[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Press Release: Safeway AnnouncesWebsiteAccessibility and Usability Enhancements to itsOn-lineGrocery Delivery Website Benefiting Shoppers withVisual Impairments

[joe harcz Comcast]

Doubt it. But at least they are accessable while numerous state of Michigan 
sites and pages are not.
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From: "Marcus Simmons" <president at map-n.org>
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AnnouncesWebsiteAccessibility and Usability Enhancements to 
itsOn-lineGrocery Delivery Website Benefiting Shoppers withVisual 
Impairments


> Will they deliver to Southfield?
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> 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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