It's no downtown Safeway with Alex behind the sandwich counter, but this Safeway's got some good things going for it.
1. It's in Market Mall. All malls should come complete with a grocery store. It's the one thing Chinook is missing. The malls that do have grocery stores really are your one-stop-shop for everything.
2. It's one of those fancy-schmancy newer layouts with the pharmacy right in the middle instead of at the back. It was my first time at this location, and you know, I think it was actually easier to find what I needed.
3. The checkouts are quick. This is typically the case in any Safeway I've been to, but it counts just the same. When I'm at the grocery store, I like to get through the checkout line as quickly as possible. In fact, this is true of just about any store. I enjoy the browsing/shopping part. I dislike the waiting in line part. Granted, I was here at around 7 pm on a Sunday, but the cashier was quick to ring me through just the same.
4. It's ideally located for those in the area without vehicles. That's just a long winded way of saying it's within walking distance for a lot of folk. Does that make it good for the environment?
I have yet to find a Safeway that I don't enjoy shopping at (except maybe the one just north of 16th Ave, but that's a review for another time).