On Tuesday evening, a management team from the Safeway Corporation visited the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4A meeting to explain some of the poor conditions that customers have faced over the past few years and display their proposed solution.
Some of the things that residents have complained about at this grocery store include a dark and unsafe parking lot, broken freezers, poor quality produce and those interminable check-out lines.
The team did not make excuses for the conditions and were all too happy to share architectural drawings of their proposed solutions which will give the store a nice face-lift and add seven to ten years to its useful life.
The changes include all new freezers and refrigerators, eight new self-checkout aisles and deep shelves which can stock up to 10,000 addition items. The beer and wine aisle will also see a significant upgrade that will allow the store to carry a wider selection of alcoholic beverages.
The exterior of the store will also see work done; new paint, LED lighting in the parking lot and improved landscaping should make the store more inviting. If everything goes to plan, the upgrade should be completed by the end of the summer.
The audience was effusive in its praise of the store’s staff. We all hope that the improvements will allow this Safeway to continue to be a strong partner in our neighborhoods.
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