I ain’t feel bad about what happen to the Safeway. You go in there, you never see one of us working in front. The meat bad sometimes, and you point that out, you get one cussing from the manager or someone under him. Prices always a dollar, two, three, five higher than some other places like the Giant up Georgia Avenue, but it not easy for me to get to the Giant most times. I never realize it before, but I resent Safeway like hell from the moment I start shopping there until the moment we standing in front of it. No one talking, but as a group we decide the store’s fate.
This is a HUGE issue standing in the way of nutritional security in poor & lower-middle-class America. Our neighborhood Smith's is terrible. The shelves are barren of choices The produce selection is limited & of poor quality,, expired products are left for months, there are too few checkers, stockers or cleaners. And prices on fresh meat & produce are slightly higher.
2 miles NW - closer to some large, newer planned communities? Those? They've got stores with dedicated Kosher sections. Starbucks, a floral section.. clean, well-lit, staffed.
