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Safeway is continuing their building program in the NW Division. They have opened several new stores in the Seattle and Portland markets and plan a substantial number of upgrade remodels. They have opened a new state of the art warehouse south of Seattle that has greatly improved their efficiency. They have 24 hour a day QC people on the dock and look at every load. The combination of QC and operation efficiency has greatly improved their end product to the consumer.
Gary is still a key person for us in the NW. He has a lot to say about what is sold in the stores. He continues to communicate with Rick Smith and the Seattle division has quite a bit of autonomy. Gary works for the president of the Seattle division. Scott also had lunch with us. He is responsible for all the new remodels?designs etc. They both thought we should design a piece to fit their display card identifiers. I will work this out with David.