Food Source

Man… like I’m still trying to figure this place out really. Like, I’m still trying to figure out the direction that this place is trying to go. Food Source is… confusing to say the least. I’ll tell you why in my own opinion.
This Food Source location is right off Buchanan right next to DMV, Starbucks, Papa Murphy’s and Vintage Liqours. It’s in the location where Raley’s used to be. When you go inside you can see the styling cues of a Raley’s, Nob Hill and Bel Air. But, Food Source seems like a bad copy of Food Maxx aka Food 4 Less. But the one thing that was lacking was the good prices. Not saying they were horrible, but not the greatest considering their aim is to be a discount supermarket. For example, my Bologna had a first name and it wasn’t OSCAR, it waz B-​A-​R-​S and Bar S. Most places in the hood, sale this hood staple for 99 cents. Not here, it’s a $ 1.79 like… what up with that? This place got it all backwards as well as a really limited deli and bakery section.
One more thing thay had me wondering is whybthis store was so… spaced out. It was like they didn’t have enough merchandise to accommodate the space of the former Raley’s. This place is really barren, maybe they should have opted for a smaller building perhaps… well at the end of the day I can see the appeal this placd have for some, and the convenience factor I know is there for some. But for me, this place will continue to be that maybe once in a blue moon place for me. The service here is pretty good for what its worth though, and the staff is very helpful if you happen to need help.
In conclusion, It’s nice to see them still be somewhat competitive in a town that WinCo and Foods Co totally I think dominates when it comes to budget friendly supermarkets. But you have to visit on your own and then be your own judge. Unilocal your experience be it positive or negative.

Now that smart and final has opened, I rather go over there.
Fruit and vegetable selection is really bad. I tried buying fruits and most of them were about to be bad. They even have a not so fresh area where they sell fruits in a bag that is about to go bad. I thought that was super bad advertising.
I still like the wellsfargo in there, the French bread, and the low prices.

Been here a couple times briefly to get fruit because their fruit is good and it’s cheap. But no more.
Yes, I get the «bag it yourself» thing, less employees so the stuff is cheaper. I’m baffled as to why people here are complaining about it. You see it when you walk in, if you don’t like it, turn around and walk back out.
The prices are okay, but Winco up the street, the other «bag it yourself» store in the area has better prices all around.
But it’s the customer service. As is the rule in any grocery store in Pittsburg, if the line is getting long, let it get longer. Don’t get other cashiers to come up and help out. No, they’ve got better things to do like walk around the store doing nothing.
I’ve come in here a couple times before and saw how long the line was and left. But this time I thought I’ll really give it a try. There was one long line and I mean LONG when I walked in, I stood there a minute and a guy started opening another register. I figured by the time I got up there I’d be good to go.
Nope. By the time I got to the line, the guy had just closed his register. After all, he’d worked for ten minutes, it was now time for another break. So now there’s one register and a ton of people. The guy in the front has so many groceries, it’s taking up the whole conveyor belt and he’s still got more to go. There are four or five of us with carts behind him just kind of standing there wondering if they guy will open the other line back up.
Nope. He stood there a couple registers over looking like he was thinking about what beers he was going to have later. Couldn’t give a flying yahoo about the long line. I don’t know how long it would have taken to get through that line because I moved my cart over and walked out. Never again.
Don’t just avoid this pile of crap store — just avoid any grocery store in Pittsburg. There is no such thing as customer service and the rule of thumb at places like this is «if there are more customers coming up to the registers — that’s their tough luck. Wait it out.»
Bye Food Source.

I like this little store, because it’s perfect for mid-​week trips and oops-​i-​forgot something stops. One of the best parts of this place is the staff — they’ve got that small town, friendly feel. Prices are competitive, but if you need super fancy cheese or something, you won’t find it there. Props to the meat and produce departments, though. Always good stuff there.

I use to give this place four stars, but… Recently. They have earned two stars, not because of the service but because. the last two times I shopped there, I got expired lunch meat and mold on my tortillas. Unfortunately, I will not shop there anymore:(and I’m writing the Unilocal review just to give the fellow shoppers a heads up, before they get home and unload their groceries. Check the date and for mold.
Sorry Food Source. Hope you guys fix that problem.

I love the chocolate cakes. Other then that, service is great, check out is fast, no long lines. To the other reviews you can’t compare this place to Safeway or raíles because it’s not the same type of store. This is a warehouse store and should be compared to stores like food co, or winco. Compared to those stores, this one is the best. :)

OMG I am in love with this store. We just moved to the area. While produce and meat departments are a bit lacking (for me, they don’t have much organic) everything is a great value. And the staff is very friendly and helpful. And I get to bag my own groceries which I prefer.
And I would like to add by having us bag our own groceries they can keep labor costs down and provide us with better discounts. So you lazy people out there get a grip. First world problems!

Good place to go if you need couple things, reasonable prices. Needs more check outs clerks. This place reminds me of a more organize Food Co.

Check out was fast, typical grocery store nothing extra. Bought a couple of sodas and there was no long lines, went two days before thanksgiving.

I pretty much grew up buying my groceries from the Raley’s that used to occupy the space now held by Food Source. Food Source is Raleys’ bargain basement store, in name only. The prices on everyday goods are no different than Safeway or Savemart. For example, a can of Sunny Select albacore tuna is $ 0.98 at Food Source, it’s the same price at the other two stores, and the clerks will even help you find them on the shelves, unlike Food Source.
Sometimes you can catch a deal on things, but you have to FIND the stuff first. I walked around the store glancing down aisles, trying to find plain old canned beans. Naturally I followed the sign marked ‘canned beans’. The only beans on that aisle were in the form of canned chili. After twenty minutes, and two employees ignoring me, I found the kidney beans I needed… in the aisle with bulk juices, and disposable diapers. There was no marker for beans anywhere on that aisle.
Checkout is pure bliss. The person running the register takes all your goods, and funnels them down the ‘you buy it, you bag it’ lane. This would be fine, except she keeps pushing the button to move the belt along, with your eggs, chips, and cookies wedged in between the soda cans, and the end of the belt. I didn’t lose any eggs, but my sour dough bread looks a lot like a smashed gummy bear. Repeated requests to stop pushing the button went ignored, must be a company philosophy.
I felt like I was grocery shopping at the DMV, which ironically, is just next to Food Source. Maybe I should have renewed the tags on my car while she was smashing my sourdough bread. I think I will start driving over the hill to shop at Safeway. It’s worth the extra couple of minutes in the car, and I get gasoline discounts. The only gas Food Source offered came from the check stand clerk one lane over, and I’m not talking about the kind that makes your car go vroom vroom.

Why are my veggies always bad two days later??? Well the next four neighbor used to work there transferred from another big chain store and when she was told to do bunch of short cuts to save them time and money she disagreed and eventually needed up leaving. I person don’t think she has any reason to lie to me and I don’t think she could make up some of the stuff she told me it was too detailed with things I didn’t even know stores did. So when I go I am careful about what I buy and I use my produce the same day! I never REPEAT never buy meat she told me they are not storing it properly and that scares me because I have a sensitive stomach

Ehhh… Its just a grocery store. Kinda hard to navigate but I guess that comes with time. Meats are pretty good and fresh looking. Sure beats winco meat. But the produce. In particular the fruits are always beat up and soft looking. You’ll spend a few minutes doing whatever fruit analyzing technique you employ (feeling, smelling, pinching, etc) only to find that they are all crappy and not worth buying. Oh and the onions are always beat up as well.

The former Raley’s store. Don’t let them pretend to be their own company, it’s owned by Raley’s.
They thought they could do the warehouse store concept, they are several years late.
Bring back Raley’s.

As a girl who grew up with Raleys, I really feel sad that this is the replacement… I’ve waited about a year to write this review, hoping that the selection and look of the store would get better as it acclimated to its patrons needs.
It seems like they took a well organized, well stocked grocery store and made it into a food4less with even less ambiance, if you can imagine that… what’s worse, the selection has suffered over time…
Truthfully, Raleys was one of the only supermarkets that felt like a real supermarket in Pittsburg. It was one of the few places where one could shop for the finer things while picking up good ol’ mac and cheese in the box and baloney…
Does anyone know why they made the place look so awful? Is it a measure to start remodeling?
P. S. the second star (first for being convenience as I now live across the street) is that the staff is very good. You can complain all day about missing the old Raleys crew, but these folks are friendly, efficient and very helpful. My only wish is that they change the setup and include more items in their inventory.

Pittsburg sucks at their choices of grocery stores we have. Now, besides having to go to Winco or a random mexican grocery store, we have Food Source. Which, carries SOME stuff at good prices, otherwise not.
What really bothers me is when I forget to buy just 1 or 2 ingrediants & figure a ‘normal’ grocery store should carrier what i’m looking for (like phyllo dough), of course they don’t carry it. I had to to drive clear to Bay Point Safeway to get what I needed.
Pittsburg, please bring us a normal grocery store =)

This grocery store keeps getting worse and worse. My favorite new feature? Bagging my own groceries. On one hand its a total cheap move to save on their labor costs at my expense. On the other hand their cashiers are so slow I actually get out of there faster.
I also enjoyed the «farmers» market the other day. The store put a pop up tent in the parking lot and rolled a few boxes of vegetables out there. Classy.
I miss Raley’s. Apparently in Pittsburg we aren’t allowed to have nice Grocery stores. I have to go over the hill to Safeway in Clayton now.

Oh Noooooooooooooo — you have to bag your own groceries now. The location is convenient but this store has lost my love.

The layout of the store and where products are stocked is frustrating. The prices on the shelf are not the same as what actually rings up at the register. Most of the staff are friendly and helpful. Others seem annoyed to be at work. I’m so disappointed by this store! I drive 10 minutes to Safeway in Concord to shop instead of going to Food Source, which is a mile from my house.

I love the set up of the new Food Source. The prices are very affordable. You can find pretty much the same items as Raleys. The produce, meat, and deli are still the same, but better prices!!!
I’ve had great experiences shopping here. Very friendly staff and quite helpful. Also Clean and spacious store.
I will definetly make FOOD SOURCE my new grocery store.

Finally!!! I’ve been waiting for food source to open in Pittsburg. I went twice the first day the opened! I’m not a freak or anything I just forgot something the first time so I went back. Good prices and the customer service is magnificent!!! There are a couple of things they didn’t have that I wish they had but not a big deal. I love that the bank is still in the store as well. A one stop shop! Welcome with open arms Food Source!!!
I changed my mind since my initial review. Come back Raleys!!!