Safeway

I have traded at this store often and here are my observations, first off I’m a carnivore and the meat quality at Safeway is not great, they supposedly have upgraded from select to choice cut of meat but I’m not buying it, just had a ribeye and its was tough and chewy, Safeway is not the place to buy steak, try whole foods, AJ’s or hobie meats, yes it’s more money but it is WORTH IT. beer selection here Sucks, if u want coors light ur good otherwise move on. Grab and go selection of foods are typical. You will always wait to check out and brands are very limited. Safeway is a monster size company and they have a one size fits all philosophy. This specific store is not manage well and falls below even other Safeway I have shopped at. It’s too bad but it is what it is.

I really like this location. Feels «high end’ but the prices are decent. In a nice area. shelves are always stocked. Meat dept. Is very good. Bakery is good also. have had a few cakes from here. very fresh. and the bagels are GREAT.

We love our Safeway. It is small, but big enough for all the items we need. It is a little more expensive than Walmart, but Walmart is a gross pool of filth.

Close to home and filled with most of the groceries I want and need. Prices are a little higher than other markets (*coughwalmartcough*), but I’d rather frequent an establishment that treats its employees well. Those employees are generally happier than the ones working in those «other markets» and are pretty friendly and helpful. This Safeway is clean, bright, and boasts an impressive Starbucks café area, but I do wish that they would stock a little more ‘vegan’ items, like soft/​silken tofu. However, seeing as that is probably not a high-​demand item in this neighborhood, I will have to snag that elsewhere (*coughWholePaycheckcough*). Great neighborhood grocery that I am happy to visit anytime!

Safeway may be on the expensive side of grocery stores but I’ve been shopping here for years. This particular Safeway’s produce department is not the best! So if you’re looking for good produce head off to Sprouts.
Other than that the deli department is good and I really like the floral department as well. Some of the cashiers really crack me up and normally it’s pretty good experience with those guys.
I am an anti-​bag person and I think it confuses the cashiers and baggers. If I forget my bags in the car I typically just want to put everything back into the cart so that I can use my bags that are inconveniently in the car. So that typically generate some pretty funny looks but they have good humor about it!
If you ever need to return something customer service is very friendly and helpful which is nice. Overall a good Safeway.

We shop at all three chains in the area but like Safeway for our main source for groceries. Yes, Frys and Walmart have good prices on some stuff but it is always a zoo in the parking lots and like swimming upstream in the isles so we like the deals, discounts, and offers that we get from Safeway that help offset the price of goods today. I like the 4x gift card gas rewards. I’ll buy a couple $ 100 of home depot cards, Applebees, and other places I visit for service as it saves us money with gas rewards.
The flower dept is excellent as my son bought a bunch for his wifes graduation from nursing school that were spectacular and I asked where did you get them, Safeway.
I truly like the meat over all others especially the ground beef.
Also, trying to get away from cola we have been buying Safeways refresh soda flavored waters. They have a bit of flavors and lots of fun in the mouth with NO CALORIES. We do the online discounts and seems we get free items that are being offered to get one to try them which is OK with us. Free is good. Last was a Cliffs natural bar. a buck is a buck.

Pregnancy craving! Did you know water has a taste? It does when you’re pregnant, and suddenly find the taste of water repulsive at night! Hahaha…
Safeway brand tonic water is the ONLY place I can find tonic water in a 6-​pack soda cans (yellow). Not a mini hyper expensive glass bottle or a larger plastic container that would take me too long to finish. In main Europe, I always enjoyed water with gas. in Spain, in particular tonic water. this replaced ginger ale on airplanes and on ice at home (my non alcoholic beverage of choice. smirk).

I love this store! Most Safeway locations are always great but this location stands out. The staff is friendly and helpful. The store is very clean especially in the produce and meat area. I hate shopping at Walmart and I make the drive across the freeway to shop here for groceries. I’m the kinda guy willing to pay more for better service, quick checkouts and friendly staff. Lately, the store has had some very great specials and most times their sales beat other store’s ads. I can get what I need and still only spend around $ 20. I had to praise this store for it’s friendliness, cleanness and that small town grocery store feeling. The staff remembers its customers and that just adds a nice touch to every shopping experience. Thank you Safeway for your commitment to your customers and always providing the best experience.

Great Safeway!
This store is always clean, the staff is very customer service oriented, and well trained. If I ever have a question about a product the employee will actually walk with me to get the product, and then ask if I need anything else, with a smile and great attitude. I always get greeted with smiles from the cashiers and always ask if I need help to my car. This store is ran very well, and it reflects on the Management, Good Job Management you really know how to maintain good customer service, as well as quality of Service! A++ Job!!!

What can I say? They always have what I need and their birthday cakes always come out beautiful. Everything I need in a grocery store.

I’m over you Safeway. You’re fired.
You were great until you started the Just 4 U (JFU), then I noticed my receipts.
Enticing me by your «get the Friday $ 5 special all weekend», only to notice later on that you screwed me over and charged me full price.
You owe me over $ 12, and that’s just from what I noticed from the last 3 trips.
I should have known JFU really stands for Just F%cked Up, or Just F%cked U.

This Safeway is clean. The staff is hit or miss. The items are expensive. My favorite thing about this store is that it sells large bins of basil that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Really, I can’t get enough basil.

This Safeway sucks! There is never any product on the shelf. When I go to other Safeways there is plenty of the Open Nature products and so much more variety.

Im a regular at the Deli and the Starbucks counter! Its a friendly store and the million times I have been there, I will give it a 5 star everytime. I love the buffalo chicken pasta salad, the broccoli salad and there is never a line at the Starbucks counter! A perfect experience everytime at Safeway.

We had been shopping at This location for over 2 years.
We have seen this Safeway as good as some in Mesa/​Tempe we use to live by and were surprised at the poor customer service, or even fair to say customer satisfaction. We were spending on average $ 370 every two weeks there. We now shop at the Fry’s up the road. Very friendly, better products, quick in and out, newly remodeled, and to top it off our bill was only $ 279!!!
Nathan the manager of Safeway was polite, and kind when we had an issue with his customer service representative and a specific sale item. For the last 3 months we have had issues with sale items being the wrong price, in the wrong spot, labeled wrong, cashiers who ring to fast and not correctly, an extra trip to customer service, and to top that off crushed eggs, bread, and broken waters from slamming them in the cart.
I would avoid this location. If our money wasn’t worth the customer service, neither will yours. Shop local, every .43 cents to the dollar stays in AZ, Safeway, .15 stays local.
Never shopping at a Safeway again!

I love this Safeway! It has the friendliest staff and it’s very clean. They have a great mini Starbucks. This is by far my favorite Starbucks. I will actually drive out of my way to stop here for the fast friendly service. The have the best staff there too! They know my drink and as soon as they see me, they start working on it.

So i will soon be moving to the east part of town, so i am learning the stores that will be close by. This Safeway is a good one. Clean, neat, and orderly! Lots of parking in the lot. Baskets are abundant which is a good thing. I could quickly find everything i needed this day and love the bakery with all its lovely goodies. I will be back!

Clean, well-​stocked grocery store with friendly staff.
Kudos to the deli department. I was doing some shopping and noticed that today was a $ 5 roasted turkey breast Friday. Since it was only 9am I was doubtful that any would be ready. Indeed it would be about another hour before the fresh ones would be ready, but they had the foresight to have put some extras on the evening before and had some chilled ones ready to take home in case customers came in before the roasting ones were ready. I noticed two other customers doing the same thing in taking the cold ones home.
Now contrast this is to my visit to Albertson’s the day before. I arrived at their deli at 10am for a roasted turkey special and was told that none would be ready before 11am and obviously they did not have the foresight to have some cold ones ready to go.
Keep up the good work Safeway.

(For the Floral dept) Let me preface this review by saying that the quality of the flowers I got from here for my wedding was not only amazing, but so ridiculously affordable. We paid a little over $ 300 for somthing that wouldve been easily over $ 700 at a conventional florist. The 5 stars is for that and the regional mgr Tara specifically.
We had some trouble w/​Leslie the floral mgr. She acted very unprofessional in several different ways. Stress is the last thing a bride needs, especially the week of her wedding. She was the majority of my stress. No stars for her.
Tara on the other hand, was contacted about the problems we were having and was the most gracious, helpful person ever. She personally constructed all my bouquets and centerpieces and delivered them to my venue for me. They were more beautiful than i couldve imagined and she was an absolute doll.
Normally, Safeway does not deliver. She went above and beyond.

Very friendly and attentive employees. I was helped multiple times without asking. Thanks!
–Update 5÷25÷2011: I am very pleased by how pleasant the store manager is (Mr. Ebel) –and by how he goes out of his way to help me. I really like shopping here!