Yucaipa owned Dominick 's before selling the chain to Safeway in 1998 for $ 2.5 billion .
Yucaipa owned Dominick 's before selling the chain to Safeway in 1998 for $ 2.5 billion .
Yucaipa bought Dominick 's in 1995 for $ 693 million and sold it to Safeway for $ 1.8 billion in 1998 .