EFTA Document EFTA01382496

Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 Table of Contents SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 0: Multiemployer Benefit Plans Multiemployer Pension Plans Safeway contributes to a number of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective bargaining agreements that cover its union-represented employees. Benefits generally are based on a fixed amount for each year of service, and, in some cases, are not negotiated with contributing emplo