Capital Stock (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 06, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Summary of weighted-average assumptions used to value grants, by year

The weighted-average assumptions used to value Safeway’s grants of stock options through the third quarter, by year, are as follows:

	2014	2013
Expected life (in years)	6.25	6.25		-	6.50
Expected stock volatility	27.9%	31.6	%	-	33.0%
Risk-free interest rate	2.0%	1.1	%	-	1.9%
Expected dividend yield during the expected term	2.8%	3.8	%	-	4.0%