EX-99.B 3 dex99b.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit B

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-37207 and 333-45920 of Safeway Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated June 27, 2008, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Safeway 401(k) Plan & Trust for the year ended December 31, 2007.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

San Francisco, California

June 27, 2008