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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                    FORM 8-A
 
               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
 
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF
 
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                                  SAFEWAY INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
                                               
                  Delaware                                         94-3019135
  (State of incorporation or organization)             (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         Fourth and Jackson Streets
             Oakland, California                                     94660
   (Address of principal executive offices                         (Zip Code)


 
       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
                                               
             Title of each class                         Name of each exchange on which
             to be so registered                         each class is to be registered
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        Common Stock, $0.01 par value                       Pacific Stock Exchange


 
       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
                                      None
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ITEM 1.  Description of Registrant Securities to be Registered.

     The description of the Registrant's Common Stock required by this Item
is incorporated by reference to the "Description of Capital Stock" on pages 39 
and 40 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-33388, in
the form in which it was filed on Fegruary 12, 1990.       

ITEM 2.  Exhibits

     Pursuant to Instruction II of the Instructions as to Exhibits for
Registration Statements on Form 8-A, the Registrant will file with the Pacific
Stock Exchange the documents required by Instruction II to be filed with that
exchange.  

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                                  SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange 
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be 
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

September 22, 1994
                                            SAFEWAY INC.

                                            By:    MICHAEL C. ROSS
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                                            Name:  Michael C. Ross
                                            Title: Senior Vice President, 
                                                   Secretary & General Counsel