Albertsons

LOVE my Albertsons store! I have shopped here for years and I’ve always received excellent service. All of the employees are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The checkers are always super positive and nice, the people in the bakery/​deli are great and very efficient, and the produce workers work hard to keep the produce fresh and replenished. I have shopped at other grocery stores in the area, even some other Albertsons locations, and this is by far the best.

I love this store. Everyone here is nice to me when I come in. If I ask for something I can’t find they always help out with no problems. I’ve shopped at different stores around the area since I recently moved here and this store is the best so far. I will continue to come here for my groceries.

I have to give amazing review to this bakery. They have made my sons cake for the past 2 years. They worked with the pictures I brought in. They are not easy designs that I have requested. This one was a dragon slayer cake. It was awesome. Everyone loved it and it looked better than the picture I brought in. They looked amazing and even tasted better than they looked … if possible. I will go to them for all of his birthdays. Great designers, great taste and best prices.

Worst customer service. When asked for assistance I was given attitude and was not helped at all. I left quite unhappy and decided to head to Ralph’s instead.

We shop here for basic groceries. Good selections, clean store… My only complaint is the costumer service. There was a young woman sweeping up the produce section, and I had to squeeze by. Instead of letting me by, she kept sweeping. Once I was able to pass, she scoffed at me loudly. I spun around to see her shaking her head at me with a pretty creepy smile on her face. I felt badly for making her angry, but it definitely made my shopping experience uncomfortable.

Another neighborhood, another Albertson’s Market. What separates it from the rest? Actually, nothing. That’s not a bad thing though; they have everything that you would expect to find at your typical neighborhood Albertson’s market. This is good considering that there aren’t too many grocery store options in the immediate surrounding area. So it’s always a good thing to have the standard fallback option when you need some groceries in a pinch.
I don’t shop at Albertson’s for much of anything else other than water and their advertised specials. Their prices are somewhat high (however not reaching the levels of your Whole Foods and other farmer markets caliber stores) and like most other chains, the best time to buy is when things go on sale because then they drop down to a reasonable price levels. However, with all that said, I typically will drop by if I need some essentials after getting out of the nearby college campus.
Granted that this isn’t my local Alberston’s, but I can see it being convenient for those who do live locally. On that note, it certainly isn’t anything to drive out of the way for. Thus, it serves its purpose just fine.

They carry dry ice and don’t run out of stuff you need! I’d give them 5 stars but I almost bought yogurt that was already expired.

This is a difficult store to review. On balance, we will probably keep shopping here, because it does have selection of things we like, a few really helpful employees (if you know whom to ask what), and sometimes even good prices. But there are some caveats to that endorsement, and they are major enough to warrant a 2-​star review:
1) Some items are priced outrageously high. The Ancient Harvest pastas, for example, are $ 4.69 a box… over twice what you would pay for the exact same product at Sprouts or even Whole Foods. This location does have a nice selection of the Ancient Harvest product line… but why so expensive? Here and there you’ll find quite a few products that have a strangely high price — coconut water, for example, or shrimp, or calamata olives — that really have no reason to be. So watch out for that. And of course this especially applies to the gluten free products in the store… though thankfully this Albertsons at least carries a larger-​than-​average variety.
2) Customer service is a crap shoot. At the deli, you can usually receive exceptional helpfulness with a smile. But wander just a few feet over to the meat counter and you’ll be ignored for several minutes, then greeted impatiently, then told gruffly something like «I don’t know» in answer to even the simplest questions… and with no effort from the staff to follow up. And we’re talking simple questions, folks. Questions like «Is this bacon in your display case cured or uncured?» Or «Can I place a custom order for some organic chicken?» This inability to be helpful applies to all but one person I’ve interacted with at the meat counter. And the same unevenness exists throughout the store. Sometimes a checkout person will be extremely friendly and helpful, and other times they’ll just shrug and say «I just work here,» and look down at their hands. Wow.
3) Product variety is okay (better than most Albertsons), and the quality for most things is above average. They even have a small organic produce section that is usually kept stocked, as well as some organic free range raw meat. The only real issue I’ve had is that many dry goods items aren’t stocked by store employees, but by outside vendors, so when things run out, they may be out for several weeks. This happened with some gluten free cookies I had been purchasing at this store. When I asked the store manager about them, he apologized and said that, unfortunately, he had no control over when they would be restocked. An odd business model, but one I seem increasingly to encounter.
So, on average, there just isn’t an average experience at this Albertsons. Sometimes I’ve gone into this location and been impressed by the prices, customer service, and availability of goods and services. And sometimes I’ve left feeling cheated, frustrated by the absence of a regularly stocked item, and rudely or even contemptuously treated. If they could be a little more consistent in creating a friendlier atmosphere at a reasonable cost — and maybe throw in a few more speciality items that I like — I would love to give this store a higher rating. For now, though, I just can’t.

Great store! Aisles are always clean, neat, organized and items are in stock. This Albertsons has a friendly staff and self check out express lanes.

The store is organized and clean. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The prices are high. The produce is very expensive even though they sometime show to be on sale. If you’re looking for an item on the shelf it may be marked with a tag that has been moved or in a different place which looks like the item you’re buying is the sale item. If you watch the sale items you will be saving money but if it’s not on sale it will be more expensive than the competition. The location in Rancho San Diego is very convenient for me so I will continue to shop there but be very price conscious.

Probably the place I always end up getting my groceries from. I would give this place 5 stars if they had boar’s head. The employees here are really nice, especially compares to vons and ralphs. The only reason I go to Ralphs is for Boars head. But albertsons has a cleaner and more organized store. You don’t need to put your number to get the discount either which is cool.

Albertson’s Is way over priced. If you play your cards right you can find good prices but if you don’t use coupons and buy what’s on sale you will definitely spend way too much money. This store is clean and everyone is friendly. You can usually find almost everything you need here and they have a really wide selection of alcohol that is decently priced. When you are ready to check out the lines are always fast, and they have four self check outs which is nice if you’re in a hurry. The staff is really nice and most of the time they know where to find the stuff you can’t find. If it was me though, I would just go across the street to Ralph’s where it is cheaper.

I live in Rancho San Diego and I have not been into Albertson’s in a while. I went to pick up some baby back ribs they had on sale for 2.88lbs, not a bad price. However, as I roamed around the store, I quickly remembered why I have not been shopping here for such a while, the prices are quite high. What amazed me is that the items that were supposedly on sale, were the actual regular price at other stores.
The store is very clean and organized. The people are friendly as well, but I will certainly keep an eye on their prices before I buy from there in the future.

In the world of Albertson’s this one is pretty nice… it’s large and has a pretty good selection. It’s also clean which is a huge bonus.