) . AND, it has accessible, clean restrooms!
Full Version: Safeway
The Safeway at 14th and D, SE, is looking mighty spiffy after its renovation. I was in there yesterday for the first time in a while, and it has improved substantially. It has quite a noticeable amount of gourmet and organic selections (and a Starbucks, since there aren't enough of them around ) . AND, it has accessible, clean restrooms!
) . AND, it has accessible, clean restrooms!
QUOTE (The Hersch @ Sep 26 2006, 05:39 PM) 
. . . sometimes celery, but I almost never have any celery because I hate buying a large bunch of it and then throwing most of it away. Sometimes I'll buy some chopped celery from a salad bar to avoid that.
Which is one of the FEW good things I have to say about the Safeway on Columbia Road. They have individual spears of celery for sale for a price I don't even know. At least there is no waste.
QUOTE (xcanuck @ Dec 17 2006, 03:23 PM)
...Select, which I believe is Safeway's standard...
Correct. Safeway carries no Prime or Choice meat.
QUOTE (DanielK @ Dec 17 2006, 03:44 PM)
Correct. Safeway carries no Prime or Choice meat.
Maybe not your Safeway. Ours has choice meat sometime, though it's not as good as the choice at our local Giant (which is usually cheaper as well).
QUOTE (jparrott @ Dec 17 2006, 04:27 PM)
Maybe not your Safeway. Ours has choice meat sometime, though it's not as good as the choice at our local Giant (which is usually cheaper as well).
Interesting. The "butcher" at the Safeway near us said that it was a company-wide policy to only carry Select.
Ah.
I thought "Ranchers Reserve" was choice. It may very well be ungraded, like Certified Angus Beef (grading is not required). Of the strip steaks in the case at my local Safeway this week, about 1/2 looked like they had choice-level marbling.
I thought "Ranchers Reserve" was choice. It may very well be ungraded, like Certified Angus Beef (grading is not required). Of the strip steaks in the case at my local Safeway this week, about 1/2 looked like they had choice-level marbling.
The Safeway near Quaker/Braddock/King in Alexandria appears to be giving those who use their Safeway card 15% off all "eligible purchases" between now and the end of April. Why? "As a thank-you to our customers."
What constitutes "eligible purchases", who is eligible for this benefit and if this is happening at all stores, is not exactly clear, but it might be worth looking into. Especially if you want to stock up on King Arthur bread flour!
What constitutes "eligible purchases", who is eligible for this benefit and if this is happening at all stores, is not exactly clear, but it might be worth looking into. Especially if you want to stock up on King Arthur bread flour!
QUOTE (mktye @ Mar 13 2007, 12:15 PM)
The Safeway near Quaker/Braddock/King in Alexandria appears to be giving those who use their Safeway card 15% off all "eligible purchases" between now and the end of April. Why? "As a thank-you to our customers."
What constitutes "eligible purchases", who is eligible for this benefit and if this is happening at all stores, is not exactly clear, but it might be worth looking into. Especially if you want to stock up on King Arthur bread flour!
I guess they could mean that the discount does not apply to stuff like toilet paper, dish soap, tin foil, etc. Otherwise, there is an inference that some of their food is inedible. But how would you be able to tell? What, do you pay full price for the inedible stuff and the stuff you can eat is on sale???? I wonder if it applies to wine and beer?
What constitutes "eligible purchases", who is eligible for this benefit and if this is happening at all stores, is not exactly clear, but it might be worth looking into. Especially if you want to stock up on King Arthur bread flour!
I remember reading an article in BusinessWeek a few months ago about the restructure of the stores. Since then, I've see a complete transformation occur at the one here in Columbia.
QUOTE (Jacques Gastreaux @ Mar 13 2007, 03:02 PM)
I guess they could mean that the discount does not apply to stuff like toilet paper, dish soap, tin foil, etc. Otherwise, there is an inference that some of their food is inedible. But how would you be able to tell? What, do you pay full price for the inedible stuff and the stuff you can eat is on sale???? I wonder if it applies to wine and beer?
The discount did apply to some non-food items I purchased this morning. My suspicion is that alcohol and possibly medicines (maybe just prescription?) are the exceptions.
QUOTE (mhberk @ Mar 13 2007, 03:03 PM)
I remember reading an article in BusinessWeek a few months ago about the restructure of the stores. Since then, I've see a complete transformation occur at the one here in Columbia.
Is that the Safeway near that Afghan grill joint? Jeeezus, the lights in that store are so bright, some of the skinnier people looked like freakin' x-rays.
My pet peeve is the irritating music that they play in the Safeway. To be fair, the music CVS blasts is worse, but I also find the music at Trader Joe's oppressive.
QUOTE (Al Dente @ Mar 13 2007, 04:32 PM)
Is that the Safeway near that Afghan grill joint?
You mean Maiwand Kabob? Man, you REALLY get around, don't you?
QUOTE (mhberk @ Mar 14 2007, 03:26 PM)
You mean Maiwand Kabob? Man, you REALLY get around, don't you?
Yeah, I guess so.
Every night of the week Don Rocks can be found wining and dining at any one of 300 restaurants within a 200 mile radius of DC. Me? I cruise grocery stores.
QUOTE (Pat @ May 27 2008, 06:34 PM)
ALL of the canned mushrooms I checked (both pieces and whole) had a Nov. 2007 date. The cashier said that she would have someone pull them. She was a great cashier. I'm sure the people behind me in line didn't like me very much, though. If I'm eating expired foods, they're coming from my own pantry 
.
Oh, but, no...it gets better. This discussion reminds the woman in front of me of the milk she bought that was bad and turned out to be past its expiration date when she bought it. She still had 1 gallon of unopened expired milk at home, and the cashier (who was really a pro at customer service) encouraged her to bring it back, even without a receipt.
.Oh, but, no...it gets better. This discussion reminds the woman in front of me of the milk she bought that was bad and turned out to be past its expiration date when she bought it. She still had 1 gallon of unopened expired milk at home, and the cashier (who was really a pro at customer service) encouraged her to bring it back, even without a receipt.
This is all-too-familiar based on my experience with the unsafe Safewway. Expired yogurt, milk, rotting produce, missing butchers etc. are what leads us to the new Harris Teeter despite its higher prices. I think I know which check out lady you are talking about - is she the elegant one with the long fancy finger nails who most often is working with the talkative young man who bags groceries? I forget her name right now, but we usually seek out her aisle no matter the length of the line. I'll miss her if nothing else about the Unsafeway.
QUOTE (youngfood @ May 27 2008, 10:25 PM)
This is all-too-familiar based on my experience with the unsafe Safewway. Expired yogurt, milk, rotting produce, missing butchers etc. are what leads us to the new Harris Teeter despite its higher prices. I think I know which check out lady you are talking about - is she the elegant one with the long fancy finger nails who most often is working with the talkative young man who bags groceries? I forget her name right now, but we usually seek out her aisle no matter the length of the line. I'll miss her if nothing else about the Unsafeway.
I know who you're talking about, but this was a different woman. Despite the shortages and expired foods, the quality of service in that Safeway improved a number of years ago--rather suddenly, too. It may have even been a decade ago. I think they changed management then. Prior to that, the service was not only indifferent but could be downright surly. Now the employees are generally pretty helpful and pleasant. That doesn't do much to compensate for things like milk being out of stock or there being shelves of expired food. I point out expired food all too often in that store.
QUOTE (Pat @ May 27 2008, 06:34 PM)
...expiration date of Nov 2007 [at Safeway]...
Same thing happened to me a while back with a six pack of yoghurt. Plus moldy muffins, empty shelves, etc. The place is a mismanaged dump. Long live HT.
I'm surprised no one has commented on the new Safeway downtown. It's your typical Safeway, albeit a nice clean one, but for this neighborhood, it's HUGE. Beyond the fact that we needed a grocery store, I am really enjoying what it's doing in terms of increasing foot traffic on a few blocks that are sometimes a bit desolate.
QUOTE (JLK @ Sep 28 2008, 06:06 PM)
I'm surprised no one has commented on the new Safeway downtown. It's your typical Safeway, albeit a nice clean one, but for this neighborhood, it's HUGE. Beyond the fact that we needed a grocery store, I am really enjoying what it's doing in terms of increasing foot traffic on a few blocks that are sometimes a bit desolate.
I was a fan on my first visit, but not so much anymore. The troubles are more than I feel like listing now, but I will note that the amount of rotten fruit there today was a little extreme. I agree though that the foot traffic is wonderful.
QUOTE (lackadaisi @ Sep 28 2008, 07:42 PM)
I was a fan on my first visit, but not so much anymore. The troubles are more than I feel like listing now, but I will note that the amount of rotten fruit there today was a little extreme. I agree though that the foot traffic is wonderful.
I know it's a Sunday, but somehow that doesn't excuse the utter lack of vegetables (really? no broccoli?) and assortment of rotten ones. However, I do love having a supermarket in the 'hood, even if it means I'm resigned to buy exorbitantly expensive organic eggplant just because there's no conventional available.
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