Safeway Pharmacy

We love our Safeway Pharmacy Team! Knowledgeable, kind and efficient. Always very patient and helpful when I have questions. They do a great job.

I have been to many Safeway pharmacy's and out of 5 that I've regularly used in the past, I find myself going to the local drugstore instead.
Until I came to Cle Elum and found the friendliest bunch.
I am moving soon and only because my love for this group am I having a hard time saying good bye.

Cle Elum's only supermarket!

Excellent staff with great customer service that go out of their way to get you what you need.

Fast servive

Good service

Mainly 3-5 people working and they can only help ONE at a time. Very frustrating when the others are staring at a computer screen in the back and glancing up at you from time to time while you wait on line!

This is the worst pharmacy in Cle Elum. The staff is incompetent and rude. Use at your own risk!
Negative interaction 1:
I transferred my prescription from another city (Goddess forbids someone to be born outside Cle Elum). The pharmacist started dumping my entire prescription history into a paper bag. I asked him what he was doing, and he started throwing his attitude. I told him what I needed, and he grimaced and painfully did his job typing into his screen and dumping pills (schadenfreude). This man is a diva who must leave that attitude at home and the drag show.
Negative interaction 2:
I went in to pick up my prescriptions, and my entire order was not there. The older tech scolded me for not knowing the Washington law she has to abide by. The pharmacist agreed the laws here were terrible, and they were forced to do their jobs once again (schadenfreude). So sorry this state is full of junkies the pharmacists had a direct hand in causing. Poor…poor… overworked big pharma! [Insert violin here]
Negative interaction 3:
I go in to pick up my prescriptions. My entire order is not there. I need a nose spray to breathe. I asked the pharmacist where my nose spray was. He says, “Oh, that one is hard to get, " and dismisses my needs. I have lived in multiple US cities, and no one has ever had a problem getting that spray. The older tech proceeded to advise me that I could purchase the spray over the counter. The over-the-counter price is higher than the prescribed price. I told the pharmacist to do his job and order it, and he said, “Ok,” and stared at me, expecting me to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was a professional. I stared back. I didn’t trust him to place the order because he was passive-aggressive. I stared at him until he finally grimaced and punched into his computer(schadenfreude). He said, “It is ordered and should be here in 24 hours”. I called back three days later and was told that the nose spray was not there and that “It was ordered to the wrong location”. The pharmacist either purposefully ordered it to the wrong location (unprofessional), or he is incompetent, and it is proven fact he is rude.
Negative interaction 4:
I pick up my prescriptions, and the older tech hands me the bag. I say, “Thank you.” She stares at me. She is weird, and I walk away.
Negative interaction 5:
I am picking up my prescriptions, and the older tech hands me the bag. I take it and walk away. I hear, “You're Welcome” as I walk away. I walked back, and she stared at me. I asked her, “If she has something she needs to say to me?” She stares at me. I tell her, “Lady the last time I was here and took the bag from you you just stated at me.” She dared to mumble that she thought I was rude. I burned that bridge so fast this entire forest was at risk, and I told her and the pharmacist where to go.
The pharmacist clung to his last bit of power and said, “We won’t fill your prescriptions here anymore,” as if that was a bad thing.

They stare at their screen and ignore the line of 15 people daily. The PNW elitist attitudes are standard with this staff. The anti-outsider sentiment is strong in Cle Elum, and the older clerk and old male pharmacist have snobbish Seattle attitudes! Sorry, this town is no Seattle except for the prices. They dislike outsiders here and will tell you to go to another pharmacy to get prescriptions. They will refuse to fill your prescription and tell you to buy it over the counter.
Hopefully, this town will have more options soon because of the population boom. I hope they like new people in Cle Elum, especially since it is directly off I-90. I advise having your stuff delivered so you do not have to interact with the local trash. It is good that they are replacing their easy jobs with AI and robots (schadenfreude), especially with the current threats of this day and age.
They do not deserve half a star.

Two days since my Dr sent electronic RX and I still don't have critical asthma medication. I called tonight to ask if they had RX, they had part of it but have to order it tomorrow. The other items I was told to order online or go to Ellensburg. Such professionals! We need numerous pharmacies in Cle Elum,
not just the two we have.