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1 Cent - Safeway Stores Dallas, Texas
| Issuer | Safeway Stores, Incorporated (Dallas Division) |
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| Year | 1975-1978 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in uniform olive-green letterpress on light grey horizontally lined paper, the face carries the Safeway corporate 'S' logo within circular vignettes at each corner. The central field presents the principal legend in graduated type sizes, with 'FOOD STAMP PROGRAM' in large bold capitals serving as the visual centrepiece. A serial number runs vertically along the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | THIS 1c CREDIT SLIP GOOD AT ANY SAFEWAY STORE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM FOR USE IN MAKING CHANGE OF 99 CENTS OR LESS TO ELIGIBLE FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS. "Redeemable only for eligible food and only at Safeway Stores, Incorporated." SAFEWAY DALLAS DIVISION |
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Safeway's Dallas Division issued fractional cent scrip during the mid-1970s as a practical response to a specific retail problem: Texas's food exemption laws meant grocery purchases often generated odd-cent change that couldn't be efficiently handled without low-denomination paper. Rather than round transactions or absorb losses, several regional grocery chains simply printed their own.
Redeemable only at Dallas-area Safeway locations, these notes had no value outside the issuing stores — a deliberate constraint that also functioned as a customer retention mechanism. The 1975–1978 date range corresponds to a period of significant price volatility, when fractional change appeared on receipts far more frequently than in stable markets.