Ralphs

There are several Ralphs that I shop at, depending on where my other errands take me. However, the Ralphs in Carmel Mountain Ranch is definitely my LEAST favorite. In fact, after a couple of recent experiences, I will be avoiding this particular store. Today, for example, I went by the marked-​down rack specifically to purchase a few items that they featured for a recent promotion and I knew were being clearanced. The items I wanted were there — but to my surprise, they were marked from two to three times more than at two other Ralphs stores I had recently shopped at. When I pointed this out to the employee marking down items and then to a manager, they were not at all helpful. They went on and on about how each store is different, etc. But the bottom line is that this store has much higher prices than surrounding stores, and they will not adjust, even if you have receipts. They just don’t care.

Poor quality in fruits and vegetables. The majority of the selection were either rotting or the fruits were mushy. The person that bagged my grocery dropped the berries because he was playing around. I did not trust him to go and replace the once he dropped since the choices in berries were poor quality.

This Ralphs is always pretty clean and the employees are very nice. Prices can be a bit expensive, especially if you don’t have their rewards card. One thing I can’t stand at this particular location is that anytime I need help finding something, I can never find any workers to help me. I always have to go up to a cashier. It’s pretty inconvenient and if the cashiers are busy, then I’m stuck waiting in line just to ask a question.

Overall 2.5 stars. Located on CMR in the Trader Joe’s shopping center, I only go to Ralphs/Von’s for gift cards.
They are very overpriced. I prefer Von’s cuz it’s closer to home, but ever since they implemented their dumb $ 200/​day limit on gift card purchases, I go to Ralphs now. I was able to buy unlimited gift cards using my credit card getting bonus points for the grocery category. So had I paid online (Amazon) I would’ve only gotten 1 pt./$ 1 spent. Instead I got 6/​$ 1, so 1,200 points for my Amazon purchase! Yay #PrincessMoney LOL
FYI sometimes they have promos (like the one going on right now) where if you spend $ 100 on gift cards, you get .20 cents off/​gallon at participating Shell gas stations. Since I bought a $hit load of gift cards, hubby gets to save $$$ the next time he fills up!
Other than that, I never buy food here. Way too expensive. Oh but I bought bananas today. TJ’s is cheaper. 6 for $ 1.14 at TJ vs. $ 1.86. Ouch, that’s 63% higher! #PrincessMoneyMindCalculatesEverything LOL
I’m rounding up their 2.5 star rating to 3 stars just because I can get unlimited gift cards in one purchase. I told you, Unilocal needs a half star option!

Love this Ralphs especially the bakery section. The cupcakes are yummy. Have stopped buying birthday cakes for my kids birthdays from expensive bakeries and have stuck to getting cupcake cakes. The guy I think named William in the section is super nice and helpful. Overall a very clean and well stocked store.

Hollow muffins. For $ 4.99 for 4 blueberry muffins, it’s really messed up that they all have a giant pocket of air taking up ¹⁄₃ of the muffins space.

This review is for the expired products. Hebrew National hotdogs, a full week outdated. Some lunch meat and bread also expired. Disappointing… please check expiration dates when shopping here.

Love, love, love this Ralphs. The employees are always so helpful and they always make shopping with my daughter a great time. They are so friendly and have great prices!

Good Ralph’s location for the standard groceries and then right next door is a trader joes that is better for the more exotic. Both prices are about the same with Ralph’s being a little lower at times. There’s also self checkout and the membership is a nice benefit. Towards the back are baked goods that are on sale. Lots of nice things there.

I love this store, it’s my go to grocery store. I started coming to Ralph’s when Haggens and Vons, as I decided are not conducive to my needs anymore. Ralph’s reminds me of an old fashion grocery store, love there selection of items. The customer service is impeccable. The manager is super nice and the lady in the front is super sweet! There very helpful! I will shop Ralph’s for the duration of my life!

Great store — clean and well stocked. Very helpful staff, especially the store manager. I highly recommend shopping here!

I LOVE this Ralphs! Everyone is always so nice; it’s clean; and the staff is very friendly. Also, if you download the app on your phone, you can digitally load coupons that come off at checkout. PLUS, you get fuel points that are good for money off at any Shell Gas Station. I’ve gotten as much as a dollar off in gas. It adds up!
They also carry the «Simply Organic» food line, which is price very well. Even the Ralphs/​Kroger brand foods are really good. I actually prefer their store brand cheese and even some of their cereals.

Nice staff members except for those Filipino people who make sushi. Other than that, nice supermarket

The best customer service!!! On warm days they offer bottled water as you leave the store! Everyone is so friendly and help I love it

I usually come here to go shopping on the weekend. I will first go here meat for the following week. They have a pretty good selection. I also pick up my Redbox movies here as well. They have two kiosks so more selections to choose from. I also pick up my lotto ticket here. One day I will be a Winner. Then I head over to the produce and get what ever items happen to be on sale. I like how they have a self check out area so that I don’t have to wait in line when I have a few items. The check out people are friendly and helpful as well.

This ralphs is my favorite location. Staffs are always so helpful and the service is outstanding.
this ralphs is clean and plenty of parking spaces for you to park.
I have shopped at many other Ralphs but this location is the best so far. My experience with the staffs are awesome; they are always helpful.
one of my most memorable experience was when I went to buy chicken and it was out of stock, I asked for a raincheck. Instead of giving me a raincheck, the manager offered me to redeem other products /​brands for the same on sale price. I thought that was awesome; no other markets had given me that treatment.

This is a very nice Ralphs; it’s organized, clean, has items in stock. I haven’t had long wait times at the checkout. The checkout clerks have been nice and attentive, which is hard to find at chains like these.
The parking and traffic in this plaza is really scary though. You’ve got to be on high alert every corner you turn or you’ll hit another car zipping through here like it’s a surface street.

Sushi Bar at Ralph’s? This store is nice and fancy.
Lots of great speciality items. Friendly employees.
The parking here is really bad. It shares a parking lot with Trader Joes and many other stores that are popular and it can be very overwhelming.

I think this place is great. For a long time I was used to horribly run stores and/​or unhappy employees, neither of which appear to be an issue here. A couple things I’ve noticed in my few trips to this Ralphs:
1) Their candy selection is excellent. Yes, this is very important to me.
2) Their fruit is either delicious or terrible. I’ve had both excellent raspberries and terrible strawberries. Not sure what to make of that yet.
3) Their pastries and bakery sweets are waaaaay overpriced. Go to the clearance rack in the back for the discounted items which are sometimes over 50% off.
4) A couple people have complained about their deli. I actually really like the people working there.
5) Good selection of products at decent prices (except the bakery, which is kinda sorta important).
I mean, it’s a chain store but I like what they’re doing here. Employees are pleasant and efficient and the store is kept very clean. I’m content.

I come here because it is the only place that carries Boars Head products. Unfortunately, the people that work the deli counter are completely incompetent. They never remember the order. Always give is the wrong amount & when asked to correct it they have an attitude. It also takes them forever to help any customers. I’ve been there several times where 3 people are cleaning & complaining about their schedule/​breaks while a line forms down the isle.
Also, no one knows how to manually type in a rewards card so I get to experience the cashiers attitude on the way out when my phone wont scan. Once I find someplace else that has decent deli meats I won’t have a need for this place.