Safeway #797 Hayward Revisit
I am visiting this store again, but the store is in a much different condition from when I saw this store back in 2024.
This store officially closed on February 19, 2026, but I decided to go back and see it one last time. This Safeway was the last store in the state to have this decor from the 90's, after another Safeway which I visit last year in Pinole shuttered. The cool thing is since the store is closing, there is no shame snapping a bunch of pics of the store with my phone since I certainly would not be the only person doing so during it's closing sales. I tried to get some angles and extra shots that I didn't get in 2024.
Based on recounts of this location, this is one of the last Safeway's that ever got this decor, since I learned that it had the Safeway Marketplace interior until at least 2001/2002. This Safeway has always been a weird store, since it obviously has never been remodeled to Pre-Lifestyle or Lifestyle, or even got any new Safeway signage after it's logo change, but it would get improvements such as self-checkout and the up-to-date produce displays. It's also interesting that it wasn't remodeled to Pre-Lifestyle instead of this decor for when it was remodeled.
Whether another grocery store will fill it's place, if it becomes just another fitness club, furniture store, or discount store, or if it just sits empty for decades is still up in the air.
Safeway #797 Hayward Revisit
I am visiting this store again, but the store is in a much different condition from when I saw this store back in 2024.
This store officially closed on February 19, 2026, but I decided to go back and see it one last time. This Safeway was the last store in the state to have this decor from the 90's, after another Safeway which I visit last year in Pinole shuttered. The cool thing is since the store is closing, there is no shame snapping a bunch of pics of the store with my phone since I certainly would not be the only person doing so during it's closing sales. I tried to get some angles and extra shots that I didn't get in 2024.
Based on recounts of this location, this is one of the last Safeway's that ever got this decor, since I learned that it had the Safeway Marketplace interior until at least 2001/2002. This Safeway has always been a weird store, since it obviously has never been remodeled to Pre-Lifestyle or Lifestyle, or even got any new Safeway signage after it's logo change, but it would get improvements such as self-checkout and the up-to-date produce displays. It's also interesting that it wasn't remodeled to Pre-Lifestyle instead of this decor for when it was remodeled.
Whether another grocery store will fill it's place, if it becomes just another fitness club, furniture store, or discount store, or if it just sits empty for decades is still up in the air.