An executive with Safeway headquarters in Bellvue, Wash., denied rumors that the company has acquired Boundary Trading Co.

“I don’t know anything about it,” said Cherie Myers, director of public and government affairs. “It’s not even on my radar.”

Bonners Ferry Boundary Trading Co. manager Matt Morgan could not be reached.Boundary Trading Co. also owns stores Post Falls, and Spokane Valley, Spokane and Cheney, Wash.

There are 1,775 Safeway stores across the United States and Canada.