We know it's probably been a boozy few days for some of you, but this story kind of takes it: A couple of dudes attempting to shoplift two bottles of vodka after the cutoff hour of 2 a.m. at the Excelsior Safeway Friday night/Saturday morning made a run for it in a getaway vehicle, and in the process managed to strike and injure a police officer with their car, and crash into two parked cop cars before eventually getting arrested. more ›

Safeway is taking aggressive steps, including filing injunctions against specific individuals, in a fight to remove unauthorized signature-gatherers and restore sanity to store entrances. Safeway stores are popular spots for paid petition-signature-gatherers to gather, but the company says that some of these people are violating store policies, block entrances, and creating both a nuisance and safety hazard for customers. Some of these petition folks are calling the company's moves unconstitutional. more ›

Oenophiles and winedrunk sensible shoppers in the Castro, Upper Market and Lower Haight neighborhoods rejoice: you might soon be able to slip in a free tipple while shopping for toilet paper, to-go sushi and sheetcake at the Market Street Safeway. As neighborhood blog Haighteration reports, nearby residents have received notices that the recently remodeled (but still kind of externally gross) supermarket has applied for an "instructional tasting license" from the California ABC. more ›

Police are warning the Oakland Hills neighborhood about a rash of frightening robberies starting at the Redwood Road Safeway. It seems "at least half a dozen shoppers have been targeted leaving a grocery store, followed home, and robbed." And most of the have been elderly women. more ›

Bay City News reports via SF Appeal that San Francisco Giants players Aaron Rowand, Jeremy Affeldt, team president Larry Baer, and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda will be bagging groceries at the Safeway at 16th St and Potrero Avenue at Noon today. more ›

You damn well ought to be able to buy your smokes at Walgreen's if you can buy them at Safeway, says Justice William McGuiness of the First Appelate District Court. The court ruled 3-0 yesterday that San Francisco's citywide ban on cigarette sales at drugstores was "flimsy on its face" given that they do not extend the ban to grocery stores that have pharmacies. more ›

San Leandro residents Amanda Mata, 20, and her boyfriend Lamar Cotton, 27, allegedly bilked Safeway out of $232,000 in an elaborate (and admittedly clever) scheme involving phony credit cards and Nordstrom gift card purchases. The two are being held in an Alameda County jail while being indicted by a federal grand jury in SF. more ›

In one version of the Senate's health care bill up for debate next week, a provision meant to encourage preventive medicine for employees has been named for Pleasanton-based grocery chain Safeway. The company has a self-insurance program for its 200,000 employees that provides an incentive -- up to a 30% lower premium -- for any worker who takes steps to get healthier, like losing weight, quitting smoking, or lowering their cholesterol. more ›