This Safeway is no where close to my home, and it's in a busy shopping plaza on Del Paso Blvd right near the I-5 freeway. I come here for groceries sometimes when we're in the area to meet up with friends, to do some shopping, when we're driving north towards Reno/Tahoe and need to pick up some meals and snacks, or when there's a special even here for us to attend in Natomas. This is a newer Safeway in the Sac area even though it's definitely 10-15+ years old by now I think. It's been kept up and everything looks good and organized here. There's your usual layout w/produce on one side of the store and the deli and bakery on the other, then in the middle you have your pantry items and towards the back is the meat dept and pharmacy. There's cold cases of dairy and yogurt, freezer cases filled w/frozen entrees, ice cream, frozen veggies, etc. All quite convenient and then there's tons of delicious pastries in my favorite section of any grocery store, the bakery. They make pastries here as well as any specialty bakery, so I often get my apple turnovers, bear claws, fritters, and cherry Danishes, etc. here. I probably have no business eating too much pastries anyway, but they carry so many good tasting treats so I ask the wife to grab some "for the kids" when we're here. All in all, this store's got a lot of everything we need. Prices are typical for groceries, so the wife looks for the sale items. To be honest, I don't do too much of the procurement, that's the wife's specialty, but I do assist w/carrying and bagging and that frees me up to take pictures and look for items that I would like to try in the future.
There's also a good sized gas station here w/discount prices and you just have to scan your membership card or punch in your number, but we don't usually get gas here, only if we're low and happen to need to fill up, Safeway gas is still pretty competitively priced compared to a regular gas station, but higher than Costco/Sam's Club gas.
Pro-tip: park further to the sides rather than in the middle of the lot in front of the store and walk if you want to avoid being too dep into the parking lot and there are usually a few spots on the outer edges, but closer to the front of the store, I like to park on the west side of the store and walk in to avoid the busy traffic in the lot, some of the drivers do look like they'll just run you over, stay safe folks. read more