share equivalent:                                                                                        
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                          
    Income before extraordinary loss                                 $ 1.34      $ 1.35      $ 0.63      $ 0.64
    Extraordinary loss                                                (0.08)      (0.08)        -           -
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
    Net income                                                       $ 1.26      $ 1.27      $ 0.63      $ 0.64
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                    
                                                                                                          
Calculation of common share equivalents:                                                                  
                                                                                                          
    Options and warrants to purchase common shares                     27.8        28.6        31.0        29.6
    Common shares assumed purchased with potential                                                        
       proceeds                                                        (8.6)       (9.5)       (8.5)       (8.9)
                                                                     ------      ------      ------      ------
    Common share equivalents                                           19.2        19.1        22.5        20.7
                                                                     ======      ======      ======      ======                    
Calculation of common shares assumed purchased with                                                       
  potential proceeds:                                                                                     
                                                                                                          
    Potential proceeds from exercise of options and                                                       
       warrants to purchase common shares                            $237.4      $230.7      $162.3      $134.8
    Common stock price used under the treasury                                                            
       stock method                                                  $27.62      $24.33      $19.12      $15.07
    Common shares assumed purchased with                                                                  
       potential proceeds                                               8.6         9.5         8.5         8.9
</TABLE>
       
       
       
       
       


                                      2


<TABLE> <S> <C>



                                                               

<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM (A) THE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME ON PAGES 3 THROUGH 5 OF THE COMPANY'S FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD
ENDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1994, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH
(B) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1994
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<RECEIVABLES>                                  136,500
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                  1,057,100
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             1,343,700
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<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               4,887,300
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                        1,750,000
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                                0
                                          0
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<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 4,887,300
<SALES>                                     10,736,300
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<INCOME-PRETAX>                                283,700
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