24 Hour Lihue (Kauai) Safeway Now Open (Sept 2015)
Sep 28, 2014, 5:47 pm
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Oct 4, 2014, 5:19 pm
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Quite a lot has been done. All the planning permits and some construction.
Because of bureaucracy, it takes a lot of effort to start a project. Just because you don't see cash registers and lights turned on doesn't mean that "they haven't started building anything."
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Oct 5, 2014, 2:11 am
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Not true.
Quite a lot has been done. All the planning permits and some construction.
Because of bureaucracy, it takes a lot of effort to start a project. Just because you don't see cash registers and lights turned on doesn't mean that "they haven't started building anything."
Quite a lot has been done. All the planning permits and some construction.
Because of bureaucracy, it takes a lot of effort to start a project. Just because you don't see cash registers and lights turned on doesn't mean that "they haven't started building anything."
Originally Posted by pbratt
Exactly my reason! Right now I stop at Costco on the way from the airport to Poipu and get everything else at Big Save in Koloa, but I'd love to be able to do Costco and Safeway and skip Big Save entirely. It doesn't sound like they'll be open by the time I'm there in November though :-(
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Oct 10, 2014, 1:27 am
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Will be interesting to see how far this has come- I'll be by in about a week 
, not that I really buy anything at a Safeway in Hawaii 
If its not at Costco I'll find it at Foodland/Sack n Save or some other local joint.
, not that I really buy anything at a Safeway in Hawaii If its not at Costco I'll find it at Foodland/Sack n Save or some other local joint.
Oct 13, 2014, 11:44 am
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And, as far as I know, if the alternative is Foodland, it's only about 500 feet closer to Poipu than the Safeway (the one that's actually open) - not saving much driving time.
Nov 22, 2014, 11:01 pm
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From what I saw preliminary construction has started with the structure- but the road is thoroughly torn up.
Most is obscured by a wall of black plastic.
And I passed it at night most times too
Nov 22, 2014, 11:05 pm
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Nov 24, 2014, 5:55 am
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It opened earlier this month, just before Veterans' Day.
Nov 29, 2014, 1:38 am
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BTW, still not sure about the Safeway. Drove by yesterday, and there are two buildings up, but neither of them looks big enough to be the Safeway. IIRC, a Petco and Walgreen's are going to be there too. I'll try a different angle next time I'm by there.