Safeway In Castro Cuts Hours Due To ‘Off The Charts’ Shoplifting; ‘It’s Sad, Upsetting And Frustrating’
Yet another major retailer in San Francisco has made the decision to close earlier due to excessive theft particularly at night, according to San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. The Castro Safeway on Market and Church Streets was open 24 hours, but that’s not the case any longer. Signs posted on its entrance state its new hours are 6 am to 9 pm, effective October 24.
Mandelman said he’s now working on organizing a meeting with Safeway, San Francisco police and the district attorney.
“It’s an equity problem,” he said. “There’s a lot of low-income folks, seniors, folks with disability, who rely on that Safeway and other Safeways around the city.”
Its true, I accidentially came at closing time because I thought it was still 24/7. Very intense operation. 8+ security guards including off duty police officers (new program where retailers can hire off duty cops). They had their gun holsters showing clearly.
This is the same Safeway that had all its carts closing.