Reason's why I would not recommend this store. - Parking is terrible - Checkers are incredibly slow and do not pick up the pace when lines get long - Long lines, never have enough check out stands - Managers try to encourage workers, but workers mock and speak under their breath as manager walks away (in front of customers) - A couple of wokers are good, but generally employees are lazy and uninterested in helping customers. I wish they would re-open the Lucky store across the street! read more

I always come to this Safeway for the sandwiches. Antwone in the deli makes them really good. He takes his time and makes the sandwiches like he's gonna be eating it. read more

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Open 24/hrs local grocery store with a sandwich stand, Chinese food, and hot and cold deli. Love their Friday specials on the back page of their weekly ads. The produce seems to last a long time at this location and the flowers are amazingly fresh. Lots of gluten free options and pretty clean store. I have never not found what I was looking for at this location it's been pretty stocked up. read more

I love my neighborhood Safeway!!! Everything is always fresh and if your using self check out your in and out. I always order all of my party cakes from them and they deliver on design and taste every time. Clean and well stocked. The meat department keeps the weekly specials meats on hand so you don't have to rush early to take advantage on the sale. Happy to continue shopping here for many many years to come!!!!! read more

Interesting ratings for grocery stores. Safeway on Decoto, UC is my first location, however I like coming to this location for seafood, meat it is always fresher at this location for whatever reason. The deli section is also cleaner and more selections. read more

What makes a supermarket get a better review than another is the customer service. Like Teresa had stated in her review, I had an issue with the self check-out where I got one of those 50% off meat department packages and I needed help to scan it in their machine correctly. The attendant came over and after a couple of tries, helped me get it done and sent me on my way. Now if only they had a place where the line began for self checkout, then it would be perfect. Otherwise, this is a pretty reliable Safeway that anchors this shopping center. Four shopping centers, four supermarket anchoring each area(Ranch 99, Mi Pueblo, Raley's, Safeway). I probably would come back to Safeway more often since the dry cleaning place that I use is right next door. read more

was here last night (night before valentines day) the flower section was filled with people making assortments of flowers and going through balloons getting ready. Really clean Safeway they were out of single ears of corn and only had the prepacked 4 corns ($6) ummm no!! so I made my way to the front and they actually had enough cashiers unlike other Safeway's ( cough cough greenhouse in San Lorenzo) read more

WIth Albertsons gone, Safeway is what we have left. It's A-OK in my book. They seem to be doing inventory this week, so good luck trying to find what you need. Opens late, that's usually when I'm shopping. read more

I get a lot of assistants when I shop here. From the baggers to the cart stockers. They are all very jolly. read more

They have just gone through a major renovation and the place looks pretty good. The parking is a freaking nightmare though.In this world of overkill Safeway has a Starbucks when there is a Starbucks literally around the corner on the same building. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Newark, California

The aisles were clean and clear enough for me to speed shop around more non-hurried shoppers. They even carried things here that I hadn't seen at other Safeways (three varieties of Uncrustables and two kinds of dark chocolate mini Magnums. Mmmm). All the open checkout lanes moved briskly and I was able to get newly acquired frozen Dove bars into my car without fear of melting. Excellent for speed shopping. read more

Usually frequent the Union City Safeway store but after finding this store, I talk to try to come here. It's so much more organized, cleaner, and people are a lot more friendly here than the Union City store. Especially Ashley Soto, and Phil Marinucci. Keep up the good work!! read more

It's your standard Safeway but I came in really quickly one morning for a bite to eat for breakfast! I think their $3.99 breakfast sandwich is a steal! It comes with your pick of one meat, cheese, and bread. It filled me up and I enjoyed eating every bite! Would recommend coming here just for the breakfast sandwich :) read more

There is an old fat cashier lady with full white hair, she is the worst...my ID card got stuck in my wallet but you can clearly read the info through the clear plastic cover. She insisted me to take 10 minutes to unstuck my card and made other customers wait meanwhile. I had my baby with me and she was crying cuz we were there for so long. But the awful cashier lady kept saying, you know you have to take your id out to show the police right? I was like, are you the police??? Wtf...that was very unnecessary treatment to customers. Even the customer behind me in-line was feeling bad for me... read more

I'm rating the floral dept.. So after walking out of Safeway Fremont Hub, I went to Safeway in Newark. This time, there was someone in the booth, her name is Celaniz. I proceeded to tell her my experience with the other Safeway, she apologized and asked to help me. I told her if I choose a bunch of flowers and a vase, can she put it together. She said yes and no charge. YaY! ..however as she was working on the flowers I noticed from the beginning this lady isnt smiling or warm either. I asked if I can just have fewer of the greens and baby's breath with the flowers and not be charged full extra for these. She declined. By this time I was getting tired of the Safeway lousy customer service experience.. So I let her rang everything and left. I just bought a bunch of flowers on Mother's day and the people working at the floral dept that day were really nice. Where are they now??? I cannot recommend this Safeway branch...I'll have to reconsider coming to this one.. read more

4:50pm on a Monday. There's 2 cash registers open along with the self check out. The lines are literally all the way down the aisles to the back of the store. Why? This is a constant issue. When I worked at Safeway the rule was you opened a new check stand if the lines got to be longer than 5-6 customers. read more

DO NOT come here after 6-7 pm after most employees have clocked out cause no one will help you! Mother of Gawd.... Took me an hour to have someone help me find white cooking wine and as I stand here in the salad dressing aisle... I'm smh thinking... I still gotta look for sun-dried tomatoes. As I finish up, I go in line to check out and the line is just crazy on a Friday night. I felt like I was at Great America waiting to go on a ride. The gentlemen behind me also can't believe how crazy it is so he decides to ask management and they told him that most of all employees called in sick. Figures! It's Friday. They did apologize for the long wait. read more

I usually come here when I need American groceries but lately, I've stopped coming. Even when they post certain things on sale, it's gone by the time I get there. There's always a long line when I come here and only 2 cashiers are available. They need to put in a self check out so people with less items can get in and get out faster. read more

9/24/21- still the same , went today , 1 checker and no baggers, last week , 2 checkers and very long lines to the back of the store, mote than once I have left my cart full of good and walked out , I guess they want you to use to do it yourself scanner stations read more

Antwone, buddy, next time u finish a sandwich, then start making 2 sandwiches for yourself which took about 20 mins (why u had to chop up ur meat and egg?? Idk?? Lol oh! And then reheat it again! Haha) then finally ask me what I wanted..please don't have a 5 min convo about nothing with ur co worker after u finish my sandwich.. I still need it buddy boy. :) waited about 45 mins for one sandwich..I believe you hit a record! lol at least the sandwich was bomb though!! If u want a sandwich here..just give urself about 2 hours for lunch and you will be good :) read more

Oh boy, I may just have had the worst customer experience of my life. Yes, I am young and a millennial BUT, I think I have a similar view of this grocery store as do most people who have lived in Newark for 20+ years like me. I have been coming here for as long as I can remember. I used to be a wee little girl scout selling cookies out front. Yes, I am emotionally attached to this store, but tonight was probably my last appearance until a new manager comes and fixes this place up. My boyfriend and I were done shopping for our groceries and there were 4 self check-out machines working and 2 regular cashier lanes open. The lines for each register were through each ENTIRE AISLE, including the self-checkout line! I was appalled. We waited 30 minutes. Once at checkout, I asked the cashier how he was doing and he said he was good, but does feel bad for everyone who has been waiting in line for so long. He has spoken to his manager about how being short-staffed affects the customers multiple times. He told me that the manager, "does not care, will give a customer $25 gift card for their complaint, and move on." Also, the manager disclosed with the cashier that, "This is the only Safeway in Newark, the customers have nowhere else to go so they will still come here." THAT IS ABSURD! This manager obviously does not care about his or her staff or the residents of the Newark Community. Yes, this is the ONLY Safeway in Newark. And I WOULD LOVE to continue shopping at Safeway. Yes, Sprouts just opened up, but they are more expensive and don't have as many options as a more established grocer like Safeway. After hearing that this manager clearly does not care about the well being of the customers or staff, I will not be coming to this store any longer. After this conversation (Yep, that was not the only issue), the chip card reader malfunctioned at the register. MY CREDIT CARD WAS NOT THIS ISSUE. I have seen this happen to many customers at this store as well, but this was a first for me. My credit card was then deactivated because of Safeway's chip reader malfunction. They disabled the function to put the card information manually into their registers recently. This Safeway has clearly not replaced or checked their card insert/swiping machines since the Chip reader has been installed nationwide. Anyways, I spent this Saturday evening skipping dinner because of this catastrophe. I was emotionally drained from waiting to pay for the food, having my card deactivated because of their TRASH machines, and then putting away all my melted groceries into my fridge late into the evening. #changemanagement #newarkresidentsmatter read more

Come here to get grocery stuff cause they have diff kinds of salad dressings that other places don't have. Then of course alot of stuff that Costco sells too big of a thing of so I wouldn't be able to eat all that. Right amount of quantity. No bathrooms :( read more

It's a convenient Safeway location right off State Route 84 and Ardenwood/Newark Blvd. Pretty much your standard supermarket with the usual groceries and frozen foods and various departments (bakery, deli, etc.). Parking is okay overall. read more

It makes so much sense to have 3 registers open on Sunday, the day before Memorial Day. It would be nice if Safeway values its customers' time and hired more checkers. Self Service check stand line was even longer. We need more humans opening up registers. The lady in front of me and two behind me left because it took so long. Smh. read more

Safeway - Only 3 lanes open. - Grocery Near Me - Newark, California

Horrible customer service. Came in tonight around 10pm for one item, got in line to check out and the line went all the way to the back of the store. Finally, after being in line for 15 mins I was next in line to be checked out and the female cashier tells me she's going to go on her break and to get into another line... I only had one item and there were only 3-4 people behind me that had also been waiting 15 mins. The right thing to do was to finish her line of customers or she should have told us earlier that she was going to take her break. We asked if we could be put in the front of the other line and she just shrugged and walked away. We had to go to the back of the next line and wait another 10-15 mins and I dunno why I didn't just leave. The lady who was after me told our new male cashier that what the other cashier did was not alright and that cashier didn't even apologize, he just looked at the bagger and made a face. read more

I love love love their deli. The Mongolian beef is yummy and spicy. I often go here for their bowl of steam rice plus 1 entree. Less than $5 and beats the blandness of Panda Express across the street. Good variety of produce, although sometimes they're slow in replenishing their goods. Like if they have a special on red peppers, then it goes fast and they don't put more out until you ask. But their produce is always fresh. Lines can get extremely long here. Wish they would open more check outs, staffing issues maybe. Parking is ridiculous sometimes too, especially between 5-7 pm. read more

The best things about Safeway are the deli and their new O line -- generic organic food. This Safeway is clean, and has big ethnic food sections, which I love. I don't like how long the lines get around lunch time and after work. Can't all you people get out of my way, please?!? read more

This Safeway rocks! When it's 3am and you start to crave snacks or whatever - it's good to know that this place is ALWAYS open. Great seafood selection and the king crabs are usually on sale. read more

This review is for their food section. Got 8-piece fried chicken and the chicken was definitely very fresh and tasty. I may not go to KFC any more now. ;) The cashier guy 'Antowne' was very sweet. PS: They have chicken samosas too. read more

I wouldn't ever want to review a Safeway for its relative ubiquity as a chain store in America, but for the second time in two weeks we've bought beyond spoiled seafood from them. Frozen seafood. I figured the first time was a fluke, but spending $7.99 for a 3 oz lobster tail and getting an ammonia smelling rot tail is too much to ignore. Ya'll need to fix yourselves. read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Newark, California

The lines are Rediculus.. literally a line down every isle only have 2 cashiers at the moment... You guys definitely need to schedule for the work flow. No customer should have to wait for an hour to checkout of your establishment. This is totally unacceptable I've never had to wait so long to spend money.. There is actually no sense of urgency to correct this issue. Probably wont be coming back to this Safeway... read more

Safeway - Grocery Near Me - Newark, California

Safeway Newark continues to disappoint me. Tired checkers, not enough staff at meat and seafood counters are some of the problems. They try to steer people to the self-checkout, but I hate doing all that myself, especially with produce to weigh. Come on Safeway management - get your act together and at least TRY to create a nicer experience for your customers! read more

Having people wait in a long line to buy food that you can easily get at other stores is ridiculous.

My black mother and I were standing at customer service waiting for help because we just saw an employee behind the counter not even a minute before we walked over and we're ignored by the surroundings. A white female came and stood behind us at the help counter and was helped by the white employee that stood by and watched us use the lottery machine where I said out loud that we needed to see a clerk. This man completely ignores us to help out this female, then says out loud that he'll help her because customer service is closed. He didn't see us standing there? He didn't hear me say multiple times at the lottery machine that we'll need to go to the customer service counter to redeem these winging tickets. Disgusting. Your employees need to undergo inclusivity training again. We were shopping and behaving like normal and for him to look at us and decide because we're black that we weren't worth his help is absolutely insane. January 27 2023 20:37 receipt time stamp. Disgusting and racist. read more

This is specifically about a bakery employee today. She was talking to her co-workers behind the bakery counter. She was one foot away with her mask down. It was not covering her mouth or nose. I was going to get a piece of cake. I did not...because of her. How can I trust the safety of the goods the bakery makes, when I see that? I work in a hospital. I am making IVs for Covid-19 patients. I wear a mask every day, all day. I know they are not comfortable, but it needs to be done, especially if you are preparing food. read more

Im rating the STARBUCKS in this store.... I was in a rush to work around 3pm there was ONE employee girl working for starbucks? Really? One guy in line with 2 kids... The worker took her sweet time to help this customer, make their drinks, wash everything she used to make the drinks... she was me too! I was waiting & waiting... 10 minutes later this lazy fat female took my drink... Horrible customer service. Worst starbucks ever...never comming back here... read more

I wanted to write a review about this Safeway for a long time now. I stopped shopping here soon as Sprouts opened in the neighborhood. Even before, I was making the long drive to Fremont at Whole Foods and Trader Joes except for emergencies. Not only is Safeway crazy expensive, but this location made me waste countless hours waiting in line. I spoke to managers many times and they said the same thing "we are understaffed". They said they train people and then people don't show up for work. I understand it's hard to make a living in the Bay Area, but how do all the other groceries stores survive?! They have really high prices and low wages, I guess. I wrote a message to the head office about this, but I don't think it'll make a difference. Please support the local Sprouts by shopping there. Almost everything is better. read more

Dozens and dozens are in line, but will they open another checkstand? Nope. Apparently not.

Friendly people and great service. The cakes are the best from the bakery. Good deli sandwiches read more

Peak hours are Mon-Fri, 4:30pm to 6:30pm. I would really recommend not shopping for anything during this time - especially if you are picking up alcohol since there's not the option for self-checkout. Other than that it's your typical Safeway. You come here for groceries, snacks, meals and drinks. You can get other things like shampoo and whatnot, but I don't think I've ever done that before. Here's some quick tips to leave you with: - The bathroom is in the back-right of the store past the alcohol and cheese - The Starbucks kiosk there tastes funny during Christmas time - If your sandwich at the deli takes longer than 5 minutes it's free, but I feel like you're kind of a turd if you redeem it read more