Thursday, July 19, 2007

UPDATE 1-Safeway 2nd-qtr profit down but beats expectations

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 19 - Safeway Inc. posted lower quarterly profit on Thursday compared with a year ago when its earnings were boosted by a tax settlement, but its results were higher than Wall Street expected as sales rose almost 5 percent.



The No. 3 U.S. grocer also said it was "on track" to post full-year earnings toward the top end of its previous forecast range.


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