03-29-2011, 08:18 AM
I was disappointed about the parking. Silly me, I thought that once they stopped sharing with the mall and Longs that it would improve.
I do think it is the novelty in town at the moment. It will even out. It's lucky that Target didn't open at the same time. When Target opens, the grand opening will make it hard to grocery shop for a couple weeks, no doubt.
It's nice the new Safeway has customer restrooms. (Even though the old one let you into the back area.)
The deli and Starbucks needs some help. I thought I would nip in there yesterday and get quick sandwich and coffee before seeing "Paul" -- really fun movie btw, was surprised.
The Starbucks prep people took over five minutes to ring up one order. After I ordered I went and tried to pay for my sandwich, the registers were down or hung up. After a long wait, I returned wondering if someone would have taken my latte by now -- only to find it was not even made yet.
Then she made me the wrong drink. I caught it. Another wait.
This would never happen in the real Starbucks. They would go out of business if they were that slow.
The sandwich was awful. The avocado was bitter ... someone didn't taste it. Really bitter.
Not a good experience, too bad. Still happy to have a clean bright store with more options, but I can see that there will be bumps. I didn't realize before that Safeway was going to try to change its whole image. I thought they were just moving to a new location.
I do think it is the novelty in town at the moment. It will even out. It's lucky that Target didn't open at the same time. When Target opens, the grand opening will make it hard to grocery shop for a couple weeks, no doubt.
It's nice the new Safeway has customer restrooms. (Even though the old one let you into the back area.)
The deli and Starbucks needs some help. I thought I would nip in there yesterday and get quick sandwich and coffee before seeing "Paul" -- really fun movie btw, was surprised.
The Starbucks prep people took over five minutes to ring up one order. After I ordered I went and tried to pay for my sandwich, the registers were down or hung up. After a long wait, I returned wondering if someone would have taken my latte by now -- only to find it was not even made yet.
Then she made me the wrong drink. I caught it. Another wait.
This would never happen in the real Starbucks. They would go out of business if they were that slow.
The sandwich was awful. The avocado was bitter ... someone didn't taste it. Really bitter.
Not a good experience, too bad. Still happy to have a clean bright store with more options, but I can see that there will be bumps. I didn't realize before that Safeway was going to try to change its whole image. I thought they were just moving to a new location.