DON'T COME HERE!! There's literally a homeless person that lives in the store.
My problems with this store started when the deli would constantly change their hours, and then take an attitude when I'd expect service after 7pm. Initially, I was told it closed at 8pm, and slicers at 7pm. That was a few months ago, now they'll randomly be closed at 5pm, (which is the exact time people are coming home from work, and looking to grab dinner) They just post signs now, "Deli Closed" but don't post anything about hours.
But what I've witnessed in the past few weeks will make you steer clear of this place. I'll share the email I sent last week-
Hello, I've wanted to reach out to Safeway about this store for a while now. I've been coming to this store in Thornton, CO since it opened almost 20 years ago. However, I'm having a hard time finding a reason to keep coming here.
Recently, I've seen a rise in homeless people abusing things at this store. First of all, this Safeway's become so run down, that there's literally a homeless person that lives in there. He used to just sit outside all day, but now, he just sits inside and watches everyone coming and going, literally all day, every day. He grabs a chair from the bank inside, and just sits at the north entrance. (He always looks greasy, and I'm pretty sure he hasn't showered for weeks on end) He also helps himself to a water from Starbucks, even if no barista's there to do it for him. He either stares into space, or just texts on his phone...
The managers all know him, and they just... don't kick him out. It's good to be friendly, but you can't just let a homeless person loiter like that, I find it very disgusting, even if he's a friendly guy. He's a white man, with grey-ish hair, and always wears a baseball cap, and has a rolling luggage case with him.
This particular person's been doing this for at least 2 years now, maybe more.
The next thing I wanted to address is another homeless person, a blonde woman was shopping a few weeks ago, and she just walked right out with a display basket full of groceries. (I noticed her because she kept talking to herself while shopping, and she smelled kind of bad)
I wanted to see where she went, so I followed her in my car as she went around behind the store. She'd found a shopping cart, and filled it up with the stolen groceries. She started bathing with a gallon of water and bleach, and she was camped out in the corner of the back lot.
Another man walked up to her, and I heard them discuss how they were going to use drugs together. It really made me sick, that this goes on, and no one really seems to care about it, at all.
Now I haven't seen her since then, but when I went in today, I saw the same guy just texting on his phone, staring into space, and watching everyone who comes in and out of Safeway, again.
I'm not sure if I'm reaching out to the right place, but I'd like to know who I can contact with this concern, maybe a district manager perhaps, but it really needs to be dealt with.
After sending that email, I was assured it was taken up with the DM, but when I went there again, the homeless person was still there, and that's when I managed to get these pictures. I wouldn't let my kids sit in that chair he uses, and Safeway really just needs to kick him out, and at least look out the back to make sure there aren't other homeless people, living outside, stealing groceries, and doing drugs out there. It shouldn't take calling the cops for the company to just keep up with this store.
I'm not trying to hate on this one person, but regardless of your circumstances, YOU CAN'T JUST LIVE IN A GROCERY STORE! Unacceptable. (Your bad hygiene is living among all the food we're consuming, and that's NOT okay) Nobody else really seems concerned about it, and everyone seems to just look the other way. read more