“Hometown boy” Ed Spencer will guide the new Safeway store when it celebrates its grand opening here Feb. 28.
The new 42,000-square-foot Sweet Home Safeway Food and Drug replaces a 37-year-old, 16,000-square-foot building, which was closed in July to begin construction.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. inside the store. The store opens at 6 a.m.
The new building is the third since Safeway began serving the Sweet Home community 46 years ago.…