Safeway

There’s too many «sleazy» people coming in that literally do five-​finger-​discount. However, some of the employees are nice and helpful. The prices are decent and cheaper than other grocery store.
They should put two securities than just one. Overall, the store is okay. I got what I wanted, just whining. :P

Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope.
Listen, I know gosh darn well I live in a food desert. I don’t like it, but I do, and I accept that.
You know what? They could make a killing if they just improved the place and put prices in line with a Safeway in, say, farthest Vancouver.
Naaah, choke the poor people. As one of those poor people, Safewalbertson’s, I kind of wish you’d get it through your thick little Californian skulls that we don’t like being kicked.
Bonus points for the incompetent «plainclothes» sekurrity. Naahman, this place sucks so bad I wouldn’t steal from it, probably because half the food’s expired or will kill you faster than a swim across the mouth of the Columbia.
In January.
Without a wetsuit.
Oh and your car might survive the parking lot unscathed. It might not. This place validates everything horrible west-​of-​82nds say about East Portland, and in this case they’re right.

The service is awful, the store is always a mess. Everytime I ask for help I get no where. Items on the shelves are often under the wrong tag and management has refused to honor the price and blamed the customer for putting the item in the wrong place. The customer service in this location is atrocious and I do what I can to avoid shopping there. Safeway is generally known for a high level customer service. Safeway corporate should be ashamed of this store.

Gotta love Safeway as a right down the street got everything kinda store.
Clean and nice.

I used to shop here regularly. I stopped when I got sick from the produce.
I saw they had a «grand re-​opening». Thinking things might have improved, I thought I would give it another try.
I purchased some artichokes this morning (8÷10÷2014). I got them home, and saw that just under the leaves, MOLD… and not just a little… TONS OF MOLD. In the trash it went.
This was the same problem I had before-​bad produce. I won’t be back.
As for grand re-​opening? All they did was move some things around.
If you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig.

The pharmacy at this Safeway rarely gets my prescriptions right the first time! I’ve been waiting for a refill for 2 weeks — somehow, their electronic refill system isn’t getting to my DR’s office. They repeatedly «send» it, but some months it finally arrives, some, it never does. Today, after 2 WEEKS waiting for a refill, I show up — «well, we didn’t have it in stock, it came in yesterday, but the pharmacist didn’t have a chance to check it in yet.». Really. Worst pharmacy! I need to go elsewhere!

As expensive as Whole Foods or New Seasons without the awesome choices. Produce frequently scary. You can do ok there but you have to be a seasoned shopper, picking and choosing your deals.

Something has gone terribly wrong at this Safeway! The Starbucks used to be staffed with friendly people who gave terrific service. Since a store management change, Jordan, who made the best drinks with a smile apparently got ZERO hours for three weeks in a row, forcing her to quit. Melissa, who used to do all the scheduling and ordering (and doing a terrific job btw) was denied the chance to actually get paid for the job she had been doing for nine months. She transferred (out of frustration I’m sure). Now the poor remaining girls are forced to work with no product and poor staffing. Many times I have heard them say that only an opener and closer is working and they don’t get their breaks, which I am sure is a violation of FEDERAL LAW! New management please!!!

I used to shop at Safeway almost exclusively until a very unforunate experience with cashier Micah. Handsome kid. Rude beyond comprehension. I had a set of 4 coupons for $ 10 off per week for the month. The coupons were dated per week. I was checking out with $ 100+ in groceries. Micah tore the coupon for a future date. I asked for him to take the current week’s coupon and he flippantly replied, «it doesn’t matter». I insisted that it mattered very much as safeway was not in the business of taking expired coupons! Micah told me to «just come through my checkstand». I said that i would not work my grocery shopping around his work schedule. Micah tore up all of my coupons and asked me to to to anothr register. I refused. He called the manager Mariah (?). She seemed taken aback by Micah’s actions and proceeded to tape my coupons back together — no apology, just taping. Mariah completed my checkout. I complained to Safeway Corporate office. They informed me that the local store manager would be following up. It has been a few months and I have heard not word one. I went from spending $ 400-​$ 500 per month in that store to zip, zero, zilch, nadda. I guess we don’t like each other anymore… I have a new grocery store 3 decades later…

This was the worst Safeway experience I have ever had in my life. There were no carts. There were no staff around. Item location makes no sense — for instance, the cracker section is about a half mile away from the chips, themselves located in more than one place. There was no evidence of any employees putting things in their place, cleaning, stocking or facing. Theirs is a locked bathroom you have to stand in line at ONLY CHECKSTAND THREE to request a security detail escort you into, and if checkstand three is the only checker open then too fucking bad because this store has the slowest cashiers known to exist. Our cashier was Nicholas, apparently a supervisor but also a slow lazy idiot. I added ‘lazy’ because he was literally bragging about how much work he wasn’t doing, how he wasn’t giving his employees their breaks and so on. It shouldn’t take longer to be rung up for twelve items than it took you to collect them in your cart! He couldn’t shut up to the lady in front of us, and apparently he can’t make small talk and check out items simultaneously; I sure hope he doesn’t try to listen to the radio while driving home or else people may be killed. I still don’t understand why the Starbucks lady (who wasn’t doing anything) couldn’t just let me in the bathroom! From now on we’ll be going to Fred Meyer.

I generally like shopping at Safeway, but the store located at 122^nd and Glisan is the WORST. It’s close to my house (which earns it one star more than it deserves), so inevitably I wander in for an item, only to begin cursing under my breath at the horrible produce, lack of workers, and very long lines. I have never been in when more than two people were dedicated to working the checkstands. I often wait in line for several minutes before another worker comes to the front of the store to open a lane, and takes the people who JUST GOT IN LINE BEHIND ME. If they aren’t going to have dedicated cashiers, then they should at LEAST have self check-​out lines (not at this store)!
Seriously, Safeway, remove some of those unused checking lanes and put in some SELF CHECK OUT LINES.
At the very least, teach your employees the proper way to open another lane.
The employees are personable, which earned it the first star.

I usually go there when I need to buy groceries on the weekends.
Everything is a lot more expensive at safeway. This is one of those stores that I’d rather drive 10 more miles to find better prices. Maybe is just me.

I only stop here if its an emergency and nothing else is open.
They are very overpriced. No matter how busy it gets expect
only one checkstand to be open, and the person in front of you to be
arguing with the checker about coupons or writing a check. There is no self checkout available. Safeway Sucks!

Ok, some people say Safeway is pricey… those people do not shop the sales! Safeway has some of the best sales around… and their employees are incredibly sweet and helpful!
I went one time to get steak for a birthday party. The guy at the meat counter was so helpful! He told me the most tasty and price efficient way to do it was to buy the big slab and have him cut them for me! A half an hour later as I finished up my shopping, I stopped by to pick them up :) And he gave me marinade and spices for free!
The deli sandwiches are great! so freaking good! (should minus a star for the paper on the cheese occasionally, but Justin and the rest of them are so nice and sweet and great at their job they earn that star back!)
The fried chicken could really use less breading… but still good, and the awesome produce and perfect customer service earns those points back :)
And a starbucks before you start shopping?!? omg how cool is that? :)

I’ve always been a fan of Safeway. Many think that they tend to have overpriced produce and food items… to which I’ll would reply with, «Of course they do.» However, after the many, many years of going to to these stores, there are a couple of very specific items that I go to my local Safeway that makes the trip worth it:
1) The rainbow cookies. These guys used to be bigger back in the day (I’m talking 10+ years ago). I mean, huge. Nowadays, they’re a little big bigger than the normal size cookie. That being said, don’t disrespect the rainbow cookie! I’ve never had a terrible rainbow cookie — the quality has remained for years.
They used to be $ 0.50 each. Then they bumped it up to $ 0.69 for one. Then they went for that same price for one and two for $ 1.00. Now, they package two together for $ 0.99. How do I know the history of the price of this cookie? I actually wrote to Safeway’s corporate headquarters when they bumped up the price $ 0.19 for each cookie. I was livid.
How to eat this cookie: slowly. Tear off bits with your fingers. Make it last. And for a little variety, the plain suger cookie is a nice compliment to the rainbow (not the more-​recent snickerdoodle — those are terrible).
2) The Express Special chinese dish. I was getting this before Panda Express arrived on the scene. Most Safeway locations have chinese food (some do not, like the Camas, WA and the 82^nd ave Safeway). The express special has rice and /​or noodles along with your choice of an entrée. You can get some side orders for extra. Believe me — the Express Special is all you need. Hit the sesame chicken and rice. This goes under my «unbelievably cheap» meals due to sometimes these guys go for $ 5.00 instead of $ 5.50. And, really, this should be eaten halfsies for meals… so you’re getting essentially two meals at a price of $ 2.75 each. Not bad!
3) The slide of cake. This used to be $ 1.39 but is now priced at $ 1.99. Also — the portion used to be CRAMMED into that little box whereas there is ample room with the smaller square slices. My mainstays here are the white and chocolate kinds of cake — any other kind of cake they sometimes rotate in (German Chocolate, sometimes a caramel kind) just doesn’t taste as RIGHT as the chocolate or white cake kind.
And there you have it. That’s why Safeway rocks. And with this being my «neighborhood» Safeway, I visit this one most often.
TL;DR version: get the rainbow cookies, the Chinese food Express Special and the square piece of cake. Everything else is typically overpriced.