The point of the Safeway name was that the grocery operated exclusively on a cash-and-carry basis – it did not offer credit to customers, as American grocers traditionally had done. It was the "safe way" to buy food because a family could not get into debt via its grocery bill (as many families did at the time, a contributing cause of the Great Depression in the United States). Thus, the original slogan was: "Drive the Safeway. Buy the Safeway".

get into debt via its grocery bill (as many families did at the time, a contributing cause of the Great Depression in the United States).

Oh boy here we go guys, Great Depression 2: electric billaloo!

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's going to be worse this time. Like Germany after WWI.

[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

I've been calling it the Greater Depression for years. And now here we go...