Palisades: Safeway is closing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Translation:

Yeah, I f*ed and was lazy with my statements. Instead of acquiescing, I'm doubling down, damnit.

Fine, is this what you'd prefer:

Poor Palisades Residents! How will they manage to get food once this Safeway closes! I totally agree with changing laws and infringing on people's ability to sell their property because this has to be fixed today! Or else people here will starve. And probably die.

[Anonymous]

Au contraire.

I don't even live in Palisades. I visited that Safeway once and had no plans to ever go again.

I'm here to correct your factual statements. That is all. I couldn't care less what happens to the store and my position on private contracts is more nuanced than what you type above. I'm only here because you made a verifiable statement. I tried to verify, failed miserably, and posted the necessary correction(s).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Au contraire.

I don't even live in Palisades. I visited that Safeway once and had no plans to ever go again.

I'm here to correct your factual statements. That is all. I couldn't care less what happens to the store and my position on private contracts is more nuanced than what you type above. I'm only here because you made a verifiable statement. I tried to verify, failed miserably, and posted the necessary correction(s).

Are the stores listed within a 2 mile radius of that location? They are. Then what is factually incorrect about what I wrote?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Au contraire.

I don't even live in Palisades. I visited that Safeway once and had no plans to ever go again.

I'm here to correct your factual statements. That is all. I couldn't care less what happens to the store and my position on private contracts is more nuanced than what you type above. I'm only here because you made a verifiable statement. I tried to verify, failed miserably, and posted the necessary correction(s).

Are the stores listed within a 2 mile radius of that location? They are. Then what is factually incorrect about what I wrote?

Are you this terrible at your job as well?
Let me guess...don't have one, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Translation:

Yeah, I f*ed and was lazy with my statements. Instead of acquiescing, I'm doubling down, damnit.

Fine, is this what you'd prefer:

Poor Palisades Residents! How will they manage to get food once this Safeway closes! I totally agree with changing laws and infringing on people's ability to sell their property because this has to be fixed today! Or else people here will starve. And probably die.

people who can drive are going to have access to groceries even if the nearest supermarket is 4 miles away. Though they will be incovenienced.

Folks walking to get groceries will find a 3 mile WALK an issue, even if the store is 1.8 miles as the crow flies.

What exactly is the point of listing stores within 2 miles as the crow flies, in this context.

[Anonymous]

Safeway is closing the store because they were bought and their new owners want to consolidate stores and also rationize with Albertsons, which they own also. They WANT you to shop at the Safeway megaplex on Wisconsin Ave, which reportedly has had less customer traffic than Safeway expected when they built it. That's why, in part, they want to feed it customers from smaller stores. The Palisades Safeway is closing and not coming back. It doesn't matter if they build a sheep meadow or 10 stories of hipster micro condos on the roof. At least now, Safeway won't be able to restrict a purchaser from leasing to another grocer with a more flexible, one size doesn't fit all model.

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot bunch of geriatric hippie fools. I would love condos + new grocery.

[Anonymous]

More condos on top of a Five Guys? Yeah, that's exactly what DC needs more of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Translation:

Yeah, I f*ed and was lazy with my statements. Instead of acquiescing, I'm doubling down, damnit.

Fine, is this what you'd prefer:

Poor Palisades Residents! How will they manage to get food once this Safeway closes! I totally agree with changing laws and infringing on people's ability to sell their property because this has to be fixed today! Or else people here will starve. And probably die.

people who can drive are going to have access to groceries even if the nearest supermarket is 4 miles away. Though they will be incovenienced.

Folks walking to get groceries will find a 3 mile WALK an issue, even if the store is 1.8 miles as the crow flies.

What exactly is the point of listing stores within 2 miles as the crow flies, in this context.

I think the point that the poster was making is that the overwhelming majority of people in that neighborhood have and use a car..

[Anonymous]

Safeway is closing the store because they were bought and their new owners want to consolidate stores and also rationize with Albertsons, which they own also. They WANT you to shop at the Safeway megaplex on Wisconsin Ave, which reportedly has had less customer traffic than Safeway expected when they built it. That's why, in part, they want to feed it customers from smaller stores. The Palisades Safeway is closing and not coming back. It doesn't matter if they build a sheep meadow or 10 stories of hipster micro condos on the roof. At least now, Safeway won't be able to restrict a purchaser from leasing to another grocer with a more flexible, one size doesn't fit all model.

There is no way another grocer is coming to palisades. It will be condos with on street parking. The Safeway in Gtown is highly successful and a model store for the corporation. It's the highest grossing Safeway in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Safeway is closing the store because they were bought and their new owners want to consolidate stores and also rationize with Albertsons, which they own also. They WANT you to shop at the Safeway megaplex on Wisconsin Ave, which reportedly has had less customer traffic than Safeway expected when they built it. That's why, in part, they want to feed it customers from smaller stores. The Palisades Safeway is closing and not coming back. It doesn't matter if they build a sheep meadow or 10 stories of hipster micro condos on the roof. At least now, Safeway won't be able to restrict a purchaser from leasing to another grocer with a more flexible, one size doesn't fit all model.

There is no way another grocer is coming to palisades. It will be condos with on street parking. The Safeway in Gtown is highly successful and a model store for the corporation. It's the highest grossing Safeway in the country.

This is the first time I've heard this (highest grossing) and it seems at odds with other commentary. I know nothing personally, so I can't assess validity.

It is curious to note that Safeway itself wanted to build another grocery store in that location. That seems to refute part of your claim that another grocer won't go into the old location.

[Anonymous]

The Palisades Safeway will NOT receive historic landmark designation.
https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/hprb-votes-not-to-grant-landmark-designation-to-safeway/15088

[Anonymous]

The Georgetown Safeway is open 24-7, is the grocery store of choice (and within walking distance) of all the undergrads and grad students at Georgetown, is asking distance to Gtown, Burleith, Glover Park (esp since WF GP has closed), has a great wine dept, good parking, etc. makes sense to me, that it would be the highest or one of the highest grossing Safeway’s.

Someone upthread said that the Soviet Safeway was what the Georgetown Safeway was called circa 1980. That’s incorrect, as far as I know. The Soviet Safeway was (is?) the name for the Safeway on 17th & Corcoran in DuPont (long lines, $hitty selection of fresh food). The Gtown one was always the Social Safeway bc 24/7, lots of coeds and young ppl late at night.

[Anonymous]

From my vague recollection, the restriction they put on the other Safeway was deemed legally unenforceable. So who every buy the property can put a supermaket in. Maybe a little whole foods would be nice.

Safeway sucks anyway, they are owned by the same people as the National Enquirer. And Betsy De Voses friends. Don't shop there if you can avoid it.