Safeway gas station opens to low prices

Posted by Geeky Swedes on March 15th, 2008

Safeway on Crown Hill has just opened its gas station to a low introductory price of $3.40 a gallon, which is about .15 cents cheaper than everywhere else. Plus, you can get an additional .20 cents off if you’re a Safeway card member and buy $50 bucks worth of groceries.

You may remember, Safeway’s plans to open a gas station at 15th and 83rd drew considerable criticism from neighbors who didn’t want all the added traffic. To avoid a drawn-out fight, Safeway agreed to make some design changes: building a noise fence, increasing the landscaping buffer between the station and homes, planting more trees and financing a traffic study.

Adds Mel in comments: “I live close to this gas station and I can tell you that traffic has increased substantially since they began the remodel of the Safeway in October of last year and it certainly hasn’t tapered off since the gas station opened. I won’t support Safeway by buying their cheap gas or anything else they sell for that matter. I’ll gladly pay the extra $.30 a gallon for gas and I’ll walk down to the local market to buy my groceries.”

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Annoyed Aussie

Fucking bitch bitch bitch from all of you. If you don't like living near traffic, MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. What'd you think, the supermarket was going to be there just for you to look at? Of course there will be bloody traffic.

You're like the people who live near an airport, which will "be great because it'll be easy to get to", then cry your fucking eyes out when planes fly over your house.

Get a grip morons

Mel

The community surrounding this area fought for six years to keep Safeway from building this gas station. Neighbors gathered in their homes over potluck dinners discussing ways to raise enough money to fight the legal battle. At public meetings Safeway sent a rep from their public relations firm to field questions they didn’t have answers to. They didn’t even have enough respect for the community they were going to potentially be impacting to show up and explain the details of their plan or to listen to the concerns of the people living in the area.

The community fought hard but Safeway kept its eye on the prize and found a legal loophole. Just Google No Safe Way for a Gas Station for the story.

I live close to this gas station and I can tell you that traffic has increased substantially since they began the remodel of the Safeway in October of last year and it certainly hasn’t tapered off since the gas station opened.

I won’t support Safeway by buying their cheap gas or anything else they sell for that matter. I’ll gladly pay the extra $.30 a gallon for gas and I’ll walk down to the local market to buy my groceries.

Humrmongr

Safeway consistently has the lowest priced gas stations in town, other than Costco. Commercial parts of a city are zoned for that purpose; TRADE. It is highly doubtful that anyone has moved because of a gas station going in at an already busy supermarket. Lets have reasonable arguments for/against issues, not imaginary constructs. I buy gas at Safeway stores whenever I can and I've never seen a traffic jam around any of them.

Mickey

As soon as the building for the gas station began, all the homes across the street and around the corner went up for sale. I guarantee, despite the "noise fence", it will not be pleasant living in the near vicinity of that gas station.

Joan

I wonder how long these "cheap" prices will last.

Bella

He's right, we don't need more gas stations, but we do need affordable ones.
I stopped at the Safeway for gas this morning for the first time and paid 3.19/gallon. As I continued on my way to work, the only other gas station I passed was 3.55/gallon. I think saving .36/gallon is worth it. Especially since there doesn't seem to be more traffic (I live within walking distance) and it replaced a bank that was vacant for a long time.