First impressions of the City Vista Safeway

First impression of the new Safeway: Outstanding

Check out the Flickr set, read the Yelp Reviews, PQLiving's writeup, and, most of all SHOP, as the promotional sales are amazing right now.


I'm a little too burnt out to write a master piece review right now. So I'll just run off some facts on the Safeway.

• Largest Produce area in the Safeway's eastern division including exotic fruit.
  
• Will receive new fresh deliveries 7 days a week
  
• Store has a full-service scratch bakery. You can special order breads shaped like crabs and gators. =)
  
• Two aisles of wine and a full-time wine steward
  
• Safeway's first full-service nut bar
  
• Prepared foods including hot foods, sushi, olive bar, soup, etc..
  
• Meat department will marinate your meat upon request - free of charge
  
• 6 Self Check out stations
  
• Floral department with balloon station
  
• Starbucks and Bergmann's cleaners
  
• Special shopping carts for parents with kids that are equipped with videos
  
• Standard shopping carts have wheels that lock if you try to remove them from premises
  
• Coinmaster (also Lotto eventually)
  
• Management has an extensive secret shopper program to evaluate employees.
  
• Access to underground parking via escalator and elevators
  
• Store hours will be 5AM to Midnight
  
• Store will employ 150 almost exclusively from Zipcode 20001 and adjacent ZIPs