Safeway

All the employees work very hard and try to please the customers but they don’t have enough staff and they appear overworked. There are many homeless people hanging out outside, begging for money or food, and you try to help, but you can’t feed everyone. Just something to deal with whenever you run in for a milk or a carton of eggs.

Nice, clean Safeway. I always find what I am looking for. This Safeway is large and has a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Safeway is organized and lines move pretty quickly. I am a fan.

The most depressing store in the world!
Long lines that no one seems to care about. That might be because morale has degraded to the lowest of the low. Cashiers shrieking about breaks, customer service reps being surly (when they are even there) and managers who seem oblivious to employees and customers alike.
@Safeway HQ, please do something!!!

This review is for the pharmacy. I absolutely love the ladies at this pharmacy, they are so sweet and helpful! I was having trouble renewing a prescription because my doctor wouldn’t respond to their calls or faxes. However, the ladies in the office were persistent in calling them and me to keep me updated. I really appreciated that they took the initiative to take care of the problem even though it was the fault of my doctors office.

I’m a little disappointed in the lady at the self check-​out counter Tue night. In particular there was a young gentle men checking out. He looked completely functional, nevertheless with some difficulties. He looked like he couldn’t talk and like he was dealing with some other issues. Well, he had to redo his order b/​c the machines were having problems. The lady came over to help. She told him he hadn’t purchased the items yet (which, I could tell, he already knew, as he was trying to re-​scan them, he wasn’t stupid). So, he started to redo his order… Well, he was reaching back to grab the next item, she had picked up one of his items. Who knows why, because she wasn’t handing it over to him, she was just holding on to it as he was trying to scan hi order. Well, as he was looking forward, scanning his items and reaching back with the other hand to grab the next item from the cart he found her hand instead. Well, apparently, he found her hand interesting, cause he kept touching it. (I mean, I’ve seen a lot of mentally handicapped folks do this, who knows why, but its quite common). Either way he was curious about why her hand had replaced her item, so he kept touching it for a few seconds trying to figure out what was going on. So finally, he took the item from her hand and scanned it. What really gets me is she took the next item from the cart, the same thing happened. She said «Are you okay?» and proceeded to call security. Well, a security guy came over said the same thing «Are you okay?» (Which, I must note, was rather rude) Nonetheless, he wasn’t that bad, apparently he, like me, figured out what was going on, and that he wasn’t doing anything bad or threatening. So, the guard essentially defused the situation, quietly hung around until the guy finished his order and left, nothing eventful happened.
That being said, why would you ask «Are you okay?» and keep asking. So now, I’m gonna ask YOU. Are you okay? The guy was clearly just shopping, if anything, you were annoying him. And if you were bothered by him touching your hands, why would you grab his next item? You shouldn’t be surprised when he does the same thing again. Anyways, we live in a tolerant society, he obviously wasn’t doing anything wrong, just let him be, and if you unnecessarily interact with him, don’t complain, its your fault. DO NOT PICK ON SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE HANDICAPPED. Maybe Safeway, needs to get her into some training that teach respecting others. Those are my thoughts, now you know. I’d like to know what you guys think.

They’re usually always very helpful and friendly but I can’t give Five Stars because I’m trying not to be biased.
I’ve been coming here for years and finally after having been coming enough to be recognized by staff, I figured if nobody on Unilocal™ is going to create a Unilocal™ Business Listing for this place, hey, why not…
Not all Safeway™ Pharmacies have the spacious Waiting Room™ but those that do are empty — Just4U™!
I have found all of the employees to be particularly helpful, including Pharmacy Manager, Hwee Lim™, of whom I sometimes forget is the Manager because she’s just as busy and helpful as all of the other staffers.
Also, if you put in your Safeway™ Card at the Pharmacy, you can rack up discounted Safeway™ Gas pretty easily too…

It’s a bit expensive store to shop. But I have been coming here mostly to buy veggies and fruits. The service is bit slow. Employees very friendly and helpful.

This is based on a one time visit.

The store is well stocked and clean, thats not my reason for the low star rating. Its the fact they let long lines accumulate and do not open registers at critical times… For example, the 5pm rush for people going home from work. Its always busy, 4 or 5 people in each line, and just like clockwork, every monday-​friday, 2 registers open. And a manager usually walking around not paying attention to the lines behind the register. I really think he should lose his job!

Although I am a huge fan of their white cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream I must give this store a 3! I bought some delicious apples but after 2 great ones I came across this one. I know there is nothing that Safeway can do to prevent this but it’s just disgusting. Let the picture speak for itself.

Come here for all my grocery shopping needs. Located in a strip mall that has a Rite Aid and Jamba Juice.
Pros: They have bakery, deli, pharmacy, and floral departments as well as a Starbucks and Wells Fargo. I also like that there is a red box.
The employees are friendly and always helpful.
Organized well which makes it easy to find what you’re looking for.
Offer self check out.
Cons: THE BATHROOM IS DISGUSTING!!! I will never order food that is made at Safeway or touched by employees (Sandwiches, Chinese food, etc.)
There are never enough baggers at check out. Makes for longer wait times. Might be a good thing though it gives me more time to catch up on the gossip magazines.
The produce never seems that great. Not bad but not great either. They have organic produce which is nice.
Parking is a pain in the ass! The spaces are too small and hard to get in and out of. There is also no room driving in parking lot itself. Its just awkward the way the parking lot is set up. Too many people walking around acting like complete idiots.
All in all it’s close to home and offer some good deals as long as you have a club card.

Go here weekly. Wells fargo, starbucks and full deli and bakery at this location. Relatively busy and annoying but it covers the basics well. Actually the floral selection is large and has a good variety of items, that may be its strongest point. Never have enough baggers.

This is my regular Safeway because it’s close, but it has no end of trouble keeping stock — especially when something’s on sale. They have very few non-​self-​check stands and will even have lines of 7 people but no clerks to open check stands.
But don’t buy rotisserie meats from here. I’ve bought «fully cooked turkey» that is raw inside… not once… not twice… but three times. And who wants to keep raw turkey in order to return it to them? Do they even take the temperature? Off to buy a replacement at a different Safeway. Waste of time and of money.

After all 15 years of shopping here, it’s got what you need, when you need it, 24/​hrs a day.
That being said, it’s a pretty solid stop.
It’s not Whole Paycheck, but we all know that, and that’s why we stop in.
There are a handful of «free range» or «natural» options as well as «organic» but you’re also sure to find the normal stuff. beef that’s raised in a non specific way that makes you comfortable, but also considers the fact that you probably don’t wanna know too much about how it happened.
I think the staff is very friendly during the day, and friendliness varies in the night time.
I do suggest avoiding the after 7pm shopping because the majority of registers close and lines get super long.
It’s not the largest ever store, but you’ll easily find 85% of what you’re looking for, and if not the specific item, something off-​brand or close-​ish.

This review is for one visit to the in store pharmacy.
Went there on a Sunday morning with husband to get our flu shots. The two ladies working there are friendly and efficient. Filled up the paperwork, got the shots, in and out in 10 mins. They have a nice waiting area where you can do the paperwork, and a privacy room for the shots. The asian lady working there has very good technicals so I didn’t feel the needle at all. Recommend it if you need some routine immunization shots.

Safeway has always been overpriced in my opinion but I find that if I am careful and purchase mostly sale items and take advantage of «just for you» (especially using the app) then prices are much better. The nice thing with the app is that after you have made a few purchases, it gets to know what you like to buy and will give you special coupons that other people might not see. Some of the ones I have gotten were for things like lemons for $ 0.50 instead of the in store of $ 0.79 and a free tub of yogurt.
As for this location… the parking lot and store are a bit crazy on weekdays right after work but generally they have a reasonable number of checkers in addition to the 6 or so self checkout registers. They are open 24 hours and sometimes at night. especially on weekends… they will be very busy with only 1 or 2 checkers and self checkout closed. I have waited in line as long as 20 minutes which is totally unacceptable. They seem to have a handle on it now though because it has been months since that has happened.

For a long while I never visited this location because of all the poor reviews. But once taking the plunge I found myself surprised by Unilocal steering me a bit wrong on this one.
When I was invited to attend the Unilocal prom I decided to drop by here an order a corsage. It was gorgeous. Two red roses, babies breath with wristlet. Sadly they stapled my order to another and it turned out they hadn’t made it when I came back the next day but they made it while I shopped. And it ended up looking fantastic.
The roses were asymmetrical, which worked for my dress, but made one side top heavy and more like a boutonnière. In the end I didn’t mind, but I’m not sure this is how they are usually made. I also asked if they had any double sided black ribbon and purchased a yard of that to cover up the white wristlet and add a bit of pizazz.
I included a picture because I liked how it turned out so much. I wish the flowers were fake so I could wear it again!
The corsage had a purchase price of $ 20 or so which was more than fair but the ribbon smelled very strongly of chemical so I ended up spraying it with hairspray to counteract it.
All in all, this location is clean, the little business park is safe. The service isn’t fantastic, but it’s fairly friendly and my corsage turned out fantastically.
I definitely really enjoy this location!

Great selection, much more here than at my local Safeway (s). I like how they have more Asian and Indian selection. While I like going to the local Japanese market, I like to be able to get all of my grocery shopping done in one location.
They also have a self check-​out here (awesome unless you get stuck behind the idiot with either a bagillion things or the one who cannot figure out how to use the machine).
There is a Starbucks and a Wells Fargo here so it really is great to have a one-​stop place to get all my errands completed on the weekend!

I never realized this Safeway is right across the street from my usual Petsmart store ! One early morning shopping. I decided to give them a try other than my usaual Safeway in Santa Clara.
As you walk in the very nice arrangement of holiday assorted flowers, fruit, etc. It actually makes a very good experience having it all decorated. Even though is seems small as far as the building. it was clean, organized, customer service everyone was cheerfull.
I will be coming back to do my Sunday /​Saturday shopping.

Good location, right next to Rite Aid.
The hot food area is good if you just want something for your kid like a chicken tender or a corn dog. I sometimes get their Chinese food (it’s REALLY Americanized & can be a gut-​bomb if you overdo it).
Nice bakery area, produce and meat section.
Parking lot is really crowded. Right now they’re doing a face-​lift on the outside of the store’s lettering on the building. One of the workers was cursing in Spanish (I don’t know a lot of Spanish, but I know curse words, LOL). Anyhow, this is taking up some spots right outside of the supermarket as the area is being used for scaffolding.
This place seems to draw some strange people to it every once and a while… there was a homeless lady who lunged out at my kid and scared the hell out of us, an old lady who looked like she needed some help so I asked her if she needed help and she just shuffled away –there have also been sightings of suspicious people patrolling the parking lot, I assume they are looking for unlocked cars. I also saw a lady asking for money with her baby in a stroller (these have been reported to Safeway, but I think they can do anything about it).