Safeway announces decision to close San Francisco store location amid theft and safety concerns: report

Safeway announced Tuesday in a letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed It will close a location in the city after it was robbed.

The letter explained that Safeway has decided to close its location in Fillmore, a San Francisco neighborhood, “due to ongoing concerns about the safety of employees and customers, as well as ongoing issues with theft,” with current employees assigned to other store locations. per San Francisco Chronicle.

Safeway is one of several businesses, including Walgreens, that have been negatively impacted Shoplifting and other crimes In the region. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) recently announced that authorities have arrested eight juvenile retail suspects who they believe are responsible for 23 incidents at various Walgreens stores across the Bay Area.

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“We are committed to serving San Francisco at our remaining 15 locations, and ensuring that our unionized workforce can perform their jobs in safe and secure work environments,” Safeway said.

Some community members said they would oppose closing the store, including the Rev. Iris Edgerly.

“The community is clearly suffering, but just getting up and leaving without calling a meeting, with no alternative to groceries, is annoying,” Edgerly told the San Francisco Chronicle. “There was no outreach to the community at all.”

He added: “It will have a huge impact. I was hoping that they would at least come to the table and say: This is the issue, let’s work on it.”

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“These are difficult decisions we make as a company with more than 255 stores throughout Northern California, and we do not take them lightly,” Safeway said. “We appreciate the time and resources you have invested in trying to help us find a way to stay open, but unfortunately, the challenges are too great for us to overcome.”

Breed, who lost her re-election bid in November to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, said she was “saddened” by Safeway’s decision.

Safeway and Breed’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston has reportedly spoken out in light of Safeway’s announcement that it will close its Fillmore location.

“I continue to believe that the best path forward to ensure a future grocery store and affordable housing on this former redevelopment site is for the city to begin negotiations to acquire the site,” Preston said.

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