INITIAL ESCROW RELEASE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Exhibit 4.17

INITIAL ESCROW RELEASE DATE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of January 30, 2015, among SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (“Safeway”), ALBERTSON’S HOLDINGS LLC (or its successor), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), each of the other parties that are signatories hereto as Guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent under the Indenture referred to below (the “Notes Collateral Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS the Company and Saturn Acquisition Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of October 23, 2014, providing for the issuance of 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”) by the Issuers, initially in the aggregate principal amount of $1,145,000,000;

WHEREAS, substantially concurrently with the closing of the Safeway Acquisition, Merger Sub was merged with and into Safeway, with Safeway surviving such merger as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company;

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company;

WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that upon the Initial Escrow Release Date, the Issuers are required to cause the Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which (i) Safeway shall unconditionally assume Merger Sub’s Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture and (ii) the Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee, on a joint and several basis, all of the Issuers’ obligations under the Securities pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Safeway, the Guarantors, the Company, and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Assume Obligations. Safeway hereby agrees to unconditionally assume Merger Sub’s Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and to be bound by all of the obligations and agreements of Merger Sub under the Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, from the date hereof, the “Issuers” shall refer to the Company and Safeway (together with any of their permitted successors and assigns).

3. Agreement to Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally, to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers’ obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Notices. All notices or other communications to the Guarantors shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

6. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

7. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the recitals or the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

8. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

9. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

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