    Senténve 1: Yucaipa owned: -Dominick.’'s  before selling the chain: to Safeway in 1998  for $ 2.5 billion.    Sentenoé 2: Yucaipa bought Dominick. 's in  1995 for $ 693 million and sold it to Safeway.  for $:18 billion in 1998 .