Safeway Pharmacy

Jason Boss

What an amazing staff they are so efficient and do their best to make your stop quick. Working in healthcare I know how stressful and tiring it is in these current times and how overworked and under appreciated healthcare professionals are, but this pharmacy is run very well. They answer their phones unlike other pharmacy’s on the island, and will reach out to you if there’s any trouble with your prescription. Best pharmacy in town hands down.

Christophër Reed

Always double check the price of your Rx at the Oak Harbor Safeway: they will do everything possible to force you to run your script through insurance, vs cash & a coupon. Yes.. coupons & cash will extend the time it takes to pay down your prescription deductible. However, if your lifesaving prescription costs $400 through insurance, but is only $25 via Good Rx? Well, then they need to offer BOTH OPTIONS to patients. **Believe it or not, this Island has AT LEAST 50% of our (Non-Navy) residents below the poverty line. They/we are always facing possible homelessness &/or resettlement in another county. Facts. Google me for my credentials if you don't trust my maths & metrics.** More importantly though: when pharmacy staff (Wendy) & manager (James) ban you & your family from filling your prescriptions for questioning these practices? Then once again, there is a fundamental problem with the ENTIRE establishment. Doctors & pharmacies are a COMMUNITY SERVICE & "continuity of care" is a crucial (and legal) retirement in a small county. For the other department managers at Safeway: if you subscribe to the logic that "a rising tide raises all boats in the harbor", then you must also assume that "a sinking ship brings us down with it". Stand up for your store, your customers, your town; speak up! When there's a batch of bad apples in produce, do you sell it or try again? When a butcher can't provide clean, quality cuts, do they get a raise? When a courtesy clerk gets complaints for not being "cheery", do THEY get the same benefit-of-the-doubt that Pharmacy Manager James does? Or do they get written up & written off? Because, uh.. I remember how I was treated when I was "just a boxboy", back in the day [before current staff]! Because we are expendable right? "A dime a dozen." Are we being fair across the board when it comes to holding employees to the same standard, Store Manager Jason? It doesn't look like it. As far as optics go anyway. //~~~FWIW: this is not a complaint regarding regarding narcotic Rx fills. NOT THAT THIS SHOULD MATTER! We are talking antidepressants & asthma medications. We're discussing elderly folk with COPD, heart disease, & cancer. Working class Men & women that are your neighbors & civic leaders, Volunteers, & teachers.~~~\\ This is a difficult time & staffing is a challenge right now. I get it. I'm a local employer with 15+ years writing paychecks to my fellow Islanders. But when you're the manager & certain pharmacy staff members are quite literally a LEGAL & LETHAL DANGER to the community? My friend, it is then time to face the music, & force a change. For your neighbors. ALLEGEDLY, & of course..in my humble opinion:)

Adella Carey

Overall an extremely disappointing and infuriating experience. The pharmacist was judgemental and unnecessarily difficult. My husband was in a motorcycle accident resulting in a horrific injury. I went to fill his prescription for pain medication and was spoken down to like we were drug seekers. The second perscription which was for a whole 10 5mg Percocets they even refused to fill citing that it was "suspicious." Mind you, my husband has ZERO history of asking for or being prescribed pain medication. The way we were treated in an already difficult situation was nothing short of disgusting. If you have such a strong bias against filling a prescription for pain medication, regardless of the situation, maybe you shouldn't be a pharmacist altogether. We will be taking our buissiness elsewhere and encouraging others to do the same. Too bad one single staff member is being allowed to run this pharmacies entire reputation.

Tamera Ramey

During this COVID-19 been most impressed with their prices. Wal-Mart has nothing in the way of food here, HAAGENS is unreasonably overpriced and you have to watch for spoiled product at SAARS. Do most of my main sipping with Safeway.Thank you!!