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    1.9 (41 reviews)
    ModerateGrocery
    Open 6:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Butter choice #1 on Tuesday OCTOBER 8th!
    Joyce C.

    I frequent this Safeway on a regular basis as it is on my way home from work. I zipped in for a few items, which included the dairy section. Now I understand that I may have been there before any restocking could occur (I noticed several skimpy areas in the store) but I noticed that the dairy section had several brands of butter that were expired that day, week, and waaaayyyyy expired (like a month ago)! I went through three brands of unsalted butter before I found one that had a sufficient shelf life. The lady next to me at the yogurt section was complaining about all of the expired yogurts. On my way out of the store, I spoke with a manager and notified him of the things needing attention in the dairy section. Do you know when I stopped in two days later the dairy section appeared to be restocked and neat....with the same expired butters still up front and ready for the unaware to purchase! It is not just isolated to the dairy section, but that is what I focused on today, but I think it is a shame to have to go to another Safeway way out that caters to "a more diverse clientele" to get quality items when that same quality should be available to me near my home in a "less diverse" area!

    Sad how little they give you. Next time I'm choosing Subway.

    I buy $6 subs and they never tell you everything it's on the sandwich also you don't know what kind of cheese you're getting. They seem to put the same cheese on all the sandwiches which is like white American cheese it seems even on the Italian sandwich it's supposed to have provolone... They don't even put swiss cheese on ham. On top of that when they give you a sandwich there's no meat. There's like two or three thin thin slices that stretch the whole sub it's a rip off

    2 express lanes open at 10PM on a Friday night. Both lines are 10 people deep waiting. Where's the manager?!?

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    Needed to make a quick stop before heading to an event to grab some water and snacks to hold me…read moreover for the day. My intentions were to go to a competitor up the road, but saw this first. I figured I would pull in here and get it done. That way I could continue on my way fairly easily. I can confirm what one reviewer said. the parking lot here feels way too small for the location. I was here early morning and it was already nearly jampacked. I was lucky to find a parking spot and ran inside. Before I go too much into that, I wanted to touch on when I came back out. That was when I noticed that there was a broken glass bottle in the spot I took. I was lucky it didn't puncture my tire. Inside, I just did a real quick once through. I have never been in this location before. The store is laid out rather nicely and every aisle is well marked as to what is in every aisle. It made it easy for me to find things I wanted to look at. I came across a few deals and grabbed what I wanted. I made my way to the self checkouts and this is where I got a bit frustrated. One of the items, that I got two of, would not scan. No matter what I did, I could not get it scanned. I had to type the item in. Not once, but twice. Halfway through putting the second one in, it hit me with a message and made me have to go back and start over. All the while the employee sat there and watched me. Whatever, I came here and got what I wanted, even though it took longer than it should have.

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    6.5 miOld Town Alexandria
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    I had a great experience at Trader Joe's in Old Town and wanted to give a special shoutout to…read moreNathan for the outstanding customer service. I originally came in to make a return, and he processed it very quickly and smoothly with no hassle at all. Later on, I ended up going through his checkout line, and he was just as friendly and helpful. He even took the extra step to make sure the orchid I purchased was packed securely so it would make it home safely. It's small touches like that that really stand out and make a difference. Shopping there felt easy and welcoming, and Nathan made a simple trip to the store feel like a great experience. Customer service is everything at the end of the day, and it means a lot to me to go to a store and receive genuinely good service. Because of that, I will definitely be back. Great job, Trader Joe's, and thank you again to Nathan for the excellent service!

    You really can't go wrong with Trader Joe's. The prices are competitive and the food quality is…read moreconsistently good. Most items are Trader Joe's brand, and a lot of them honestly beat big-name brands. The frozen snacks are excellent overall, with only a few misses, and you can't go wrong with the spices, meat, or coffee. One thing I really like is that you can actually ask a crew member to open a snack so you can try it right there. If you don't like it, no worries at all. The produce is fresh, and the staff keeps the store well stocked and easy to shop even if it's crowded. The ambiance feels like a small local grocery store, which makes shopping there more enjoyable. The staff is friendly and incredibly helpful, and Trader Joe's easily has the fastest baggers of any grocery store. Depending on what you're making, you might need to stop at a larger store for a few specialty items, but I can usually handle my full weekly grocery run here.

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    So I frequent this store a lot and actually like it. However, tonight as I walked in with my fiancé…read moreto get one small item around 9:29pm there was something we did not like. The hours say this store closes at 10pm, and again we walked in at 9:29pm. I'm not sure what the issue was with one of the young ladies working during this shift but there was obviously no self-checkouts open (like usual as of lately) so unfortunately yes it means we had to let you check us out. But the female behind the counter who had what appeared to plaits or braids in her hair with a skully cap went behind the counter as we walked up but had her back to us and huffed and puffed several times to show her irritation that we came to the checkout counter. Then proceeded to continue doing so with her back turned to us, and as the customer (and yes I've worked in customer service retail before) I should not have to make an announcement to you that I'm standing here at the counter. As if her attitude and passive aggressiveness wasn't enough, she then proceeded to say, "So y'all just going to stand there and ain't gon say anything?" I just looked at her and gave her a look that showed I'm not entertaining her ignorance. Then she said, "Okay was that it? " and we said, "Yes." and of course she continues on with the attitude and then says, "Okay.... have a good night " after she rang us up. Again I wasn't going to dignify her ignorance with a response. But I am writing this review so management can know one of the young ladies that worked that current shift tonight needs to be reprimanded and she definitely needs to be retrained on what GOOD customer service is because that clearly was not it at all; I have definitely always experienced better customer service from other workers there during the day shift and the night shift, but this is the first time I experienced extreme rudeness from start to finish. Again I've worked in customer service and retail and I understand it can be a frustrating job and it could be long days for people, however if you're going to project your negative mood and attitude onto the customers then maybe that's not the job for you and don't show up to work. This is another reason I agree with what other customers have said about the self checkout lines; if customers they're going to have to be dealing with disrespect like that on a regular basis then the self checkout lines need to be open for us to check ourselves out in peace.

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    I stopped in to do a return for Amazon and was welcome by the staff very quickly. They help me…read morereturn my items and we're so nice about it. Highly recommend this return spot for Amazon. Afterwards, you can always take a walk around the store and see lots of yummy yummy things along with Tastings of food and then they have the people out. Food is great! Nice music playing in the background as well.

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