Probably the coolest thing about this store is the inlaid "Welcome to Safeway" floor signs found inside both entrances! Obviously, this shows that this store is one of the few remaining with Proto-Lifestyle, still one of my favorite Safeway decor packages (even if it looks super outdated these days), but even among Proto-Lifestyle stores, I believe these are quite rare -- 2000 was still early days for the decor, and I suspect these were dropped fairly quickly.
Yes, Proto-Lifestyle! I'm glad to see a set about this decor package! If anything, we might be seeing the best part of the decor package here right away with the floor signs. This was certainly a time where good looking floors was something grocers still took seriously as we see here. Albertsons had their interesting Grocery Palace floors, but Safeway did this. I wish these floor medallions were still around here in Houston, but I think Proto-Lifestyle has been erased from Texas.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Lifestyle had nice flooring, but Proto-Lifestyle has it beat, especially when they included these medallions! I'm not surprised it's all gone in your area -- it's pretty much all gone around here, and has been for many years, with most stores being remodeled out of it before 2010, making it a rather short-lived package, sadly.
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