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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.

                                  SAFEWAY INC.

                            7.25% Debenture Due 2031

No. S-                                                              $___,000,000

                                                            CUSIP No. 786514 BA6


     SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which term includes
any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received promises to pay to

                               CEDE & CO.              ,  or registered assigns,



the principal sum of             ________________________                DOLLARS

on February 1, 2031, and to pay interest thereon from January 31, 2001, or the
most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided
for, as the case may be, payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year,
commencing August 1, 2001, at the rate of 7.25% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the
payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate per
annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue
installment of interest until paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any interest payment date will be paid to the person in
whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which
shall be the January 15 or July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such interest payment date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will


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Forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such regular record date and may
either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more
predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special
record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the
Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Trustee and the Holders not less
than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

                  Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21W, New York, New York 10286,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration); provided that, unless all of the
outstanding Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times
maintain an office or agency for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next
sentence, payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is
a Global Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede &
Co., the nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered
owner of this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each
of the applicable interest payment dates.

                  Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.

Date:

SAFEWAY INC.
BY                                          BY



SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT                       SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT





TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7.25% Debentures due
February 1, 2031 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY


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                                  SAFEWAY INC.
                            7.25% Debenture Due 2031

1.       General.

         This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee", which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$600,000,000 (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not defined in
this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

2.       Indenture.

         The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated January 31,
2001 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to all
such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said Act
for a statement of them.

3.       Sinking Fund.

         The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.

4.       Redemption.

         The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including
any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption)
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis
points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
redemption.

         "Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date:
(i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Securities, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable
Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding
to the nearest month); or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain
such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Adjusted
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.


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         "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of such Securities ("Remaining Life").

         "Comparable Treasury Price" means (1) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for the applicable redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the
Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

         "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury
Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) each of Chase Securities Inc. and
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and their respective successors; provided, however,
that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other
Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with the
Company.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for the Securities, the
average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent
Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

         Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be
redeemed.

5.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

         This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.

6.       Persons Deemed Owners.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof for
all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

7.       Unclaimed Money.

         The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that,


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Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
person.

8.       Defeasance Prior to Maturity.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.

9.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.

         Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying
in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain limitations
described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the
Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of the
Indenture or the Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

10.      Restrictive Covenants.

         The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.

11.      Defaults and Remedies.

         If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

12.      Proceedings.

         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

13.      Trustee Dealings with Company.

         The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.


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14.      No Recourse Against Others.

         A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.

15.      Governing Law.

         The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.



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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common                UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                            (Cust)          (Minor)
JT TEN  - as joint tenants with right of      under Uniform Gifts to Minors
          survivorship and not as tenants     Act_____________________
          in common                                    (State)
</TABLE>

         Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
           OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing

____________________________________________________________________, Attorney,
to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:_____________________           _______________________________________


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                                        Notice: The signature(s) on this
                                        Assignment must correspond with the
                                        name(s) as written upon the face of this
                                        Security in every particular, without
                                        alteration or enlargement or any change
                                        whatsoever.



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