Safeway

I have always had a great experience with Safeway in La Plata, until I went to the Bakery department. My first run in involved having a cake made for my son’s birthday. They didn’t have many selections for cupcake cakes (for kids) and I asked if they would be able to add characters to the cake to make it look a little better and they told me no (they couldn’t do it)…the baker could only do what was exactly on the page (so no creativity). So I said fine… they just did a plain cake in a shape and added happy birthday… they also didn’t let me change the colors…
Once I received the cake it looked exactly the way it did in the picture (which was fine) and the cup cakes were stale. I know they freeze the cakes but the cupcakes were very stale (maybe left in the freezer for a long time?)
My second run in was again finding a birthay cake and I first went to Giant becuase I knew that I was not happy with Safeway and I couldn’t find any cupcake cakes (they were all valentines cakes) so I decided to run back to Safeway and give them a second try (maybe it was a fluke). So I went there and saw plain cakes with bordering and I asked someone if I would be able to get the characters so I could put them on and I was told no… the baker doesn’t like doing that and they didn’t write on it… I was so upset I just left. So unfortunetly it will take me a while to go back to safeway… I am sad that the bakery has swayed my decision from going there for groceries.

This is a great supermarket.
I work close by and go regularly for their salad bar and fresh made sandwiches. Salad is fresh and sandwiches are fantastic.
The groceries are great. Nice selection. Produce is always fresh and I think they have everything.
If you’re not a Safeway Club member, you’ll pay a lot. Membership is free.