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Carrs–Safeway (formerly Carrs Quality Centers) is a supermarket chain that is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and is a subsidiary of Albertsons.It was acquired in April 1999 by former parent Safeway from an employee ownership group, who itself had purchased the company from founder Larry Carr and his partner Barney Gottstein in 1990.
The first outlet opened in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1965, 22 existing Super S stores were sold to Skaggs Drug Stores. Safeway sold the remaining stores in 1971. [74] In 1964, Safeway opened a trial two-level International Store at 12th and F Street in Washington, D.C., with a conventional Safeway downstairs and a gourmet store on the upper floor ...
History of Anchorage, Alaska. After congress approved the completion of the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks in 1914, it was decided that a new town should be built as a port and rail hub along the route. The decision was made to develop a site near Ship Creek on Cook Inlet. Survey parties visited the area in 1914 and researched ...
Wells's father, who worked as a union clerk at a Safeway in Anchorage, Alaska, died two years after reaching retirement.Finding himself employed in the same store—and wanting to avoid his father's inability to enjoy retirement—Wells moved into a box van in 1995 [3] purchased with his last $1,500 after working for 20 years at the store. [4]
Sep. 8—The nation's two largest grocery store chains announced a $1.9 billion divestiture plan on Friday that includes the sale of 14 Albertsons-owned stores in Alaska to a New Hampshire-based ...
June 20, 1980. ( #80000746) Northeast of central Anchorage. 61°27′30″N 149°20′24″W. / 61.45847°N 149.33992°W / 61.45847; -149.33992 ( Eklutna Power Plant) Anchorage. Anchorage's first hydroelectric plant, built 1929. Currently known as the Old Eklutna Power Plant as a new dam and power plant has been built elsewhere in 1955.
Anchorage ( Tanaina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu ), officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, [ 5 ][ 9 ] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring ...
Leopold David (1878 – November 21, 1924) was the first mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. He studied the law in his own time and was admitted to the Washington State Bar Association before moving in 1917 to what would become Anchorage, Alaska. He served two terms as major of Anchorage and was a practicing attorney before joining the Board of Regents ...