Safeway Supermarkets - Life in America
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Lucerne and Cragmont!
Loved this video. As a former Safeway employee it was the best grocery chain I’ve worked for. As a female they gave me plenty of opportunities to move up. Bagger, Deli, checker and manager. Because of Safeway I decided to make my career in the grocery business. I retired after 30 years all because I was treated with the upmost respect. Thank you Safeway. You changed my life. ❤️
As a small female Asian, I was not given any opportunity to "move up" at Safeway in 4 years. I stayed as a courtesy clerk at 2 stores bagging and returning carts for those 4 years, then I moved and applied at another Safeway and was turned-down for no reason, so I worked for a Kroger across the street returning their carts and bagging. I'm "on call" at Safeway now, not even on the schedule. Called only during bad weather and the busiest times, not exceeding 4-8 hous a week (I think the bookkeeper wants me to look elsewhere, or being an Indian-American, he doesn't want little orientals like me there). Safeway is the reason I am looking elsewhere again, there was absolutely no advancement opportunity for me. I earned when I could be on a shift; worked hard, that's it.
Yes I also am retired from the grocery business working 3O YEAR'S. Sorry TO have seen so many great store's that have closed OVER the Years. 🐶🍵🍩
I miss Safeway CRAGMONT soda.
SAFEWAY…..”where our people, make the difference” 😃
Being treated ethically can change one person’s life at a time.
Tom Sisson
Oh yes, i remember Safeway. As a kid of the 70's, i remember the jingle in the commercial---EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A STORE AND A LITTLE BIT MO-O-O-R-E🎶
Yes. The jingle that I most remember is 'since we're neighbors let's be friends, Safeway' lol. 😆
Thanks for the memory.
I remember stopping at the Safeway in Truckee, CA on our way to Sand Harbor beach in the 70's. We'd get Cragmont soda and some ice and put it in our styrofoam ice chest. My sister had to have cream soda and I was happy with orange or grape. I miss those days......life was so much simpler (I am sure my parents would beg to differ!). PS---we still have Safeway in CA---but they are expensive!
Who isn't?...
Vons is our Safeway store in Southern California.
Ah, yes cragmont soda. Wow, I'm getting old. In San Jose, California. Where I live, they even put a corn tortilla operation, in the Safeway, on the East side, the store mostly centered and in populated area by us Latinos. The smell,of the fresh tortillas was heavenly. Love that smell, reminds when I used to visit Baja. My family brought fresh made tortillas.
The Cragmont cream soda!
My grandfather back in the 60s had his home right behind a Safeway in Saint Joseph, Mo. He did not have to buy food, in those days Safeway would throw away dented can goods or meat scraps from the butcher market or meat department. He would get the meat, cook it on the stove, cut the good parts off, and feed the fat to his dogs. He also got the ripe fruit and vegetables, He ate well out of their dumpsters. :) Plus his friends who would come and visit with him ate good, grandpa, fed a lot of homeless drunks at that time with that food, yes, there was homelessness in the 60s, In the winter you could go to his house and find 2 or 3 drunks staying with him, especially in the winter. Thank you for your video
That's pretty scary. People dump rat poison, E. coli, weed killers, and other chemicals into dumpsters. I won't tell you can't go through dumpsters, I just have to hope you never regret it.
Good for your grandpa watching out for some of the guys.
I have found food in food lion dumpsters 8n Raleigh NC.It helps a lot,have given some away.
Gramps was a kind soul.
I grew up near there, and have been in the store in the early 70s!
I used to work as an Activity and Social director for an Alzheimer’s community. Your videos would have done wonders for my group. We reminisced about so much of everyday life and finding old videos and photos, back when I was working, was expensive.
That's a great idea. I always call my mom when new ones come on. Thank god her memory is still good.
Wow - who would have thought. This is great.
I'll probably need you in about 5 years. Keep looking for fun stuff!
I grew up with Safeway, my father worked for them from 1959 to 1983, managing 7 different stores in Wyoming and Montana.
Grew up in the business too, and have put in my 20 years. It’s changed a lot in my time, but to hear my dad and grandpa talk about it, it seems light years away from where the business used to be..
I wish we could go back to the days of grocery workers dressing and grooming like professionals.
Back when grocery workers were paid and treated like professionals and not as the first job after McDonald's. During the pandemic people would thank you for coming to work. Now people forget who they get their groceries from because they are forced to run through Self Check Out.
Dean - those days are gone, Grocery workers dont even Groom themselves anymore, and wear innapropriate work clothes.
heck, even the GAS stations are not FULL service anymore , the workers dont Shower, Groom or dress themselves right.
As a grocery store worker myself. Things and style has changed. It's all about safety and sanity today. In the old days we did not have to have ARM security gaurds and bullet proof vest. Banks today are a lot safer to work in.
@@alexsandra6316 - even in 1600's Banks had ARMED security , and would Disarm anyone with a Firearm in a Bank.
SOME , banks even had SHOOTING Gallery , looking for Criminals.
Prior to the 1990s, the grocery business was a high paid service industry. People don’t realize the amount of work it takes to make a nice store. Unfortunately, today, a job in the grocery biz is mostly just an entry-level job, and in these days that attracts teenagers who generally have absolutely zero standards of personal conduct. Most old-timers are paid just enough not to quit, especially when healthcare is taken into consideration, and yet, they’re the ones with the experience and a semblance of work ethic. Once they go, your grocery stores will be a nightmare.
Thank you for this. The supermarkets of the early-mid 70s were lost in my memory until I saw this. I feel so fortunate to have been a young child in that decade.
Stores were different when we were kids
Yes, it brings back memories for me too, at least for the 1970s and 1980s. Good times!
@@cnance1972 about the 1970's they put in delicatessen, bakery, and later pharmacy.
The late 1980's they had Safeway Marketplace stores which even included café and China Express and a seafood department.
becoming a huge fan of your episodes, ive binged them all, love all the old photos you have of the places you cover, thank you for sharing
Safeways in Oregon used to sponsor a character named Zezo the Clown. He would come to the grade schools and teach the kids to say please and thank you. Afterwards, he would lead the kids and teachers on a field trip to the store where you would get to see the produce section, the big freezer, the butcher, and lastly, the bakery where you would get a freshly baked cookie then say, "May I please have a cookie?" followed by a "Thank you." after it was handed to you by the baker. That was over 50 years ago and it seems like yesterday.
It was so pleasant. I was there in that time and I’m very grateful. When normal things were fun and safe to do.
I am a current employee of Safeway. Thank you for sharing vintage Safeway locations and interiors up both small and large stores. Some Safeways even have escalators and elevators in them to get from the store to the parking lot that's located underneath while apartments are above the store owned by another corporation
I remember when working at the Safeway was a union job that paid pretty well for the time, +2X minimum wage. Is it still ok?
@@lindatisue733 the minimum wage of Seattle Washington is like $16.49 + $4 for emergency covid pay per hour
@@lindatisue733 Safeway workers are still represented by UFCW in Arizona.
@@jefferypardue7509 If you are schuduled. They can put you on 4 hr work weeks or "on call" which is worse.
@BOB K what town?
I was just at Safeway yesterday. Picked up a ham on sale always clean and friendly store to shop at. Thanks so much for doing a video on Safeway. Chehalis Washington
There's one here in San Francisco on 30th Street and Mission that still has the stonework and mosaic "S" signs intact where many of the other ones here have remodeled over the years!
I've been to that store.
IVE BEEN THERE
Been there
Man do they watch you like a hawk in that store. I remember employees kept telling me to make sure I pay for my items and it wasn’t until they seen my Safeway associate discount go through at check out that they all of a sudden become nice to me
I worked at Safeway for 46 years. This video made me chuckle!!
I hope you got a pension?
Yes, actually Safeway was one of the very few companies to offer a fully company funded pension plan!
My husband retired from Safeway after 32 years now working for Giant going on 17 years.
Yes it's not the norm anymore. Seems like 25 years went by like nothing, then you have so much time invested you might as well just stay!
I wonder if they still have this practice of thanking each customer by name. I find it kind of offensive that some multi-billion dollar, multi-national conglomerate, is acting like the neighbourhood store by wanting to be "friendly" with me. As a bagger if found it embarrassing. Seriously. I lasted 6 months and that was the end of that. What drove me out mroe than that was this prick of a store manager who tried his best to get me to ditch my left earing. He pulled me into the office and tried to bully me into getting rid of it. He was ex military. Mancho macho man..as the somg goes. I refused to take it out on the basis of thsi being a sexist request. I told him if you can get the women to take theirs out then so will i. Needless to say nothing happened. But work became "difficult" after that as he tried to push me out. Fuck the prick
Any time I’ve been out west, I always manage to stop by a Safeway! My last visit was the Safeway in Williams, Arizona.
I worked in that store in 1989
Growing up in Northern California in the 1980's, I remember going to Pak 'N Save, a store chain owned by Safeway. Pak 'N Save was a warehouse store without needing a membership. They sold food in bulk, and many Safeway brands. You had to bag your own groceries at the checkout. Those stores were so HUGE to a little kid.
My brother and I still reminisce about Pak 'N Save. Loved going there late at night.
I remember pak n save…yes they were huge.. we also had Gemco in Northern California when I was a kid.
Pic n save
My Daddy worked for Safeway in Sacramento, Ca for many years. I remember when they were on Strike, he had the night shift on the picket lines, my mother was a nurse who also worked nights so me and my sister went with dad on his picket nights and slept in the camper on the back of his truck. I remember having hot chocolate around a barrel bonefire with him and his fellow workers/picketers!
My dad was a meat-cutter/ meat manager In Phoenix for Safeway from 1959 to 1990. I remember going in on the weekends to help with his inventory when i was a kid in the 60s. My mom was also a cashier off and on. Fun times.
Safeway was the place to go and do all your shopping. Loved the way they looked and how well-stocked they were.
Used love their Edwards Coffee...the only brand I would buy.
Memories...52 years ago...my high school job was at Safeway!
35 years ago it was my daughter's first job thru her high school work program also.
I miss those old domed stores from the 60s
@DJMinor5000 I remember the store on Geary in SF. I used to shop there.
there is one of the old domed safeway buildings about 2 miles from my house, it was a safeway up until 1996 but today it's a grocery outlet. the building is still totally original inside and out and the original sign structure is still out by the road.
@@marzsit9833 grocery outlet bargain markets are independently owned and operated franchise locations
@DJMinor5000 Actually their brand now is Signature Kitchens which was a label created after the Vons/Albertsons/Safeway merger.
There are 2 domed stores in my area in Va. one is still a Safeway store, the other houses a different business and will probably be demolished for re-developement.
Me and my buddy used to ride our bikes to Safeway in the early 60’s and buy a pack of Fizzies and pop one in our mouths. That’s how a 12 year old kid got a buzz back then.
i rode mine in early 50s ,ice cream 5 cents
@@onlythewise1 I the 60s I could buy a twin popsicle for a nickel from the Good humor truck. If I was lucky enough to have a dime I could buy a Chocolate Eclair.
Yep.
We would be gone all day riding and climbing trees and our parents never worried about us.
Breaks my heart my grandkids don’t know what it’s like.
Had a Safeway down the street as a kid in Bell, Calif. Thrifty on the other side of the plaza. I later worked at Ralph’s for a few years in college. Grocery stores are cool.
I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona near a plaza that was anchored by a Safeway and a Thrifty.
I worked at Safeway from 1990 - 2000. Our store was a remodeled mega store that was previously the 'Marina" design. In the early 90s Safeway was firing on all cylinders with a company wide, and well implemented, focus on customer experience.
I like the OLD safeway w/ Craigmont soda, and Arcade Video Games up front.
they also had Dolly Madison cakes and Hostess cakes.
We had a Skaggs Alpha Beta in Oklahoma City a while back, then it was Albertson's, and now some local no-name discount.
My Late Dad was a Truck driver For Safeway for a Long Time Before he Retired
I got to ride in some of those old Freightliner day cabs, cab overs. Very rough and no AC back in the day!
I grew up with Safeway here in California's Central Valley but by the late 70s, all the Safeway stores in the Valley were gone and Albertsons took over (all the Albertsons are now gone as well). I only see Safeway stores in NorCal now. The old store buildings are all over my city and the Marina style Safeway building in the thumbnail is the same design as an old Safeway near my home that now houses a Dollar Tree store.
I’m from Tracy
I remember my grandfather always shopping at the Marina Safeway just off the Marina green in SF every Friday evening. He’d always bring home Dungeness crab and sourdough French bread for Friday night dinners. Great memories
Albertsons had a nasty meat section and produce!! Hate that Safeway merged with them. Have not shopped at Safeway since. Safeway is way more expensive than other markets here in Denver.
In the Central Valley the place to get groceries is Raley’s
@@danieldaniels7571 You'll only find Raley's in the north end of the Central Valley. You won't find Raley's in the Fresno or Bakersfield area.
Safeway is still an essential brand today, though it is now owned by Albertsons. The signature curve still exists on some stores. I always think "quality" with that name. Grew up with it, and will always appreciate the brand.
I shop at Safeway here in Phoenix all the time....had no idea it was so historic!!!
Me too, at the one on Indian School & Arcadia
Edwards Coffee by Safeway that brought back memories from 55-60 years ago and my folks in the morning having their Edward's Coffee perculating and a nice smelling Coffee Smell throughout the house.
Had 40 wonderful years working for Safeway. 1975-2015. In the stores for 15 years, NorCal division and Corporate Fuel for 25. Truly like a family. Had the best bosses. Left after the Albertsons buy out.
My dad worked for Safeway from the 60s until he retired in early 2000s. Was at the Vernon California meat processing plant and was a recipient of an award for saving others when the plant had an amonia explosion in 70s. He used to take me as a child to see the plant and wait in the office while he worked as one of the administrators.
As a kid in the 1970s Miami Florida we had a Kwik Chek and a Grand Union grocery store.
Bullshit
We had Kwik Cheks & Grand Unions in NJ
@@samanthab1923 Wow I thought they were only in Florida. 👍
I remember these grocery stores and I also remember Piggly Wiggly.. boy those were the good old days
I never saw a Safeway until i moved West. Now we shop there all the time. Stiffest competition seems to be Kroger but they hold their own just fine.
Kroger is in the process of buying Albertsons (Safeway) right now. It was announced a week ago.
I still shop at the same local Safeway my mom shopped at when we were growing up. It’s a small store but I love the personalized treatment I get there. They bag your groceries and bring them out to your car if you need them to. I’ve become friends with many of the employees there.
It's sad that most the "local" grocery stores were beat out by Walmart!!
Many WM's going to self-checkout, with 1-2 assisted checkout counters for those folks who can't/don't want to do self-check...
In a nearby WM, yesterday, the assisted checkout lines wrapped around 2 aisles, with folks wanting assistance with their checkout.
The self-checkouts were backed-up, also.
Looked like Dec 24 @ 5 pm.
@@raallen1468
Don't get behind me in the self checkout if I have a lot of change to get rid of lol.
@Chris, Sam Walton took pride in selling made in the USA products! After he passed away the kids would sell ANYTHING made anywhere! Now it is difficult to find USA products in Wal Mart. They just buy the cheapest to sell the cheapest. They have succeeded in putting MANY “mom & pops” out of business in MANY smaller towns.
Do not shop at Walmart!!
Not near me. I'm on the PA/NJ border. I've lived here over 25 years & know of 3 Walmarts. Have only been in 2 of them once each. Plenty of grocery stores.
3:27 On top of the register, the S&H Green Stamp dispenser. The Green Stamp story is also described by Recollection Road.
Skaggs? !! before we go any farther, the major shopping area where I grew up in Albuquerque was at Eubank and Candelaria, there, there was a Skagg's Drug Store, A Safeway and A Duckwall's as the main anchors. so seeing the name Skagg's associated with Safeway now made sense.
M.B.Skaggs was linked to Safeway. His brother, Sam, started the Skaggs Drug Stores. Their sister married the Long who started Long's Drugs in California. The Long's stores are now part of CVS and the Long's name is (ahem) long gone. Two more ironies about the Skaggs brothers: Joe Albertson had been a Safeway District Manager in Idaho and Sam (the drug store) Skaggs loaned Joe Albertson the money to open his first supermarket; Boise, ID, 1939. Now Albertsons owns Safeway. The other irony is that in Northern California, Tom Raley worked for Safeway in Oakland. M.B. Skaggs loaned Raley the money to open his first store, located in Placerville, CA, in 1935. Raley's came to dominate the Sacramento market and very nearly drove Safeway out of the area until Safeway made a determined push back with new and remodeled stores in recent years.
Love the beautiful mid century stores.
The Safeway that I remember growing up in the Pacific Northwest. Sadly they were expensive so we rarely shopped there.
Still expensive now...
@@americanbobtail1 Smaller and more cramped too, I prefer Fred Meyer.
@OneHairyGuy - Well considering Trader Joe's, Foodmaxx, 99 Ranch Market, Grocery Outlet, and Target prices are lower where I live, then yes Safeway is expensive. The only place I know whose prices are higher is Whole Paycheck.
I use to live in Washington and recently moved to Arizona, I have to say the Safeway in Washington was much more expensive than it is in Arizona currently. I find myself stopping in Safeway more now because they are cheaper where I live.
@OneHairyGuy Oh yes. In fact they left parts of Virginia (Fredericksburg area) because they couldn't compete. Way too expensive compared to Food Lion, Lidl, Aldi, Wal-Mart, etc. Even Giant is cheaper.
From the 60s Safeway had stores in Australia too 🇦🇺, in all the east coast states but especially Victoria.
Their 126 stores were bought by Australian Woolworths (no relation to the US company) in the 80s. They kept the brand in Victoria until fairly recently, the last Safeway was rebranded as Woolworths in 2017.
And Lest We Forget ; the mark on the landscape Safeway left with their ''Marina Style'' buildings. Those Huge Rounded Bow Topped buildings you see every once in a while and think, hmm they don't build buildings like that anymore. They used Ultra Modern building techniques in establishing the brand, but moved on to more conventional options.
Great video, i enjoy all you have done. I appreciate your time making them for all of us
to enjoy!!!
Safeway looked really looked cool with the glass arched facade.
One of those was the first modern commercial building in my home town, ca. 1960. Gone now, but many remain elsewhere, occupied by other businesses.
I remember those old mechanical cash registers. Each item had to be punched in manually. Must have been murder on the fingers.
I’m 54, I remember them as well.
I often wondered about that as a kid, watching them smash those buttons hard. The big buttons were all shiny and wore smooth from getting used the most. The numbers on the smaller ones were always wore down more on the 9’s. Weird how vividly I recall this
They were a bitch to work..I worked for Safeway Stores Inc. for 16 yrs..started in 1974..I left after Peter McGowan Jr (ceo) sold off So Calif Div so he could purchase the SF Giants Baseball team..we were now Vons employees...Vons Sucked!!!
I started in 1973 as a cashier. You had to put in the price first, then hit the department key ( meat, produce, etc), then do the same for each ite m. After a few years, we got what was called the "power penny" machines made by Sweda. But department, then key the price and one you hit th cent row, it would register. Big difference from simply scanning a bar code! 😁
I remember Safeway growing up, but the grocer I remember going to the most was Alpha Beta.
$5 Fridays: Gargantuan foot long sub, 8 piece fried or roasted chicken, baby-back ribs, meat loaf, Sushi....Lot of bang for the buck
5:28 That look from grandma when she sees the cashier turn away from an open cash drawer and looks around if anyone can see her...
Safeway - Everything you want from a store and a little bit more!
always shop safeway in the D.C. area when visiting my son, Hows about one on winn-dixie !
You mean you don’t go to Wegmans?
In middle school my first crush was for one of the checkers at our Safeway. He was always very nice to me.
Hate those automated checkouts, just put more and more of the labour on the consumer. In lock down that cashier may be the only non-family member I even say hello too.
Self checkouts are there to reduce labor costs lady period, every time YOU use one, you are screwing the employees who work there, wake up...Why would anyone with a brain shop at any store, spend their dollars there and then do the work that the employees are paid to do?
@@jeffsmith2022Man, I avoid them as much as possible, but in Sweden there are some stores with only self checkout, no cashiers, many gas stations are 100% automated, only pay pumps, no one on premises. Weirdly, it is the employee owned "Coop" supermarket chain that went to all self checkout.
My dad worked there when I was born and for the next 15 years. There are still quite a few in Northern California. Yes, they are a little pricey, but they have good shit.
I remember Safeway growing up it was always too exspensive..we always went to Sack n save..or piggly wiggly..in Tx..but the few times mom won at bingo..or actually got a fair paycheck..i remember her and dad sometimes..surprising us with lots of bags from the safeway..the irony is Albertson's is cheaper than safeway..when it used to be higher than Safeway..lol but yeah they had some deals safeway..but i was too little to know the bigdeal..aslong as i got to eat i was happy..
The thing I liked at Safeway was they had a video arcade game room with eight games. Asteroids, Defender, Phoenix, Pacman, Star Castle, Radarscope, I don't remember the other two.
Today we have several Albertson's in Northeast Tarrant County, Texas. And a couple of Tom Thumbs. Both carry Safeway branded store brands, since they're one big happy family. The territories are far enough apart so the sister chains don't overlap.
Albertson’s bought out Safeway a few years ago.
There is still one of the arched/domed roof Safeways operating in my area. I understand from other comments that it was named Marina Style. It was opened in the mid 1960's. The store is very busy and there isn't room to expand it or build a larger store. The store literally sits in the middle of a triangle of 3 different roads.
Where is this- City, State ? Location ? I like looking at Google Maps (Earth or Streetview) to see old buildings.
@@88KeysIdaho It is in Silver Spring MD, a suburb of Washington DC. Go to google maps and enter-- Safeway 116 University Blvd West, Silver Spring, MD. Click on the street view box when it pulls up and it will show the front of the store and the parking lot. It is the only store of this design that is still open in this area. 15 to 20 years ago there were 7 of this type around, some even smaller than this one. They have since been replaced by new Safeways that are double in size of the original stores. We even have a very unique 2 story test concept store that was opened in 2017, it replaced the only other arch roof store but is still in the old stores footprint !!!
That's the four corners Safeway. I worked in the Eastern division office for a while and I know that they tried for YEARS to purchase the lot adjacent to this store with no success. Larger capacity stores need more area for parking, so the zoning codes doomed that.
@@charleskosyjana1295 thank you
@@88KeysIdaho Glad to be of assistance. This may be the last arch roof store still open. Another commenter who actually worked for Safeway told me that they CAN'T expand this particular store due to strict city zoning laws. Hopefully this 60's relic stays around for a long time.
There once were Safeway stores in Houston (Texas) but then they separated from Safeway and adopted the name AppleTree. Ironically the Randalls chain bought some of the old AppleTree stores but then Randalls was bought by Safeway, who wanted to return to Houston but not under their own name.
Always loved Safeway. Thanks brings back memories
Grew up in Northern California - their home turf. Safeway was in every town we ever lived in and they all looked the same - curved roof, big red letters and the large "S" on the wall. They were always bigger and nicer than the mom and pop grocery stores and I loved to hang out in the toy and comic section or the cereal aisle after Mom said I could choose what I wanted (it was a big decision based on the prize in the box!).
This was the 1st major supermarket my family shopped at before a new Vons opened closer to home.We also shipped at small grocery stores that couldn't compete when the bigger ones came to town!
Worked at Safeway in the 60,s after school and first year college.very nice experience .Had Many good worker friends and met and dated many young ladies that were customers.Six of them were named Linda and others i don't remember .pay wasn't bad either
I worked at Safeway for 2 years in Houston. Loved it! Thank you for posting this great video! 😊
I love going to Safeway store, with my mother, when I was a kid.
The Safeway clip showing "Landmark removed" was a Safeway right in my neighborhood here in Houston. We used to go there in the 70's & 80's. Funny seeing that in this video.
It was downright hilarious.
Over 2,000 locations in 1928 to 966 today - wow! Safeway was my very first employer at the age of 16 in 1996. $5.25/hr bagging groceries. It was a good company that took care of us. Left them as a checker in 2001. I’ll never forget how much appearance standards and expectations were engrained in us, and now the employees look extremely casual and basically wear whatever they want. I couldn’t even have a goatee! Now they’ve got piercings, tattoos, etc. Also - the customer service expectations were engrained in us and it’s nothing like that today. Crazy how times change.
Safeway was one of my family stores in the state of California. And Long Beach, California. I enjoy shopping at Safeway stores in both city's.
Miss the Googie architecture. Everything so bland now; everything looks the same. Went yesterday to the oldest surviving McDonalds in Downey, CA
Thanks for the memories of the Safeway markets. I used to love shopping at Safeway in southern California. During the 1980's all the Safeway markets in the southern California locations closed.
Safeway were bought out by Vons in the 80s in SoCal. However, in the 90s Safeway would buy Vons out. But because of Vons strong branding Safeway corp didn’t revert the signage.
I started working at Safeway in 1976
It was fun working there
As time went on it became a menial job
The employers became greedy and our contracts were terrible
I’m glad I got out of there and now they can’t get decent help
you made 12.35 an hour,,,,,medical coverage,,,,dental coverage,,,,,pretty good for a grocery store back then
@@sissyalexander7001 yes it was and you are correct
But as time went on and the political climate and economic climate changed it became a menial job
Our contracts were horrendous and we hadn’t gotten a decent raise in 15-20 years
I took an early retirement
I should have been a cop or a firefighter like my dad but my wife at the time didn’t want to be married to another cop
After two years of fighting I gave it up and my dad was pissed at me
I worked for Safeway for 21 years. When I started there is was a very decent job. Full time, benefits, and good pay. By the time I left, there was no full time employees. I was only working 20-24 hours per week. They were always hiring, but would never give anyone full time status. Supposedly Safeway doesn't hire anyone for full time anymore. I even lost my health insurance because my hours were cut so low. After 21 years service I finally said, "Enough is enough." and I quit. It's really sad how things are there now.
Thanks for sharing. The meandering piano music reminds me of leaves falling in slow-motion. Albertsons acquired the Jewel-Osco stores in Chicago around 1999. Used to shop there for everything, but their hours changed - then ALDI (and Trader Joe's) came to town - and pharmacy through the mail.
It's interesting to note that there are NO Safeway stores in Southwestern Idaho (centered around Boise, ID where Albertson's was founded and still headquartered). Albertson's ran Safeway out of competition here in the late 70's. However, Buttrey Foods (teamed up with Osco- another Skaggs' family brand) also helped run Safeway out of Idaho back then, too. As a Boise resident, Albertson's stores here are VERY expensive, mostly because of the cost of paying generations of Executive Stock Options and retirement Benefits. I shop at WINCO.
In the late 50s and 60s, Safeway had the architecture down big time! The arched roof Marina style is one of my all time favorite store designs.
We still have a store in San Francisco with that original design! And it's coincidentally located on Marina Blvd. I didn't know that was the name for that architectural style though.
@@drdickvagesq That was actually the original arched roof Safeway, dating to 1959.
Love these stories you all do keep them coming
I remember Safeway also being called Super S back in the 60's. They had a good soda brand verity also black cherry was my favorite. We only got sodas on special occasions. Coke and Pepsi were much more expensive.
There was a Sprouts Ritz store conected to the Safeway in our town you didn't have to go out side to get from one store to the other. This was nice when the weather was bad.
Safeway's soda brand was Cragmont.
I remember going with my Mom to Safeway in Columbia, Missouri in the '60's as a little boy. I would ride in the cart and she would get me some candy.
In the 1980s, I was growing up in Frederick, MD and can remember, like it was yesterday, grocery shopping with my mom and grandma at a Carmack Jays. I can remember,y mom or grandma smoking cigarettes, inside, while shopping. Carmack Jays also had a cafeterias to the lett of the entrance where we'd have lunch and sometimes even a late night snack after a Friday night of shopping, then hopping back in my grandma's Buick or Pontiac to beat back to Lori Lane. Those were such magical times. Even as a teen, my grandma would buy my brother and I a METAL EDGE or HIT PARADER magazine and instruct us not to show our granddaddy, lol
I remember when they were in Southern California. They only have them in Northern California now.
As I recall, they turned into Vons in So Cal. Even more expensive!
They're also in Northern Nevada¡
@@kenmore01 when did they leave so cal?
@@therealityofthings9574 1970-something? I think Kroger owns them now, so they are the same as Vons, Albertsons etc.
@@kenmore01 I never knew they had Safeway’s in other states till rn
Always thought It was strictly a Bay Area thing
Cool and sad to know so many other states and generations also grew up on Safeway the way I did but lost them
Safeway has always been a safe space for me
Childhood memories getting cookie dough or jello after school around fall when it’s clear-grey outside.
To getting sheet cakes with designs for birthdays
To flowers for when you go to an aunts house or some Mother’s Day thing. To sneaking candies from the open plastic jars where you could use that shovel thing to scoop them out(I don’t even think they have that Aisle anymore cause of all the free samples people took lol)
The infamous magazine section before social media and smart phones
Safeway is a special place for me even till this day
Walden books and kb toys was another childhood favorite of mine
Quality but with the small mom and pop shop vibe
3:04 ... this was the store I remember growing up in the 70's in the Bay Area. The one my grandmother took me to in Los Altos had this exact look.
Sandy Eggo in da house! I spent many a Sunday night in Safeway buying Banquet frozen dinners in my younger days :)
replying to the questions you asked about cows in Stockton, there are cows out past city limits, but mostly gangs and tweekers in the city limits. lol
Skaggs family built hospital in Branson Mo
I love your videos ! Brings back good memories. The background music is a plus. Thank you
...the curving wing-style "Marina" roofline ( named for the first such store in San Francisco's Marina District), was a fixture throughout the American West from the mid-50's through the late 80,'s when a far more traditional boxy look took over...but dozens still in operation...
...known for having superior meat and butcher counters, Safeway leapfrogged its future parent company, Albertsons, to become the no.1 western regional grocer...
...my Mom even bought an entire set of a blue Currier & Iives everday ceramic dinnerware a single piece at a time, with a discount; a different item featured every week which was used for 30+ years...so many non-grocery items were featured that my Dad, Cliff, once stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Mom came home with a car that she got "on special" at Safeway...
Recollection road - my old time Safeway had its Cigerettes cartons locked up in a Vending machine, & had to buy Tickets from Customer Service , my mom would give me $20 to buy a carton of Safeway brand Cigerettes .
in the 1980's they had Arcade Video Games in Front Entrance, Battlezone, Bizerker, Space Invaders, Missile Command , and Zaxxon.
the BEST thing about old time Safeway stores was the store brand - CRAGMONT soda.
From Wyoming, Safeway was and still is big player in market...
Searcy, AR had 2 Safeways. Original one opened up I'm guessing in the late 1950's which became later on a clothing store (Colony Shop) and a fabric store (Hancock fabrics) in the late 1970's. The 2nd building which became the new Safeway opened in the mid-late 1970's . Safeway closed sometime in the late 1980's / early 1990's and Piggly Wiggly moved in, and was then renamed Sexton Foods. Sexton's closed down in the early-mid 2000's and became Cash Saver. The original Safeway building which sits to the left of the existing Cash Saver is now a day care.
The image at 5:25 of the coffee bar and bake shop brings back memories.
In Austin we lost our Safeway stores inn the 2000's. Though Randals still sells some Safeway brand items.
Safeway bought out Randall’s
@@thomasdonlin5456, and Albertson’s bought Safeway out.
And most of the Randalls were originally Safeways.
Safeway sold texas div to randall,s and then bought out Randalls. They did this same thing with the Southern Calif div by selling to Von's. Private equity firms bought safeway to sell albertsons( including stores under other banners i.e.Acme) to safeway. Visit those stores today and you will see that they are all Safeway except the banners out front. You can expect Safeway to be returned to the public as a IPO.
BTW Albertsons was founded by a Safeway Div manager, Joe, and one of the Skaggs. You may also be surprised how much western states retail is the works of the Skaggs family.
@@BernardS4 The division bought by Randalls was the Houston Division, which at first was sold to employees as Appletree. It was Appletree that Randalls would buy. The Dallas Division was sold off on a piecemeal basis to other operators, notably Tom Thumb, which later merged with Randalls. Tom Thumb already had some stores in Austin which were converted to Randalls. In addition, a few Dallas Division stores around Waco and Killeen were transferred to the Houston Division before that division was sold.
There was a Safeway in Durant Oklahoma but, it's been gone for decades now. Miss it!
Thank you for this video It s nice to walk back in time because so much has changed
Safeway was my first real job. 1980 in Santa Fe, NM. We were part of the El Paso Division. So many good memories. I’d even ride with one of the truck drivers on his night route to other towns as I loved semi trucks. Thanks for the video.
I found Safeway when we moved to KC. They had UNSURPASSED quality house brands. We bought their hamburger sight unseen in chub paks ! I also remember Lucerne, Scorch Buy and Cragmont products.
My grandfather was the regional manager for Northern California. Started as a bag boy after world war 2. Hah, now I'm managing a meat department in Hawaii for Safeway. Sold to Albertsons a long while ago. Dale would have had a fit about how things go now. How it changes.... Thanks for the video.
These ideas are delightful and relaxing and very well done. Thanks.
Just got back from Safeway in Kihei, Maui. We have 4 locations on the island. I love Safeway but it’s no Wegmans🤙
I have a Safeway 5 minutes from my house and I still to chose to drive 20 minutes to Wegmans. The quality is just so much better.
bcuz its a Safeway
Hey Aloha, Brah. I shopped at that Kihei store with my Mom on vacation about 20-30 years ago. I tried my Arizona phone number for the alternate ID to get the local specials, and it worked. Mahalo.
I still go there at least every few days, although I've tried to shop less in general during the pandemic. I grew up with Safeway, and still really like the atmosphere, store brands, and the special deals you get if you have a club card.
Oh wow I work for Safeway since 2014 great company thanks for showing a full history it’s it’s origins