Safeway

Unbelievable that there is no self check out. Long lines even for «Express» lanes. There are 2 express lanes: one with a 15 item limit and the second with a 20 item limit. Since when is 20 items express?!
There are 4 other checkout lanes and only 2 are open at 7:30 on a Sunday night.
A 15 minute wait in the Express lane is just… not express.

Safeway’s Monopoly game was designed to play everyone like a sucker. It was a complete sham. They claim «One in Four Wins». Well, what that actually means is that you have a one in four chance of winning a COUPON worth 25 cents off a can of Spam (or other coupon that is no greater than if they put that item on sale at the store). Several friends and I have over one thousand game pieces yet not one single person has won anything. The game is rigged and Safeway has «played» their customers big time. It’s resulted in the company profiting tens of millions while they’ve taken advantage of customers. Someone should sue for false representation but I’m sure their lawyers covered all deceitful details in the fine print.
Trustworthy stores like QFC and Fred Meyer are the only places we’ll shop at in the future.

Nice small well stocked store but never enough cashiers. The wait is just too much.
Suggestion to management there… Add more cashiers.

This store is poorly run, rarely answers product inquiries (such as do you still stock this or are you just out of it AGAIN?). They NEVER take requests as to what to stock, and increasingly they carry less healthful foods so they can carry infinite varieties of Sugar Bomb cereals and Full-​o-​Fat snacks. This is a largely the fault of Safeway Corp which apparently doesn’t like communicating win customers — but the stores must bear the consequences.
I’ve all but stopped shopping here. Target is cheaper and keeps their shelves properly stocked.
Other reviewers are right — there are LONG check out lines at night and especially on Sundays because they staff only one or two lanes.

This is the Worst store ever!!! I hate going into this store because One, you can NEVER get out!.. it is so poorly staffed with sad and beat up employees. Two, the manager is never available and the store is just poorly run.

Pros:
Open 24
Close by
Has a bakery
Has a deli
Good price for bananas
Typical:
Kind of expensive (e.g. $ 2 for a head of iceberg lettuce, $ 1.50 for a bunch of green onions)
Cons:
One of the worse restroom — almost gas station quality. Urine all over the floor near the toilet, wet pubic hair on the seat, and it stinks like diarrhea.

Today the checker sneezed INTO his hand 4 times while checking out my groceries. I’ve put up with the nasty check out belts. the dirty carts I’ve had to clean with the «sanitizing wipes» and the way the check out baggers put my magazines next to the wet or frozen stuff and mix dry items with the damp stuff, but this business of contaminating everything with their sneeze goop is too much. They need to educate their staff on basic hygiene and how to bag groceries. I am going to stop going there for a while because if I tolerate that public health stuff, then that just helps condone it. Even kindergarten kids are taught not to sneeze into their hands– this was a man who was at least 60!

Honestly I would like to give more stars, but I just can’t…
Best thing about this store is Kathy Mac, one of the most sweet, wonderful checkers you’ll ever meet. She is a 5 star employee.
I came to this Safeway 2 – 3 days a week for a year and a half straight. I worked part time across the street at Everything Party during that time.
I’ve had some of the worst experiences out of any Safeway ever, here. :(
I’ve purchased (and returned) rotten salads, mold in my mixed fruit cup/​container, and they never keep their cold drink section stocked, at least not with the sugar free HiBall energy water that my husband and I usually stop in for daily. Every day this week (4 days) we have purchased a warm HiBall drink, today we left empty handed to go get cold ones from Whole Foods.
We talked to one of the morning checkers (not Kathy Mac, but the taller bigger lady) about the cold drink section not being stocked days ago and she basically told us, «that might not be our job to keep those stocked cold» like HiBall should be doing it. I said, I don’t care whose job it is, the point is that it’s not getting done. Went through that same checkers line the next day with warm drinks again.
The lack of care at this Safeway takes the cake of all Safeways. We live by the one at the other end of Avondale and I work near another one in Bellevue. It’s really sad how different they are depending upon the location you choose.

Good Grief, what is wrong with the people that work here? Do they send the worse deli people that can’t make it in other stores here to burn in eternally hellfire? I just had the RUDEST exchange with a deli person who saw fit to talk her cashier coworker into cutting another customer in line while I was obviously before him. I wasn’t asked, just shoved aside.
But it’s okay, because he had «to get back to work», when apparently my time is worth nothing because I just need to get back to my van down by the river.
Later she came over to say something and I asked her to walk away from me because she was very rude and I don’t want to talk to her. She then started to explain how I was rude! WHA?!?
Then as I was at the customer service desk getting the mistake fixed that her cashier coworker made (changed me for five items instead of four), I saw another Safeway worker walk over to her and ask what happened. Then Ms. Rudey McRude’s arms started flaring and over-​reacting. The most disgusting part was they were doing it in front of another customer who was waiting to get some deli items. Guess the story about the crazed customer who reacted to rudeness couldn’t wait till the break room.
Need free lunchtime entertainment in your life? Go watch Redmond Safeway deli workers in their latest theatrical production of publicly casting aside and bitching about customers. Loads of fun and hours of entertainment. Me? I’m exiting stage right and won’t be on this bill any more.

This is an average store with average selection. The 1 star rating is due to the below average customer service. Rude cashiers that barely give out a smile and look annoyed to have to be there. I, once, had a cashier refuse to give me all my change back after a purchase even though she counted it out and it was clearly posted on my request. Amazing. A couple of the baggers are friendly. Overall, I’m all too happy to take the longer drive to the Whole Foods in Redmond where the employees are polite and friendly. Terrible store with a terrible vibe.

1 Star, because Zero isn’t an option!
Worst experience in years! I went to the deli counter to order the Select sandwich. I told the employee behind the counter that I wanted the special lunch deal. Because they cannot view the sign from there, I explained three times that it was the roasted gouda & turkey wrap. I even pointed out that the sandwich was their featured deal of the day. Finally, the server began to make the sandwich, but when it was almost complete, they dropped it all over the floor.
Starting over, they began with the right meat, but didn’t toast it like before. Then, they left it partially made and began building a sandwich for the guy behind me in line. Finally, after 7 minutes of waiting, they started completing my sandwich. However, when I finally got it, they would not charge me the featured deal price, but insisted on charging me the full price.
After a 10+ minute effort to get a sandwich, I left, but soon discovered they had used some kind of horseradish & pepper sauce that made it completely inedible. What a waste of time & $$$; from now on I’ll be buying my sandwiches at a dedicated sandwich shop that can make them to a customer’s expectations.

This is my usual stop for groceries near home. Pretty middle of the road.
I will by be buying produce here anymore. I brought a stalk of broccoli and thought nothing of it.
Today I packed the broccoli and found I might have eaten a dozen wormy larva; no bigger than a pin head. I would check your produce Safeway! That was the last time I eat bugs without my own consent.

I had to edit my review, because I just had the grossest experience ever with something purchased from a grocery store.
I bought some hard cider here, and discovered that the bottles had been opened and someone had taken tiny drinks out of them before replacing the caps. I called in to let the store know, and they were willing to give my money back but only if I returned the case of opened bottles and alcohol.
Since I didn’t feel like getting arrested for driving with six open bottles of booze in my car, I’m not bringing it back. I guess I’m out $ 10, as well as being incredibly grossed out. I don’t think I’ll ever buy alcohol here again, or any beverage for that matter. Ick.

It’s like 5 mins walking distance from my current office… I am loving it!
I am telling you Safeway makes pretty good General Tso’s Chicken! It’s pretty authentic! :P

Need to open more register lanes on Friday evenings when there are only 3 lanes open with each lane having HUGE LINEUPS that look like a concert gathering instead of a grocery store. I should have taken a photo.
It reminds me why I don’t really shop here and instead shop at Fred Meyers down the street as they have the self checkout lanes that I love since I usually buy a few items at a time.

I am a fan of this particular Safeway!
Produces and goods are well organized. Prices are clearly labeled. Staff here are nice.
I read some other reviews commenting how rude the staff are at this location. In my opinion, they are pretty nice. But that is just me personally coming from the U-​district Safeway where service does not really exist. So to me, they are pretty friendly and nice!
There is a huge parking lot. Although it gets pretty packed, there have always been open spots to park.

This is a decent market. Produce is decent, fresh, good selection. blahblah. Deli is good. Bakery is good. Service is fab.
Why only 3 stars? I went to the deli to ask for ground pork and the guy led to me. bum bum bum… CHORIZO. Heeey you know what? If you work in the meat department, you should probably know that while all chorizo is pork, not all pork is chorizo.
Oh, thanks for having hand sanitizer wipes, though. You should really carry ground pork. We’re not all halal or whatever. Chinese and Koreans tend to love pork.

My local Safeway that I have frequented for years. Good selection, good service. They often have Friday and weekend specials along with the weekly flyer specials.
I am particularly fond of the butcher where they will add sauces to your meat purchases for free, i.e. teriyaki, including meat you get prepackaged,

Big store, big selection, now give me a big cup of Starbucks! Love this place and all the amazing food. Check out the deli and bakery section — amazing!
A few years ago, I wanted to impress a guy with a homecooked meal (that I had to bring to him). Unfortunately, the power went out when I was about to start cooking. Running out of time, I borrowed some Tupperware from my mom and dropped by this Safeway to pick up some «homemade» food. The guys in the bakery helped take off chocolate shavings and smear the topping so that the chocolate cream pie would look more authentic. Saved the day, thankyouverymuch.
Oh, and I did eventually tell the guy…

Safeway used to have a presence in the UK but they sold all their supermarkets to Morrisons a few years ago.
I shop in Safeway quite a lot in the USA mainly because they seem to be very prevalent. My love of all things Safeway probably apply to all US supermarket chains but you do get more in US supermarkets than in UK supermarkets.
The range of goods is wider. For example, the size of scallops that you can buy in US supermarkets is bigger than you find in fine dining restaurants in the UK. The thickness of steaks is frankly frightening to a Brit!
I love the fresh fruit and a big container of freshly cut watermelon always makes it into my basket.
There is a large range of freshly cooked items for takeout and immediate consumption.
I like the fact that your loyalty card will reap you some immediate rewards with some items being available for cheaper to card holders.
I like the fact that they will pack groceries for you
I like them better than Tesco in the UK