Old safeway store on 11th street

[waterboy]

I haven't kept up with ownership since the early 90's. I heard they had gone through several different owner groups. I agree, they are not the same quality as the old Safeway. The market is very competitive in grocery, with a low margin. They lost lots of motivated, quality employees in favor of technology/low wages and lots of quality merchandising in favor of low price. Thanks WalMart.

It looks like they mostly competed with location during the 1920's through the 1960's. Lots of smaller stores, conveniently located. When the suburbs exploded they had to change their plan to one of "super" markets and that's a different game.

[dbacks fan]

I, too, was amazed by all the Safeway stores in the Beryl Ford Collection.



Why is this one familiar...?

It's a different angle but this is it today. Some suttle changes but overall the same.

[Conan71]

If you'll notice, they took the original brick column out of what is the NW corner of the building and instead of it having a 90 degree corner, it's now about a 45 degree angle and they added the roll-up door for the body shop.

I'm curious why they would have modified the corner and gotten rid of the original brick and poured column.  I'm almost wondering if someone ran into the building and it was a cheaper fix to install a steel post and slant the front opening.  Anyone remember something like that happening.  I hate to think this property will continue to deteriorate then be bought by Bama (if it hasn't already) and turned into more surface parking.  I wish the Marshall/Chapman family would buy it and turn it into something nice.

[dbacks fan]

I don't know when the change to the entrance was, and the lsat thing I remember being there was the body shop for Brad Noe and before that I think it the body shop for DB Wilkerson Chevy. I want to say in the 70's it was some sort of bridal/dress shop and I think the change of the entrance was before that. Could the change have been made when they took away the angeld parking in front?