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Reginald F. Lewis

Safeway Inc. announced that as part of month long activities in celebration of Black History Month, it will honor entrepreneur and food industry pioneer Reginald F. Lewis.

A poster was unveiled at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland, which will be displayed in all U.S. Safeway stores, corporate offices and in public service announcements, in honor of the life and accomplishments of Mr. Lewis.

This is the sixth consecutive year that Safeway has released such a poster.

Influential African Americans who have been commemorated in the past by a Black History Month poster have included, the likes of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and John H. Johnson.

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