Safeway

The Safeway Deli used to be a good place to pick up a quick lunch, not anymore! I had grilled chicken breast that was tasteless and a packaged green salad which was also tasteless (except maybe for the noticeable MSG derivatives that seemed to be added– very unhealthy) I should have picked up a salad at McDonalds! It would have been fresh and flavorful. No more visits to the Safeway deli for me! If there isn’t an unhealthy level of fats and sodium in the food, it’s tasteless!!!

This is the mother of all Safeways. It’s large, clean, well-​stocked, easily accessible, rarely if at all crowded and, most importantly, situated in rural-​ish Amador County, so the folks our a special brand of country friendly. Despite being just another link in a massive chain, it reminds me of your old-​fashioned grocery store where service and selection were a point of pride.
Safeways in general are my grocery stores of choice. This is mainly because of their Rewards program, which gives you immediate discounts on select items. It also gives you discounts at the pump, and the Safeway gas station here is one of the cheaper station in the county. Throw in the occasional 10 cents off per gallon and you have a super deal on fuel with a full stock of groceries in the back seat.
It may not be a small business (which I always try and support), but it has that small town feel. Come into this Safeway and you’ll feel like you’re getting your money’s worth.

I really only shop here for the gas rewards. Most of the girls are rude to the customers, and quite a few chew and smack gum while working, which I find to be disgusting and unprofessional. The girl I had today «Leann» was extremely rude, rushing all of the customers out, and tossing their groceries around.

The Jackson Safeway does not have a U.S. Bank like most other Safeways!!! So anyone living in Amador County who banks with U.S. Bank has to leave the county to do their banking. They also don’t have a natural foods section. They do have some products and are starting to get organic meats but they are minimal. If you want organic/​grass fed meats and more organic products, go to Raley’s or Nugget in El Dorado Hills. The store is clean and nice but lacks many of the products I shop for. But their sandwiches are still the best!

It would be nice, if just once, someone would come to assist with overflow of people ready to check out. You can hear checkers calling for help, but it NEVER comes. One of the down sides of unions.

I used to love Safeway, as they were cheaper than Raley’s and just as good. They still are a little cheaper, but in the last year or so, they only seem to have 1 checkstand open when I go there. Doesn’t matter what time of day it is (morning, noon, or night), 1 checker! And watch out if it’s the guy who always complains about his back! I’m sick of listening to him. If he is there, I go to a different checkstand (if there is one) or the self-​checkout.
Also, after they moved everything around, I stopped going for awhile, because that, plus the 1 checker problem just pushed me away. I started going to Raleys because they always have a few checkstands open. But Raleys is more expensive. I guess you get what you pay for.
If Safeway would add a little bit more checkers (and one’s that are friendly and don’t complain about everything), I’d probably go more often.

The phone number given is for the pharmacy. The store phone number is 257‑0779. I’m not a regular shopper here, but do buy gas a lot from them. The store is perfectly fine, about the best Safeway I’ve been in so far. Often I go there on Fridays for their weekend specials. The staff is great, I’d say about the best of our local stores in the county, personnel wise.
I don’t like seeing lies told about them, and it is not and never was true that they don’t bag groceries. It sounds like the one star review is actually for another store, so ignore it. It’s just not true.

This used to be my weekly grocery store. Great, friendly employees, great prices. But corporate decisions have ruined all that. The shelves are full of yellow tags offering non-​deals (buy two bags of potato chips to get two free? seriously?), the prices are expensive, there are never enough check stands open, and it’s the only market in town where you are forced to bag your own groceries because corporate decided that baggers cost the company too much. Even the market which caters to the lower income families here offers better service. Almost all of the original employees are gone. Bakery and deli items are tasty. Check stands are chaos. What a shame the home office ruined a store that has been in this town in four different locations for over 50 years. If I could give this store zero stars I would. Probably good for tourists passing through grabbing a deli sandwich and a bottle of wine, but for weekly shoppers any other market in town offers better prices and service. The gas station is also laid out poorly and a total hassle. After shopping at this Safeway, following them as the moved locations to newer stores, for over 20 years, I’m done with them.

Great selection, the prices are higher than other local grocery stores. So that will drive me to Raley’s down the road.
The gas station is always busy, and I am not sure if it’s much cheaper, if any, than the other local gas stations.