Shopping for groceries at Safeway in 2001

[@glenn5517]

2001 seems like just yesterday. definitely still had a late 90s feel to it. I don't think that went away until like 03.

[@Early90sBaby]

I feel the same way! I feel like the first 2-3 years of a new decade are just an extension of the previous decade. That explains why people still wore bell bottoms and Afros as late as 1982 🤣🤣🤣

[@dco2006]

I watched footage of the 2003 NYC blackout the other night and it looked like it's taken from the late 80s lol

[@FalseReality0]

@@Early90sBaby Absolutely agree, the first 2-3 years of each decade are carryovers from the previous one

[@danielsantana540]

Your right

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Pretty much. Now that its 2023 this decade should be developing its own identity away from the late 2010s. Probably has due to Covid.

[@Yo_DynamoJoe]

We entered the millennium with so much hope and promise. But after 9/11 it's never felt the same, just sort of hollow and unreal. Sure you move through each day, each year, and you have some moments of happiness and you make plans, goals. But the magic trick doesn't work anymore. With each year we see more of the mechanism behind the illusion of modern life. But we remain in the audience, clapping anyway, because we've nowhere else to go.

[@vampirerobot]

Great comment Joe! 👍

[@LL-bl8hd]

I agree. The sense of hope back then was something that has never returned. Life was different. Now most of the time we just survive. 😞

[@bones182x]

Life was good even after 9/11 things went bad in 08 with the recession

[@eddychavez3919]

kinda the same with this decade. we entered 2020 with high hopes only for it to be ruined by covid-19. 2019 was peak humanity.

[@Anth230]

Speak for yourself. I don't feel that way and I'm sure most people under a certain age do not either.

[@sophie-b]

your channel is the closest thing we'll ever get to a time machine, thanks a million for these awesome videos!! i was just around 1 year old during this time (my memories begin around the age of 3 years old.) it's so fun to see what stuff was like around the time i was born, i often wonder what it would've been like being the age i am now living back in the 90's and the early 00s (these videos help my little daydream of time traveling!)😂❤️ sidenote: who else was DROOLING over the ice cream isle, i think ice cream packaging was way more enticing back then LOL!

[@keyon2766]

Facts

[@LL-bl8hd]

Take me back! Yes the prices were lower, but what a lot of people are missing is the shrinkflation! The M&Ms bags they showed were 14.5 oz. The "Sharing Size" bag today is 10.7 oz! The Breyers containers were half gallon (2 pints), now they're 1.5 pints! And today a lot of Breyers flavors are "frozen dairy dessert," not even legally considered ice cream! 🍨 And this was a high price supermarket back then...

[@vampirerobot]

Another great comment!

[@genjii931]

Safeway has never been a high price supermarket.

[@purplenurp5590]

@@genjii931 yeah totally guy, safeway has always been a high priced supermarket

[@smadaf]

It used to be a pound of M&M's.

[@LL-bl8hd]

@@smadaf I remember that! They've been doing this a long time, but it's gotten so much worse recently. Some of the stuff at the Dollar Store is a joke now, looks like it belongs in a dollhouse!

[@dizzguyexplores6598]

I was 11 years old back then. Time sure does fly by.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Me too. I miss 2000 and that pre-9/11 part of 2001.

[@paratext]

I was also 11. I vividly remember so much from growing up in this era that it still haunts me.

[@MegaRafaelloco]

I was 6 😂😂😂

[@CherryFrog321]

I was 9. I can't believe it was over 20 years ago.

[@RolandKoller90]

I was 11 as well. I miss these days so much.

[@missar1995]

I was 9 years old back in 2001. Your channel really takes me back in time. Thank you! Please keep posting these videos!

[@joman66]

I love the older designs of the packaging. I'm noticing a lot of serif fonts on many of the companies logos. In a general sense, going to the grocery store really has it changed in the past 22 plus years.

[@philliesphan9364]

Same! I love the 90's/ Early 00's packaging. I really like the 90's Bounty Paper Towels logo.

[@lauracanedo1446]

I was six in 2001. It’s chilling to see the “Happy Easter” tag near the prices. It is hard to think it would be the last Easter before 9/11. In just a couple of months, that horrible day was going to take place. Just sad and creepy..

[@MarkMeadows90]

A lot of the looks of those products haven't changed much over the years. Yeah, I notice things like that. A change of a logo, a change of the font, etc. And those prices though. I heard Safeway's prices were/are a little on the high side. Ugh, now I want to go back and enjoy those years of the mid 90s to the mid 2000s again.

[@jenniferburchill3658]

Food ingredients have sure changed, though, and not for the better. I, too, would like to go back to the late 1990s- when food was food and not chemicals!

[@troy2000me]

Amazing! Perfect video, love grocery stores. I was going to comment about the premium ice cream being very expensive for 2001, but another commenter pointed out it was 2 pints instead of the 1.5 we get today, so that makes a lot more sense.

[@LeCoOne]

What’s wild is the fact people film these as if they knew we’d be on KZbin decades later watching them. That’s the part that gets me. They’re literally nothing special and oddly specific times to film

[@carljoshua2342]

I hope we can go back to these prices soon 🙏

[@WolfenEXE]

The cookies, candies and ice cream are about the same price as they're these days. I think it's just Safeway. I heard it's always been pricey.

[@Anarchist86ed]

🤣 Never gonna happen.

[@truthbetold6011]

Yeah ok

[@deborahchapman7882]

Not going to happen

[@xpensfanatic2009]

@@WolfenEXE the prices really aren't that different, but a lot of the packages today are smaller and a lot of the ice cream at the store is classified as frozen dairy dessert these days instead of real ice cream.

[@Hannahleigh_]

The ice cream back then looks so much better than it does now

[@elliecherise1968]

It was Breyer's big marketing thing was all real simple ingredients and now most of their flavors are anything but. Breyer's was just about 3 ingredients.

[@filizjohnson2059]

In the uk we had safeways which then I’m sure got bought out and we now know it as “Morrisons”. Come across your channel and I’m so intrigued to have a nose of what life was like back then in different settings.

[@mjoven1975]

100% this was filmed at a Safeway back east. The Edy’s brand is not sold in the western US, it’s sold under the brand name Dreyer’s. 2:38

[@aunch3]

I noticed that too I was like that looks like Dreyers I’ve never heard of Edys.

[@ZYYXYZY]

I love your videos. Please keep posting.

[@reigndigrazia1]

Back when the price you saw was the price you got. No having to go into an app and clip digital coupons and scan codes.

[@danielsantana540]

2001 seems like only yesterday. On occasion I suffered from depression as an adolescent mostly due to loneliness 😔 😢

[@vampirerobot]

I am sorry Daniel. That sucks to hear. I hope your happier now. You have a friend in me 😄

[@danielsantana540]

@@vampirerobot thanks a million

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

2001 was the beginning of my anxiety issues I still fight with today

[@danielsantana540]

@@oldradiosnphonographs same here .I'm still batting on occasion mental health issues. It s also due to trauma or bullying

[@truthbetold6011]

You need to make a few friends.

[@UnitedStatesOfCoffee]

Last time I went to safeway was in 2001/2002. Thank you for this reminder of my childhood

[@johnkoho1245]

All the videos on here are such high quality. How do you find all these lol? I can watch this stuff all day.

[@doylescordy]

Those Pepperidge Farm cookies are about double that price now.

[@Gr8thxAlot]

My regular grocery doesn't even stock them anymore. Are they less common now? I'd get these all the time when I was younger.

[@doylescordy]

@@Gr8thxAlot I see them all the time. My local Walmart has them.

[@SeaSaltSunsets]

It's neat to see someone else's b roll, especially since this is from when I was a little kid. Adore the cameraman doing a comic zoom on every time it said cookies on that one sign.

[@TylerMusicBoi]

They went to all my favorite sections growing up: cookies, ice cream and candy! Bonus points if they would've went to the cereal section too. But I love this! I was 7 years old in 2001 so a lot of these labels are very familiar. Also forgot about Reeses Sticks, I haven't seen those in years

[@eddieg877]

Love the way these videos are shot. These are great. Did you film all of these?

[@untetheredmoon6971]

Why does this feel like 300 years ago 😬

[@ville666sora]

It somehow feels like 300 years ago while also feeling like it was 5 years ago

[@jediskunk67]

Back when the stores were filled with food.

[@vampirerobot]

So happy to see you here again 😄 ..

[@mskay9597]

FACTS 💯

[@laurenlongfellow9714]

Was just at the store and it was filled with food. Not sure what you mean by this lol

[@scottlecompte2400]

One thing I like about these videos people are actually shopping and not walking around talking on their phone's. They not getting in each other's way and you don't have to hear their conversation either.

[@johnv8646]

it was still the same shit. people were rude in other ways.

[@chiefbigtoe7260]

@@johnv8646 hell ya and got away with it

[@HelloooThere]

Same shit sold today, just more expensive prices, brother

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

*I'm going to refrain from watching this, due to the fear that when Im reminded of the prices I was paying 20 years ago compared to today, a certain group of people in a certain "district" will face imminent extinction!*

[@genjii931]

Now I'm craving cookies. Damn.

[@Jess-tified]

Everything was so much cheaper back then. If I had a time machine, I'd stock up on a two years supply of groceries, then bring them all back to the present.

[@myshadowstalksme]

I was 20 then and I couldn’t afford to shop at Safeway. I used to think only rich people shopped there lol

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Fantastic 😊

[@Conz101]

honestly, some of these prices have barely gone up. for 22 years, some of these things have pretty much only gone up a little over a buck, which doesn't seem insane. I can still get Goldfish for less than $2 if a good sale is running, the cookies/ice cream/candy aren't much more either.

[@Anarchist86ed]

Those aren't as high demand as other things. For example Kroger brand ice cream for me is 2.50, has been for years. In the winter it sits. In the Summer it flies out the freezer. 6 packs of Kool aid bursts went from $1 to over $2 and they can't keep them stocked. There's no reason to inflate prices for things that sit for months at a time.

[@kendragreene5953]

Thank you so much for these videos!!!... some of those prices were expensive. Even for 2001. Do you know what month of 2001 this was?

[@vampirerobot]

Great comment and question Kendra. This video is from April 3rd of 2001.

[@jediskunk67]

@@vampirerobot Wow, that was two months before Tropical Storm Allison, and five months before 9/11.

[@philliesphan9364]

Awesome video! Thanks for uploading!.

[@MileHighScaleModeler]

Cheese nips, SoBe, Zebra stripes gum, and many other snacks we can see here that are discontinued 😢

[@Mikey-1990]

Sad isn't it. I used to love cheese nips and actually preferred them over Cheeze its. My mother always packed a small snack size with my lunch to school.

[@maryw3643]

Damn you for showing me that many sweet snacks this early in the A.M

[@Anarchist86ed]

Especially on "big game" day. 🙄

[@MrDaydreamer1584]

Hey VR, has anyone ever told you that your videos are cool and depressing at the same time?

[@halcaannen]

Dream prices.

[@FELIPE8226M]

I worked at Safeway back in 2001 lol, Graham,Wa. I was 19 at the time and the Nisqually earthquake happened I ran back into the freezer in the back stock room

[@joeyjoe308]

The time when Safeway was still independent, years before it became a part of Albertsons. I don’t live in one of the states where there are Safeways, but I do live in a New England state where we have Shaw’s/Star Market (both also Albertsons). Nowadays I don’t shop there as much (just occasionally) as I used to before, instead frequenting Market Basket where it’s cheaper than both Shaw’s and Star Market. I’m glad Market Basket is still independent like the old Safeway portrayed in the b-roll video, and I hope no other company acquires the private chain. It’s a great and decent New England grocery chain with a lot more options (especially Market’s Kitchen) than Shaw’s/Star Market. Almost like the Publix of NE in some ways

[@staceyjohnson2929]

Love this. And the Debbie Gibson song over the speakers.

[@micheleglezman4819]

Wow! Where was this store at? Prices are high even in 2001😮

[@vampirerobot]

Washington D.C

[@Anarchist86ed]

But you actually got more than you do now.

[@truthbetold6011]

​@@Anarchist86ed yep

[@ThePunkPalette]

So confused lol those are the pretty much the prices at my Safeway now. 😂

[@MichaelSheehy75]

@@vampirerobot Is this the Watergate Safeway or another one?

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

*$1000 to the first person who can find the words "Contains bioengineered ingredients" on a product!*

[@williamwoods5592]

I was only 24 years old at the time this Groccery Store video was first recorded.

[@planetX15]

Was this before or after 9/11?

[@Early90sBaby]

These prices are a little 😬😬for 2001 🤣. Was this just a Safeway thing?

[@xpensfanatic2009]

A lot of packaged items at the supermarket have instead gotten smaller over the years instead of significantly raising prices.

[@drfoulcheesevirus]

Nowadays at least 5 people would have called the cops on you because you were filming them with that dangerous camera.

[@AndrewsArchives]

1:29 - Hey, its Jared Fogle!

[@danielsantana540]

In the 90 s lucky was my favorite super market

[@lunarstarthedarknessdemon2999]

I'm watching all the candy and thinking about the crazy desserts people upload nowadays in Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, etc. and I'm wondering if they used to make desserts like that on that time. 🤭 I was 3 years old in 2001.

[@ericlarsen4050]

4:25 - Song is Foolish Beat by Debbie Gibson. #1 hit in 1988.

[@bradrichards6107]

I was in my mid twenties then. Good times. Where do you find these videos? Was this video filmed by a news channel for a story or something?

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

I loved safeway. We were going somewhere for a while. they had an idea.

[@danielsantana540]

On July 4 2001 in theaters I saw the fast and the furious and scary movie 2

[@life_so_hard_i_so_emo]

Kinda looks like Albertsons in my town. Grocery stores don’t look like this anymore. They’re more fancy looking now and not as vibey

[@danielsantana540]

Great video

[@Kevin_40]

I was working at a Raleys grocery store in 2001. in California.

[@danielsantana540]

Spider man first Tobey maguire film was was filmed from January 2002 to June 2001 released early May 2002

[@theslayerboyRED]

0:40 but do they have cookies?

[@vampirerobot]

🤣🤣 2 funny!

[@g-whizzard]

0:19 Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@danielsantana540]

On 12 13 2001 wwe smackdown episode the Supermarket 🛒 that stone cold Steve Austin and booker t brawl in is green frog 🐸 market in Bakersfield California it cost wwf 10 to 15 thousand dollars in damages. In 2016 it closed down replaced with a dollar tree market

[@paratext]

Breyers - the undisputed best frozen food aisle ice cream.

[@gameshowguy2000]

Safeway is now part of Albertsons.

[@ghostspirit1855]

there was a safeway right by my old house but it got changed into a dollar general. i used to get fried chicken there before i became gluten free

[@vampirerobot]

Wow! That's either a small Safeway or a very big Dollar General store.

[@andrewbeadle3660]

I loved Crispy M&M’s

[@Wald4267]

What day in 2001?

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Looking at the shot of the checkout counters at 7:39 I see what could possibly be the April 9, 2001 edition of People Magazine?

[@Wald4267]

@@oldradiosnphonographs thank you

[@smadaf]

Elsewhere, the uploader said it was 3 April 2001, in Washington, D.C.

[@anthonybaroni3285]

I can hear Debbie Gibson playing on the PA system.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

GIANT size ice cream. 😢

[@vampirerobot]

🤣🤣😌

[@maryw3643]

I miss Archway cookies.

[@thebestchannel5456]

They are still available, lol

[@ParkorPlays]

I was 6 years old. ❤

[@Galidorquest]

It's too bad the cereal wasn't filmed. Some cereals are limited edition and the box art is always changing, even the mascots sometimes.

[@stevealkire7626]

*And the names to fit the times. (Sugar Pops, Super Sugar Crisp, Sugar Frosted Flakes...)*

[@Galidorquest]

@@stevealkire7626 And back in the days before almost everything was labeled 'gluten free'...

[@stevealkire7626]

@@Galidorquest *I also love the "fat free" labels on products that had none to begin with. An entire bag of sugar is fat free...*

[@flurpoid]

Man $5.50 was a lot to be paying for ice cream with 2001 wages being what they were.

[@vmobile890]

Could read the ice cream size likely it was 1/2 gallon .

[@Anarchist86ed]

Mmmmmmm, diabeetus.

[@jeffmarks1996]

recorded from april 9, 2001

[@azrailfan2717]

Some of the Safeways still look like that on the inside 😝

[@andrewbeadle3660]

Where’s the Ben & Jerry’s?

[@learningyearning]

Fun

[@travisallen1640]

$1.75 for 10 pack reeses,! times reall have changed

[@shawnjames6714]

Seems like the prices weren't much different than they were in 2020 pre Covid and pre Biden.

[@jenniferburchill3658]

And it's interesting how shoppers acted like decent human beings back in the day!

[@jairosoto1324]

I turned 9 in 2001🤠

[@CSI_tuning_solutions]

i had to walk 5 miles to school back in the day in the snow and rain...who cares 🤣

[@dejon18]

I was 12 back then

[@StephenOBG]

Aaah back when I could afford food. Lmao x 1000000000000000000000000. When humans were at tills/checkouts. Lol. GG's.

[@williamwoods5592]

This video was first recorded about 22 years ago.

[@tartgreenapple]

Grannies at 2:28 & 5:15 are dead.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Yeah. RIP to them if they did pass away.

[@4ever9zxyme]

You don’t know. They could still be kicking . Probably in better shape than most young people. I know a man who is in 90s . Walks everyday . Gets up early and still does yard work.

[@tartgreenapple]

@@4ever9zxyme Yeah, there are exceptions in every situation, I don't know for sure. They are PROBABLY dead, does that sound more agreeable?

[@thebestchannel5456]

Darnn, that's mean. Wth they are probably still living who knows

[@theslayerboyRED]

They could be in their 90's 😅

[@Yellow4494]

I miss Safeway I moved from the west coast and they don't have them on the east coast

[@dave46459]

Ummmm YES THEY DO

[@Yellow4494]

In what state?

[@chevysilverado5617]

everything sucked by that point. Trust me I remember.

[@paratext]

I'm 33. The mid-late '90's-early 2000's were the best time of my life.

[@dave46459]

Yummy 0:19

[@misternobodysixtynine]

1:11 M.I.L.F. ALERT!!!!

[@h3cz_]

People had zero swag back then.

[@williambradley9748]

You must be a time traveler

[@danielsantana540]

2001.wikipedia was launched

[@smadaf]

KZbin was still almost four years away.