First off understand this, I'm east coast, originally from Florida and the king of all grocery stores (Publix) owns the southeast, they have set the bar VERY HIGH. \n\nThat said, I have expectations and sadly Safeway (this location and others) doesn't even come close! \n\nLet's start with the ethnic section, there is more to ethnic than Mexican, enough said! \n\nThe meat department, it's ok, the Ranchers Reserve stuff to me is hype but the key to this place that turns me off is that everything is in bulk packs for way more than you want to spend or 'Thin Sliced' HUH??? 9 dollars for a thin sliced steak, who makes this stuff up??? Also oddly enough, chicken, one of the hardest things to find in the entire section, you can walk 10 feet of meat but if you want something a bit more healthy, good luck! \n\nThe deli, another area that really leaves me scratching my head, always pushing house brands, pre-sliced mystery meat on sale and always what they gravitate to first before you tell them you want something more high end or a name brand and my experience the hams aren't very good (Safeway Brand), not sure what it is but they never satisfy my taste buds so I order something better. Oh and you better make it clear that you want your cheese separated between sheets or you'll get home and discover that it melted back into a block while in the back of the car.\n\nThe biggest problem with this store however which would never happen at Publix where their motto is \"Publix: Where Shopping Is A Pleasure\" is that there is never enough checkout or bag help! \n\nI have complained over and over again to management as to how they can have 2 registers open during the highest traffic times of the day (4 to 6pm) and expect people to be happy when they are waiting, and waiting and waiting to checkout and then on the other side of the register there are never any bag boys to bag everything up! So they are severely short handed, have little customer satisfaction ability and at the end of the transaction after I bagged most of my own groceries they ask \"Do you want some help out\"!!!! WHAT! SERIOUSLY! REALLY! FROM WHO - YOU HAVE NO EMPLOYEES I JUST BAGGED MY OWN GROCERIES DON'T YOU GET IT!!! Sure I want help out, are you going to close your register to do it or are you going to call one of the employee's that are in the back or at home and have them come in just to take care of me!!! \n\nThe stores need a facelift, they are dark and dingy, need bright white paint so you know they are clean and they need enough employee's to meet the needs of their shoppers. This is a classic case of if you build it they will come because right now people have discovered WalMart, it's bright, well staffed, excellent prices and they built it and now my business is over there!