The weirdest part of this store comes in the first few aisles after the produce department (which, per local convention, are the highest numbered aisles -- this store sticks to left-to-right aisle numbering, something that's apparently unusual in stores with this sort of layout in other parts of the country). They're split into two half aisles with a cut-through in the middle; the front half is the liquor department, while the back half is home to random products including lunch meats, chips, and bread. This really threw me off when I was looking for chips at this store last week -- I didn't even think to check this part of the store since from the front actionway it just looks like a couple liquor aisles! I've never seen anything like this in a full-size Safeway, just in mini stores (like my local one at the bottom of the hill) where everything is just stuck wherever it fits.
Lots of odd things about all that!
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