Safeway

Of the many supermarkets in the small town, Safeway has the BEST staff by far, produce department offers many choices organic and poisoned/​GMO (and cheaper than the «designer markets» –Community Market, Whole Foods, and Pacific Market. Fircrest is out of town and expensive but nice produce. Meat dept– Safeway cheaper than all, for the most part, although Luckys is better. I am an aged foodie on a budget, and retired from dealing with the public, so I also value the human experience, and here Safeway really has it over the others. Also, the parking lot IS for Safeway but many other stores benefit from its comparative amplitude, and they allow fundraisers /​petition signers on site… Deli better than Luckys but not as good as the others but not pricey. Open 24 hours. I am a foodie senior on a budget

Omg do not shop here they have a huge rat problem witch is not safe for consumers iv seen them they run around the deli back room and. Produce so think twice before shopping here

Good little shopping area, with a Whole Foods down & across the street. Really tough parking lot to pull out of during busy traffic times. Might have to throw some hand grenades to make a left turn.
Employees were friendly and helpful. Contains typical Safeway grocery items. Really the most economical place to grocery shop in Sebastopol.
Using their rewards card is a must for better prices. Also, recently used my rewards card at the pump the other day and saved 20¢ a gallon… Whaaaat! That made my day, especially since gas prices are already down. Thank you North Dakota & thank you Safeway.

Lousy! Out of 4 items I normally purchase. Every single time I shop at this Safeway they are out of something! I ‘ll find another store!

This review mainly reflects upon the deli. I’ve found other parts of the store to be perfectly adequate.
Don’t order a sandwich from this location; the deli workers have apparently never made one before. They screw up things I didn’t even know it was possible to screw up and their ingredients are totally sub-​standard. The lettuce was completely wilted and the dutch crunch was soft and mealy; it had obviously been left in the open air for quite some time.
They also refuse to ring you up or provide a cup for water and instead send you over to Starbucks for both these things, where you’re forced to wait in yet another line.

I get a kick out of the reviews of those from much bigger towns complaining about the selection, lack of a huge beer isle or crappy parking. It’s a small town and this store has been here since it was a TINY town. I know because I have been here for decades myself. If you want a certain beer for your trip maybe you should buy it before you head out. Just saying. I shop here because it has the things I need, it’s been local for as long as I can remember and I have never been treated rude. Then again I haven’t been rude to them which sometimes plays into things. Been shopping here since the seventies and have never had a problem personally. But I’m betting there isn’t a store in the world that has made every customer happy. Four markets in our town now and I’ll stay here.

not so many beers available here, wines aplenty. typical safeway.
drink: «Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout:» 3.99 w/​card.
–ale brewed with coffee (8.9% alc)
2 fave drinks in one! beer & coffee.
4 stars for potency.
on draught:
–always looking for the fastest checkout lane.

I love our Safeway. I use the just for u and I love getting the extra discounts.
We have three grocery stores in town. Whole foods is great for some things, cheese, vitamins, stuff you can’t find at the other two. Lucky Market… I like the checkers, but I find it more expensive and harder to find what you need…
Safeway has great flowers, good produce – including my fav gourmet mushrooms, fresh bread, a decent deli and better prices than both other stores.
My kids used to order the best deli sandwich I have ever had. I think it is called the heart attack (invented by Analy football players so no other Safeway knows what it is). Chicken strips, onion rings, bbq sauce and I think bacon and cheese on a roll… Heart Attack – aptly named but YUM!

Typical Safeway but good marks for sweet and helpful deli and bakery ladies. Also ’cause it’s like the only affordable source of food in Sebastopol except for the McDonalds and Subway they have hidden at the south end of town.
The restroom situation at this one blows my mind, you actually go back through the stock area with all the inventory lying around. I mean, they have security cameras back there, but it’s still a level of trust that you’d never see in most of the cities that I spend time in.

Not a big fan. Heading out for crabin out at bodega. Stopped in here for morning coffee and bait. The Starbucks girls need to be more customer service trained, they didn’t have anything out or stocked both times I went and I asked for my drink w everything added and she asked me if I wanted to add it my self. I said sure and then they had nothing out. Not very friendly and Santa Rosa hopper Starbucks is amazing compared to this place

This Safeway is generally pretty busy at lunch time and dinner, so avoid avoid avoid! I always go in the later evenings or early mornings just to make it less stressful on myself.
The produce at Safeway is less than stellar. I do grab stuff here, but It’s not top grade, so keep that in mind. They do however have awesome sales on pasta goods, and other dry/​canned items. In general keep your eyes out for good sales with your club card.
Service here is pretty good. I’ve never had horrible service, but some checkers are on the grumpy side. Oh well, working at Safeway sucks (I used to work there years ago!)

If you want to wait in line for 10 minutes EVERY time you come in, have discourteous cashiers who do nothing but talk to each other, and end up at home with expired product (by 3 years!!) then shop here! The produce guy and customer service manager are always friendly, but that’s about the only good thing about this Safeway. The woman in the deli is always yelling and barking orders (last time I got a sandwich was when the High School kids got out and she yells through me «buy something or get OUT of here!!») Glad there are other places to shop in Sebastopol!

So the fourth of July weekend my friends and I headed to Sebastopol to a camp. Its a nice, decent, and quiet lil town. We made a stop at this Safeway to buy water and snacks for our camp stay!
We bought sodas, cheese, fruits, water and CHIPS!
As I was getting ready to pay the nice cashier told me and my girls (about 7 girls aged 16 – 25) that we had to buy the same size and same brand of chips to get the discount on the Safeway card… mind you these are girls overly excited to be away for the weekend with their friends, and they couldnt hear her because of their own noise and excitment they grabbed another bag of chips, when the cashier had to repeat herself… BUT THIS IS WHERE IT GETS UGLY… the BAG BOY or BAG MAN, «WHISPERED» to the cashier…“they don’t speak English”…to what I replied…“Excuse me… what did you just say? …we do speak English” …his name is MARQUIST or MARKIQUIST OR something closed to the grapefruit soda SQUIRT!!!
to which he replied…“ohh…I am talking about something else…“
really! really? sure, at least have the guts to tell me you are racist even though you are also a MINORITY in the US… well lucky him I wasn’t in a bad mood, I also had to be an example to my friends and not lower myself to the his level to tell him off plus we were in a rush that I didn’t have time to complaint to the manager…
the one thing I did like about this Safeway is that they do not discriminate against, disabled people and they have MarSquirt working here!
Would I like him to be fired??? NO never… he should maybe learn a thing or two about respecting other minorities!!! Don’t become an oppressor after been oppressed!!!
Would I stop at this Safeway again??? NO I WON’T ! and maybe he should visit the city and he will notice how diverse it is!!!

I work and live in Sebastopol. therefore I shop regularly at Safeway. that is great clerks at check out know me they are always freindly. however the DELI is awful. slower than slow staffing is a huge issue at lunch time hello people when its lunch time you should have more than one person making sandwiches… they are usually so gloomy they rarely ever say a word. team building might be helpful! wont ever go there (deli) again to bad.

Earlier this week I spoke on the telephone with a woman in the floral department who assured me that they can make red rose bridal bouquets, no problem. «Oh yes, they range in price from $ 50 on up, we could certainly do that, not a problem…» Very sweet & helpful.
She doesn’t work Fridays though, and that’s when I went in to take a look.
The two working there said that they will be too busy this summer to do a bridal bouquet. They told me to go to a slower Safeway, maybe Guernville. I left, got into my car and then thought. hmm… maybe they thought I meant something other than what I just said (one bridal bouquet)
So, I went back in to make sure that they understand I’m NOT talking about boutonnière, corsages, bridal party bouquets, table flowers AND a bridal bouquet, but that what I am really talking about is 2 – 3 dozen red roses tied together with ribbon. I stress how low-​key I am about this and how I really do just want something simple…
OH! Yes, we can do that. In the summer we have all flowers here because we get everything from South America. But we’re not guaranteeing that we will have dark roses just…“here!!” And we’re NOT special ordering you anything because it WON’T be worth it to us. Your order is too small. It’s just not worth it.
What the hell?

Maybe it says something about me, but this safeway is too NICE for me. I felt under dressed. The produce looked so good and their freezer section is beautifully displayed making the ben’n’jerrys choosing situation all the harder. and everyone working there seemed so nice, but that’s sebastopol feel in general.