[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Press Release: Safeway Announces WebsiteAccessibility and Usability Enhancements to its On-lineGrocery Delivery Website Benefiting Shoppers with Visual Impairments

[Marcus Simmons]

Will they deliver to Southfield?
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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: Press Release: Safeway Announces 
WebsiteAccessibility and Usability Enhancements to its On-lineGrocery 
Delivery Website Benefiting Shoppers with Visual Impairments


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Jones, Robin
> To: GREATLAKES at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 7:12 PM
> Subject: Press Release: Safeway Announces Website Accessibility and 
> Usability Enhancements to its On-line Grocery Delivery Website Benefiting 
> Shoppers with Visual Impairments
>
>
> The following press release is forwarded to you by the Great Lakes ADA 
> Center (www.adagreatlakes.org) for your information:
>
> Safeway Announces Website Accessibility and Usability Enhancements to its 
> On-line Grocery Delivery Website Benefiting Shoppers with Visual 
> Impairments
>
> Customers Applaud Safeway's Commitment
>
> Pleasanton, California (December 13, 2013) - Safeway (NYSE:SWY) today 
> announced a comprehensive initiative to make its online grocery shopping 
> website more accessible and usable for Safeway shoppers with visual 
> impairments. The site enhancements are the result of collaboration between 
> Safeway and several visually impaired customers.
>
> Safeway has adopted the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 
> version 2.0 level AA as its accessibility standard and has already made 
> significant enhancements to its online shopping website to meet this 
> standard and will continue to do so over the next year.
>
> The customers praised Safeway's announcement.
>
> I have been a Safeway customer for years, and with this initiative Safeway 
> has assumed a leadership role in its industry. I love the convenience of 
> Safeway's online grocery shopping, and have already seen significant 
> improvements as a result of the commitment announced today. - Rebecca 
> Welz-Griffith
>
> I'm thrilled that Safeway is recognizing the needs of its customers with 
> visual impairments like me. The changes announced today will make it 
> easier for so many of Vons' customers throughout Southern 
> California. -Cindy Flerman
>
> Safeway has a long history of supporting our communities and people with 
> disabilities. This decision is an important step towards helping our 
> customers who are blind or visually impaired have a better shopping 
> experience. -Larree Renda, Safeway Executive Vice President
>
> About the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
>
> The WCAG 2.0 Guidelines are promulgated by the Web Accessibility 
> Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and ensure that 
> online content is more accessible and usable to persons with visual and 
> other disabilities. The Guidelines do not affect the content or look and 
> feel of a website. They are of particular benefit to blind computer users 
> who use voice output or magnification technology on their computers and 
> mobile devices and who, like some individuals with mobility impairments, 
> rely on a keyboard instead of a mouse for navigation.
>
> The W3C is an international community that develops open standards to 
> ensure the long-term growth of the Web. The Web Accessibility Initiative 
> is a program of the W3C that works with site owners, developers, people 
> with disabilities and other interested parties to develop accessibility 
> standards. More information is available at the Web Accessibility 
> Initiative website.
>
> ABOUT SAFEWAY www.SAFEWAY.com
>
> Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug 
> retailers in North America based on sales. The company operates 1,406 
> stores in the United States which had annual sales of $37.5 billion in 
> 2012.
>
> Contact
>
> Safeway Inc.,
> Teena Massingill, 925-467-3810
> Teena.Massingill at Safeway.com
>
> The settlement agreement is available for review on-line at: 
> http://lflegal.com/2013/12/safeway-web
>
>
>
> Source:  http://lflegal.com/2013/12/safeway-web-press/
>
>
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