Damn San Francisco, you have some of the most powerful, cash rich, visionary companies and people on earth operating in your city and you can’t gurantee people access to grocery stores??
Am I the only one that thinks this is downright pathetic? Not saying it is unique for US cities, San Fran just has SO MUCH tech money that failing in this basic way looks extra embarassing.
Like all cities, SF has poor areas, and Bayview is a poor area.
Many poor areas in cities become food deserts.
At its root, it’s an income inequality issue, and doubly so in the US, where the rich pay proportionately less taxes, yet make more than everyone else combined.
Yes, shame on us for normalizing such suffering and cruelty :(
I’ve been in there a couple of times.
It’s a tiny mom-and-pop sized Luckys, but had all the vital grocery store stuff.
The big Goodwill store in the same strip mall was a cool side trip.
Is that the same as Lucky? Never knew they were in SF. Though everyone does call it Lucky’s, the one I know was always just called Lucky.
They were owned by Albertson’s for a few years and then went back to being independent.
When I’m in CA, I only shop at Lucky. Safeway is okay but kinda high and I like the vibe at Lucky. Always have.
Yeah, it’s the big supermarket chain Lucky. There’s a big one on Sloat towards the Zoo.
I’ve been away a long time. I didn’t realize they were a big chain. They had one in my hometown when I was a kid and built a bigger one right before I moved. I knew there were others but never thought of them as big like Safeway or even Raley’s (is that even still a thing?).
Raleys is definitely still around. There’s one in San Pablo.
They’re under the same company as Nob Hill Foods, so slightly upmarket from Safeway.
Heard of Nob Hill, never been in one. Never seen a supermarket in CA that is “upmarket from Safeway.”
On the East Coast, I consider Safeway on the west to be somewhere between Harris-Teeter and Publix. Publix being a little higher class than Safeway. That might be a hot take — it’s just my opinion based on stores I’ve seen. I’m not sure if there’s an objective rating. Lowes Food is one we have that is even higher — they are objectively more expensive than other stores, selling the same goods for more and seem to have this air about them that you’re paying for the privilege of shopping among “better” people. I’m not a fan.
I’d say that Raleys/Nob Hill is a few shades cheaper than expensive/pretentious Whole Foods, which I find is ridiculously expensive, even with Prime specials.
Oh yeah I won’t even bother with Whole Foods and those are everywhere. See also Fresh Market.