Safeway

$.99 a pound for an onion that sells for $.39 a pound at Winco and $.59 a pound at Walmart??? We’re not talking organic. Just a plain olé onion.
It was a snow day and I was desperate, but I was shocked by the price.
This Safeway would get more than 3 stars because it’s a lovely store, the register people are great and they have 2 Redbox machines — but I’m too irritated by their high price of produce to give more.

I don’t know why this Safeway is a little sketchy and dirty. There always seems to be people loitering on the outside no matter what time it is. Over flowing garbage, cigarette butts and so on. Yuck! It’s an older Safeway but that’s no excuse.
The inside of the store is better but the shelves are not stocked and organized as much as other Safeways I’ve been to. Maybe they do not have enough personnel but the management should start paying attention with as many bad reviews as they have.
There is a Starbucks inside the store and a small select meat dept, floral, bakery dept and deli.
Be careful walking to your car after dark, the parking lot does not have adequate lighting. There is also an underground parking garage and the entrance is on Cesar Chavez Avenue.
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Poor customer service by a supervisor today. When we informed him that all but one of bottle return machines were not working, he snipped «People break them!»

I avoid any Safeways at all cost. It is absolutely impossible to find anything in these stores. They obviously do that so you walk by items you did not expect to pick up.
For example, look for the eggs. Always hidden.
The cosmetics are in the middle of the store. It s ridiculous.
Ok, then the wait time at the cash register. Takes absolutely forever. Self check out are the worse. Only 4!!!
Last but not least, the bags!!! Most of the time, they dont have handles! They want to save the 2 pennies!
Worst company ever. Worst supermarket ever.

Not good. Very grumpy checker… and I always get her. :-(Unsavory characters outside. As others have mentioned, the floors are not clean. They’re often out of ½ and ½. How can that be? You can’t use the restroom without an escort from an employee. BLEH! Just go to the Trader Joe’s down the street, or up to Freddy’s.
Safeway — get this location together. I’ve seen the one in L.O. You can do so much better!

Would like it if they had more veggie protien options in their freezer and refrigerated sections. Ex: quorn brands. Every thing is all soy based. No seitan?!

Always dirty. The floor has more personality than any employee at this location. Always out of stock on things… Let’s see… Just go shop elsewhere!

Bullshit new hours. No more shopping after work for this non 9−5er. Good job alienating those in need in the area.

Grumpy old lady cashier is never in a good mood and tosses groceries after scanning. Not cool.

No more 24. New hours 5 am –2 am
I go here when I need something and its usually after 9pm. I up’d a star because where the store definitely has its issues, I do feel the employees try their hardest to provide the best customer service and sales.
The gals at the front office are always very pleasant and usually pretty prompt. I’ve waited here for a few minutes before, which we all know can feel like hours. Not too often here. The produce guys are hit or miss. Everyone in the store asks if I’m finding everything ok. Very quick to help me find what I need. That I do appreciate. Self checkout can get a little tricky. I wish they would tape off or do a sign or something to denote the isle that the self check out wait is in.
I don’t shop deli or take out. I love their clearance section near the dairy case. The bakery has amazing muffins. The almond poppy are rich and dense. SUPER almond flavor. Great prices on coffee as well. Remember you’re at 39^th & Powell. You may see things. Just go with it yo’

It’s a far cry from the best Safeway but not even close to the worst that others might make it out to be. Where I live (in NYC) stores can be out of whack with mislabeled items, stuff on the ground, and terrible service. This Safeway isn’t quite there yet and certainly no store is perfect.
Sure, the staff seems a little barebones at times, which may mean for longer lines at the check out counter, fewer people restocking inventory, and more unattended grocery carts in the parking lot. The manager who hangs out at the desk will answer phone calls, so just call ahead of time. Also, self check out is a savior. Impatient peeps, take note.
I haven’t had problems with produce or the meats they have on selection, my only real knock is the fact they don’t replenish as quickly. Need a t-​bone steak or new bunch of kale? Always gone whenever I’m around. It’s probably just really bad luck. I’ll try calling ahead of time to make sure stuff is there — maybe they’ll even hold something for me if they’re willing to do deliveries.
And yes, the skeevy characters outside might intimidate some shoppers. Leave them alone and they’ll leave you alone. Just part of the grocery shopping experience in good ol Portland.

Pros: Meat and produce are OK (overpriced), ample parking, easy to get in and out of, staff is friendly and knowledgeable, items are generally stocked neatly.
Cons: Prices on everything are too high to be competitive for the frugal shopper, deli and pre-​made items are often not fresh and not great to begin with, membership card is a joke, lines are often longer than they should be and not even at peak hours.

BS company

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
Self-​checkout won’t ask «do you want to donate a dollar?»
Cold-​hearted machine hates charity
Only Safeway has underground parking
A guaranteed dry shopping spree
Clash of the trite man

This is one of the worst grocery stores I have ever visited. Although it looks pretty and has underground parking. The Produce was old, and things seemed stale right there on the shelf.
Recently I tried their delivery service and was disappointed again. The first delivery was missing half of my items. After calling their 800 number, they rescheduled the remainder of my order for the next day. The re-​delivery was 2 hours late. Being that this was my first order, I will not place a second one!
Everyone I dealt with: the driver and multiple customer service agents didn’t seem to care that I didn’t get the food I ordered for my dinner (and by didn’t care, I mean that they really weren’t interested in helping me). I was expecting more from this experience. Even the driver said that it seemed like ‘corporate’ just didn’t care. They are going to need to revamp this system before it is efficient for the home buyer.
Wish Portland had Amazon Fresh as they are much more reliable than what Safeway has put together.
Disappointing…

aww lord. the portland shark jumped.
why? when large corporate stores adopt the tack of smaller culturally ‘in’ places, its over.
case in point:
–hipster blasé pooting along at hackey sack bro campout speed staff, check
–overpriced crap masquerading as «artisanal» «local» stuff, check. see: produce section with 7.99 a bag spinach and collard greens. 16 oz bags. wow. is there gold in there? big signs saying «LOCAL MEANS GROWN HERE» yeah, cool. but WHERE is that stuff? all i see is «grown in USA» or «grown in mexico»
–wretched selection that makes you question your sanity, as hey, every other store seems to sell «it». or sell «it» cheaper
— «everyday low pricing». that isnt. case in point: certain brand of chips: $ 2.99 a bag for the last few years. now replaced with a «NEW!!!» shelf hangtag, and a $ 3.69 pricetag. that bag looks a bit smaller too. maybe its just me.
even the «trustworthy» deli meatloaf that was passable for an emergency hot meal at all other safeways? overcooked salinated cafeteria food. oh, and also pricey.
but. *sigh* its open late.
god. damn. you.

As grocery stores go, I’m not wild about this one. It’s the closest store to my apartment, so I’ll continue to come back, but I will do so reluctantly.
My biggest knock is that there is only one unisex bathroom for the entire store. More often than not, there is a line to use it. I get the sense that homeless people use this single bathroom as a shower as the floor is often covered in grime and water. So that’s not ideal to say the least.
Otherwise, the store is largely okay. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s worth it to have a Safeway club card to save a few cents here and there. It adds up.
I like that there is a Trader Joe’s down 39^th and I try to shop there as often as possible. Yet this Safeway will remain relevant due to its larger selection and longer hours.

Yes, this really is the worst Safeway I have ever been to.
The cashiers mostly seem annoyed by you, or like they completely hate their lives. In fact one of the middle aged female cashiers literally bitched to me and my boyfriend about how much she hated her job here, holding up the people in line behind us while she did so.
Usually the Safeway house made sandwiches and salads are pretty decent, at other locations anyway! Here the sandwiches seem thrown together sloppily with no care at all to appearance, and on two occasions I have felt quite queasy afterward. Last night i had one of their chicken Caesar salads and less than an hour later i had bad food poisoning.
Their produce department is also sad and worse than other Safeways… i went in for bell peppers a week ago, and all the peppers in the produce department (red, green, yellow and orange) were wrinkled beyond saleability and some of them spotted with mold. Was the produce clerk not paying attention? Did they just not care? Or had no one checked over the produce department in a really long time? Had they been put out for sale that way, or they just left for days or weeks until they spoiled? Yuck. I have so many questions…
The ONLY reasons I keep going back is because they are right next door to my apartments and they are open 24 hours a day. In fact, they are the only grocery store in the general vicinity that is open late/​24 hours. As a chronic insomniac i occasionally get food cravings in the middle of the night, however i should remind myself that much of their ready to eat options should not be considered «food.» The window of time between 11pm-​7am that the Fred Meyer on Hawthorne is closed is a dismal time indeed…

If you want the cheapest, Safeway is probably not the place you want to go. But their price is reasonable. And you can save a lot more if you like to clip coupon. This particular store is nice since it’s open 24 – 7. I usually go here when I need milk or vegetables for cooking. The parking garage is kinda nice too. Makes the parking a bit more safe.

This is the worst Safeway ever. They are usually out of whatever it is I need when I come in here late at night, which is the only time I go.
What made me write this review is when I came here last night to get a bag of sugar (late night jam makings!) and checked out, one of the women who works at Safeway was sitting at the starbucks café area CLIPPING HER NAILS ON TO THE FLOOR. nooooooo!