Having an upcoming trip coming up — I finally started to do my research on Safeway fueling stations — figuring that all my ten cent and 3 cent off (when I’ve used all my 10 cent offs) would come in handy now that gas prices are soaring. Short of joining Costco for $50 a year). Well, it turns out — you can’t just get a list of every Safeway (or Von — their California sister company) Fueling Station. Well, now you can — it it took me hours to put together from their “search by zip code” website.
You can download it here: http://www.studio403.com/SafewayVonsFuelStations.xls
With this Microsoft Excel file you can import it into mapping software programs — well, at least Microsoft Streets and Maps — and then you will find little pushpins (unless you change them like I did to little purple dots) everyplace there is a discount fueling station.
Well, not everywhere. Just Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona.
Here is a sample of what I’m talking about (from Sunday’s trip to Seaside):
So — the “green” is the route coming and going, and the “purple dots” are the Safeway Fueling stations. Why Safeway? Cheap — and more importantly, they are all less than 5 years old — new tanks, new pumps, the works. Too bad they don’t have car washes (like Costco).
Now maybe I should work on a Subway sandwich shop map — at least that one I can search by a three digit zip code.
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