Safeway Food & Drug

I never thought I’d review a grocery store, but… I hate this store. After years of continually being annoyed every single time I go here, I’m finally throwing in the towel. Here is a short list of things that have made my experiences less than:
Poor selection
Shabby fruit and veggies (brown and wilting)
Long lines
No checkout clerks, self scan only
No clerk at self checkout (good luck getting approval for that coupon)
Higher prices than competition
Awful selection
Deli closing early
Not open 24hrs
Shitty selection (really trying to send this point home)
Despite this store being the closest to our home, my shopping experience is consistently, over years of shopping, much more satisfying and more cost effective at King Soopers. I hate Safeway!

Pretty disgusted by this Safeway. The cheese I was about to buy was a week expired, how is that even out still? I then went to the Deli and got salami to later find out while I am eating it that it still has the wrapper on each individual piece. Someone needs to come run an inspection on this location.

Safeway normally isn’t my primary stop-​n-​shop, but they do carry one heck of a good supplement of very delicious lunch sandwiches. We bought them in bulk and couldn’t be happier. No one could keep their hands off of these bad boys

Tracy at Starbucks was very kind and had a great attitude the whole time I was there. Thanks!

Priced higher with less selection than King Sooper, but everyone is so friendly– it’s sometimes worth paying more. We love Traci at the Starbucks & always look forward to her smiling face!

who manages this store? IT’S SOO EXPENSIVE! Really organized strange! Deli meats– go check out how dried out they are– piles of shaved drying meats. The produce looks like it’s old… People who work there are nice.

Cart was broken. Quite a few products missing SKU number and would not scan and delayed check-​out. Checkout card machine would not accept my PIN number for my debit card. All around frustrating experience.

There is this Safeway worker girl who’s name is «Carrie». She works up front by the cashier. She’s very nosy. Management needs to tell her to just stick to bagging groceries and not ask such personal questions like «Do you live in an apartment? Do you have a job? Do you have a boyfriend?» The customer in front of me was trying her best to be polite but I knew she was getting upset too. This other customer gave me the look like «wow this b*tch is rude» look. She was doing that «smile and nod» thing to «Carrie». Just bag our stuff and quit being weird, «Carrie». I went to a different line to avoid «Carrie» because I didn’t want her bugging me with private questions too. Weirdo. I’ll go an extra 5 miles to a different Safeway from now on.

On July 8 2014 around 2:00pm I called the Golden Colorado safeway there address is 1701 Jackson St. Golden, CO 80 401. I spoke with a man about ordering a cake for my sons birthday party. I ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, strawberry filing and ask for it to be decorated with Teenage Mutant Turtles. Just the way my son wanted it. The man said he would put the order in and it would be ready for us to pick up on July 12, 2014. We were having his party at Jump Street. The day of the party we called just to make sure it was ready. The lady told us she couldn’t find it and that he never placed the order. This was really upsetting to find out an hour before the party started. We had no choice but to just take the plain one. My son was very disappointed. And this made it very stressful. The cake they gave us tasted horrible. I really hope this doesn’t happen to anyone else. Ill never shop at Safeway again.

There’s a hidden Starbucks in here! Easy walk from campus :).
There’s not much to say about this place. It’s a grocery store after all. They have all the basics like fresh fruit and veggies, frozen food, baking supplies, cooking supplies, a deli, etc. I’ve noticed their meat is a little pricier than King Soopers, but it’s conveniently close to campus.

2012 Review #315: I don’t like Safeway, just in general. Layouts are super weird, prices are really high, selection is really bare. Did I mention the layout is weird? Like, baking supplies and toilet bowl cleaner are in contiguous aisles, but chips are at the extreme end of the strore, on the same aisle as mixer and soda water? I’m pretty sure they have someone with ADHD arrange this store. I mean that with all affection. Prices are always bizarrely high– I tried to buy a medical thermometer, just a basic, under-​the-​tongue kind, and it cost $ 15. At King Soopers it’s $ 5.
However, there is one shining refuge in this Safeway, and it’s the extremely motley crew of cashiers. There’s one gentleman, who happens to have a stutter, who diligently attempts to pronounce my maiden name (I haven’t changed it on my Safeway card) every time I come in. I have a weird maiden name to begin with– most clerks look at it, realize they can’t pronounce it, and call me something completely different. This gesture always strikes me as particularly kind and committed.
And then, there’s Joe. Joe is probably a Mines student, Joe works the night shift. And Joe had the pleasure of seeing my husband and I on two consecutive evenings when, for me, alcohol had been liberally involved. The first night was after my 2^nd degree black belt test, and I hadn’t eaten enough, so we made a run for pizza rolls. We approached the register, it’s around 11 pm and Joe asks how we are. «Oh you know, we’re buying pizza rolls, we gotta keep this party rollin’» says my husband. I laugh, again, I am not of this world at the time, Joe, straight man that he is, just played it cool.
Fast forward to the next night. My black belt test was the day after my birthday, so we waited to celebrate until after my test. We went to Indulge, ate an acceptable meal, I had wine, and wanted birthday cake. So, to Safeway we went to get, as I affectionately call them, «Cake tronches» or, the pre-​sliced pieces of cake they sell for $ 1 – 2 at Safeway. We’re approaching the register and who is there? Our old friend Joe. Once again he asks how we are, and my husband answers «well we bought pizza rolls yesterday, and cake slices today, so clearly the party hasn’t stopped.» Not even this amazing self-​referential humor could break Joe, who maintained his composure/​Mines-​induced-​social-​awkwardness, and he rung us up and sent us on our way. Since then, we haven’t seen Joe, but the take-​home point is sometimes the staff makes all the difference.

This is the only major grocery store in Golden proper, but I would advice everyone to avoid it as much as possible. This is a smaller store than most Safeway’s, and their selection suffers accordingly. They’re prices, while being comparable to other Safeway stores, are higher than King-​Soopers/​Walmart.
However, all of that pails in comparison to my biggest complaint…
No matter what time of the day is, the wait for the checkout lines will always exceed 10 – 15 minutes. They only have a maximum of 3 lines open at any given time and their personnel are some of the slowest I have ever seen. They will take time to personally go get forms/​applications for customers, while they have a massive line waiting. Since this store doesn’t have any self-​checkout lines, there are no way to go quickly by yourself and therefore bypass the frustratingly slow checkers. As a result, I recommend that people only go to Safeway for quick purchases and save your massive trips for a more efficient and better stocked store.

Safeway GOLDEN
I like, but its more for Hubs liking. When we came to this SAFEWAY, Golden location, the first words that came out from Hubs mouth were, Man, they indeed bring up their game aka, the store was indeed kept clean.
I guess the last time we ever came to any SAFEWAY store was like way back in 2005. That was many moons/​years ago.
Since I am unfamiliar with this SAFEWAY, this was what I could recall. On the very RIGHT wing of this store, is where you can find the BREADs, DONUTS department. There is also a STARBUCKS inside this Safeway. On the LEFT Wing of this store, is where you can find the FRUITS and COLD stuffs, like SEAFOOD, MEATS what nots. The rest I cant really recall coz we were in a hurry to get back home. The layout of this SAFEWAY, is slightly «confusing» to me but oh well.
Boy indeed we are glad, to be in this SAFEWAY in case we need stuffs normally grocery items or snacks that we cant get @ King Soopers etc etc. We managed to get what we need for the following morning we need for work etc etc.
Our latest venture to this SAFEWAY Golden, was on a Tuesday Evening of March 27^th 2012. Time was about 21:05hrs ish. Yes they do have good deals on certain items provided you are a CLUB MEMBER. From our last visit to this SAFEWAY, the Store Manager is Sue Alton. The cashier who handle transaction that evening is Linda. All in all a good experience shopping here. Many more visits to this SAFEWAY, Golden if needed.
SAFEWAY GOLDEN LOCATION
1701 Jackson St.
Golden, CO 80 401
Store Phone: (303) 278‑1861
@59/2012

They get pretty surly at closing time, don’t delay or else you’ll get the cold stare-​down! This place is pretty stocked, although the cheddar jalepeno bagels are popular and tend to go pretty quick. I’m a fan, but I guess I’m not the only one. The organic aisle could be a little more impressive, but I don’t spend too much time there anyway. Also, the veggies are a laid out strangely, some are kept in the fridge and others are kept along the wall — where are the peas? Oh, they’re not fresh, they’re bagged. As long as someone is there to help me, I’m fine.
The lady at Starbucks usually judges me because I like super-​sweet drinks, but she’s just a little lady looking out for my young arteries. Cute.