Saturday, October 15, 2011

Open for business

October 15, 2011, 03:45 AM By Heather Murtagh Daily Journal Staff

With wine glasses stacked and new employees eager to serve treats, the new Burlingame Safeway opened to a select few Thursday evening and the entire community Friday.

Customers flooded the parking lot Friday morning to be one of the first to shop in the new 45,600-square-foot, 24-hour grocery store. Located at 1420 to 1450 Howard Ave., the store features a 6,190-square-foot mezzanine sitting area, a fountain at the entrance of Howard Avenue and El Camino, a Starbucks and a U.S. Bank. Employees, some of whom were brought in from neighboring stores to help, worked nonstop Friday to keep the shelves stocked. Despite long lines outside and inside the store, customers seemed happy to have the store open again.

John Meyer of Hillsborough has been shopping in the area for 35 years. He was sad to see the old store go simply because he had gotten to know employees over the years. While waiting for his wife to finish shopping Friday morning, Meyer added that he liked the new state-of-the-art facility. He simply hoped to see familiar faces again soon.

One such familiar face could be produce clerk Rich Carrabino who previously worked at the Howard Avenue location four years earlier. Busy stocking apples Friday morning, he was a fan of the new store.

“Much different from the old one, right?” Store Manager Gerry Schwinges commented in passing.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like it took them 14 years and several re-writes to get it built. Our Safeways don't have fountains and seating areas but then again we're not Burlingame, one of the most affluent communities in the US and part of the fabulous Peninsula Corridor. The rest of the development is sandwich shops and such? And it's pedestrian friendly. Make money and jobs, people!

Anonymous said...

yeah, but do they have a beautiful beach across the street where they can picnic with their safeway deli sandwich???? I think not.

Anonymous said...

two off-leash, uncontrolled dogs got my last Safeway deli sandwich and a couple tacos a few months ago...bet they don't have that thrill in Burlingame

crybaby said...

waaaaa we are not Burlingame waaaaaaaaaaaa

Anonymous said...

Wait a few months, we'll barely be Pacifica.

Anonymous said...

Someone noticed you were over-weight. First Lady Moo-chelle sent her trained dogs to snatch deli sandwichs and other fast food from people that have too much BM. Beware. She is now sharing the food with her WH family. Spreading the wealth.

Anonymous said...

Overweight! I think not. And, it was a veggie delight sandwich. Doubt the marauding dogs noticed. I'll match my BMI to MamaObama any day. Bring it on!