UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 8, 2011

SAFEWAY INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(925) 467-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of Safeway Inc. (the “Company”), whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

On March 8, 2011, we will hold our annual investor conference, at which slides regarding our recent performance and 2011 earnings guidance will be presented. Copies of certain of the slides are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

In the investor conference presentation, the press release announcing the investor conference and our other public statements in connection with the presentation and the press release, we use the following financial measures that are not measures of financial performance under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP financial measures):

An equity investment impairment charge also was excluded in 2003.

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Reconciliations of each of the above non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the attached slides, which are also available on our website at http://www.safeway.com/investor_relations under Reconciliations.

The items included in the forecasted range of Diluted Earnings Per Share, before Canadian Dividend, consist of the effects (net interest expense, share repurchase and tax) resulting from a pending dividend of cash from the Company’s Canadian subsidiary to the Company. Management believes that excluding these items provides a useful financial measure that will facilitate comparisons of our operating results before, during and after such dividend event, as well as facilitate comparisons of our performance with that of other companies that might not have the organizational structure and dividend event we have experienced.

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Management believes that Basis Point Change in Operating Profit Margin, Excluding Fuel and Unusual Items provides a useful financial measure that will facilitate comparisons of our adjusted operating profit margins before, during and after the unusual or unpredictable expenses are incurred, as well as facilitate comparisons of our performance with that of other companies that might not have the non-cash charges, store closures, health and welfare benefit contributions, labor buyout and stock option expense that we have experienced. With regard to the high end of the forecasted range for 2011, management is unable to estimate the basis point change in operating profit margin before excluding the impact of fuel and unusual items and therefore is not able to provide any reconciliation of such amount to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Management believes that Basis Point Change in Operating and Administrative Expense, Excluding Fuel and Unusual Items provides a useful financial measure that will facilitate comparisons of our adjusted operating and administrative expense before, during and after the unusual or unpredictable expenses are incurred, as well as facilitate comparisons of our performance with that of other companies that might not have the non-cash charges, store closures, health and welfare benefit contributions, labor buyout and stock option expense that we have experienced.

Management believes that Basis Point Change in Gross Margin, Excluding Fuel and Burnaby Warehouse Closure provides a useful financial measure that will facilitate comparisons of our adjusted gross margin before, during and after the unusual or unpredictable expenses are incurred, as well as facilitate comparisons of our performance with that of other companies that might not have the warehouse closure that we have experienced.

Management also believes that excluding fuel sales from operating profit margin, operating and administrative expense and gross margin provides more useful measures because volatility in fuel prices and the resulting fluctuations in our sales and cost of sales may distort investors’, analysts’ and other interested parties’ perception of our operating performance. Management also believes that investors, analysts and other interested parties view Basis Point Change in Operating Profit Margin, Excluding Fuel and Unusual Items, Basis Point Change in Operating and Administrative Expense, Excluding Fuel and Unusual Items and Basis Point Change in Gross Margin, Excluding Fuel and Burnaby Warehouse Closure as indicators of our ongoing operating performance.

Reconciliations of each of Free Cash Flow, Cash Flow Yield and Cash Flow Available to Return to Shareholders/Debt Paydown to GAAP cash flow are provided in the attached slides. The reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures – net (loss) income and net cash flow from operating activities – also are provided in the attached slides. Each of these non-GAAP financial measures provides information regarding various aspects of the cash that our business generates, which management believes is useful to understanding our business.

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Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a Multiple of Interest Expense are useful measures of operating performance that facilitate management’s evaluation of our ability to service debt and our capability to incur more debt to generate the cash needed to grow the business (including at times when interest rates fluctuate). Omitting interest, taxes and the enumerated items provides a financial measure that is useful to management in assessing operating performance because the cash our business operations generate enables us to incur debt and thus to grow.

Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a Multiple of Interest Expense also facilitate comparisons of our results of operations with those of companies having different capital structures. Since the levels of indebtedness, tax structures, impairment charges, methodologies in calculating LIFO expense (income) and unconsolidated affiliates that other companies have are different from ours, we omit these amounts to facilitate investors’ ability to make these comparisons. Similarly, we omit depreciation and amortization because other companies may employ a greater or lesser amount of owned property and because, in management’s experience, whether a store is new or one that is fully or mostly depreciated does not necessarily correlate to the contribution such store makes to operating performance.

Management also believes that investors, analysts and other interested parties view our ability to generate Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Cash Flow Yield as important measures of our operating performance and that of other companies in our industry.

Free Cash Flow, Cash Flow Yield, Cash Flow Available to Return to Shareholders/Debt Paydown, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a Multiple of Interest Expense are useful indicators of Safeway’s ability to service debt, fund share repurchases and pay dividends that management believes will enhance stockholder value. Adjusted EBITDA also is a useful indicator of cash available for investing activities. A portion of the Free Cash Flow that the Company generates in 2011 through 2015 is expected to be spent on mandatory debt service requirements or other non-discretionary expenditures. Our estimate of the range of Free Cash Flow for 2011 (without giving effect to cash flow related to Blackhawk Network’s gift card payables and receivables) is used by management as a baseline for estimating our 2011 Free Cash Flow. At the time management provided its guidance range for Free Cash Flow for 2010, it was unable to estimate the effect that Blackhawk Network’s gift card payables and receivables would have on Free Cash Flow for 2010, and therefore was not able to provide any reconciliation of such amounts to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Likewise, management is unable to estimate the effect that Blackhawk Network’s gift card payables and receivables will have on Free Cash Flow for 2011 through 2015, and therefore is not able to provide any reconciliation of such amounts to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as an alternative to net cash from operating activities or other increases and decreases in cash as shown on Safeway’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as a measure of liquidity. These measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes

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for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Other companies in our industry may calculate Free Cash Flow, Cash Flow Yield and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

Additional limitations include:

Because of these and other limitations, our non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and use our non-GAAP financial measures supplementally.

On March 8, 2011, Safeway issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

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Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements relate to, among other things, sales, margins and basis point changes in margins, earnings and earnings per diluted share estimates, the effects of the pending dividend of cash from the Company’s Canadian subsidiary to the Company, free cash flow, cash flow available for return to shareholders/debt paydown and capital spending. Forward-looking statements are indicated by words or phrases such as “guidance,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” and similar words or phrases and the negative of such words and phrases. Forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties which are, in many instances, beyond our control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in or contemplated or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include the following: general business and economic conditions in our operating regions, including the rate of inflation or deflation, consumer spending levels, currency valuations, population, employment and job growth and/or losses in our markets; sales volume levels and price per item trends; pricing pressures and competitive factors, which could include pricing strategies, store openings, remodels or acquisitions by our competitors; results of our programs to control or reduce costs, improve buying practices and control shrink; results of our programs to increase sales; results of our continuing efforts to expand corporate brands; results of our programs to improve our perishables departments; results of our promotional programs; results of our capital program; results of our efforts to improve working capital; results of any ongoing litigation in which we are involved or any litigation in which we may become involved; the resolution of uncertain tax positions; the ability to achieve satisfactory operating results in all geographic areas where we operate; changes in the financial performance of our equity investments; labor costs, including benefit plan costs and severance payments, or labor disputes that may arise from time to time and work stoppages that could occur in areas where certain collective bargaining agreements have expired or are on indefinite extensions or are scheduled to expire in the near future; failure to fully realize or delay in realizing growth prospects for existing or new business ventures, including our Blackhawk and Property Development Centers subsidiaries; legislative, regulatory, tax, accounting or judicial developments, including with respect to Blackhawk; the cost and stability of fuel, energy and other power sources; the impact of the cost of fuel on gross margin and identical-store sales; discount rates used in actuarial calculations for pension obligations and self-insurance reserves; the rate of return on our pension assets; the availability and terms of financing, including interest rates; adverse developments with regard to food and drug safety and quality issues or concerns that may arise; loss of a key member of senior management; data security or other information technology issues that may arise; unanticipated events or changes in real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions and impairments; adverse weather conditions and effects from natural disasters; performance in new business ventures or other opportunities that we pursue; and the capital investment in and financial results from our Lifestyle stores. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect developments or information obtained after the date hereof and disclaim any obligation to do so. Please refer to our reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K, for a further discussion of these risks and uncertainties.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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