• Ethisphere Magazine: World’s Most Ethical Companies
• Progressive Grocer: Top Women in Grocery (15 Safeway women named)
• Supermarket News: 2012 Whole Health Enterprise Award
• Puget Sound Business Journal: Health & Wellness Corporate Champion Award
• Silicon Valley and San Francisco Business Journals: Healthiest Employers in the Bay Area, ranked 5th
• Canada - Governor General of Saskatchewan: Literacy Award of Merit
• Canada - Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work Award for Workplace Inclusion
• Canada - Canadian Race Relations Foundation: Award of Excellence
• Canada - Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba: Employer Award, Recognition for Disability Accommodations

Products

• Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Silver Anvil Award. "Setting the Table in a Big Way: Introducing Safeway's Open Nature All-Natural Product Line to the Nation"
• Ranked #1 on the Greenpeace USA Supermarket Seafood Sustainability list for the second consecutive year. In 2012, we earned our first ever "green" rating
• Private Label Buyer Magazine: Retailer of the Year
• Store Brands Magazine: Retailer of the Year
• Canada – Ranked 3rd on Greenpeace Canada 2012 Supermarket Ranking on seafood sustainability

Community

• United Negro College Fund/Northern California: Corporation of the Year
• Public Relations Society of America's Colorado Chapter Gold Pick Award: top award in the Media Relations category for our annual Media Employee Bagging Challenge/People with Disabilities launch
• Canada - Prostate Cancer Canada: Special recognition for "Celebrating a Decade of Giving" in acknowledgment of Safeway being their largest and longest-term corporate partner
• Canada - Muscular Dystrophy Canada: Corporate Partner of the Year
• Canada - British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities: Chair Person's Award

Planet

• Energy Efficiency Award: Clackamas, Oregon Distribution Center
• Selected as one of three finalists for the 2012 Excellence in Business Awards in the Green Business of the Year category in the Eastern Division
• Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America for the fourth consecutive year
• Named to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the fourth consecutive year, ranking highly within our sector for actions that contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation and transparency
• Named to the Newsweek Green Rankings for the fourth consecutive year

• Named to Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Companies
• Progressive Grocer: Top Women in Grocery (17 Safeway women named)
• San Francisco Business Times: Healthiest Employers (ranked No. 3)

Products

• Ranked #1 on the Greenpeace USA Supermarket Seafood Sustainability list
• Canada - Greenpeace Supermarket Seafood Sustainability list (ranked No. 3)
• Named to the Newsweek Green Rankings for the third consecutive year
• Hub Magazine: Gold Medal Award, Open Nature Launch/Brand
• CDHC Solutions Magazine: Industry Innovator Award and Superstar Winner
• Produce Business: Marketing Excellence Award for Lunchbox Winners shopper marketing campaign
• Private Label Buyer: Private Label Retailer of the Year
• Store Brands Decisions:Retail Innovator of the Year
• Progressive Grocer Store Brands: Best Achievement in Store Brand Marketing for Open Nature launch program
• Private Label Magazine’s Salute to Excellence Awards in the Natural Beauty Care category

Community

• Association of Fundraising Professionals: Outstanding Philanthropic Association Award
• California Grocers Association: 2011 Grocery Advocate of the Year, outstanding government relations leadership
• San Francisco Business Times: Corporate Philanthropy Award Recipient

Planet

• Fleet Owners Magazine: National Private Fleet of the Year
• Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America for the third consecutive year
• Featured at California Academy of Sciences “Science in Action” exhibit for our sustainable seafood efforts
• Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP) recipient for the 13th consecutive year
• Named to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the third consecutive year
• Eastern Division - First LEED-Certified Grocery store in the District of Columbia
• ICSC, United States Design and Development Award - Georgetown project (store+shops) was named the best project of its size in the country

People

• Named to Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Companies
• Progressive Grover: Top Women in Grocery (13 Safeway women named)
• Fast Company Magazine: Most Creative People in Business (Steven Burd)
• Canada’s Best Diversity Employers 2010 Award
• National NISH Award in Phoenix (National Industries for the Severely Handicapped)
• Rainbow Push Coalition Trading Partner Award

Products

• Named to the Newsweek Green Rankings for the second consecutive year
• 2010 Produce Business Magazine Retail Sustainability Award
• Greenpeace USA Supermarket Seafood Sustainability list (ranked No. 4)

Community

• Washington, D.C. Chamber of Commerce 2010 Economic Impact Award
• Easter Seals Top Corporate Fundraiser
• Safeway ranked No. 1 of all businesses for local giving in Washington, D.C. by the Washington Business Journal
• Association of Fundraising Professionals Philanthropy Award
• Philanthropy Award – San Francisco Business Times
• Philanthropy Award – Silicon Valley Business Journal

Planet

• Waste Reduction Award Program (WRAP) recipient for the 12th consecutive year
• Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America for the second consecutive year
• Named to the Calvert Social Index
• Founding member of The Sustainability Consortium

2009 Awards and Recognition

• Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America: ranked among the world’s largest, most sustainable companies
• Progressive Grocer’s Green Grocer Award
• Ethisphere Magazine: World’s Most Ethical Companies
• Fortune Magazine’s Most Admired Companies
• Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens (only food retailer named)
• Newsweek: Ranked among the “Greenest Big Companies in America”
• Greenpeace USA Supermarket Seafood Sustainability list (ranked #5)
• Supermarket News Champion of Diversity Award
• 100 Most Powerful People in Modern Healthcare (Steve Burd)
• Progressive Grocer: Top 100 Women in Grocery (eight Safeway women named)
• San Francisco Business Times: Corporate Philanthropy Award
• National Association of Rehabilitation Award
• Immunization Champion Award from American Pharmacists Association
• National Down Syndrome Congress Employer of the Year
• Easter Seals Top Corporate Fundraiser