Fillmore District

Controversial SF Fillmore Safeway plans to close after 40 years

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Controversial SF Fillmore Safeway plans to close after 40 years

The Safeway at 1335 Webster St., San Francisco, plans to close in March. Google Street View The Safeway in San Francisco’s Fillmore District — the only major grocery store in the neighborhood — is slated to close in March, a Safeway spokesperson told SFGATE in a statement on Thursday. Safeway has agreed to sell 3.68 acres of … Read more

San Francisco retailers are quietly removing self-checkout

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San Francisco retailers are quietly removing self-checkout

Self-checkout machines are closed at Target at 789 Mission St., San Francisco, on Dec. 8, 2023. Kendra Smith/SFGATE San Francisco stores have quietly disabled self-checkout recently, indicating a trend in “defensive retailing” that may soon spread across the city. While innovative measures to prevent theft at Bay Area retailers have been well documented this year, the … Read more