Honestly, I think in this specific case I would rather have concrete floors and a properly-finished ceiling than the opposite way around, but regardless, the new-style woodgrain vinyl looks quite nice. (Sadly, the rest of the store just uses cheap white vinyl, which I like even less than concrete -- at least in a newer store like this where the concrete slab presumably still looks decent.) Safeway made good use of Modern's "floating" produce sign here, since the perimeter walls have so many windows that there's really nowhere to put a traditional wall sign!
Hey, a new supermarket with a proper floor! I didn't even know that was possible! If anyone would do it, it would probably be Safeway, but even then their new stores usually have concrete floors. With that in mind, I wonder why that's not the case here? I'm not complaining though!
ReplyDeleteHa, well, even if you don't like the white tiles, this produce flooring is a lot nicer than a concrete floor so I think that averages out in favor of real flooring! I'm not a big fan of the plain white tiles either, but I really hate concrete floors so I'll take the white tiles over concrete!
Yes, this store really could have used a drop ceiling. The ceiling really looks bad. Oh well, you can't have it all I suppose.
Are those street names on the aisle markers?!
Ha! Yeah, and if any Safeway division was to do this, it would probably be the Seattle Division, since they don't seem to be particularly interested in concrete floors, though the two other stores they've built since the Albertsons merger did both come with concrete flooring and some of the converted Albertsons stores got it too.
DeleteYep, this store has local flair aisle marker plaques, but with a bit of a twist, which we'll see soon enough!