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July 2025 by Dan Pavloff
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A Glorious Grocery Odyssey: My Review of Safeway”
Let’s take a journey, shall we?
The year is 1915. World War I is raging, silent films are all the rage, and a visionary named M.B. Skaggs buys his father’s tiny Idaho grocery store with a dream: to offer fair prices and “a safe way” to shop. Thus, the seeds of the Safeway empire are planted in potato-stained soil.
By 1926, the company’s name officially becomes Safeway, because it allowed customers to pay with cash instead of credit — which back then was a financial trapdoor for families. M.B. was basically the Dave Ramsey of the Great Depression, but with more canned peaches.
Over the decades, Safeway grew faster than a teenager left alone with a pizza. Mergers, acquisitions, corporate drama… At one point, they were in Australia, Canada, and the UK. It was like the Marvel Cinematic Universe of mayonnaise and deli meats.
Fast-forward to today:
Safeway is now owned by Albertsons, which is owned by Cerberus Capital, which might be owned by a hedge fund run by an evil spreadsheet with a soul patch. Whatever. They still got deals.
Now let’s talk about the actual shopping experience.
The produce section? Glorious. Like a farmer’s market had a baby with a lighting designer. I’ve seen avocados here that made me weep. The floral department smells like a prom night prayer. The bakery? Don’t even get me started. Their donuts flirt with you from across the aisle like, “Hey, big spender. You up?”
Employees are a mixed bag of saints, seasonal hires, and caffeine-fueled shelf ninjas. One guy gave me a sample of cheese that changed my worldview. Another accidentally called me “mom,” and honestly, it felt right.
Self-checkout? It’s a gamble. You either glide through like a tech-savvy god or get stuck in a beep-loop from hell while Karen behind you breathes louder than a leaf blower.
Prices? Reasonable if you’re armed with a Safeway Club Card, a coupon, a digital app, your astrological chart, and maybe a seance. Without all that? You’re paying $6.99 for cereal like it’s 1994 again.
In conclusion:
Safeway has come a long way from its humble Idaho roots. It’s a place where you can buy broccoli, a birthday balloon, and existential dread all in one fluorescent-lit aisle.
Would I return?
Absolutely.
Would I recommend it?
Only to those brave enough to walk among the rotisserie chickens and feel something. 🐓✨
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June 2025 by Peter Hope
The other Safeways were out of this particular product that I wanted
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June 2025 by Elena lamphear
I found my fresh flowers 🌸🌹🌹
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June 2025 by Bria Knighton
The staff is great. However, you can feel a presence of disdain, or unlike - as if they do not like where they work. A lot of staff can be unprofessional, and each time I buy fruit or vegetables there, they are either expired or spoiled at the bottom of the container. They definitely need somebody to keep an eye on the food quality here
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July 2024 by M Mayo
I was happy they were open on holiday for last minute stuff, and folks were really nice!
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July 2024 by gorreoncillo Beltran leiva
Excellent service very good product
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July 2024 by darilyn merrill
Came to this Safeway for the first time because I was out this way and I had my baby in my arms and a bag full of groceries on my shoulder. While checking out, still holding my baby, this young worker named Dyson (I asked his name) ran up to help me bag the groceries without a hesitation. It was so sweet and made me feel really cared for!
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July 2024 by Rafael Galvez
Excellent
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July 2024 by Brea King
The girl with the long colorful braid that works in the deli has very poor customer service
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June 2024 by Juan Najera
I went to get a birthday cake no body was at the bakery department to help l asked a couple employees to get some help after 35 minutes and several times to ask for someone to help
I was able to get the cake the worst costumer service
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June 2024 by Tynan Tynan
Good selection, good produce! Great customer service at them Self Check out - thx for the help!
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May 2024 by J Chapman
Always friendly and I shop early so everything is in stock
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May 2024 by Terry Radenbaugh
Gaps on the shelves where they are out of stock on several items. The self-service registers are closed, they have one person trying to check people out and the line wraps all the way back to the back of the store and around the edge. After standing in line for over 20 minutes, they finally call for another person to come up and help. As soon as they get there they immediately call for someone else realizing how bad it was. It should not have taken that long or for the line to get that long before they took some kind of action. With the self-service registers closed they should have had more regular registers open with the self-service registers closed they should have had more regular registers open. Even the little in-store coffee shop had three or four people staffing it, but only one person staffing. All those registers was ridiculous.
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April 2024 by Steven Huntley
Patrick as a store, Director is complete trash. And his ASD Heather is worthless.
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April 2024 by Ari
I went in to redeem my birthday drink at the Starbucks located inside this Safeway, but encountered the rudest employee. Absolutely no customer service skills - unpleasant from the second I got to the counter - and she immediately forgot what my order was after taking it.
