Exhibit 99.1

Blackhawk Announces Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Adjusted Operating Revenues up 21%; Adjusted Net Income Increases 18%

Pleasanton, California, July 18, 2013 — Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAWK) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 15, 2013.

GAAP financial results for the second quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter of 2012

Non-GAAP financial results for the second quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter of 2012

“We were pleased with continued growth in our operating revenues and earnings this quarter,” said Bill Tauscher, CEO. “Strong revenue growth in our program-managed Visa gift products and growth in the Cardpool exchange business contributed to a 21% increase in adjusted operating revenues. Load value growth moderated due to slow U.S. retail grocery sales in the early part of the quarter, the reduction of certain low margin promotional programs, and the discontinuance of our wholesale telecom business. However, load value growth improved to 19% during the most recent eight weeks (the last four weeks of the second fiscal quarter of 2013 and the first four weeks of the third fiscal quarter of 2013).”

Distribution partner commissions as a percentage of commissions and fees for the quarter ended June 15, 2013 increased 2.5 percentage points as compared to the quarter ended June 16, 2012. Of this increase, 1.0 percentage point was due to the amendment in January 2013 of our distribution partner agreements with Safeway that eliminated the previous differential in commissions shared with Safeway as compared to other distribution partners. The remainder was due to changes in mix of sales from U.S. distribution partners and between the U.S. and international regions.

Mr. Tauscher added, “We benefited from strong growth in fees from our open loop products this quarter and leverage in processing and services expenses. As a result, Adjusted EBITDA increased 23% over the quarter ended June 16, 2012 which more than offset the decline in Adjusted EBITDA in our first fiscal quarter of 2013. As we have previously guided, the majority of our annual income is earned in our fiscal fourth quarter due to the seasonality of gift card sales. Therefore, year-over-year earnings growth rates for our first three fiscal quarters can vary significantly.”

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2013 financial results this morning at 7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT. Hosting the call will be Bill Tauscher, Chief Executive Officer, Talbott Roche, President, and Jerry Ulrich, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer. The conference call can be accessed via the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.blackhawknetwork.com/. Following the call, an archived audio webcast will be available on the Company’s investor relations website, or the call replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 286-8010 and entering the participant passcode 40144609. The replay will be available until Thursday, July 25, 2013.

About Blackhawk Network

Blackhawk is a leading prepaid payment network utilizing proprietary technology to offer a broad range of gift cards, other prepaid products and payment services in the United States and 18 other countries. Blackhawk is a majority-owned subsidiary of Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY). More information is available at www.blackhawknetwork.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Blackhawk regards the non-GAAP financial measures provided in this press release as useful measures of operational and financial performance of its business. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to Blackhawk’s financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. The use of non-GAAP financial measures has certain limitations as they do not reflect all items of income, expense, or cash flows that affect Blackhawk’s financial performance under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore comparability may be limited. Blackhawk encourages investors and others to review Blackhawk’s financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release may contain 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, continued growth in our operating revenues and earnings. 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: our ability to grow at historic rates or at all, the consequences should we lose one or more of our top distribution partners or fail to attract new distribution partners to our network or if the financial performance of our distribution partners’ businesses decline, our reliance on our content providers, the demand for their products and our exclusivity arrangements with them, our reliance on relationships with card issuing banks, the consequences to our future growth if our distribution partners fail to actively and effectively promote our products and services, the requirement that we comply with applicable laws and regulations, the requirement that we comply with increasingly stringent money-laundering rules and regulations, reputational harm that could be caused by abuse of our prepaid products, failure to comply with, or further expansion of, consumer protection regulations, failure by us to comply with federal banking regulation, costs of compliance with or changes in state unclaimed property laws and regulations and tax codes, failure to maintain our existing money transmitter licenses or permits or failure to obtain new licenses or permits in a timely manner, other changes in laws and regulations to which we are subject or to which we become subject in the future, the intense competitive pressure faced by our business, fluctuations in our financial results from quarter to quarter, seasonal fluctuations in our business, any decline in the attractiveness of gift cards to consumers, our ability to increase our revenues from prepaid products or services, including GPR cards, declines in

consumer confidence, any interruption in the efficient operation of our transaction processing systems, any data security breach, litigation, investigations or regulatory examinations, fraudulent or other illegal activity involving our products and services, changes in card association rules or standards, any inability to operate and scale our technology, our failure to keep pace with the rapid technological developments in our industry and the greater electronic payments industry, changes in the telecom industry, assertions by third parties of infringement by us, our distribution partners or our content providers, our inability to adequately protect our brands and other intellectual property rights, settlement risk from retailers that sell our products and services, disruption caused by replacing any third party vendor, future acquisitions or investments, our ability to attract and retain key personnel, risks related to our international operations, and risks related to our ongoing relationship with Safeway. 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 the registration statement filed in connection with our initial public offering.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

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TABLE 1: OTHER OPERATIONAL DATA

TABLE 3: RECONCILIATION OF GAAP CASH FLOW TO FREE CASH FLOW

A significant portion of gift card sales occurs in late December of each year as a result of the holiday selling season. The timing of December holiday sales, cash inflows from our distribution partners and cash outflows to our content providers results in significant but temporary increases in our Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, Overnight cash advances to Parent, Settlement receivables and Settlement payables balances at the end of each fiscal year relative to normal daily balances. As a result, the year over year comparison of cash generated by operating activities and total changes in cash can vary significantly. In light of this effect on interim periods, set forth below is a calculation of “free cash flow” which we calculate as the net cash flow from operating activities adjusted to exclude the impact from changes in Settlement payables and Settlement receivables, less expenditures for property, equipment and technology. Cash from the sale of prepaid products is held for a short period of time and then remitted, less our commissions, to our content providers, and is significantly impacted by the portion of gift card sales that occur in late December. Because this cash flow is temporary and highly seasonal, it is not available for other uses, and it is therefore excluded from our calculation of free cash flow. Free cash flow provides information regarding the cash that our business generates in interim periods without the fluctuations resulting from the timing of cash inflows and outflows from gift card sales in late December, which we believe is useful to understanding our business.