07-28-2011, 06:08 PM
Spunky -
You know, you might be right! When I did find the electronics section (of course in the complete opposite part of the store I started looking for it) it was very sparse so suspect many people got some good bargains - it was also the area where many employees were hanging out!
Jerry -
I still shop at Safeway because I can find stuff there no other store has (and it now has a very small British section!). It was great in the first couple of weeks but now employee numbers appear to be down and there are long waits at the check out. I also checked how much more I'm being charged there now for the same things I bought at the old place. I reckon overall it's approx 20% more expensive - I'm using my card and using the online saver stuff, but it's definitely much more expensive than it used to be.
A few weeks ago I also experienced some particularly bad customer service at Safeway involving a disabled customer they left stranded. Maybe I'll write about that some other time, but their behavior was way out of order and has left a sour taste ever since for me.
As for Target vs Walmart, well, I suspect if there's anything I really need to get from either store, it'll likely be from Target, but I'll be interested to see what the place is like 6 months from now.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
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Tom - Maybe you didn't find the SD cards because my friend bought them all! lol he was saying what a good deal he got on them. i went there a few days after the opening but before the grand opening on Sunday. The deals that were good were really good with several items sold out or close to it.
You know, you might be right! When I did find the electronics section (of course in the complete opposite part of the store I started looking for it) it was very sparse so suspect many people got some good bargains - it was also the area where many employees were hanging out!
Jerry -
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Tom, I agree with your comments on Safeway. We buy the same things we bought at the old store in mostly the same quantities. Now that the hooplah over the opening is over, we have found that prices on many Safeway items we routinely purchase have gone up significantly. This may be just general inflation or the luck of the draw as far as our purchases are concerned, but the price increases seem more at Safeway than we have experienced at other grocery stores. I would be interested to know if this is just our perspective or if it is shared by others.
I still shop at Safeway because I can find stuff there no other store has (and it now has a very small British section!). It was great in the first couple of weeks but now employee numbers appear to be down and there are long waits at the check out. I also checked how much more I'm being charged there now for the same things I bought at the old place. I reckon overall it's approx 20% more expensive - I'm using my card and using the online saver stuff, but it's definitely much more expensive than it used to be.
A few weeks ago I also experienced some particularly bad customer service at Safeway involving a disabled customer they left stranded. Maybe I'll write about that some other time, but their behavior was way out of order and has left a sour taste ever since for me.
As for Target vs Walmart, well, I suspect if there's anything I really need to get from either store, it'll likely be from Target, but I'll be interested to see what the place is like 6 months from now.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/