Safeway

Just sucky all the way around, a 1.5, mainly because of the Safeway gas station, not the store, and my bank has a branch inside.
Staff, prices, (lack of) products, scary fish dept. and marginal meat. dept. Bad vibe.
Not very clean. Sketchy people.
Ick.
Go down the street to Raiely’s — no comparison.

I like this safeway. On Fridays they have great $ 5 deals that you can’t beat. The Starbucks inside has a very friendly staff. I come here once a week to do my grocery shopping and everything is always nicely stocked and plentiful as well.

This is the closest safeway to my home and have never had any issues thus far. As good as a grocery store can be I suppose. Not as cheap as Walmart and the staff could know what they carry better and where u can find that product but do could almost every place.

I like Safeway. For the most part they always have good deals. Way cheaper then belair or raleys & u can receive points for gas.

The workers in this store are very helpful and nice. I try to avoid this store around 4pm, bc the greasy fried chicken smell gets stuck in my hair and clothing for a long time.

Usually good selection of produce. Some overpriced. Staffs friendly. They have self checkout. Yeah. Parking can can be tight and the gas pumps too busy most of the time. There’s also a starbucks inside. I don’t like the alcohol sale price is when you buy 6. I don’t need 6 bottles of Jameson even at such a good price. Mainly cuz I’ll just drink it all.

This is a wonderful gas station located right off on Del Paso coming off of the i5. Convenient location being one minute from the freeway and accessible to natomas residents. This gas station has the pricing of Arco but the quality of Costco. There’s about 14 pumps here I estimate and I’ve never had to wait longer than 5 minutes to get a pump. If you’re a safeway customer, you can use rewards to get stupid cheap gas. Yes I said that right. Best gas station in Natomas.

I love this Safeway, it’s one of the largest ones I have been too. The parking lot is huge, there are always tons of checkers available, and they have so many options! I live in Elk Grove, but work in Natomas. I thought m Safeway in Elk Grove was great, but I wish it was this one instead. They have pretty much any and everything you are looking for. General Safeway setup and prices, but with friendly staff. Plus they have Chico bags for sale, which I love! Especially when we have to provide out own bags now.

Great Gas AND Dumb Ass Staff!
SITREP
I’ll make my summary short: «3 Stars for great gas prices; but minus 2 stars (from the potential 5) because of a dumb-​ass (or just LAZY) staff.»
THE SETUP
As anyone knows when they are queuing in line at a very busy gas station — especially one that is mandatorily going in ONE direction (as this one), so you better make sure you are on the same side as the pump where your gas tank opening is — it can be like WARFARE at the pumps, jostling around, vying for an empty pump, passing the stalled motorist in space #1 in your aisle, to get to space #2 in front of him before someone from the next line over cuts & jumps into it before you (like has happened to others several times when I’ve been there).
Nor am I a fan of waiting 10 – 15 minutes in line to «pay inside». But here’s the deal: after pulling up into this space, I was suddenly faced with this «post-​it» note shit on the display of the pump:
I looked back to «inside» the booth and saw a long ass line. «Shit.» But since I learned in «spy-​school» that mere scotch tape is NOT the impenetrable barrier to getting around something — like the 2 people in front of me apparently thought (and now it made sense why they both dutifully went «inside to pay» like sheep) — so I lifted up the weak-​ass scotch taped (insufficient) «notice», inserted my credit card, then upon the prompt, was able to key in my Safeway code for the extra .20 cents off, was able to key in my zip for the credit card, and *PRESTO!*, «Fueling In Progress».
TAKE-​AWAY
This told me two things:
(1) The staff here will probably believe any person coming up to them that gripes about how «My ATM Card isn’t working because your keypad is broken!»; and,
(2) They are too lazy to check out the system themselves — like I DID — to see if actually is not working.
Well, it WAS working, and your high school diploma background should at least have been good enough for you to use some mental skill sets to confirm the obvious.
GREAT GAS OPTION
Awesome gas prices — possibly the best in the region.
*SAFEWAY VS. ARCO
When returning a car rental from the Sacramento International Airport (SMF), it’s always better to take the Del Paso exit before it on I-​5 North (just before the HWY 99 cut-​away) and grab gas here before hitting the airport that’s about three (3) miles away.
WITH my Safeway discount along with the already low Safeway gas per gallon prices, I have sometimes gotten gas 60 – 70 cent CHEAPER per gallon when compared to the embedded ARCO on the Airport’s grounds.
*SAFEWAY VS. COSTCO
As a Costco member too, I’ve seen Safeway gas prices (albeit with my .20 cent Safeway discounts /​per gallon) beat out Costco at times — — not all the time, but mostly:
* In any event, with added difference being you also NEED to use your Costco member card to get their low gas prices.
* In contrast, Safeway is open to the public.
STAFF
But *jesus*, can’t Safeway Gas staff check the pumps to make sure there really IS a problem? Nothing gets my goat more than lazy ass stupid fuc’n lazy ass staff.
THE LOWDOWN
Come for the gas, stay away from the stupid ass staff.
[BTW, if the end-​surveys at the bottom of these reviews are going to ask me about «Parking» at a gas station, I am ALWAYS going to indicate «Valet», just because of the dumb-​ass question.]

PROS: much cheaper than Raley’s, great floral department (also better than Raley’s), always clean, attendants are always helpful/​nice, super cheap gas, awesome rewards program, $ 5 cookies that could feed 100, self-​checkout moves fast, great wine/​alcohol selection, huge gift card selection, Jamba Juice AND Starbucks kiosks, pre-​made sandwiches/​hoagies/​salads, clerks always always ask paper or plastic, you can occasionally see Kings players here late at night before closing
CONS: yes there’s usually only 2 checkout lanes open BUT that’s why you should learn how to use the self-​checkout, gift cards can’t be bought thru self-​checkout BUT you can ask the attendant to just do it for you
(Always a solution to a con, that’s why this is my favorite grocery store.)

Not impressed, such a bummer as this is MY local safeway. It’s this, or Raleys, and I am finding myself at Raleys way more often these days. I grew up up shopping at Safeway, they always had the best deals I was taught. These days? Doubtful. They are more expensive than Raleys in almost every category, but they think they can even it out with gas rewards. When they have a deal or discount is usually amazing savings, but other stuff?.. nope. They have now made my grocery shopping a 2 stop, shop. And the employees at this specific store are awful. ATTITUDES. No one likes their job here! I’ve been coming for years, same faces, same crap attitudes. Raleys is the new local stop for us. Otherwise? Pretty clean, olive bar and not generally super crowded.

Gas is stupid cheap here. Also, the quality of gas is very good. I drive a Cadillac and have not had any issues with the way the gas runs in my vehicle, i actually feel it performs better with safeway gas. Gas is always going to be under market price here. Also, you can make the gas cheaper by using your safeway rewards which I recommend to everybody. There’s about 8 or 10 pumps at this gas station. Hardly do i ever wait at this gas station unlike Costco where the wait for gas can get quite long. This place is economical, love it.

Their deli department made me one of the best sandwiches of my life this morning, incredible!
The meat department employee (manager?) who helped me this morning is also one of the friendliest employees I’ve ever come across. Custom-​cut delicious looking ribeyes at a great price!
Also the nicest/​cleanest grocery store in the Natomas area, MUCH better than FoodMaxx or Bel Air on Truxel.

What can I say, saving money at the pump… using Fast Forward helps get you to get those gas rewards FASTER! They have long hoses so you can pull in to the first open pump and you can pump on either side because the hoses are long enough to reach, even with my big Suburban, the hose is long enough for when I pull up and the pump is on the passenger side!!! WOOOO HOOOOO! definitely saves on time!
This station is clean. Employees regularly are out emptying trash keeping the area trash free!

This is the closest Safeway by my work and I love thier lay out, products and customer service.
I got a fruit bowl and sadly all the mangos were unripe. I hate returning food because I know they throw it away, but I couldn’t stomach the $ 6 I just wasted. So I went to the store an hour later and not only did Ramsey the manger return my money, he gave me a $ 5 gift card to Safeway for the «inconvenience». I told him he didn’t have to do that, he insisted… soooo nice! And he called the produce section to let them know about the issue and they apologized too.
NOTE: Parking is a pain in the ass here, so be patient and park closer to the tanning salon — it’ll save you the headache of almost getting hit when walking/​pulling your car out of the spot.

This is our neighborhood Safeway and we are always pleased with the friendly, knowledgeable staff. They carry a nice variety of products and are well staffed. The prices at Safeway are better than Raley’s, but still somewhat pricey. Overall a nicely run store.

The workers here are always so nice and helpful! It does suck when it gets busy though. I’m not a fan of their parking lot and prices, but I guess one has to compromise. Other than that, my shopping experience here has always been nice.

This is a really nice Safeway. It isn’t cheap but it’s not anymore expensive then the other stores near by. It also had a great floral department, a Starbucks, a bank and Jamba Juice. The store is always clean and checkers remember the locals and are friendly. I recommend this store, plus great gas prices.

They finally seem to have the fruit flies and moths under control. It’s about time, that was gross.
Today I went to the deli to order a sandwich and the older black lady who was working was very rude to me right off the bat. I tried to continue but her attitude was too much. I told her nevermind. She was rude about that too. Hire some teenagers, they can do way better than this grumpy old hag. I’m not one to go complain but I did today. I shop here constantly and expect more. The manager said he would talk to her but they really need to hire someone else to deal with people.
I hate Starbucks but sometimes I get it cuz it’s here. I got 2 drinks today. They were both made like crap and one was covered on the outside by coffee and syrup. Thanks for the overpriced mess that wasn’t even good.
UGH.
Could this review be any more negative? They earned it, I promise.

I put into practice the Taoist concept of wu wei during my last visit to this Safeway.
I entered one of two lines open. I had one item (a gift card). I waited approximately 10 minutes for the first guest in front of me, then the second, complete their purchase. I focused on being at peace, and a little on the gossip magazines discussing the whole Bruce Jenner-​is-​now-​a-​woman thing.
Then the checker said it: «We have an issue that is going to take a while, you should go to another line.» The other line had 4 guests in it, with full carts. Remember, I just have a gift card.
Then I went to the attendant at self check out, told him my story, and asked for help. He said «normally» he’d be able to help, but some thing with his register and blah blah it doesn’t matter.
I looked at him, and flowed with the momentum. I told him I’d come back another night. Set the gift card right in front of him, and walked out.
I told him I’d be back, but I haven’t returned, and maybe never will. Natural forces compel me in the opposite direction.

Busiest gas station in Natomas!
Ugh! I’m not from around here but my family lives here in Natomas. When I don’t have enough gas for a round trip visit from Roseville to here I stop by this Safeway location because it is the cheapest deal around. I can’t seem to catch a good time when its not busy no matter what time of day. Too, it is conveniently located off highway exits.
I have a small enough car where I could get gas that will pump gas from either side of the tank but people who line up will wait in the middle blocking both entries to the pumps. Did that make sense at all? No etiquette. Poor design on this location. They should just take out the that piece of cement that blocks the entry to the lines and replant those flowers and plants somewhere else, right? Has anyone used this gas station before… do you know what I’m talking about?

If not for being close to where I live, I would never shop at this place. The product line here is typical Safeway, which means overall good quality and selection. However, this place is understaffed to the max… seriously bad especially in the checkout section. Many times there is only one or two lanes open with lines stretching back into the aisles. It’s not like the clerks are working fast either, in fact some of them are downright slow. This is not to say that every employee at the Natomas Safeway is bad, but it seems like the majority of the bad ones here just happen to be the clerks. The meat counter staff and produce department are efficient and helpful.
I blame this more on Safeway management who choose to have one of their busiest locations use a staffing model that just doesn’t work. In most cases, I will pay more and drive over to the Bel Air Market which has much better customer service.

A few weeks ago my brother graduated at Sleep Train Area near Safeway. I came from the Arden area and stopped by Party City for balloons and they told me it would take up to 20mins to blow them up. Ridiculous, I needed only 6 balloons! I was going to forget the whole thing but decided to call Safeway to see if they could blow up the balloons and rush so I wouldn’t miss his graduation. I spoke with Shante (sp? Shawn-​tay), who works in the floral dept, while I was rushing there. She told me «no problem they would be ready when I arrive». Sure enough, THEY WERE! No wait at all and I made it in time for his graduation! I love how professional and accommodating she was in my state of panic and frustration. A parking spot was magically waiting right in front of the store for me! I know she probably didn’t reserve it for me but you never know :)
Thoroughly pleased with Shante! Customer service at its best in my time of need! To management, please tell her she was awesome!

It’s strange to be here at 11pm on a Sunday and it’s deserted when suddenly it’s full. WTF? where’d all these people come from. Even the guy manning the booth had to peak out. Guess we brought the party. Oil is at an all time low for a while now and this place is even cheaper than other major chains. 3.5 stars

This is not my regular go to Safeway. This store is near my work so I usually stop here for gas or breakfast.
When my coworkers and I stop for breakfast the place has been bright and clean. We are always greeted by the employees and they always ask how our day is. That just makes my day! Lol.
I like their breakfast because it’s made to order so it’s fresh and cheap! Lol. These are the days when I am saving my play money for the weekend. You can order just your breakfast item or add a drink for a value meal like. It’s not like a fantastic gourmet meal or anything. It’s good food. Great value for the portions.
They have a little sitting area inside or outside seating if it’s nice out. Too cold for right now. They have a huge parking lot that they share with other business around. I’ve always had parking near the door. Lol.
They also have a rewards card so you can redeem them for cheaper rate on gas. Not all Safeways have a gas pump, but this one does. My go to Safeway does not which is a bummer.
Overall, Safeway is a great store. They carry all kinds of great things and even have organic veggies. They have great sale price items. Minus a star for being pricey when things aren’t on sale. Lol.

Five stars because this place always has the cheapest gas anywhere and I’ve been using it for over a year in my 2006 Nissan altima and my engine does not ping like when I bought from arco. I consider this gas comparable to Shell.

I stopped in during the morning to pick up a few items for breakfast. I grabbed some milk, juice, and bagels. I couldn’t find everything I needed as the bagel shelf was a little empty.
Checkout was pretty easy using the self checkout.