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Safeway self serve checkout accused of theft

Store 3390 POS 003 TRANS 3037 14.54 02/07/2018
My daughter was using the self serve check out when the attendant accused her of shop lifting. She explained to her that she hadn't finished and she had not gone to Pay Now so was still in the process of shopping. The attendant took all her shopping to another counter and re scanned all her shopping and then she paid. My daughter was so embarrassed by the whole episode and deserves an apology, how can you accuse a shopper of shop lifting in the middle of doing their buying. My daughter is a bit slow and would not stick up for herself but she is definitely not a shop lifter. Regardless of an apology we will never shop at that store again. We spent nearly $200 between the 2 of us today so I am sure Aldi (which is next door) will appreciate our custom. Val

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Safeway sales prices advertised do not ring up

This issue happens every single week. The most recent one was June 30, 2018
The issue is advertised specials that do not ring up the sale price at checkout. Every single time there are 1-2 items that do not reflect the correct price.
In this most recent one there were two discounts for Casa Sanchez guacamole:
Regular price $7.99
Club price $6.99
Personalized coupon $1.00 off (expires July 4)
So the price should have been $5.99
Neither discount rang up and I was charged $7.99
There was no problem getting the refund; there never is.
The problem is the frequency of this occurrence. It occurs so frequently it ceases to be just an annoyance at having to go back there but instead feels like a bait and switch.
Even if not, then there is a serious quality control problem with the person or software that is supposed to enter these discounts in your computer.
also, though they always refund the money, they do nothing to correct it in the computer for the next person.
This problem really needs to be addressed.
Thank you.

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Safeway customer service

Date of incident: Friday-June 29, 2018
Time: 5:54 p.m.
Location: Safeway, 381 E Maka'Ala St, Hilo, HI 96720
Complaint: Upon checkout at the Self-Checkout, my husband and I were having a problem with scanning the fresh corn. There were 2 clerks that were working at the Self-Checkout. One of them was Tehane and the other was Courtnie. Tehane was busy helping customers and Courtnie was pacing back and forth and assisting no one. I asked her for help and she stared and me with a blank look, turned away and kept pacing back and forth. My husband and I just stood there and stared at her in disbelief wondering if she was going to assist us. Finally after quite a bit of time, she looks at us from afar (still with a blank look) and I say that the corn is not scanning properly because it's on sale and not reflecting the correct price. She doesn't even come over and proceeds to say, "It is scanning correctly!". She says this with a bad attitude. At this point, my husband and I were so frustrated we didn't care that the corn was scanning incorrectly, we just wanted to get out of the store. After we processed the rest of our groceries. I headed to the Customer Service counter. Yet again, we get poor customer service. There's a long line at the counter and no one is there. I ask a gentleman if the counter is closed and he says that someone is in the room in the back of the counter but they haven't come out in a long while. Sure enough, when I look beyond the counter, there is a female and a male chit/chatting and oblivious to the long line outside. The female finally comes out after about 2 minutes (I timed it) and I proceed to tell her what happened at the Self-Checkout. I mention to her that there were 2 clerks. One of them is Tehane and the other one, I think is Courtnie...I caught a little glimpse of her nametag but wasn't positive because she kept hiding her name tag. I also mention that the clerk knew we were upset because of the poor customer service and the bad attitude that we got from her and when I tried to look at her name tag, she put her hand over it and kept turning sideways away from us. So I asked for the name of that clerk and the Customer Service female kept shrugging her shoulders and refused to give me her name. My husband and I repeatedly ask for her name and she kept shrugging her shoulders. Then the male Customer Service rep came out from the side room and apparently he heard the conversation and he leaned over towards me and whispered that her name is Courtnie.

The reason why we were in the store in the first place was to do our banking at Bank of Hawaii which is located in the store. Against our better judgement, we decided to do our shopping since we were already in the store. Our family, friends and co-workers have all mentioned that Safeway has the worst customer service but it was a matter of convenience since we were already in the store doing our banking. Now we know better than to shop there. We were always told to shop local...KTA and Sack 'n Save. It's very sad that Safeway in Hilo has such a bad reputation...no Aloha!

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Jul 01, 2018 3:51 am EDT

Poor Customer Service at Safeway, 381 E Maka'Ala St, Hilo, HI 96720

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Safeway pricing error / extremely rude night manager

In the produce dept, cherries were on sale for $2.88 and so we picked some up. When we checked out, we noticed the price of the cherries we $5. When we brought this up to the produce clerk, she just said "yea, they're in the wrong place. I asked if I could get it at the price on display and she said she would have to ask her manager. She called the manager and the manager told her there was nothing she could do as well.

I then asked to speak to her in person. She came out of the back with the most UNFRIENDLY and HORRIBLE ATTITUDE. When I explained the situation to her, she just "I'm not giving you the difference". Judging from her demeanor and horrible tone, I knew she wasn't going to listen or try to resolve the situation in any meaningful way. The only thing left for me to do was get her information and try to get resolution from someone at a different level.

Info she gave me.
Gina (last name not given, Night time Manager or Person in Charge)
Store 1931

Incident date June 30 Approx 8 - 8:30

Please contact me for whatever additional information you need.

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7:26 pm EDT

Safeway meat department

I bought a 2.6 pound Tri tip but when I brought it home I took it out flipped over and there was about 2 inches of fat on the bottom I would say I only got about 1 pound of Tri tip out of it
Don't get me wrong I love Safeway stores ! Is there anything you guys can do about this?

My Safeway store is in Cassa Grande Arizona. My phone number is [protected] My email is [protected]@gmail.com

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Safeway monopoly prizes

I won three Shutterfly photo book prizes on the latest Monopoly contest. Each of the three prizes had a unique promo code and it went on to say that "Promo can only be redeemed once per account and/or billing address. This offer code can only be used once." This was the same verbiage that was used on the three codes that I wan for reusable shopping bags. I have redeemed the three codes for the shopping bags on one order. Now, when I try to enter the codes for the photo books, I am being told that I am entitled to only one photo book. The way that I read it is that each prom code can only be used once and a different promo code could be used by the same person. Obviously that was Shutterfly's interpretation on the shopping bags. How can I receive the prizes that a won?

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Safeway gasoline services

Brandon P. On commercial ST in Salem, OR has been rude every time I have come for gas. I have stopped coming into the station for gas, because I have waited over an hour to have someone take the pump out of my tank. Brandon P. has questioned when I have paid in cash, because his co-workers didn't tell him. Customers should be a priority. I have worked in customer service myself and I leanred customers are always right. I called the PIC on duty tonight and he said he can't do anything. I know he could talk to Brandon and leave a note for management . But in the long run I hope this is taken care of.

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7:06 pm EDT

Safeway plated

My husband and I purchased a Plated dinner box on Monday, June 25th. Today is Thursday the 28th and were going to cook it but started opening and the chicken stunk terribly through the packaging and once opened was horrific. The peas were also soggy and old. The expiration date once we looked was June 21, which is four days before we even bought the product. I was hoping for a refund or something for our troubles. Thank you.

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4:26 pm EDT

Safeway lakeview, oregon store

The Safeway store located in Lakeview, Oregon is below adequacy. The isles are not large enough for two carts to pass by each-other. Everything is to packed in that it is almost claustrophobic at some times of the day. A increasingly large number of people occupy this town and all other services have expanded and adjusted. Safeway should too. The produce is almost always below par in freshness and visual terms. The variety of produce and other products is laughable. A bakery and deli center are also very much needed. The people of this town provide a great deal for their state and community and would like the same effort reciprocated. Thank you for your time. I very much hope to see some changes soon.

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10:22 pm EDT

Safeway service

The Safeway in San Ramon is the worst operated grocery store I've ever been in.
I just moved here, and every single time I enter this store, it's a hassle to get things done. Most of the time I have to walk all the way to the other entrance to find a handcart, and more often than not, there is a line of 5-10 people in front of the self check-out. This Safeway needs more than four self check-out stations. Today, I just got off work, went to Safeway to pick up some food, and there were only two check out aisles open, and 15-20 people were waiting in the self check-out line (@approx. 6 pm)... I walked right now and will never go back to that Safeway. I've tried to suggest to MGNT how to improve operations, but it has fallen on deaf ears. San Ramon Store needs 100% revamp and new MGNT immediately. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

The Safeway in Livermore, CA on 1554 first street is the one I used to go to, and that one was fantastic! Very well run. Perfect store to benchmark from.

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4:19 pm EDT

Safeway customer service, deli department

Safeway in Oro Valley is my grocery store of choice. I was in the Oro Valley, deli department on 6/25/18 at approximately 1:00pm. I noticed that there was one sales person behind the counter who was bagging another customers purchases. I asked her i f she could help us next, she said she would be with me in a minute. We had been in this store earlier in the day, there was none behind the counter, however there was someone in the back room who did not come out to help us. (there was another customer waiting to be helped). When she came up to me, she had a glare on her face she never greeted me in a friendly way which is normally the way in this department. I ordered a salad and four slices of turkey. After bagging the turkey she threw it on the counter top and asked if there was anything else. Not once did she say thank you or have a smile on her fact.

Not a great customer service experience.

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2:50 pm EDT

Safeway cashier service

Cashier charged 2 items 4 time on one ticket. I tried to tell her what she did. She refused to take extra charges off. Customer service representative came to help. They continued to tell me that there was no extra charges. I asked for a manager help 3 times. They ignored my request. After I told them to void out the items. They wanted to charge me an extra 17 dollars. I was playing with SNAP so I shouldn't have owed any extra. After 20 minutes of a headache they still would not call a manager over.

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11:58 pm EDT

Safeway restrooms

The restrooms at the Rivermark Santa Clara, Ca., Safeway are terrible. First of all, two of them are out of order and the ones near Customer Service is all that are left and the handicapped toilet should be closed due to a leak but instead, you get to stand in a pool of water while trying to maneuver the pig sock someone put down to absorb the water. The toilet seats are peeling, are full of dust and dirt on the strobes that no one has bothered to clean. Please follow up. Amber [protected].

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6:46 pm EDT

Safeway meat counter

This is the third (and last) time I have purchased prepared meat from Safeway that is already "seasoned". I put that word in quotes because either their prep folks are extremely lazy or purposely season only the exposed surface of the meat. Basically, they put the meat on the plastic, usually overlapping, and just season the top. Nothing on the bottom or any meat that isn't exposed. So even though I'm purchasing meat that is "seasoned", I still have to season it myself. Kind of a rip if you ask me. This is the Safeway off Plum Creek in Castle Rock, CO.

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Safeway food preparedness

Today June 22 7 AM Gladstone Oregon Starbucks. This is the second time I've had a drink from the same barista and my drink has no flavor just hot milk and espresso anytime I get this drink from any other barista at the store there's flavor and I had five people in front of me ordering so I can only imagine what their drinks tasted like I've complained once already to another barista that works with her and nothing has been done about it so I'm wondering how do I get a barista to learn how to make a drinks properly

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Safeway cashier guest experience

I usually go through self checkout but today I needed to break a bill into some coins so I went through and express checkout. After making my purchase I asked if I could receive some of my change in toonies. The lady rudely answered with a blunt no. I inquired as to why not and she said that she had just filled her till with them so no I wasn't to have any. She told me to go to customer service to get some but it's mt understanding that she is customer service. Very disappointed by this experience.

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4:05 pm EDT

Safeway empty shelves. careless cashier and bagger. ripped plastic bags.

6-21-2018
store 1733
customer : Becky Johnson 4420?
11: 42 am Jeana

poor product selection
stock missing from selves
cashier tossing products after scan
bagger careless, no double bags even after request.
attitude bad, hurried.
called customer service, got disconnected after 10 minute hold.

Considering the prices, very unhappy with this poor quality.

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Jun 21, 2018 4:09 pm EDT

Horrible service

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8:53 pm EDT

Safeway customer service

No one at customer service in this store for at least 30 mind. Me and another 2 customers were at the customer service for at 30 min. Other employee paged her at least 4 times. She ended up showing up with a cup of coffee. She actually walked by 3 times before but pretend she has nothing to do with it. This is not a isolated occasion, it happened at least 2 other times in this store

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11:27 am EDT

Safeway cashier is discriminative, unprofessional

On 06/19/2018, 867 Island Dr, Alameda, CA 94502, around 5PM. Cashier lane #1.

when its my turn to check out, the cashier saw me and he was not smiling.

He tried to scan the item, there was no barcode, he just left. the whole time I was standing there.
He came back and was minding his own business. And he was talking to the person behind me. He then said do you need a bag while he was talking and facing the person behind me. Then he turned to me and said "do you need a bag?"
My reply was "huh?"
The safeway cashier turned to the person behind me and laughed.

I never felt so discriminated. 2018 in Bay Area California, Races still exits in Safeway.
Safeway is not a fair and friendly place to shop at.

and this was the receipt. it was crumbled.

I didn't say or do anything, I left.

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Safeway poor customer service at deli

On the morning of 18 June 2018 I visited my local Safeway hoping to get a breakfast burrito, instead what I got was attitude from the lady at the deli. As far as I know the deli opens at 0600. I was there at 0630. I observed two employees working in the deli at this time and neither one of them offered assistance. I had to ask twice if they were open yet before the lady responded "Be right there" and went back to cutting whatever she was cutting. I stood there for a good minute before I left. The lady never even looked up the whole time. Couldn't tell by the way she looked if she was hungover or just sad to be stuck in a dead end job. Either way all I can say is the service was terrible. If I could give the deli zero stars I would and that would be generous of me!

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Safeway In-depth Review

Overall Rating: 4.5/5

Website Design and User Experience: The Safeway website is well-designed and user-friendly. The layout is clean and intuitive, making it easy to navigate and find what you're looking for. The search function is efficient and the product categories are well-organized. Overall, a pleasant browsing experience.

Product Selection and Availability: Safeway offers a wide range of products, from fresh produce to household essentials. The selection is extensive and caters to various dietary preferences and needs. However, there have been occasional instances of out-of-stock items, which can be frustrating.

Pricing and Discounts: Safeway generally offers competitive prices, especially when compared to other grocery stores. They frequently have discounts and promotions, making it possible to save money on your purchases. Additionally, their loyalty program provides further savings opportunities.

Customer Service and Support: Safeway's customer service is commendable. Their representatives are friendly, knowledgeable, and responsive. They are quick to address any concerns or issues that may arise, ensuring a positive shopping experience.

Delivery and Shipping: Safeway offers convenient delivery options, allowing customers to have their groceries delivered right to their doorstep. The delivery service is reliable and punctual, ensuring that your items arrive fresh and in a timely manner.

Return and Refund Policy: Safeway has a fair return and refund policy. If you are unsatisfied with a product, they will gladly provide a refund or exchange. However, it is important to note that perishable items may have different return guidelines.

Loyalty Program and Rewards: Safeway's loyalty program, Club Card, offers great benefits to its members. By using the card, customers can earn points that can be redeemed for discounts on future purchases. Additionally, members receive exclusive offers and personalized deals.

Quality of Products: Safeway is committed to providing high-quality products. Their fresh produce is generally fresh and of good quality. They also carry well-known brands, ensuring that customers have access to trusted products.

Health and Safety Measures: Safeway prioritizes the health and safety of its customers. They have implemented various measures, such as enhanced cleaning protocols, social distancing guidelines, and the use of personal protective equipment. These measures help create a safe shopping environment.

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility: Safeway actively engages with the community and demonstrates social responsibility. They support local initiatives and charities, contributing to the well-being of the communities they serve.

Additional Services and Features: Safeway offers additional services and features to enhance the shopping experience. This includes online ordering, recipe ideas, and a pharmacy. These services add convenience and value for customers.

User Reviews and Ratings: Safeway has generally positive user reviews and ratings. Customers appreciate the quality of products, competitive prices, and excellent customer service. However, there have been occasional complaints about out-of-stock items and delivery delays.

Pros and Cons:

  • Pros: Competitive prices, wide product selection, excellent customer service, convenient delivery options, loyalty program benefits
  • Cons: Occasional out-of-stock items, delivery delays

Conclusion and Recommendation: Overall, Safeway is a reliable and customer-oriented grocery store. With its user-friendly website, wide product selection, and competitive prices, it offers a convenient and enjoyable shopping experience. We recommend giving Safeway a try for your grocery needs.

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