Why is Safeway so expensive compared to others and it's the worst, please go bankrupt

[Anonymous]

You can get good deals with Safeway JFU. The Wheaton Safeway is relatively new, clean and well-stocked. I prefer it over Giant actually.

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Anonymous wrote:It must be based on where you live. In Arlington Safeway is one of the cheaper options. I just got three boxes of Cheerios for $4.50 yesterday! They are always having sales.

Sometimes they have sales but other items are outrageous. They were selling a certain type of bread for $5.29, when another store just a few blocks away sells it for $3.49.

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Anonymous wrote:Safeway is really inconsistent. There are some locations that are great--clean, spacious, good quality and have a wide selection of goods. The Glover Park and Rockville/White Flint locations are terrific; Kensington is pretty good. But other locations are mediocre to outright bad. At least if I go to a Giant, Harris Teeter or Wegmans, I know I'll get a similar shopping experience regardless of location.

Never been to the Giant in Columbia Heights, eh?

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Anonymous wrote:You can get good deals with Safeway JFU. The Wheaton Safeway is relatively new, clean and well-stocked. I prefer it over Giant actually.

That's the trick, new Safeways are passable but after a year they go to crap

[Anonymous]

Safeway locations in the city are terrible. Every one I have ever been in I was disgusted.

Safeway locations in the suburbs are much better. And if you have the app, you can save a lot of money. I still think Giant is cheaper but it's not as convenient for me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It must be based on where you live. In Arlington Safeway is one of the cheaper options. I just got three boxes of Cheerios for $4.50 yesterday! They are always having sales.

Sometimes they have sales but other items are outrageous. They were selling a certain type of bread for $5.29, when another store just a few blocks away sells it for $3.49.

It's well known that there are different pricing zones. If you live on the border of 2 different Safeways that happen to be in different pricing zones, then you'll see a bit of a different price discrepancy on some (not all) items. Add to that, shelf space is expensive so if a manufacturer or a mom & pop brand doesn't renew the invoice then Safeway tries to offload said item for discounted price...especially common during season changes....to make real estate for paying manufacturers' products .

[Anonymous]

I don't mind Safeway. Some things are expensive and the produce isn't that great, but it's close and they have good rewards and sales. The Giant near me, on H St NE is horrible though. Way worse than Safeway.
I switch it up between Safeway, Costco, Trader Joe's, and Whole foods, and go to a different store pretty much every week. Each is better for something and worse for something else.

Back where I'm from in the Midwest, we had some nice, huge local chain grocers that seemed to have everything you could want at competitive prices and treated employees well (I worked at one of those in the summers through high school and college). It's not the same here.

[Anonymous]

The Safeway in Old Town is my favorite.

[Anonymous]

Safeway expensive? Harris teeters is way more expensive than safeway.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeway dares to be in neighborhoods other chains wouldn't ever consider. Seems like you have choices. Stick with the others and leave a grocery store alone. It's not a fast fashion store.

+1. For years, the "Unsafeway" at 14th Street SE was the only store in my neighborhood.

This. Me too!
And as glad as I am that there are so many other options on the Hill now, the Jenkins Row Harris Teeter closing gave me a moment of panic that we are going back to the bad old days of no grocery stores in the city. Young people don't remember those days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Safeway expensive? Harris teeters is way more expensive than safeway.

It's more expensive AND its parent company is noted for union-busting

No thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeway expensive? Harris teeters is way more expensive than safeway.

It's more expensive AND its parent company is noted for union-busting

No thanks

Harris Teeter’s parent company is Kroger. They have a ton of unionized employees.

[Anonymous]

I prefer the Safeway by me (Norbeck) big time over the two (further away) giants in aspen hill or leisure world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeway expensive? Harris teeters is way more expensive than safeway.

It's more expensive AND its parent company is noted for union-busting

No thanks

Harris Teeter’s parent company is Kroger. They have a ton of unionized employees.

And they treat them like crap.
“In reality, a recent survey of nearly 37,000 Kroger workers found that 78 percent are food insecure, 63 percent can't afford their basic expenses, and 14 percent have recently or are currently experiencing homelessness. A confidential memo obtained by More Perfect Union found that Kroger executives were informed in 2018 that “most employees are considered to be living in poverty and need state aid, as in food stamps, free school lunch, etc. just to get by.”
https://perfectunion.us/exclusive-kroger-memo-workers-poverty/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/business/kroger-grocery-stores-workers-pay.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Safeway expensive? Harris teeters is way more expensive than safeway.

It's more expensive AND its parent company is noted for union-busting

No thanks

Harris Teeter’s parent company is Kroger. They have a ton of unionized employees.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-closed-grocery-stores-worker-raises-stock-buyback-2021-7?op=1