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Somehow I missed that change. What year was that? The Safeway there was a good size (I shopped there quite often). Well run store for sure and extremely busy. It is curious that they changed it to Pavilions Place, since it is was not a small store. :? If I recall correctly, Pavilions started out at...

Somehow I missed that change. What year was that? The Safeway there was a good size (I shopped there quite often). Well run store for sure and extremely busy. It is curious that they changed it to Pavilions Place, since it is was not a small store. :? All former Safeway's that were canidates for Pa...

Pavilions Place came into existence with Vons purchase of Safeway in the 80's. They rebranded the smaller Safeway (and Pantry) stores in affluent areas to Pavilions Place since they could not fit all of the amenities the large Pavilions carried. They were basically a small format Pavilions with a l...

Pavilions Place came into existence with Vons purchase of Safeway in the 80's. They rebranded the smaller Safeway (and Pantry) stores in affluent areas to Pavilions Place since they could not fit all of the amenities the large Pavilions carried. They were basically a small format Pavilions with a li...

I really prefer Petco over PetSmart. PetSmart to me is way overpriced and employees don't seem to be that knowledgeable about products. Petco stores seem to be well staffed and have a nice variety of product.

I didn't realize they closed the DTLA location till I passed by it yesterday. That was probably one of their oldest locations going back to the Thrifty days. It's a great location but It was probably a closed because of high theft. The Walgreens across the street has had big problems with theft when...

Most of the stores in CA don't care about the bag fee if you use self checkout. I always choose 0 and never had an issue.

There is a Nob Hill in Santa Clara in one of these mixed use developments. That is a really dead store. It has some surface level parking even. Also I think the Safeway that closed in downtown San Jose was part of one of these mixed use developments and had garage parking. Ask people who live nearb...

Somewhat related to this, but recently in opposition to Walgreens discontinuing abortion products across several states, governor Gavin Newsom has announced his government will cease doing business with the company in the state of California. What does this mean exactly for Walgreens - will all loc...

I've been to this store many times and it never felt like a Pavilions. There is nothing "Pavilions" about it besides the name. Deli and Bakery carry the standard Albertsons/Vons items, they do have expanded skus for things like steak sauces and olives but nothing really that makes it a Pav...