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Posted by storewanderer on 10/3/2005, 3:13 am, in reply to "Re: Quick rebuild!" Bottom line is the lifestyle Safeway is the same old Safeway as before: the only difference is they've dimmed the lights, installed some different looking displays, and added in a few more natural/organic items. I was not overly impressed with Lifestyle. By the same token, I was not disappointed. I visited a remodel of a late 1990's Safeway in Elk Grove on Laguna (this store has about doubled its business since the remodel), a remodel of a mid 1970's store in Mill Valley, and a new build in West Roseville. The new build and the Elk Grove locations were pretty much identical. The small Mill Valley store was unimpressive. The fact of the matter is that other people who I've brought with me to these stores think they are very nice stores, and leave very impressed. The company reports strong same store sales increases as they remodel. Not everyone looks at a grocery store as closely as some of us do. I liked the old gold and black design better than Lifestyle, in most (but not all) cases. Safeway needs to work on some better designs for their smaller/rural stores; they haven't really had a good interior package for small stores since the mid 1980's with the large wall graphics. I'm waiting to see lifestyle in rural areas. Imagine a lifestyle store in Lovelock, NV; or Myrtle Point, OR. Yeah, right. Oh well, we need to give Safeway credit for doing something. Better than rolling over and playing dead for ten years and finally putting yourself up for sale. My biggest gripe is they never jazz up the center store. No patterned floor, no interesting colored shelves, no variance in shelving types, etc. I really like how Ralphs center stores look (until I look at the price tags). --Previous Message--
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