I've been to this store several times over the past few years and I don't know why I keep going back. Every time it's a horrible experience. I am planning to learn my lesson this time.
The meat there is a huge problem (lots of brown/gray, rancid-looking stuff sold at full price) but the worst thing is the cashier service.
Despite the time of day, they only ever seem to have 1 register open. Which means that, to buy a single item in the AM, it's a 20 minute wait at least.
Today at 8 AM the line for the single register was 10 people long. It took so long that the lady in front of me, who only wanted some orange juice, finally dropped out of line and left. I was still standing there 15 minutes later.
Here's the WORST part: The manager walked by the line 2 different times, looked right at it, and kept walking.
He didn't open a register himself to speed those commuters on their way. He didn't ask the woman at customer service to come up and open one. He just saw the grumpy people in line and ignored it.
This is why Safeway - especially this one - is failing.
Manager Ben, you just lost Safeway 2 customers today - at least.