Very rude gas attendants. Great price, but bad attitude :(

No help available on the floor. Always have to bug vendors (who don't work there). A bean counting corporation that doesn't care for its employees. Products are overpriced - I'm able to find items cheaper at independent grocery stores ... and without all the hurdles to jump through. read more

Treat your employees and customers better. Tonight during dinner (5:30) there were at least 50 people waiting to check out with only a handful of registers occupied and some of the brand new self checks already out of order. I'm more mad for your checkers than your customers. That's not cool. Nor is it a one off, this happens kinda on the regular. Better front management is called for. People we do get are solid tho!! read more

Safeway - a crowd of shoppers in a store - Grocery Near Me - Astoria, Oregon

When it comes to grocery shopping here on the coast, our choices are fairly limited. We can patronize the local Mini Mart and get to socialize with the many fine purveyors of beer, lotto tickets, and corn dogs and pay high prices for sub-par quality. We can use the local "family grocery store" which looks like it landed here from Appalachia and has prices that landed here from Saudi Arabia. We can "big box" it and pay high prices for fifty pounds of corn chips that we wont finish. Finally, we have Safeway & Fred Meyer. Both are moderate to high priced on everything. If you place the ads side by side, one can find the lesser of the expensive evils and feel a wee bit better as a consumer. Safeway normally beats Freddies on grocery prices. WE NEED A WINCO FOODS DAMN IT!!!!!! How can Winco offer such low prices, 24 hr service, and great selections??? No unions and employee owned. I love the coast, but damn if I like paying for the lack of competition here when it comes to shopping. This Safeway location is decent, well stocked, clean and has nice staff. Doug really stands out at the check stands, and most all of the stockers are friendly, eager to help, and always close by. This Safeway has the best Chinese food in the deli compared to the other locations in the area (Seaside & Tillamook). Most of the deli selection is high quality and well prepared. Being on the Columbia River, this location has am amazing view of the ship traffic and nature. Be advised that there can be an element of rougher folks loitering from the bike path and/or waiting for the bus. Most really cool and harmless, but a few of the "have tooth will travel" tweakers and meth-heads will be seen chicken-necking around the front of the store upon occasion. read more

I visited safeway today and had a very rude cashier. When she was scanning our items I noticed the day old package of chicken scanned at a incorrect price. I asked noreen why it did not take off the discounted price. She didnt even look at the item or me and said you need a coupon. She continued to finish the cash out with the wrong price. She repeated you dont have a coupon. I took the chicken out of the bag and showed her the big red circle that clearly says 5.00. She huffed still not being polite and saying sorry I'll fix this. It took her more time to refund us 2.00 than to listen to what her customer was saying. Maybe noreen is having a bad day but dont treat customers like they are inconveniencing you by being there. If we were not there you would be out of a job. Fred meyers now has all my business read more

I have never seen a food store so close to a river before. Sit in the parking lot and watch the big ships go up the Columbia River or down. What a beautiful view. On our many beach trips we stop for fuel and food at this very beautiful store. If you are not in a hurry you can ride the waterfront Trolley to downtown and back to Safeway. Astoria is a really nice town to visit. read more

If you are handicapped and need a cart, don't come here. The last few times there were none and I only saw one in the store. No one offered to assist me when I was dragging my legs around the store and I had to leave for fear of falling. Guess you need to bring your own wheelchair in next time you go. read more

I just moved here and was blown away by the extra help that was provided to me by the baker Dustin. I was having a house warming/family get-together and pretty much wiped out all the Focaccia bread and pastries, then noticed I would still be short for the amount of people I was serving. Dustin approached me while I was counting, stepped in & offered to make the remaining I was short. By the time I was finished shopping, my special order was ready for pick-up. All I have to say is "WOW"... "Thank you sooooo much!" Not only was everything fresh, it had that Homemade flavor- not store bought. I will definitely be shopping here every chance I get. xoxo! read more

Three times now I have called in refills and have been told either they did not get the request (automated refill request) or that the doctors office never responded. The doctors office has faxed the requests each time. Also when calling refills in via the automated request, the prescriptions are never ready when it is stated it will be ready by. I've had it and will now be having my prescriptions filled elsewhere. read more

Easy in-and-out off Hwy 30; good place to pick up some coffee and donuts on the go... plus an awesome view of the Columbia from the parking lot! read more

The best Safeway I've ever been to. Seriously. Nice location just off hwy 30. Newer store, and it still feels brand new. Wonderful and friendly staff. There is a Starbucks inside as well. Sure there is the usual slow and standard Safeway check-out...but since this is Astoria, its not as busy as the typical urban Safeway. Considering the newness, location, and friendly staff -- this is a higher class Safeway. read more

Bought their hot Chinese dinners at the deli. Great "Shanghai Dinner" deal and good taste. Enjoyed eating it in their adjacent dining area. read more

Very nice Safeway located RIGHT next to the Columbia river. I think this is the best view I have ever seen from a Safeway parking lot...beautiful waters with giant cargo ships parked close by. At night the lights sparkle on the water making a pretty reflection. I only ran in here to get a lotto ticket and Tic Tacs but from the looks of the place it is very stocked and well kept. read more

With Fred Meyers and Safeway both exactly 7 miles from our driveway we can go either way for our grocery shopping but nine times out of ten will go to Freddies and the number one reason is because that's where our pharmacy is. Number two is because Safeway's quality has gone down, it's service is slow, and its help seems harassed. Seriously, management, what is going on? This was a brand new store just a short time ago. It has the whole north end of Clatsop County to itself, and a Motel right next door one would think serving the customer would be Safeway's top priority but it isn't. Now, we only shop Safeway when the meat prices beat Freddies, otherwise there's just not much call to go to that end of town except to do the Riverwalk but then all it offers is Starbucks and since we get our coffee at Kickass we don't even stop in at the end of the walk for that. read more

Never before been berated by an employee for not doing their job for them. Highly unprofessional checkout clerk decided to take five minutes to lecture me on how I had incorrectly placed my items on the conveyor belt for checkout and was therefore "wasting everyone's time," despite the fact that this was around 10pm and I was the only person in line. Seriously thought I was on a prank show, never met a person more deserving of being fired in my life. DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS TERRIBLE ESTABLISHMENT. There's plenty of other places to buy groceries where you won't be personally attacked at random by the employees. read more

Astoria, the end of the " trail" for many things... Once upon a time boys and girls, Astoria had four grocery stores, imagine that! You had choices! Then one day a local proprietor had visions of grandeur ( I'm speculating) and Astoria lost two grocery stores, then the last local grocery store sold out to giant Safeway, Building a shiny new store! Don't be fooled! You see this giant also devoured the independent pharmacies; holding the unsuspecting captive in the mega store spending unnecessary money waiting for prescriptions to be filled... Only to be told they are out of the medicine. So sad, boys and girls, but the story continues. Produce must be carefully examined, to prevent the purchase of moldy tomatoes, or rotten squash. I speak from experience! Shelves aren't stocked, and woe to those that can't reach the half stocked top shelves, pixie wings are a must ... Or wander down the kitchen aisle and borrow some tongs for a " grabber". Aisles are narrow and filled with displays.. Careful boys and girls, " driving" the aisle after social security checks or welfare cards have been issued can be hazardous to your body. Shopping carts leave bruises on your body, I know I've been hit! Sadly, checking out is a waiting game since only a few stations are staffed. That, boys and girls is the giant's attempt at humor. You see, the joke is really on us. The end. read more

The entrance to this store was a very bad design. Getting in and out is unsafe for customers walking in and out of the parking lot. Cars park in front waiting for their family's to finish there shopping and causing traffic problems. They need to move the entrance half way between the light and the fuel entrance. I really like shopping here, but hate the way you have to get in. I've been shopping half the time at Fredys now. read more

we just tried to get gas at safeway. we wait in a long line only to be told once we get up there his hose can't stretch (joke it towards middle of back) just too lazy (he had on glasses) never would i stop there again. RUDE, never said he was sorry. just got gas at Fred Meyer, cheaper and just SW on 101 read more

We stopped at Safeway over the 4th of July weekend and ended up getting some BBQ ribs from "Gary" who was Bar-B-Quing out in front of the store. While the ribs were great, Gary was under-staffed running back and forth to get more product as well as the correct change for customers, it made the wait unbearably long! If I hadn't have already paid I would have left. My comment to the store manager, Aaron Stephens, is: on a busy Holiday weekend when you have an outside cooking event you could get an extra person to help the Cook by taking money from the customers. read more

The music is back..but managers are still annoying..go to your office..employees are all wonderful but management making them unhappy..go to your office and let them do their jobs read more

Worst grocery (what common sense?) store in history. The service here is truly awful! I needed garbanzo beans, and three gossiping cashiers later, they told me they couldn't or didn't find them. I went to Fred Myers just 6 miles away, and someone found them instantly. This store's only positive plus is cheap gas on that side of town. They keep the dried Mexican goods in the produce section where the humidity is high, the dried goods are slightly rehydrated in the store, making them worthless for home keeping (you can't put a hydrated pepper in a mortar and pestle and make fine chili powder). I will go to the local Mexican market for now on. They keep the canned tomatoes in the canned meat section. Aren't tomatoes vegetables/fruit? No bulk foods (go to the co op or Freddy Myers for this). Minus the stockers, the cashiers seem to gossip more than work. I have only ever seen one cashier open at a time, although I thought it was Safeway policy to open a cashier whenever the line gets more than 3 deep? I see it wrapped into the frozen food section quite often, blockading simple shoppers traffic across the store. It seems the store manager here needs to stop feeling the heat from corporates dragon breathe, and either find another career, or learn to run a store without cutting the important corners the customers needs. Yeah, profits are nice for the corporation, but you won't get a profit if you lose customers. Give the customer what they want, and keep the customer. It's that simple. Ever since the Safeway parking lot fell into a sink hole years ago, I've had a fondness for what bit of history Safeway has given Astoria. I'm glad we had a grocer when there was four. Safeway you've grown up from that sweet little member of "New Edition", to an arrogant adult, washed up, child star that needs to either learn their lesson, or just go away. (think twilight zone-satanic bobby brown, charlie manson family boy band, and you have modern day management at safeway)Thank God we have Fred Myers, The Astoria Co Op, Sunday Farmers Market in dwtn Astoria, and the local Mexican Gro. near the middle school. Safeway, use common sense and operate a real grocery store, not the inexperienced "I have no grocery retail experience in management or food services" that you seem to be coming across as. Get a store manager that knows what they are doing. read more

Nice beautiful store down on the waterfront. Came in to buy some Ice Cream and the interior was clean and bright. Quickly found what I wanted and was able to quickly and easily checkout. read more

Interesting experience at this Safeway. Five stars for the overall 'ambiance' (the lighting didn't seem as stark and awful as most Safeways, and everything was clean), one star for the extremely low selection of organic/recycled products beyond produce (we have a Safeway near our old house in Portland with a much greater selection of Earth friendly products), and three stars for a very strange experience with one of the people at the cashier. We immediately went up to one of the many open self checkout stands, and a very very cheery woman came right up to us and grabbed our cart and said let me take you to this checkstand so you can get out of here faster... and put us in line behind someone else buying groceries rather than letting us simply check out ourselves! Now perhaps she was making the assumption that we were one of those people who don't know how to use self-checkout and hold everybody else up, but there were literally four self-checkouts open, AND my husband and I had maybe 6 things in our cart (and having worked retail in my past I know how to get through a self-checkout line in a hurry)... So we had to end up waiting to check out rather than get out of there when we wanted to which was just strange. The actual checker was very nice but the super cheery one then asked us if we were on vacation as we were walking out and we said, no we live here (politely NOT mentioning that we rarely shop at Safeway because of the poor selection) and she said "well I don't recognize you". Bless her heart she had good intentions but she ended up making our shopping experience longer by not letting us use the empty register that we were at along with making us feel kind of uncomfortable simply because we don't know her personally. read more

I was appalled Tuesday evening when I was checking out from the Astoria Safeway. I had shopped and was in line to check out with Alana as my check out person. I had paid for my groceries and was handed my receipt which I politely said that's okay I didn't want the receipt could you please just throw it away for me.. Alana said " No, that's not my job, there is a garbage can at the other entrance." I said "what?" she then said "you heard me"...I walked away in dismay..every time I tell any other clerk that...they just simply take the receipt and toss it in the can at their feet...not a big chore!!! But apparently it is for" Alana"...I'll never go in there again if she is working...maybe a little inter-personal skills for her would be appropriate. Good luck with her!!! read more

I am not over impressed or over unimpressed with this store. It's like the others. I do have to say though that the women's restroom and the eating area ALWAYS seem to be dirty. The restroom stinks and the tables in the eating area are filthy. It could be a nice place to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee. I do like the set up of the store. read more