SF’s Fillmore Safeway Closure Draws Political Outrage. This Empty Grocery Miles Away? Not So Much

SF’s Fillmore Safeway Closure Draws Political Outrage. This Empty Grocery Miles Away? Not So Much

The Safeway that has served San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood for some 40 years is closing, and it’s been big news for months. The community uproar prompted the Board of Supervisors to dust off a proposal, as old as the market itself, to force grocery stores to provide at least six months’ notice before closing. They passed it unanimously. The board had also negotiated an 11-month extension of the market’s life, meaning the last shopping car…