Safeway Food & Drug

the deli chicken poisoned me twice and tweekers hang out there

This place shouldn’t even get one star. After needing to return my 10^th expired food item in less than a month this store has lost my business. I bought a premade lasagna on Sunday afternoon. Tuesday night I opened it up to have for dinner and found it full of mold. Checked the expiration date and yup sure enough, expired 17 days ago. That wasn’t enough I brought it back to the store for a refund and the lady who gave me the refund said, and I quote «we can’t possibly look at all the expiration dates». Really? You are a grocery store, this is what you do! To but molding food and curdled milk is NOT acceptable. And quite frankly the clerks remarks is unacceptable.

Western union and check cashing people are completely incompetent! No one knows what they are doing wasted a hour of my day, to leave with a un-​cashed check.

Ok, so the store itself is fine. The produce is usually very good. The staff are friendly. The meat is ok, the selection/​inventory is average for a small town grocery, and the fish is below average.
Unless you have a very large family, Safeway would like you to shop elsewhere, or die, or whatever… just don’t come here. They jack the price on many items to be completely uncompetitive, then have a «sale» to bring the prices down to normal, but ONLY if you buy a crazy quantity. It’s really madenning. Some recent examples:
— 4 lbs of saltine crackers
— 10 liters of Pepsi
— 6 cans of chili
–4 lbs of pasta
— 2 gal of milk
— 2 loaves of bread
And the list goes on. Who in their right mind would buy four pounds of crackers at once???

I get breakfast burritos here sometimes and every time I go in there the people behind the deli seem so «put out» to make a burrito. I also think it’s nasty that they put the sticker that goes on the burrito on their shirt. All I can think is dry scalp dandruff that landed on their dirty shirt they pulled outta the laundry cause they didn’t have time to wash it.

I agree with some of the other reviews, Safeway is overpriced, even with the STUPID CLUB CARD, what a JOKE! If I buy something from there even if it’s a couple of dollars, I take it back, even fruit. Don’t even mention their crappy flowers that are old, I’ve finally convinced my husband not to waste our money on those flowers, they wrap up old ones with new ones, then put pretty paper around them to make the bunch look fresh, pretty sneaky.

Love their deli sandwiches and sides. Great deal, fresh and delicious. I always recommend friends to stop by the deli counter for the best sandwiches in town. Not to mention very friendly customer service.

Friendly employees.
Understaffed.
Outrageously overpriced.
Very disappointing steaks and produce, espeically considering the outrageous pricing.
This week was the last straw.
I thought paying more to save a few dollars in gas would even out. Wrong. 80 bucks, after discount card, for stuff I could have gotten for 50 bucks down the hill.
Trust me, an avid shopper, I know my prices.
I’m really pretty pissed off with the steaks and produce on my last two trips.
And they had 18 count eggs on sale… all out… except for a bunch of open containers full of broken eggs. A mess.
If you are going to charge high prices you better offer a high end experience.
No more, no matter how much I don’t feel like driving.

We swore to never go back to the one in Placerville and haven’t been there in a couple years at least. I went to the one up here just now to pick up just a few things to make a salad tonight. Stand in line for quite awhile and a lady gets in line behind me. A Clerk comes and opens another Check Stand and takes her. Stand in line for awhile more. Finally get up there. The Clerk bags every body’s Groceries but mine. The produce seems to be half rotten all the time. What happened to good courteous customer service???

I generally keep my distance from Safeways due to some issues working there a few years back and knowing what a horrible company it is. However, that said, I love this little store in Pollock. Its a second home location, so I only hit it up when in town. Always friendly, stocked well. Safeway is always higher priced than other stores but occasionally have some deals. Great place to shop if you need a few items.

Honestly? I didn’t spend that much time here to tell whether these peeps are always on their best behavior; but I can tell you that the sandwich I got was ROCKIN’ and the employee that made it had a pretty good sense of humor.
=]

Always under staffed ! Very irritating

A good pit stop on the drive to Tahoe, we came in for a quick beverage and cash stop — and raved at the store’s cleanliness and wonderfully friendly employees! Folks living nearby have a great store for all the grocery needs. :)

nice store… always helpful… nice selection of food

It’s your average Safeway.

The service at this store is always helpful & walks you right to where the item you’re looking for is. That’s awesome!!!
I think I’m gonna grab me a Starbucks coffee since its so conveniently located inside this Safeway Store.

Geographically convenient, but super expensive. $ 300 worth of groceries here costs $ 150 at WalMart or other discount grocers.

It’s a grocery store. Big chain, but they have it all and it’s clean.
There is a Starbucks inside too.

R I B S
That was my first request when we were driving back down from our almost 5 mile hike, of which 1200 ft was vertical. Somehow, munching on sun chips and a handful of M&Ms just did not cut it and by the time the little car had hit the road, my stomach was roaring for some old fashioned meat.
This is a nice Safeway tucked away in a delightful area nestled among pines and the fresh air. A smaller parking lot but it is clean and well lit.
We ran in so that I could survey the meats on display and was somewhat disappointed that they did not have any beef back ribs in stock. Pork spareribs would take too long so I finally settled on some short ribs instead. Marc picked up some turkey patties and since I had a slight sweet tooth, picked up a pack of powdered donuts.
This Safeway also has a good deli as well as a Starbucks (where my Café Americano was smooth and expertly made) and it was nice to be surrounded by mostly men in T-​shirts and baseball hats who drove big trucks ;)

My favorite place to buy groceries, except for the bulk stores.
Open 24 – 7.
Deli isn’t 24 – 7, but it’s very good and they’ll make it how you request.
Sales are usually pretty good; I can get away with primarily buying on-​sale items, as long as I am willing to switch back and forth with brands and such.
Their new «Mom to Mom» store brand label makes good baby products and their store brands for most products are usually just as good (for me), as the big brands.
I either shop here, or Costco.
Parking lot is likely the smallest anywhere for this size of store, but it’s always easy to find a spot to park (I love my Mayberry town!)
No stress to dress well up here; which is nice for someone like me!