Safeway

I love my Safeway here in Edmonds. It’s clean and organized. I know my aisles and where everything is located. It almost feels like walking into my own pantry kinda deal. I absolutely love the service here. Staff is always helpful and offer help out. I truly appreciate that. I never worry about leaving anything behind as I’ve done before because they will gladly assist me when I return. Prices are always reasonable as well and often they have lots of sale. What else can I say? It’s all good for me.

This store is organized, not too big, and clean. The cashiers are quick and efficient. It’s a good place to get basic staples. They don’t have a huge selection but it’s close to home and easy to get in and out of. It’s never too crowded.

UPDATE: Crazy cracked out tan mom still on her deli rampage months later. How is she even still working there? I can hardly wait for Winco to open.

This review is for their pharmacy, not the grocery store in general.
My family has been using this pharmacy for years. I grew up in a house down the road from it, it takes our insurance — we’re loyal customers. So when I moved back to the area after several years away, I figured it was the best place to go.
Nope.
They are always slooooooooow. Even when you’ve gotten a phone call saying your prescription is ready, you might get there and have to wait for them to fill it. Even if it is filled, and your insurance hasn’t changed, and your card/​cash is out and ready, for some reason, it takes at least five minutes to get you checked out. And it isn’t because of their checkout system, either.
Your insurance change? How about your name? Address? Just your phone number? Expect it to take another ten minutes. At least. And then expect to give it to them again the next five times you go in. My wife and I are both on a few different medications, and every time our dose changes, we have to make multiple visits and phone calls before it gets through that the dose changed.
No one who works there is rude, but they always seem rushed and a bit unorganized. If they’re at the other end of the checkout counter, it’s a bit difficult to get their attention, and they don’t really make sure to check if anyone is waiting, so add another few minutes if that’s the case (which it is more often than not).
It seems convenient since you can grocery shop and fill prescriptions at the same time, but it’s actually become easier and faster for me to make the drive down to Edmonds Way and drive through Walgreen’s. They’re a bit more on top of their game.
If you have one or two constant prescriptions that never change and all of your personal/​insurance information stays the same, and you have ten minutes to spare waiting to get your prescriptions, this place would work for you. Otherwise, look elsewhere, you’ll just end up frustrated here.

Check out is bad when lines are long, one checker, also Safeway U-​card program on weekly sale price on item sometimes never works, I have to save reciepts and down load sale info, and return later to get a a refund.

This store is OK. I’d say a good half are friendly and helpful while some look miserable.
I just came back from this store and am a little miffed. While I was grocery shopping, I asked the Starbucks barista if I could buy two extra envelopes (for the gift cards I bought last week) as my dad had accidentally thrown them away. She said she could probably give them to me for free but told me to check with the managers behind the customer service stand to make sure it was okay.
I went and they looked like they feigned ignorance and were just completely indifferent in helping me. I went to my local Starbucks inside QFC afterwards and they gave it to me free no questions asked. The customer service at the latter blows Safeway’s away.
I used to come out of my way for their packaged salads and a few things for my dad’s business but I will be finding them elsewhere now.

Screw this place!,
I’ve been coming for a couple of years now and damn… I’m sick and tired of waiting 15 minutes to get checked out. The store isn’t really that bad variety wise, I mean they have basically everything that I am looking for on a weekly basis but why is it that every time I am ready to check out they are 4 carts deep with only 1 or 2 check stands open but they always have 2 express lanes open for the people that aren’t spending the big bucks??? Then, after spending 150.00 to 200.00 the courtesy clerk always asks the same thing «do you want help out?». This shouldn’t bother me much since chances are I would probably push the cart out anyway, but my thinking is that if the order is big enough that you are going to ask then just do it! I’m sure the mothers and grandmas would love it.

20 people deep in the shortest line? Only 3 cashiers? Someone gets on the intercom calling for cashiers and nobody shows up?
Opening the customer service area to ring up people? The stipulation for opening this up was 10 items or less and items that didn’t have to be weighed and then that cashier services a lady with nothing but vegetables that had to be weighed. Next thing you know she’s running all over the place just to help someone that doesn’t know or care to follow directions. The one star is actually for her being nice since this customer was an old bat who thought the cashier was running off with her food and she was like, but wait, I need to pay you!
I would love to include all the expletives that my better half has for this place. We actually boycotted Safeways because someone in the west Seattle store decided that handling our food while scratching his junk INSIDE HIS UNDERWEAR was a good idea.
We thought, we just need garlic and rosemary, how hard can this be? Well, it was hard enough to decide that I would rather die during the zombie apocalypse than seek refuge in this grocery store.

This is my regular grocery store… I come here because of it’s location. The store itself is OK. The wait for this store is always longer than most of the other grocery stores, they usually have 2 registers open, but they have been doing a little better lately because of the holidays.

Love Safeway! I go here for all my grocery shopping. I use the application on my phone to put all the coupons on my Safeway card before I shop. It typically saves us quite a bit. Besides that, I have never had a bad experience here. Good deals, good service and I am always taken care of! Thank you for the good service Safeway!

Almost no Organic food. Maybe they are cutting back on slow inventory. Or its because all the organic food buyers are going to the PCC nearby. Fine I will accept, but now they are not 24 hours… Seems like there is not much reason to go now…

I’m not a huge fan of this store. It is something from the 50’s with narrow crowded aisles that two carts can barely pass. I really get claustrophobic when I shop there. The clientele is a bit urban gritty. The produce is just OK. The people in the butcher shop are very customer oriented, but the meat is «c» grade quality and not very appealing. The wine is overpriced. Yet, if you come and shop the specials and coupons and have a Safeway card it is worth the effort if they have what you want on sale.

Yesterday I went to pick up some basics. They had no milk. NO MILK. It was like a barren wasteland. Empty racks as far as the eye could see… except a couple of quarts of milk. So I had to buy a quart. Who the hell buys a quart of milk? NO ONE. Needless to say, I was not happy. It isn’t as though it was a holiday or something. It was December 13, the most random day of all time.
They also did not have three other things I was looking for — seems like they need to restock better at this location.
The woman at the checkout clearly hates her job. I asked her how she was doing, she replied with «Better» (whatever that means), and proceeded to not say another single word to me the rest of the time I was at the checkout. AWKWARD. The time before that, the teenager at the register complained me to about how badly she wanted to go home.
Despite this store being two minutes from my apartment, I will be going to Fred Meyer from now on because I am tired of excessively long lines, out of stock items, and weird employees.

Prices are higher than it seems like they should be, but watch the weekly specials — there’s usually something healthy and cheap. There are usually plenty of cashiers — sometimes more than are needed — so you move right through the line. Staff, especially the people out on the floor, are extremely friendly and happy to help. Used it is a primary grocery store for 6 months without incident.

This isn’t a review so much as a tip for the ladies: hot men shop here on (sunny) weekend afternoons. This must be where they come to get their beer and weiners because this place is usually crawling with hot dudes on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I come here at least once a weekend for produce, and there’s always a bundle of hot men. Yesterday (Memorial Day) I spotted upwards of 5 – 6 men who, were I actually looking for a man, I definitely would have hit on. Take heed ladies, take heed! If you’re looking for beer and ‘weiners,’ this is a great place to start.

Do you ever return things at a grocery store? Well, I never do — well, until yesterday. I bought some things for a party and ended up finding something better somewhere else. Guess what? I lost my receipt. Was it a problem? Nope! I called in and everything was figured out over the phone, and when we came in later — everything was super quick and easy.
Other than the awesome customer service, the store is always clean. The clientele is interesting at times and can be entertaining to watch. Other than Trader Joe’s, Safeway is the place I go for the stuff I need. Considering it’s a 5 minute drive/​15 minute walk from my house, I’ll keep coming here.

I love going to this store. Everyone there is always nice. It makes deciding where to go buy groceries when you know that you won’t be roaming around the store for an hour to find chickpeas because there is always somebody there to offer help. They have a nice wine selection and offer organic produce. The meat department is always helpful in choosing what to pair with what and offer recipe ideas:) CAshiers: A++. And no matter what, someone offers to carry out your grocery bags or bag. Even the people bringing in the carts will offer to take it in for you from right next to your car. Thank you Edmonds Safeway

This is by far the best grocery store ever! The employees are friendly and helpful and I know many of them by name.
Kari is a hoot, and always manages to give me a hard time in a fun and friendly way. Dan in the video department always takes the time to suggest good movies, and there is an older man that works in the meat department (sorry I will find out your name) that actually cut up a whole chicken for me. He said he had seen it done, but wasn’t sure if he could do it as well as the meat cutters, but he did it and it was perfect. My attempts always look like an autopsy.
They have great prices and I always save a bunch of money on my groceries. The only drawback is the remodel. They should have bought out the small stores next to them and really made it a bigger store.

I love the new makeover. Much cleaner and organized produce. I spend at least $ 20/​wk here buying my lunch. I am surprise they haven’t converted to machine scanners (not that I want them to). The staff are nice and helpful. Sometimes I go to this Starbucks then the others because I know it’s slower here and I can get in and out. You shouldn’t go to this Starbucks to order some fancy drinks. Stick to ordering americanos and basic lattes. But after coming here a few times, the baristas recognizes my orders. Oh. and I love BECU!

This Safeway doesn’t look quite so ghetto now that they’ve given it a makeover. They also added a Starbucks into the mix. However poor customer service and severely long lines make it impossible to «run in and out» at any typical part of the day. I have gone in for one simple item and spent twenty minutes waiting in line. Try shopping at 1am, then maybe your line wait won’t be so long.