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    2.4 (100 reviews)
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    Open 6:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    More bagged and boxed items that are not appealing to the eye
    Kylie B.

    The bakery here is the worst I have ever experienced. Week after week, nothing exciting, nothing fresh. Everything looks prepackaged and day old. The employees are never, ever there to help. The cakes are all kiddie and not fresh. But that doesn't really matter cause there's no one there to get them for you anyway.

    Rotten carrots - all they had to do was look at what they put in my bag
    Darcie W.

    Twice now they've given me rotten and expired food in a pickup order. When I went inside for yogurt I found over 10 expired yogurts before I gave up and told an employee who didn't seem to care. Today my order had browned, moldy, mushy, rotten carrots and soggy green onions. We will be going to Wegmans from now on.

    Just purchased this cottage cheese to only open to mold
    Ashleigh J.

    WTF safeway. This is NOT the first time i've purchased food form here then go home to find it moldy.

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    Service in the store can be very bad at times. For instance, this evening on a Friday night around 6:30 PM which is a busy time there are long lines -- and when you look around there are no cashiers at all. It's all self service. Later two cashiers finally show up, it takes quite a while to get through all the line and still not enough cashiers to meet the huge demand. Another frequent problem happened to me tonight I got overcharged because the store forgot to remove a sale price sign from last week so an item that should've been on sale last week. I got charge full price because the sign was still there. So I had to wait in another long line to get my refund. The store seems to have a lot of problems hiring and retaining employees which takes the service down quite a bit. Those employees that stay often as friendly because I think they're overworked.

    Sign needs some TLC
    Dennis T.

    Great neighborhood grocery story that underpins the growing neighborhood. Very nice workers, pretty clean. Needs some updating, especially the exterior and surrounding area as there's rapid modernization of this neighborhood with new homes and a wegmans across 123.

    "Stanley" couldn't be bothered to put the sticker on correctly. Just slapped it on top and walked away.
    Jim P.

    Forget getting anything at the deli if Stanley is working. If you've been there, you know the guy. Looks like Stanley from The Office. Same god-awful attitude, as well. He'll see you standing there, but won't come out to help you. If, by miracle, he does come out from the back, he'll do his best to make you feel like you're the biggest pain in the butt inconvenience to him since the day Michael tried to interrupt his crossword puzzle in the meeting room ("DID I STUTTER!?"). The rest of the store is just fine. The only other complaint is that they have an annoying habit of closing self-checkout after 8 or 9pm, leaving just one checkout lane open with a long line. Go early! Also, the gas station is a good deal if you're part of the Safeway club - you can get up to $0.20 off a gallon there. Overall, it's a fine store, but the one guy who works 75% of the time at the deli really kills it for me.

    Jackie G.

    Safeway has always been my go to spot since it is literally 3 minutes away from my home, but everything started changing once they took out the self checkout line. I understand the reason why they took it out, but it has caused the lines to form so long at the regular checkout. The cashiers are fast and polite, but i think we need the self-checkout machines back. I usually go to Safeway early in the morning or late at night to pick up items, and usually people have that same mentality that it becomes a hugh crowd just to pay.

    open 24hours
    K K.

    This Safeway is open 24hours -a plus. It's recently renovated -another plus. The self check out line always ends up costing me more time. How about adding more cashiers and remove the self check out line? There is plenty of parking. The store is in the middle of no where. There is no other stores around it.

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    They never have baskets out so you have to spend time hunting one down before you can shop.

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    This safeway is awful. Customer service is terrible and all groceries are overpriced.

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