Published Jul. 14, 2026at6:00am
Three separate efforts to bring a grocery store back to a vacant Safeway site in the Fillmore have collapsed, deepening a political fight over who’s to blame — and what San Francisco should do about it.
Grocery Outlet, Smart & Final, and Sprouts Farmers Market (opens in new tab) have all explored taking over the former Safeway at 1335 Webster St. on a short-term basis, as Safeway finalizes the sale of the property to Align Real Estate, which intends to build housing on the site.
The collapse of all three efforts leaves the Fillmore, a historically Black and low-income
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