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How does Safeway Rate?
Safeway received 930 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.
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What can Consumers' CHECKBOOK tell you about Safeway?
CHECKBOOK Ratings
Number of customer survey ratings: 930 ratings
Percent of surveyed customers who rated store "superior" on our survey for ...
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    Local supermarkets
    · Chevy Chase Supermarket,
    · Magruder's Supermarkets,
    · Food Lion,
    · Wegmans,
    · Super Fresh,
    · BJ's Wholesale Club,
    · Harris Teeter,
    · Bloom,
    · Balducci's,
    · Weis Markets,
    · Whole Foods Market,
    · Walmart,
    · Costco,
    · Safeway,
    · Shoppers Food Warehouse,
    · Sam's Club,
    · Giant Food,
    · Snider's Super Foods,
    · MOM's Organic Market,
    · Trader Joe's,
    many more......

     
    Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Supermarkets in the Washington DC Area
    CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

    As You Can See Below, Some Supermarkets Get High Praise from Their Customers.
    Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
    Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
    CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Supermarkets.

    • Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local supermarket: They are a lot more expensive than Giant or Safeway, but their wide selection of..........
    • Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local supermarket: Nice, clean store with good variety........
    • Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local supermarket: The items kept in stock seems to rotate, so I often get used to a..........
    • Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local supermarket: WOW! It isnt terribly convenient to us as far as location goes, but definitely worth..........
    • Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local supermarket: The "superior" rating is ONLY for their special "Trader Joe" items, that I specifically go..........
    • Subscriber from GERMANTOWN, MD wrote about a local supermarket: Things you cant find elsewhere-And those you can are quite pricey. Best coffee of any..........
    • Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local supermarket: Great store with lots of options for our vegan and vegetarian family members. Friendly and..........
    • Subscriber from GERMANTOWN, MD wrote about a local supermarket: For all the inconveniences of Costco, the prices more than make up for any of..........
    • Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local supermarket: The BEST!.......
    • Subscriber from CHEVY CHASE, MD wrote about a local supermarket: A speciality store and for what it is, it is fantastic. cant go there for..........




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