To get your Safeway W-2, sign in to the myACI portal at myaci.albertsons.com, the HR system Albertsons Companies runs for its employees, and download the form from the payroll or tax documents section.1Albertsons. Employee Resource Center If you haven’t opted into electronic delivery, Safeway mails a paper copy to the address on file. For the 2025 tax year, Albertsons must furnish the form by February 2, 2026.2Internal Revenue Service. Topic No. 752, Filing Forms W-2 and W-3
Download It From myACI
The online route is the fastest. Go to myaci.albertsons.com and sign in with your employee user account ID and password. If you’ve forgotten the password, use the Password Reset Assistant link on the sign-in page.
Once you’re in, find the section for pay or tax forms. Portal labels change from time to time when Albertsons updates the system, but W-2s live with the other payroll documents. Pick the tax year you need and the form should open as a PDF you can download or print. If the file doesn’t load, check that your browser is allowing pop-ups from the myACI domain.
If You No Longer Work at Safeway
Former employees usually lose portal access, so call the Albertsons Associate Experience Center at 888-255-2269 and ask for a copy. Have your Social Security number and your dates of employment ready for identity verification. The same number is where former employees update a mailing address so a paper W-2 goes to the right place.
Paper Delivery and Your Address on File
If you haven’t consented to electronic-only delivery, Safeway mails your W-2 to the address in your payroll record as of the final pay period of the year. Most paper forms land in the first two weeks of February; the legal deadline for the 2025 form is February 2, 2026, moved from the usual January 31 because that date falls on a Saturday.2Internal Revenue Service. Topic No. 752, Filing Forms W-2 and W-3
If you moved during the year and didn’t update your address, the form may go to the old one. Current employees should check the mailing address in myACI well before January.
If Your W-2 Never Shows Up
If nothing has arrived by the end of January, the IRS says to contact your employer first and confirm when the form is going out. Still nothing by the end of February? Call the IRS at 800-829-1040. Have your name, address, phone number, Social Security number, the dates you worked at Safeway, and Safeway’s name, address, and phone number ready. The IRS will contact Albertsons on your behalf.3Internal Revenue Service. If You Don’t Get a W-2 or Your W-2 Is Wrong
If the form still doesn’t arrive in time, the IRS will send you Form 4852, a substitute for the W-2.4Internal Revenue Service. About Form 4852, Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement You fill it in using your best estimates from your final pay stub of the year and attach it to your return. Filing with estimates can slow your refund while the IRS verifies the figures, and if the real W-2 later shows different amounts, you’ll need to amend using Form 1040-X.
As a backup, the IRS keeps its own record of what your employer reported. You can pull a Wage and Income Transcript through your IRS online account, which shows W-2 data going back ten years, though it does not include state or local tax information.5Internal Revenue Service. Topic No. 159, How to Get a Wage and Income Transcript or Copy of Form W-2 Data for the most recent tax year often takes until later in filing season to appear.
If the W-2 Is Wrong
Errors in your name, Social Security number, or wage amounts go back to the Associate Experience Center at 888-255-2269. Bring supporting documents: your Social Security card for a name or SSN problem, your final pay stub if the wages look off. Payroll issues a corrected version on Form W-2c.6Internal Revenue Service. About Form W-2 C, Corrected Wage and Tax Statements
If Albertsons hasn’t fixed the error by the end of February, call the IRS at 800-829-1040 or visit a Taxpayer Assistance Center. The IRS will send Albertsons a letter asking for a corrected form within 10 days.3Internal Revenue Service. If You Don’t Get a W-2 or Your W-2 Is Wrong Don’t file with numbers you know are wrong; the IRS matches your return against what Safeway submitted, and a mismatch can trigger a notice. If you can’t get the correction in time, use Form 4852 with the figures you believe are right and describe on the form what you did to try to fix it.4Internal Revenue Service. About Form 4852, Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement
What to Check Before You File
Once you have the form, look through a few boxes against your last pay stub of the year:
- Box 1 is your total taxable wages from Safeway. It will be lower than your gross pay because pre-tax items like 401(k) contributions and health insurance premiums come out first.
- Box 2 is the federal income tax withheld. This should line up with the year-to-date federal withholding on your final pay stub.
- Boxes 3 and 5 report Social Security and Medicare wages, which often differ from Box 1 because some pre-tax deductions reduce income tax but not payroll tax.
- Box 12 uses letter codes for specific items. D is 401(k) deferrals, DD is the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage, and W is employer HSA contributions.
- Boxes 15 through 20 hold your state and local tax information. If you worked in more than one state during the year, expect multiple lines here.
Catch anything that looks off before you file. Fixing it with the Associate Experience Center is far easier than amending a return later.