Southern California grocery worker strike's toll on Safeway mounts.

From: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: October 20, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: James Temple

Oct. 20--Safeway Inc.'s third-quarter profit tumbled 21.4 percent as the financial fallout from the 141-day Southern California strike stretched into a fourth-consecutive reporting period.

The Pleasanton-based supermarket chain earned $159.2 million in the quarter ended Sept. 11, down from $202.5 million in the third quarter of 2003. Total sales were $8.297 billion, up slightly from $8.276 billion in the comparable period.

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