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Layered Marketplace

A marketplace décor package combining community charm with chain-wide consistency

Client
Albertsons Companies
Shown
Safeway Woodland, WA
Services
Supermarket Design • Grocery Décor Production • Grocery Store Installation
A large “Welcome to Safeway Woodland” feature combines warm wood, regional graphics, and open sightlines to create a strong local arrival moment.
Woodland Welcome: A large “Welcome to Safeway Woodland” feature combines warm wood, regional graphics, and open sightlines to create a strong local arrival moment.

Woodland Welcome

A large “Welcome to Safeway Woodland” feature combines warm wood, regional graphics, and open sightlines to create a strong local arrival moment.

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Suspended department signage gives the vegetable section a clear destination while supporting Safeway’s layered marketplace design.
Produce Signage: Suspended department signage gives the vegetable section a clear destination while supporting Safeway’s layered marketplace design.

Produce Signage

Suspended department signage gives the vegetable section a clear destination while supporting Safeway’s layered marketplace design.

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Dimensional lettering, wood textures, and layered architectural details give meat and seafood a distinctive marketplace identity.
Meat & Seafood: Dimensional lettering, wood textures, and layered architectural details give meat and seafood a distinctive marketplace identity.

Meat & Seafood

Dimensional lettering, wood textures, and layered architectural details give meat and seafood a distinctive marketplace identity.

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Custom aisle markers combine clear category navigation with warm materials and regional graphic details.
Aisle Wayfinding: Custom aisle markers combine clear category navigation with warm materials and regional graphic details.

Aisle Wayfinding

Custom aisle markers combine clear category navigation with warm materials and regional graphic details.

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Layered signage, wood finishes, and colorful floral merchandising create a welcoming specialty destination within the supermarket.
Flower Shop: Layered signage, wood finishes, and colorful floral merchandising create a welcoming specialty destination within the supermarket.

Flower Shop

Layered signage, wood finishes, and colorful floral merchandising create a welcoming specialty destination within the supermarket.

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Regional “Pacific Ave Produce” graphics and colorful architectural accents connect the fresh department to the Southern Washington community.
Pacific Produce: Regional “Pacific Ave Produce” graphics and colorful architectural accents connect the fresh department to the Southern Washington community.

Pacific Produce

Regional “Pacific Ave Produce” graphics and colorful architectural accents connect the fresh department to the Southern Washington community.

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Layered department graphics, dimensional signage, and coordinated case identification create a cohesive meat and seafood destination.
Quality Meats: Layered department graphics, dimensional signage, and coordinated case identification create a cohesive meat and seafood destination.

Quality Meats

Layered department graphics, dimensional signage, and coordinated case identification create a cohesive meat and seafood destination.

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Distinctive bakery, cake shop, and dairy treatments demonstrate how each department receives its own variation on the shared material palette.
Bakery & Dairy: Distinctive bakery, cake shop, and dairy treatments demonstrate how each department receives its own variation on the shared material palette.

Bakery & Dairy

Distinctive bakery, cake shop, and dairy treatments demonstrate how each department receives its own variation on the shared material palette.

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Oversized dimensional signage and warm wood accents establish the pharmacy as a clearly defined service destination within the store.
Pharmacy: Oversized dimensional signage and warm wood accents establish the pharmacy as a clearly defined service destination within the store.

Pharmacy

Oversized dimensional signage and warm wood accents establish the pharmacy as a clearly defined service destination within the store.

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Bakery and dairy signage use coordinated materials, typography, and architectural details to create distinct but visually connected departments.
Fresh Bakery: Bakery and dairy signage use coordinated materials, typography, and architectural details to create distinct but visually connected departments.

Fresh Bakery

Bakery and dairy signage use coordinated materials, typography, and architectural details to create distinct but visually connected departments.

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Large-scale bakery graphics, bread displays, and layered finishes give the department a warm, handcrafted marketplace character.
Bakery Market: Large-scale bakery graphics, bread displays, and layered finishes give the department a warm, handcrafted marketplace character.

Bakery Market

Large-scale bakery graphics, bread displays, and layered finishes give the department a warm, handcrafted marketplace character.

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Bold Cedar Creek Sandwiches, Columbia River Kitchen, and deli graphics create multiple foodservice destinations within one cohesive design system.
Deli & Kitchen: Bold Cedar Creek Sandwiches, Columbia River Kitchen, and deli graphics create multiple foodservice destinations within one cohesive design system.

Deli & Kitchen

Bold Cedar Creek Sandwiches, Columbia River Kitchen, and deli graphics create multiple foodservice destinations within one cohesive design system.

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A prominent Flower Shop anchors the fresh-food area with colorful merchandising and a warm, locally inspired retail environment.
Floral Market: A prominent Flower Shop anchors the fresh-food area with colorful merchandising and a warm, locally inspired retail environment.

Floral Market

A prominent Flower Shop anchors the fresh-food area with colorful merchandising and a warm, locally inspired retail environment.

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Warm wood finishes, local messaging, and branded graphics carry the Woodland Safeway experience through the customer exit.
Store Exit: Warm wood finishes, local messaging, and branded graphics carry the Woodland Safeway experience through the customer exit.

Store Exit

Warm wood finishes, local messaging, and branded graphics carry the Woodland Safeway experience through the customer exit.

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THE BRIEF

Albertsons Companies (ACI) has prototyped the Layered Marketplace decor package at the new Safeway in Woodland, WA. Part of ACI’s portfolio of banners, the latest Safeway location features a supermarket design by KRS that harmonizes local customization with chain-wide consistency.

The décor incorporates regional elements throughout to connect with the small Southern Washington community in a genuine & personable way. A warm & neutral base color palette appeals to ACI’s broad customer base, while pops of color lead shoppers through the store.

Each grocery department header has its own charismatic riff on the store’s material palette & graphic style, creating the feeling of a marketplace with unique destinations. The design construction creates layers of detail that are budget-friendly and flexible, strategizing for streamlined rollouts to future locations. 

From the marketplace design to manufacturing and installation, KRS ensured a cohesive and high-quality execution from concept to completion.

Step inside the new Safeway in Woodland, Washington, showcasing Albertsons Companies’ (ACI) Layered Marketplace décor package.

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Layered Marketplace Décor Prototype by KRS