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Safeway celebrates completed renovations with ribbon cutting

New decor in all departments and expanded product offerings across the board
Safeway outside Rehoboth Beach celebrated an extensive renovation with a ribbon cutting May 26. Surrounded by department managers and company officials, Store Director Tom Adkin cuts the ribbon after a brief ceremony. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
May 31, 2023

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Safeway
19283 Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

The Safeway grocery store outside Rehoboth Beach kicked off Memorial Day weekend May 26 with a ribbon cutting and celebration of its extensive renovations, new features and expanded offerings.

Renovations include new cases and fixtures in all departments, new decor, new lighting and new flooring. Expanded products include more packaged meal options in the deli, gourmet decorated cakes in the bakery, expanded selection in produce, a redesign of the floral department, upgraded seafood and butcher block, more seasonal offerings, and a greater selection of natural and organic products.

Additionally, Safeway donated $2,500 each to Cape Henlopen Food Basket and Cape Henlopen School District.

For more information on Safeway, 19283 Coastal Highway, call 302-226-3073 or go to safeway.com and put ZIP code 19971 in the Your Store tab at the top of page.

 

Brad Spooner, Safeway vice president of operations, said the work couldn’t have been done without the store’s trusted staff.
As part of the celebration, Safeway donated $2,500 to the Cape Henlopen Food Basket. Shown are (l-r) Safeway Vice President of Operations Brad Spooner, Cape Henlopen Food Basket Treasurer Ruth Pryor, Safeway Store Director Tom Adkins and Safeway District Manager Chrissy Pratt.
Safeway also donated $2,500 to the Cape Henlopen School District. Pictured are (l-r) District Homeless Liaison and Visiting Teacher Craig Warrington, Safeway Vice President of Operations Brad Spooner, Safeway Store Director Tom Adkins and Safeway District Manager Chrissy Pratt.
Among the renovations completed is a new floral department.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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