What is the Average Cost of a Safeway Franchise? Average Safeway Franchise Price

Safeway Inc. is the third largest supermarket chain in North America. It operates 1,743 franchised stores in United States and western Canada. Safeway was awarded as “Top 75 North American Food Retailers” by the Supermarket News. The average start-up cost of a Safeway franchise is around $2 million. The one time franchise fee is in between $30,000 to $45,000. Parent company charges a certain amount of royalty fee that is 5% of the annual gross sales. There is also an advertising fee which is 3.5% of the total annual revenues.