Yes, I recommend Safeway. Here's why. I've had to be very price conscious this past year, while not being too silly. Safeway, through their app, has been very helpful. True story: I was standing in a checkout line, and an older lady noted the display of Oreos, and the lower price if you're a member and clip their electronic coupon. She said that there was no way she would sign up for any service that had information about her. Then she complained about her social security check for the next five minutes. Good grief. I don't give a d*@n about what a supermarket chain knows about my shopping habits. Every week, I go through their app, and clip their electronic coupons, and save a lot. Things ALWAYS on sale, below Target prices and comparable to Walmart: milk, cheese, cereal, yogurt, Smirnoff vodka. Their Smirnoff 1.75 liter price even beats Total Wine. I typically have 30% savings on my trip. We get free stuff with points all the time, and discounts off their gas stations in East Livermore and Dublin. This particular location also has a great discount rack including baked goods and wine. And the wine isn't crap, it's usually rated 90 points or higher on tasting websites. The other Safeway location in Livermore is bigger and cleaner, but the produce there isn't as nice as it is at 1554 First Street. I know that Safeway is being sued for incorrect price charging, but honestly I haven't encountered that. And I would notice. Livermore Target is TERRIBLE about that; see my review. read more

I had a very bad experience @ SW yesterday so I'm going to chime in. I finished shopping and went to my car with the groceries. I looked at the receipt and noticed I'd been charged 17.98 for two 7oz salmon pieces that were on sale for 5.99 ea. Should have been 11.98 total. So i went back in to the other side of the store and checked. I realized it was on a digital coupon, so I clipped it on my phone and went up front and told the lady at CS. I admitted my mistake and showed her my receipt. She said No, I must be wrong and asked me to go out and get the salmon. So I did. I came back and showed her and she still said No. So I said let's go back to the other side of the store and look. She said No, it must be one of these frozen bags that were marked down to 5.99. We put the fresh salmon I had purchased away and clearly there was signage there that indicated a digital coupon deal mark down from 8.99 to 5.99 but she still insisted it didn't exist. I had to get my 17.98 refunded and go to TJs for salmon. Turned out the frozen pin wheel salmon with feta and spinach were much better anyway. I'm going to stick with TJs. I wouldn't pay full price for anything @ SW so I always have to go back and haggle one or another deal. read more

Terrible customer service I decided to come here on my lunch for a sandwich at the Deli. When I got to the deli there were 2 workers visible one lady making salads and the other working the hot food area. I waited and waited it took 10 mins for anyone to even acknowledge me. The lady making sales to put out said someone would be with me which never happened instead she kept doing that & the other lady continued to take new customers who came after me but no one ever helped me . Not to mention I'm 9 months pregnant. Worst service. Will not be returning I'll just continue to go to Luckys. read more

This Safeway I feel needs to step up their security. I read through some of the other yelp reviews and others have noted it as well. I went to use their bathroom and there were people in there doing drugs. It was quite scary. The parking lot is also dirty at times and people loitering around. I really don't feel that comfortable or safe visiting this spot. I don't remember it being this way in the past. read more

I continuously find out that some of the food i buy here is expired. MONTHS expired. It is my fault that i don't check the expiration dates before buying, but i think it's fair to assume that things are fresh. I would understand a couple days expired but like half a year? read more

I ordered a 100th birthday cake 4 days ahead of time. I sketched out on an index card what I wanted it to look like and they stapled it to my order, I asked that they leave just enough space for the three candles (100) I'm afraid they missed the mark when it came to the font size & design on top of the cake as they made it too small. That being said, the cake was super fresh and delicious. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

The service is quick and delightful. They have great sales, especially on Friday's. Tater kegs, in the deli, are yummy.

The oven doesn't work , they are low staff but they still have a good smile please be understanding they try , i work food service and i can just see the frustration read more

Safeway food employees are not very friendly, they are all very serious and they serve small portions, the staff in the deli sometimes do rude mannerisms read more

The employees here are so aggressive with their "customer surveys." At self check Christy literally shoved her boobs into my husband's back to reach over his shoulder from behind and give our review of Safeway a 10 for customer service and cleanliness. She had done the same to me over the months and I would repeatedly ask her to stop. The last time when she sexually harassed my husband I got upset with her. She left self check and went to loudly complain about us to her co worker that was working another lane. Today this happened again but with another employee named Guadalupe. I told her not to fill out my survey and she kept saying it's ok no problem. These employees are aggressive, dishonest, disrespectful and sexually harassing their customers. This needs to be put to an end by management or maybe we need to take it to the police next time. This is uncalled for. read more

I have to admit, recently i've been having nothing but bad experiences at this location. Whether it be answering the phone, messing up the to-go orders, app being incorrect, and some employees just being rude. However, tonight I had a great experience doing the to-go orders. Michael went above and beyond to fix the issue and was beyond kind. Because of that, I will be returning. Thank you for your kindness and help Michael, it's not common anymore. read more

Came in at 7am for a breakfast burrito in the deli, nothing crazy. When I stood there for 10 mins waiting to get helped while the workers talked to eachother and did other tasks. Then finally I'm helped and then nothing is ready or prepared the oven still needs to warm up the sandwich counter was not ready to be used. Very frustrating to wait 10 mins with everyone ignoring you then told I have to wait another 10mins for the oven and everything to be ready due to them not being ready in the morning and talking. I left because that is ridiculous!!! Very poor service! read more

The Produce is inferior, purchased watermelon it was rotten to the point that even the rind was brown. Purchased a vegetable tray and the cauliflower was all black on the under side. some of the carrots under the others were slimy. and the cashier was rude read more

The consistent wait times to get food from the deli are ridiculous. They can apologize all they want, facts are they cant and wont do better. read more

Not my favorite Safeway. I don't like the parking lot and I don't think the selection of items large enough- they never seem to have what I want. I normally shop at the larger, newer Safeway, but went to this one yesterday because it was close. They didn't have 3 things on my shopping list (which only had 18 items on it to begin with.) I'm glad we have two Safeways and I'm sure it's challenging managing the two stores- but I've been disappointed just about every time I come to this one. But if you are looking for something you buy every day, and it's not on sale or a specialty item, you will probably be fine. read more

I did a drive up and go order for my daughter to pick up on her way home from work. Forgot I needed onion for dinner tonight and Nakita (sp?) was so nice when I called she had finished shopping my order but was happy to add an onion. Great customer service! Thank you so much. read more

This review is for Nick in the Meat Department! We wanted to make salsa verde and asked him if the pork chops would break down to shred if we kept it on low in a crock pot. We were hoping he would say yes because they were on sale. Nick told us that he uses country style ribs and just bright some out. He picked the best 6 and packaged it new for us. Not exactly cheaper then the chops but way better in quality and we were successful in making our shredded pork salsa verde. It's Super Bowl Sunday and it's busy in the meat department too. Everyone behind the counter was super friendly and I was impressed that Nick came behind the counter to meet us where we were standing to hand us our package. Thank you for your customer service ! read more

I want SHACALA at Store #910 ,1554 First Street, to be commended for exceptional customer service.She took care of my Ballon order. I had gone to the OTHER SAFEWAY at 4495 First Street, in town and I was completely IGNORED for 20+ minutes while 4 Floral desk employees ignored me and spoke amongst themselves. I was at the Register waiting to order my balloons and I finally left and went to the other Safeway in town. I went to STORE 910 where SHACALA SAVED THE DAY! I told her I appreciated her customer service and how I was going to write into SAFEWAY to let them know how valuable she is as an employee. Also I found it ODD that the 1st Safeway, at 4495 First Street Had WAY HIGHER PRICING on items in the floral department compared to the Safeway at 910 First Street where SHACALA saved the day. I even asked Shacala if the Floral departments are a separate company than Safeway because I could not believe the discrepancy between the two departments and how they are run. PLEASE COMMEND SHACALA for saving my business. read more

Horrible checkout experience. Couldn't use self checkout because I was buying alcohol waited 15 minutes with only two lanes open before they called somebody to open a third lane read more

This Safeway is my primary grocery store (beating out Trader Joes, Grocery Outlet, and Nob Hill Foods which are all close by). The staff are kind (I've interacted with the folks at the seafood section the most). There's a RedBox here and I like to use that. For the most part this store is pretty normal. The reason my rating is lower is because it seems they could step up the security of their parking lot. I have consistently dealt with weirdos out there and it actually reduces the motivation I have to go grocery shopping. Not sure if this is a Safeway issue or a Livermore PD issue but that parking lot seems to be a magnet for some anti social behavior. Perhaps I've just been unlucky. The shopping experience inside is fine though. read more

Safeway - a display of oysters in a grocery store - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

Meat/fish Dept:I love Dungeness crab. I've been having my groceries delivered from here for a year. The app is a bit difficult to maneuver. The delivery has been good from door dash. The first crab of this season delivered 2 days ago is absolutely tasteless. That means it is old,and/ or frozen or both. That's what this crab tasted like: Bland read more

Poorly ran store lack of inventory up keep bad delivery service not reliable!!!!! I'm disabled and counted on this store. They fell short!!!!! read more

Yay for the addition of Dan Good Cookies! Locally made, just as good as homemade! For those of us who rarely make it to the Farmer's Market this is a very good thing. No Gluten Free in stock presently. Between this, Luke's snacks from Santa Cruz, Boars Head Meats, and a good wine department, Safeway has moved up on my shopping priority list. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

How does this place even stay in business?? Moldy produce, dried up chocolate in the candy isle, bitchy cashier at the self-checkout who clearly hates every customer. And they HIDE the small grocery baskets. Maddening. read more

Selling two week old packaged chicken is awful. How can anyone sell old meat that is moldy? And now I have to read all expiration dates on everything. This is nuts. read more

not so friendly cashier. an older lady i believe her name was trisina or something like that was talking up the customer before me and she seemed very friendly towards her. When it was my turn, i had said hi to her...nothing back, not even a smile. I only had about 5 items and she asked if i needed a bag. I said "no thank you, i brought one." and that was the only thing she said to me during the whole transaction. she didn't say the total, she handed me the receipt and I was the one to say thank you to her and all she did was nod at me. i wouldn't have written this review if the cashier didn't talk to the customer before me, but it was very rude because i don't understand why she would talk to a another customer so nicely and not me? i don't think she knew her either. i believe i was friendly and did my part as customer and she did not. read more

Enrique in the meats department was super friendly, professional, and helpful. Made my day!

NAKITA gave my $150 drive-up order to the wrong person and then took zero accountability for said actions. Told me to take it up with the "IT department." Spent 45 minutes arguing with me instead of replacing my order or giving me a refund. Whether it was her error or the system's error, she still gave my paid order to someone else and refused to make things right. NAKITA and CHRISTY MALDONADO have no business working in customer service, and no business talking to others the way they do. I will take my complaint about these 2 women across every social media platform possible, so that others can be warned of the humiliation they made me feel as a long-time paying customer of Safeway. Store director Brad is AMAZING and so is the drive up manager Robin. If it weren't for those two I would never return to Safeway. NAKITA COMMITTED BLATANT ROBBERY OF GOODS AND THEN PUT THE BLAME ON THE LOYAL CUSTOMER. read more

Service was terrible. There was a coupon for $3 off cereal in the aisle and when we tried to scan it would not work within the app like it said it would. When we asked the cashier for help he said there was nothing he could do, and I then proceeded to ask for other help to figure out the coupon. The lady was not helpful and made me feel stupid for their coupon not scanning within my app. I even brought a picture of the coupon to the cashier but was given no help. read more

The 8 dollars combo for chicken tenders is getting smaller and smaller every time they pick for me. Not sure if I am just getting special treatment or what's going on. As you can see in the picture, it is about as small as it can get any smaller would be chicken nuggets. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

this is my Local Safeway and I like to go late when not much people. Today (05/25/23) at 12:00am I was low on funds but my dogs really needed food. I had a $25 gift card and was still about $4 short so I told the cashier to cancel the doggy sticks. He kindly pulled his phone out and said for me to just pay it forward next time. He was so patience and nice and on top of that paid for my balance that I did not have. God Bless you Ricardo!!! (night shift crew) thank you For your kind heart. read more

The produce is rotten The milk cabinet is not cold and half empty This store has declined since Covid Go to the wealthy side of town and that Safeway has everything fresh and cold isn't that surprising!!! This store sucks read more

I am livid. Not only is this store not enforcing mandatory masking (there were at least three people that *I* saw wandering around without masks), *two* of their staff had masks that covered their mouths but were pulled down under their noses. This virus is NO JOKE. And after today I will not be stepping foot in this store ever again. read more

Always long lines. It's 9:30pm, why isn't self checkout open? Store is filthy. Make sure you're checking dates on everything. read more

Safeway - Open another lane, Jesus Christ. - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

My cashier Dennis was super friendly and kind!! He made good conversation during check out and seemed like an all around great guy!! Memorable, I never remember anyone's name but he made a great first impression.. definitely recommend his line read more

I tend to buy a few knick knacks off and on here. While I tend to visit mainly in the mornings usually, I have stopped by during the afternoon and evenings once in awhile and I know it's like night and day when it gets busy. The parking lot can be a mess when this place is packed. The employees are usually fairly friendly and courteous overall and this place is slightly better stocked than some of the small safeways stores I've visited. read more

Love Safeway. Always Clean. With the Rewards Program, I save a lot on Meat and Other items.

Levi cashiered while Connor bagged. We were smiling by the time we left. The guys were friendly and helpful. We didn't even have to say how many bags we needed. Best part was: CONNOR SAVING MY BREAD TO BAG AT THE END! THANK YOU CONNOR! read more

I was at Safeway last night to pick up a few things from there. I was getting ready to check out at the store and they had there self checkout all ready closed for the night. So I had to get into a regular line for check out and they only had two checkers that were working and no baggers bagging the groceries for the people. And the two lines were the only two checkers had open the line was getting longer as people were waiting in line to get checked out. As I was leaving the store I was telling people that there is a long line for check out. And there like oh thank you. Safeway needs to have more checkers during the day time night time and leave self check out open longer. I'm very disappointed in the Safeway by ACE hardware store. Get it together Safeway and this won't happen. Wish I could give them no stars for this. This rating is a big 0-10 read more

Beware!!!! CHECK EXPIRATION DATES!!!! I spent about $200 on groceries here a couple weeks ago and didn't realize until I got home that multiple items were expired! What a hassle! One of the items I purchased was a green drink energy shot which expired in AUGUST 2018.. IT IS MARCH 2019 now. That's disgusting. CHECK YOUR SHELVES and customers please check expiration dates on items... I learned my lesson, but they should also be doing their job. 6+ months expired is not acceptable. read more

Safeway - I was really excited to try it.... but I probably would have gotten seriously ill if I did... - Grocery Near Me - Livermore, California

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