Safeway, 30 Chestnut Avenue, South San Francisco
Posted: 04 Feb 2022 17:39
This store is the grocery I go to the most and as the years have gone by, it serves as a time capsule of some sorts, with its 1980s decor package that has never been removed even after multiple Safeway remodeling packages (the 1990s pastels, the 2000s lifestyle variations, and the Albertsons-era bright white with color accents).
I actually asked one of the cashiers last year or so about the history of the location, and he informed me the store has been on a month-to-month lease since 2012 or thereabouts! According to the staffer, this store was set to close once the chain got a new store built at the now-closed El Camino/Spruce site (former White Front) that they had from approximately 1987 to 2014. The new-build project there has been in limbo since then, while this 1973-era store soldiers on and is located feet away from an in-progress condo/mixed use complex that took over a former Union 76 and carwash footprint.
I want to say the current Safeway logo was added in 2019; before that, the 1980s Square S and the 1990s serif Safeway text labeling were used at the front of the store.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/csampang/ ... 0296457383
_DSC0477 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC3016 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC2176 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC3889c by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC4586 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
I actually asked one of the cashiers last year or so about the history of the location, and he informed me the store has been on a month-to-month lease since 2012 or thereabouts! According to the staffer, this store was set to close once the chain got a new store built at the now-closed El Camino/Spruce site (former White Front) that they had from approximately 1987 to 2014. The new-build project there has been in limbo since then, while this 1973-era store soldiers on and is located feet away from an in-progress condo/mixed use complex that took over a former Union 76 and carwash footprint.
I want to say the current Safeway logo was added in 2019; before that, the 1980s Square S and the 1990s serif Safeway text labeling were used at the front of the store.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/csampang/ ... 0296457383
_DSC0477 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC3016 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC2176 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC3889c by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
_DSC4586 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr