Major Market

There 2 aisles in the store that are my absolute favorite! The gift aisle and the seasonal (decoration)-in the same aisle as the fresh coffee beans… love, love, love the variety of cute little gifts. I really just go there just for those 2 aisles every few weeks or months just to see what they have! Other than that, I also appreciate and love that they have local products such as wine, the Julian pies, and avocado lotion! Great local grocery!

So nice having a local grocery store in this town. I am new to town and so far everything I have experienced has been great.

I love everything about this store. From the helpful employees, fresh food, great prices, beautiful floral section, awesome BBQ, easy parking, and outstanding customer service.

Albertsons is insanely high priced, but, even more disturbing are all the flies in the deli area.
I have seen flies in the enclosed case I mentioned it to an employee and he, in a very blasé’ manner, replied: «yeah, the summer flies. They come over here to die.» I have noticed that the employees’ attitude toward customers has changed: they seem more hostile.
That usually reflects upper management’s attitude.

Favorite grocery store in Fallbrook. The produce is always fresh. They have the best prices on bananas at $.49/​lb! The deli is excellent! Checkout is always quick too!

First time here at this marketplace and I was amazed how awesome, nice, and friendly the staff was. I definitely will be back for sure especially with excellent customer service I was provided today. Keep it up!

We love Major Market! The staff is always so friendly and they have everything we need from raw milk to local organic veggies to organic grass fed beef. Just recently we asked if they could start carrying Fabe’s cookies and tonight they had them! Such great customer service.

Management is rude, rude, rude and I have gotten sick several times on their meat, one time being this morning.
They are very expensive and the market always smells bad. Their deli salads are mediocre and their sliced meats are super expensive. If you want to buy freshly sliced meats it’s hard to get it sliced the way you want because the people behind the counter are always in a rush and they don’t understand what sliced «thin» means. The deli meats also go bad very quickly. You would have to eat it within 24 hours. A positive for the deli is that they make very good sandwiches at a reasonable price. It IS the best place in town to get a freshly made sandwich.
I gave them 2 stars instead of 1 because I do like one thing about Major Market and that is the fact that they stock items that you can’t normally get at a regular grocery chain. Several times I have been able to pick up things here that I couldn’t find anywhere else in town such as demi glacé, longhorn cheese, veal shanks, specialty breads and ethnic specialty items.
One thing is for sure, I will NEVER buy their meat again. They say their ground round and ground sirloin is freshly ground but if I make a medium rare burger with their meat (and fail to cook it until it is dry as a bone) I am sick for at least half the next day. I don’t think they are using fresh meat to grind and I also think they are not using the proper safe handling of meats. From now on I will go to Albertson’s where they will grind any meat you choose such as London broil, round or sirloin steak. Sometimes it is much cheaper that way.

We just absolutely love shopping here. Not going to sugar coat it, you will pay more here but the selection at this store, coupled with the friendly employees is just wonderful! Great meats and butcher as well as a big variety of ready made meals over by the vegetable department. Major Market we are loyal!

I have been coming here for 10 years and yes they are so nice, support the community etc. but organic produce never wins… I’ve have tried and tried to give them chances. Their prices are high and they are not coming in and checking the store like a customer would. I’m siting here eating a spring role that tastes old and the sauce is gross. Today is March 1^st and it’s dated Feb 28^th on the package. not a big deal but it’s shrimp… my husband went shopping and picked this up for me… he is not the shopper so doesn’t pay attention to labels. I didn’t want to write this but I’m tired of spending my money to support my local market and they just can’t cut it. Tell the owner Sam to go to Frazier farms and that store in Vista is the absolute bomb of a store. At that store they have the most beautiful awesome selection of FRESH sushi stuff I have ever had besides a sushi restaurant. They make it in front of you. They are on their game all the time. It sucks that I have to drive 25 minutes to get everything in one store… Sorry Sam I really have tried to support your store… it’s just missing the mark for me… unfortunately there are moms who say the same thing… granted if I need something I will go there but the bulk of my shopping is not there anymore…

I love Major Market! If you want it they have it! If they don’t they will try and get it for you. Such wonderful customer service! Like the good old days! Thank you Major Market!

I won’t pretend to have all the nostalgia that this place seems to drum up. As an out of towner, however, I can say that I was pleased as pickles to find a local grocery store to support, and I really dug what they had going on.
It’s not just the same old selection of stuff. They actually have a wide variety of items for your shopping pleasure. It may not be as deep, and certainly not as deeply discounted, but it did the trick.
I picked up some items for breakfast the next day, as well as lunchmeats and cheeses to pack an on-​the-​road lunch and they had just what I needed.

Military Mondays 10% off total purchase for Military, current and former. Always friendly

This store is not as big as the one in Escondido, but everyone is so friendly here. Great customer service.

This store is Awesome! You can find it all here.

We normally love Major Market and the great people who own it. I must give them a 1 star rating though based on the red head in the meat service department. She gave us the worst service ever and was very rude and insulting to us. The other butchers have been among the best though always helpful with how to best cook the products and selection of what we should purchase.
We brought this to the attention of the store manager who seemed to care less about how we were treated discounting us further as a customer. We want to be supportive of our local store because they do so many things for the community they service. We know the owners but we do not wanted to bring the business of the store up in our personal relationship.
We use to exclusively shop at Major with a bill that averaged 1500.00−2000.00 per month in grocery purchases. We have a large family and entertain frequently so we were always in the store.
We have been going to Trader Joe’s now more and more along with Fresh and Easy to fill the void. Costco as well. Our purchases at Major have dropped to less than 150.00 per month.
We no longer feel appreciated or comfortable shopping at Major due to these folks that damaged our perception of the store. We wont go into the comments that the red head in the meat department made to us and how we were treated. The other butchers seem to try to go out of their way to help us now at our few and infrequent visits. They were shocked at her behavior as well and commented that she feels she can get away with it now on a more than regular basis.
We love the owners and the quality of the store and yes unfortunately two bad apples have spoiled it for us. We may give the Escondido location a chance as they are near a Trader Joe’s we frequent for even meat now.

Its probably the nostalgia, but I love this grocery store. It is so deeply rooted in the community, that you can’t help but think of it as Fallbrook’s grocery store.
I can’t even begin to count the number of times that I had to wait for my mom to talk to someone she ran into in one of the aisle, or the nights the we would have their fried chicken for dinner, or the little soup schedules we used to keep on the fridge to know when the good soups were. How I first learned what ciabatta bread was, and how freaking good their sandwiches were. Where we would go for mashed potatoes, gravy, and roasted chicken when nights were cold, or when we had to buy something in a hurry. How I would check each time we came to see if my community student of the month picture had been posted on the wall, and then immediately waiting for that awful picture of me to be taken down. It was where I used to wonder the alcohol section and my mom decided I would be the drinker in the family (she was right). It was also Major Market script that basically funded my east coast trip in 8^th grade.
With all that being said, Major Market has played a pretty major (hehe) part of my growing up experience. Though it doesn’t have the sale prices or the special member benefits that you see at large grocery stores, you can’t beat the atmosphere.
As I’ve gotten older I have come to realize that they have a great selection of beer, not just your usual suspects, as well as they have a large selection of wine and spirits. The last time I visited I noticed that they had really amped up their prepared dish selection. They had so many different pre-​made meals available that for a brief second, I wished I still lived in Fallbrook to try all the different selections, from burritos, to meatloaf, to eggplant parmigiana, or even the many different quiches
To end, I’m not saying it un-​American to not shop at Major Market, but this Fallbrookian will silently judge you if you decide to patron Albertsons instead…

I LOVE supporting any business that supports the community! Thanks, Major Market, for recognizing our local growers!
Your mashed potatoes and gravy are ‘Thanksgiving table’ worthy!
BEST (by a long shot!) butcher in town!
GREAT assortment of fresh (and local, organic) produce. Equally as great produce ‘staff’.
LOTS of things in this little market that can’t be found elsewhere in town — you are MUCH appreciated! LOVE the imports and ‘speciality’ items.
Super management staff — always quick to accomodate (some of cashiers could take use some customer service training! — the ‘younger’ girls).
You have made some recent changes — once I ‘re-​oriented’ myself around the store, it’s ALL GOOD. The price cuts are MUCH appreciated in these difficult financial times.
KEEP up the good work!
added plus — Vince’s pizza next door!

Their deli is excellent! Fine quality products, and tasty too!
The staff at Major Market Fallbrook is helpful and knowledgeable and the store is always clean and organised. A little pricier than other markets, but well worth it depending on what you’re looking for/​can afford.

This is one of those «has always been around» kind of places. Very outdated from the outside, but has great stuff on the inside. I work right next door so I come in often, and the staff is always very friendly. They have a good selection of items, but the store is about half or ¹⁄₃ of the size of Albertson’s up the street. What I do like about Major Market is that they have a great selection of fresh meats and fish. Whenever I make Carne Asada, I get it form here, it’s great.
They also have awesome overseas candies and chocolates. I always get my Kinder Bueno here it reminds me of home :). They often have sales or items are marked down to compete with Albertson’s, so they have pretty good deals. It used to be more expensive but they are realizing they have to compete now seeing as a Fresh and Easy opened up a block or two down. I like to give Major Market my business because it is one of those local places you see people you know at, and I can’t get enough of my favorite chocolate.