Safeway

Double check everything you buy at this store. Every time we visit this location, there are expired and/​or moldy items being sold across the store. Occasionally we forget to check and bring home expired yogurt, moldy bread, or smelly sandwich meat. Be careful!

I prefer this grocery store to others in town because it’s a bit smaller and I can get through all the aisles fairly quickly. Contrary to some other comments, I have found some very friendly staff there. One person in particular– Donna– is the nicest cashier I’ve ever met. Always treats customers like they are her friends. And I’ve never had rude service in the deli before. I agree that the bakery department seems deserted at times, but the pharmacy staff is excellent. And I save a lot with the online coupon program and the gas savings program. As a weekly shopper in this store, I am satisfied!

Every time I would shop at this store and try to use the coupons down loaded to my safeway card I would have to get help from a clerk. I also have had times when I was being over charged for items. And lets not forget the pass due dates on certain items and if you mention it to the clerks they look at you like you’re the grocery Nazi.
I had an experience this week when they charged me the reg. price of $ 7.99 a lb. instead of the $ 6.99 a lb. for turkey in the deli. When I tried to get it correct Geneva the clerk was such a bitch about it … I had to make a return trip from home to return every thing I purchased along with my safeway card as I will no longer be shopping at any safeway stores.
Sprouts and King Soopers will get my business … I only hope that King Soopers builds the new super store like the one on Leetsdale in Glendale and give this store a wake up call. Hopefully, it will go away like the on Quebec & Leetsdale.

This is one of two Safeway stores that I shop at. It is convenient and I have become familiar with the layout of the store. However, I cannot find some of the brands and products that I use.
Checkout is always pretty fast and friendly.

GET some clerks to wait on us! Really Safeway, what is the deal? It does not matter what day you go, they never have anyone to check you out! I firmly believe that the self-​checkouts are taking jobs aways from humans so I refuse to only use them, and safeway seems to think that is the only check out service they need. So to make matters even worse at this safeway they have a HUGE backup at the self checkout.

So here’s the thing. This Safeway is miles above the King Soopers, which is really your only other choice in the immediate area. That being said, they know this, which is why they have been getting lazy lately. Their produce section is lacking. Seriously lacking, in fresh produce lately. They used to have a much better selection when I began shopping here a couple of years ago and their produce, especially fruit, seems to only last a few days in the fridge, literally. I’m talking going into the fridge the next day or two days later, only to find a large quantity of my fruit is either rotten or moldy, which is not a good thing, considering that they give you quantity discounts. (ie. buy two get one free or 2/​$ 5) In any case, I have purchased so much prepackaged fruit there that has proven to contain nearly half of it’s volume of either rotten or moldy fruit, that I now bust open the packages and pick and choose from more than one container. Sorry Safeway, I’m not paying for rotten and moldy fruit anymore. It’s the same thing, although not as much, with vegetables as well.
I will echo the sentiment of the previous reviewer that said to check the dates on everything. CHECK THEM. EVERY TIME.
The personnel are usually very nice and helpful, with the exception of the deli. The majority of those people for some reason are usually very surly.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the pharmacy at this Safeway is awesome. Robert and his staff there remember you by name and are usually very happy and helpful, even when they’re swamped. Most times, if you drop off your scrips when you begin shopping, by the time you’re done, they’re ready to be picked up. Fast, effective and friendly… that’s a pharmacy hat trick in my book.
Of the managers, Dave is the most helpful and will go out of his way to make sure you are happy and satisfied. The others are okay, but that one is the shiny apple on the pile.
Overall, it’s a good store and I will continue to shop there… I will also continue to closely monitor the expiration dates on things I buy there.

Do yourself a favor and go to the King Soopers across the street, where the employees are friendly and helpful, and where you get good service. I’ve received rude treatment on multiple occasions at this Safeway … from a variety of departments. I kept going back out of convenience and less chaos in the parking lot, but it’s simply not worth it. I won’t go there again.

This should be a 3.5 because I go slightly out of my way to shop here on the way home from work. (I go from 8^th to 14^th and back south again to get home, not a big deal.)
I like this place because the parking lot is not a rat race and it has everything I want and the pharmacy is good and it’s got a very comfortable (older white woman talking here, so it’s clean and safe ha ha ha) multi-​cultural atmosphere which I have missed since they closed the Safeway at Monaco and Alameda.

Some of the rudest employees I have ever encountered work at this Safeway. Some are very friendly and helpful others are just plain mean. I can see this store from my house so I tend to go there out of convenience. With a large sample size of times going to this store I can honestly say they really need help. Terrible management and rude rude rude women in the deli.

Three fairly recent experiences:
1.) We bought some fish there from their «fresh» package section. When we opened the package at home, the fish was inordinately mushy. Looking at the date on the label we could see underneath was a previous date showing that it had expired!
2.) One of the managers of the store is a short, Hispanic woman. Our neighbor, a good friend who is also Hispanic, was at the customer service counter listening to the manager defend an employee, the woman who monitors the self service checkout, who had reached into the customer’s groecery bag and touched his hardrolls to make sure he wasn’t buying bagels instead. The customer was understandably upset. Not only did the manager defend the employee but after the customer left, she made a derogatory comment about «white people,» which offended our neighbor.
3.) There is no one ever manning the bakery section. My wife had a question and went behind the counter in back to look for someone. She didn’t find anyone but did see a MOUSE scurrying by.
Shop there if you want but do so at your own peril but we won’t. (And now, neither do our neighbors.)

I’ve now determined that I loathe Safeway in general but sometimes a girl has to run out and buy some last minute item that didn’t make it into the cart for dinner (GRRR)
This is so close to my house I figured I’d just run over to grab one item I needed. ONE. It took me 20 minutes to get out of the damn store. There were 2 clerks checking people out. This isn’t the first time I’ve experienced lack of staff at this store. It’s a Sunday, it’s not late (think probably in the five o’clock hour? Maybe 6. People grocery shop. Why aren’t you better staffed?
My options to check out were either of two lanes which had people in line with numerous items in their cart or self check. I get in line at self check. The lady starts barking at the other people in line with me and at me that we should go to lane 4 or 5 it will be faster and we can get out of the store that much more quickly. Not true. We all trudge over there only to find more people in these lines with carts that are PACKED.
Back to self check out we go where this girl proceeds to look at us like we’re idiots, tells us again to go back over there and then starts mouthing off to another customer.
This store has the absolute worst customer service I’ve ever experienced at a grocery store. It doesn’t seem to matter what time of day you go. There are never more than 2 cashiers and there is always a line.
Next time I’ll drive a little further and go to King Soopers or 7-​Eleven.

August, 2012…
Update. Bought a cooked chicken, took it home, carved it, and it was still bleeding!, all red and bloody by the bone. My dog loved it!
Two days later, went to just purchase produce, and it was great. Everything fresh and good, and I actually managed to buy ripe juicy great peaches.
Keep the Green Grocer, Fire The Chef!

I am keeping my store at 4 stars There are all kinds of choices but in my book convenience rules and being treated as family is a close second. Also, the gas rewards program is better in that you can get up to $ 1.00/gal discount.

Out of all the grocery stores around my house (and when I say «around» I’m being liberal with distances because I live in a grocery store wasteland apparently) this Safeway is my favorite so far so I have to be a fan.
Now I have a secret about grocery shopping — I like to do it on a weekend night when everyone else is out partying. Try hitting up a grocery store around 9 PM on a Friday — it’s like a ghost town. This Safeway is no exception to that rule so I can shop quietly to my heart’s content without racing around other shoppers and standing in line for 30 minutes waiting to check out. Best of all because so many people do shop on the weekend days everything is stocked on the weekend nights in preparation (except on Sunday when it’s all wiped out.)
Well, the secret works for any store, but like I mentioned this is my favorite that’s near by and that’s for a few reasons. One is that it’s definitely the cleanest and most well-​maintained. Another is the staff working there is always polite and helpful (then again it’s usually just me and an Extreme Coupon-​er shopping so they don’t really have anything else going one.) And I also like the layout of this store. It makes sense to me which I appreciate. Plus, there is a gas station across the street if you need one.
While I usually prefer King Soopers to Safeway if I’m shopping at big grocery, in this area Safeway blows the King Soopers across the street away so I guess I’ve become a Safeway girl for now.

Had to update my review. I’ve been back a couple times and each time I’ve grown more and more frustrated with the poor selection and very poor quality of the produce. They don’t have anything that even borders on out of the norm (Shitake mushrooms, hello?) and forget about anything like Jicama. Just awful selection.
And the last couple times, the tomatoes have been just nasty.
I also hate how so many of vegetables are now prepackaged (snap peas, sweet peas, corn) which just adds wasteful packaging and greatly increases the costs,
I’ve always been a big fan of Safeway from when I lived in California. No more, I won’t be coming back. King Soopers is simply kicking Safeway’s butt on selection, quality, service and price.

This Safeway is clean, especially in comparison to the King Sooper’s across the street, and it’s usually not too busy. There’s also a Safeway gas station across the street, where you can use your points for a discount. However, I’ve stopped shopping at this Safeway due to the number of times there’s been a discrepancy between the advertised and actual price of an item.

Good store, the staff tries to keep it clean. few crazies walking around in it. There are a few folk who feel entitled to being im, p[ortant. Watch out for those trying to use express lines with a whol;e basket of groceries. GReat fish counter, best in the area. Real good bakery, they run out of whole grain bread too fast they are so good. My first choice when shopping.

Queens everywhere. See Richie to Check Out and Robert in the RX!

Yeah, this is my local Safeway! I honestly cannot shop at King Soopers or Albertson’s. I guess it’s habit from CA… well, that and I get United Mileage Plus miles for shopping there, AND a $ 0.10/gallon gas discount when I spend $ 50.
I like this one because it’s clean, well-​organized, and (usually) well-​stocked. It’s not as clean and purdy as the Cherry Creek Safeway (who of course have to compete with Whole Foods down the street). This Safeway also has a gas station across the street, which is awesome!
The staff are always really friendly and nice, and frequently ask if they can help you find something.

I really like this store, but… Without too much medical history here, I have only vomited about 12 times in my whole life (and I’m closer to 40 than 20… much closer) Anyway, I have had food poisoning that I believe was acquired at this Safeway location twice. Once from deli sliced sandwich fixin type chicken, and the other time from the roasted whole chicken. There is a third episode that may have involved Safeway deli olives, but there was such a massive quantity of gin involved in this incident, that it would be irresponsible to lay all that at the feet of the Safeway deli gremlins.
Nevertheless, I still shop for everything, with the exception of meat and deli products, at this store. Their staff is extremely friendly and helpful, and its just too close to the ol’ homestead to swear off.
happy shopping.