Safeway

Don’t have any expectations above getting what’s on the shelves and you will be fine. Checkers are quick. No phone customer service (ever – don’t even try).

I’ve shopped at this Safeway store several times now. I find it really disorganized – bottled water is nowhere near the juices or soft drinks, it’s near the wines. Still haven’t found where the water enhancers are (Mio, Skinny Girl, etc.). I spend more time backtracking trying to find stuff. I am totally unimpressed with their meat department. They have some of their organic produce against one wall but other organic stuff in other places – they should central ize all the organic produce so you don’t have to keep running back and forth trying to find what you want. The check out people are ok, there is NEVER a bagger so I bag my own stuff and they check out person stands there getting irritated because I can’t simultaneously pay them. I am going to stop shopping here unless I can’t get to the Market-​Church street store.

For the third day in a row today I sat in the parking lot with half a dozen other cars waiting for a space and finally gave up. The store has a nice selection of products and I’ve always liked the staff, but the inability to be able to find parking has become ridiculous. Not sure what they were thinking when they built this store a few years ago and thought this tiny parking lot would suffice. The two adjoining blocks are also parked bumper-​to-​bumper. There are two entrances/​exits to this store, which means you can wait for a space for twenty minutes and then someone enters the lot from the other side and immediately grabs the first open space. I drove to the LaPlaya store after giving up this afternoon and found parking without a problem. I’m slowly weaning off Safeway… Trader Joes is a much better deal and there’s also a Grocery Outlet on Geary that has a great selection of organic fruit and vegetables at bargain prices.

This Safeway is nothing above average, but it is what I expect from a Safeway and grocery store!
The good: They have a free parking lots (not to be taken for granted…) and they are generally quite well stocked on both packaged foods and produce. I’ve found the meat and produce to be fresh and ripe here as well. The employees are generally friendly and happy to help when possible. Most of the checkers are quick and don’t waste your time.
The «wish was better»: There is no actual bakery at this location, which I understand because it’s smaller and in the city, but still wish it was there! (they do have bagels and bread shipped in however). There is quite often solicitors outside the front door which is a little uncomfortable at times. They don’t have self-​checkout, which I think would really help the flow of traffic.
Overall: I think this location meets expectations and doesn’t lack in products. I always love Safeway compared to other markets because of the sales and this is my local go-​to market!
Tip: They have ‘card savings’, but don’t forget to pick up the coupon-​ad at the entrance because there are coupons in there that aren’t always advertised at the shelf that can save some $$$.

Newly updated neighborhood Safeway. Nothing special but they have very good produce and the staff are very friendly.

This was an average Safeway. Finding it was difficult at night just because I was unfamiliar with the directions in San Francisco (I’m from San Jose).
I originally came here to rent something from RedBox. Luckily, there was no lines for the RedBox because every time I rent something, there were lines and usually had to wait about 10 – 15 minutes. No problems here, thankfully.

I’m echoing all the complaints about the small parking lot that’s used as a docking station for people going to the park and the unnecessarily LONG lines that move slower than continental drift. …Not trying to be redundant, just showing the weight of the issue. This is a poorly managed Safeway. There are never enough checkers. Ever. If you amble in around 4AM on a Tuesday morning, you will wait and have to endure Phil Collins’ Sussudio one more time. Paying is a «suggestion» for any ParkPeople and their herds of Pit Bull mixes, and they take goods with impunity.
Do NOT buy the produce here, especially the berries, they will rot by the time you unlock the car door. The fruit must be from Southern California by way of Montana. I know what you’re thinking, your humble narrator has experienced a smattering of bad experiences at Dante’s Safeway, but it is not true. I live around the corner. It’s getting hard to go there. My goodness– it could all be so easy.
This location must the the genital wart of the entire Safeway corporation. That’s a bit harsh. I don’t care. At least the checkers understand that customers are empathetic; they don’t make the schedule.

There needs to be more check stands or even a self checkout. I guess I went around the busiest time but there was only one check stand for 15 items or less and it went all the way almost to the produce area. It was ridiculous!

The people that work here are among the nicest even though it seems like this place is always under staffed. Rarely has enough registers open and there’s no self checkout.
The selection is not that great. If you need anything remotely out of the ordinary, you should probably go elsewhere. For example, only has *green* lentils, and only sometimes. Only has super ultra pasteurized cream. No cocoa powder. No Tzatziki sauce. Sometimes they’ll randomly be out of cilantro or jalapeño.
If you drive there’s a dedicated parking lot always with plenty of vacancies.

I wanted to give a 5 star to this place because food is always fresh and we’ll organized. People are nice and I never had a complaint when I came to do my grocery shopping here. But today I had the unfortunate oportunity to see one of the managers mistreat his employees. I saw this man, with blue shirt (which I assume was the supervisor or manager because he was the only one dressed differently from all the other cash registers) yelled at the cashier, an old lady who was helping us, and told her to speed it up in front of all the costumers. Then he yelled at a girl who I think was the person who helps costumers pack their groceries. It made me feel so uncomfortable and bad for the people working there.
the lines got pretty long and there were only two cash registers open. This is not an employee failure. This is a management failure.
Managers of this particular Safeway:
First, don’t disrespect your employees; and second, hire more cashiers!

Went into the store at around 4 pm. Deli counter had some nice looking onion rings that I thought might go nicely with my steak.
The Asian lady behind the counter said, maybe no, they’re not fresh, and gave me a sample to try.
The onion rings were as hard as nails. I s aid ok, I’ll leave it, she said, «if you have more shopping to do, I can have fresh onion rings in 4 minutes.
She made my day, she didn’t say sorry were out, she said I’ll have fresh ones in four minutes
And all this great service with a smile.

This store has made a MAJOR turnaround. Items are in stock at the end of the day, lines are way shorter (only 2 people in front of me at Express!), and the employees are much friendlier. You finally got 5 stars out of me, Safeway at 7^th and Cabrillo!

It’s very convenient to get what you want. So many products you can choose. Good place !

Head and shoulders better than Diamond Heights or Market/​Church. Both of
these stores have criminal employees and lots of shop-​lifting. Stick with
7^th/​Cabrillo.

I usually like this store but today rubbed me the wrong way. When I walked in there was some kind of alarm going off but no one seemed to care. In the produce section I couldn’t even think with the alarm ringing and two employees «stocking» or what they thought was stocking the fruits. As the other employee talked with her mouth full eating and talking extremely loud in another language, it seemed like they were screaming, just a very unpleasant experience. They came off as rude and uninviting. No I did not get the grapes I came for as they were hovering over them not caring about shoppers that needed to get to the produce. The normal stocking guys usually say hi and make sure I have found what I needed. Where did these rude talking with their mouth full employees come from!??

The service here is great. My questions get answered whether it’s the answer I was expecting or not. The staff is always polite.
It’s a smaller Safeway than the one I usually go to. Often times, they don’t have advertise products. That’s ok. They do offer rainchecks when available.
I must go at the right times. There’s never more than two or three people ahead of me at check out. It’s the parking lot that drives me nuts! LOL

It doesn’t matter what time you go here, there is always a line. Usually after 10 pm, there’s only 1 checkout line and the rest of the staff just looks at you and walks around. Do they every open another register? Nope.
There’s also no «self-​checkout» line. The quality of the fruits and vegetables are poor. Just a poorly managed Safeway.

As all my Unilocaly friends know, I’m a Lucky Grocery store loyalist. But if I must go to Safeway, I’ll make an exception for the Safeway in Inner Richmond on 7^th Avenue.
[Other Safeway locations such as Webster, Church or Potrero Center make me crazy with their dirty stores, horribly indifferent service, lack of carts, awful/​limp produce, smoky entrances and strange and sometimes shady looking people hanging around their entrances].
But the Inner Richmond Safeway is different. Why?
This particular Safeway, although on the smaller side, is very clean. The staff is friendly and helpful and I always see a manager floating through and helping customers and employees with merchandising and re-​stocking. I used to patronize this Safeway a lot when it opened down the street from my then-toddler’s daycare. It was good then and it’s even better now.
At this Safeway, you’ll find a wider array of produce, from enoki and oyster mushrooms to inexpensive and very fresh bok choy.
Its location in the Inner Richmond means they have merchandise that’s appealing to the Asian community so I always find something new and interesting. I like that they cater to the neighborhood and their selection reflects that — very nice.
And I’ve gotta admit, Safeway does have some screamin’ deals like constant sales on Ciobani and Yoplait yogurt which my little boy ploughs through at an alarming rate of at least 3 a day.
And I like the pop of $ 5 off my Just for U deals and other discounts you can pull up on their app.
Yes, I’ll always prefer Lucky but in a pinch, I’ll hit this Safeway pretty happily.

Highlights:
— Thank goodness I have this Safeway in my hood to allow me to stock up on goods that I can’t find at nearby local produce markets.
— It’s the perfect spot to pick up some picnic items or drinks whenever I am headed to the park across the street.
— It’s not the biggest, but it carries just the right amount of everything: Deli, Bakery items, Poultry, Fish, Pharmacy, Flowers, etc. to allow me to not have to make multiple trips to other markets.
Improvements:
— No on site bakery, so I am not sure how fresh items are and forget about customizing your cakes?
— Things do run out, since this is the only Safeway within the area and they don’t have much space for too much stuff.
— Parking can be a pain. There is a lot, but during peak hours you’ll need to depend on your luck that day.
Tip: They have a Red Box for movies and opened 24 hours!

Simply put, this Safeway gets the job done, but it’s not perfect. Some good things about this grocery store:
— It’s open ²⁴⁄₇.
— It’s compact, well organized, and well lit.
— It has a free parking lot.
A lot of customers make valid complaints about the parking lot. It’s small and so are the spaces. My only advice is to go during a non-​peak time. At least it has a free parking lot, which is rare in San Francisco. The parking lot has adequate lighting when it’s dark, so you should feel safe if you need to make a run in the middle of the night.
Product pricing is OK. It’d be nice if they had more cashiers so they could open up more lanes.