I could do without the street names on the aisle signs, there is a genuine attempt to be local but it is just cluttered and sloppy. And every time I look at the aisle signs to scan what is on them I read down the list including the street name. This is unnecessary noise; aisle signs should be clear and useful to the customer. Putting the street name on the aisle signs makes them cluttered and does not add any sort of "local" feel since 90% of the customers won't know where said street is and do not care about seeing the street name when they are trying to figure out what aisle the marinades are on or what aisle the light bulbs are hidden on.ClownLoach wrote: ↑December 9th, 2023, 10:46 pmAll stores that got remodeled into Florida (Modern) decor got street named aisles. They did a terrible job choosing street names in many locations.HCal wrote: ↑December 9th, 2023, 9:38 pm My Vons now has local street names on the sign for each aisle. I also saw something similar at a Safeway in Colorado recently.
My city doesn't have too many iconic streets, so while some are well known, there are also some random names that I didn't recognize despite living here for a decade.
Is this in all divisions now?
The colorful lifestyle format got historical pictures on walls, but many are poorly chosen. There is a "historical photo" in a Murrieta store that is actually a sleazy liquor store featured as if it was a local historical landmark.
If they want any additional words on aisle signs they should make the signs bi-lingual as Kroger does in many stores in diverse areas. But given Safeway's tract record with Hispanic customers over the years plus the price structure in itself is a total turnoff, I guess they don't care to bother to even try on that front.
I'd rather see pictures of food in a grocery store than pictures of a local historical landmark.
Despite all this I do still really like the Colorful Lifestyle package. Florida decor, not so much. I'm already very bored with it. At this point I feel the same way about Florida decor as I do about Lifestyle: drab, boring, needs more color, just not fun. Wal Mart's latest interior is a lot nicer than Florida on the grocery side of the store (looks more like the old 2000 era Jewel interior).
I do wonder if some nicer flooring/flooring variations could improve my opinion of the Florida decor. I have either cement floors or stores that still have Lifestyle floors with Florida decor.