99 Cents Only

Every visit to the Brea Mall is kind of accompanied by a visit to this 99 Cent only store.
Deals we like:
Cleaning supplies.
Greeting cards.
Garden supplies.
Christmas ornaments/​decoration.
Pros:
9 9 C E N T S
More spacious than the Dollar store. Larger, Brighter, and better organized.
Abundant parking.
Cons:
None.

Best prices and cheap items, cannot beat the 99cent only store. I love that I can pick up items and food here I would normally get charged 2 or 3 x more at other big chain supermarkets. The only thing is that since they are always re-​stalking the back it always seems I have to be dodging or walking around boxes of items. .maybe they need to get a bigger space? I also like that they have plenty of parking and the restrooms are always clean.

I love this store but it was messy maybe they can do alittle but more attention to clean more and always the sales are great

Hands down one of my new favorite locations, its huge. The 99 cent store has come a very long way.
the cart ramp, though fun, I recommend NOT letting your cart go on its own. HAHA!
One can easily spend $ 100 here. they have more of a selection than I’ve seen at most other locations.

Big store and normally very clean!
Nice choice of produce and refrigerated items too.
Parking lot is easy access, which is nice.
It’s a 99 Cents Only store, what can I say?! But it’s one of the better ones.

you cant go wrong with this place at all, they have alot of good items for 99 cents, in fact its surprising how random you will find some «expensive» items there sometimes. also you can get a 2 liter of pepsi for 99 cents.

Well stocked large store just off Imperial Hwy. Great location near downtown Brea and the Brea Mall.
All types of bargains… food, health and beauty, household cleaners and all kinds of gadgets for the home. I love shopping at the 99 Cents Stores! It’s my favorite store to visit at least once every week!

Just because the products are 99 cents doesn’t mean it should be sold spoiled/​expired. I noticed some minute maid juice bottles labeled 49 cents each. I proceeded to check the expiration because the juice looked supppeerrrr dark in color. It’s been expired for 6 months now!!! How ridiculous! I told Karla and she said «ok». So I guess it’s «ok» to have expired juice. Went back and still there! While I was there they were wheeling other products onto the floor but couldn’t take the time to removed the expired products. FDA needs to check this place out. I love the prices but I shouldn’t HAVE to check the expiration on everything I put into my basket! Also, someone please help Karla she seemed new and confused.

Bought salsa and it was expired February 3^rd 2014 over a week before I bought it on February 11^th 2014 check bill of sale on photo below. This 99 cents only store location has had previous habit of placing expired food on their shelves ranging from bread to salsa to lunch meat, hot dogs, and chorizo and for some reason the FDA has not taken notice to severely fine or penalized this store and yet the 99 cents only store on central has always had quality products and was alot cleaner this location how ever has disgusting bathrooms and expired food put on thier sheves. BEWARE FDA REQUIRED VISIT. note: yes they reorganized the sales floor but the TRUTH is if you put a clean shirt on a dirty body and say hey I look good your wrong you still going to smell like Sh#t

Been coming here for a while and the common things all these stores tend to have in common is they are cluttered, messy and un-​organized.
Ok so y the 5 stars u ask, because they did a complete over hall on this location! Yippppeeeee! It’s well organized, clean and un-​cluttered now. They have all new produce displays and btr, fresher produce. I’m glad they cleaned it up and I am now thrilled just looking around instead of rushing in a and out

Is there such a thing as giving a 99 cent store only 5 stars? I honestly don’t think so, I mean you have to account the quality, organization, the customer service, and the type of people that shop there (sorry, that does kind of account for the full experience). In saying that, there is no such thing.
But for being in a better area such as the city of Brea, it does have a lot more items and brand labels, than most I’ve been too. However, they are all different and never carry all of the same items, the other stores do.
Pluses:
It’s pretty big.
Lots of good items & brand names, but it’s so random (you have to keep going to see what they’ll get)
More stock than other 99’s I’ve seen. They’ll get the great refrigerated items & it will be hand for a good while till it runs out for good. Other 99’s will have it out and it’s all gone before you know it.
Parking is good.
People who go there are a tad bit mellow and a little more respectful, not like the usual people you would expect or have experienced at the other 99’s, «the others» (similar to Walmart)
Negatives:
Produce is disappointing almost all of the time. Seems like the bottom of the crop and always too ripe & a ton flies swarming allover it, like people at a Black Friday Pre sale on Thanksgiving day.
Getting to it can be challenging, its on one of the busiest parts of Brea, right near the mall and the 57 freeway, so traffic can be a bear
Customer service… um yeah it’s not that good. Would it kills someone there to say Hi and/​or acknowledge you? And they do look like they are always having a bad day, every time I’ve gone there.
All in all, it’s still one of the better ones, but does badly so need improvement, suggestion would be just get rid of the produce section. Second, cashier’s need a few more lessons on customer service.

I’m surprised that this store isn’t as thrashed as others in the chain.
I like it. Lately, I’ve been shopping here for lunch items such as tuna, crackers and fruit instead of frequenting the fast food places or going to the markets in the area like Mothers or Trader Joes.
I also picked up a 2-​pack of pink and white steamers in order to decorate cubicles for my co-worker’s birthdays, blue plant pots, and salted peanuts in a bag like you get at the baseball park. All for $ 1.

DO NOT SHOP HERE! THE STORE IS DISGUSTING! I came here to kill some time while our house was being cleaned. I figured maybe I could find my 3 year old son a cheap toy but instead I was greeted with the most foul produce I’ve ever seen. Seriously who the hell would ever buy this stuff? My son yelled «look daddy ants!!». When I looked to see what he was talking about it was actually a crate of watermelons where several were rotten and covered in flies. One of them looked like it had been there for months… They also had bananas that were completely brown and had flies as well. The peppers were completely wilted and disgusting. This store is in a pretty decent area too… I wouldn’t give these guys one cent.

I pay this 99 Cents Only a visit, albeit a begrudging one, whenever I have errands to take care of in the area. There are several reasons I use the word «begrudging» regarding my experiences at this particular store:
* Inattentive, and frequently surly, cashier service. (Wonder if fellow Unilocaler Kay J. and I shopped here at the same time, on previous days?) Come one, folks! You aren’t working any of the courtesy booths at NYC’s Grand Central Station, so there’s no way you can be THAT swamped. Customers are the reason you’re drawing a paycheck, folks, so the least you can do is be relatively pleasant with us lowly customers — and, every so often, smile. Is it that hard to do those things?
* As with the Fullerton 99 Cents Only on Chapman, merchandise is rather disorganized throughout the store.
* If you like fresh produce, avoid this particular 99 Cents Only as much as possible. The selection is always extremely limited, with much of the stock on its last day. Proceed with extreme caution.
Is it worth the drive to get a terrific budget shopping experience at the Placentia 99 Cents Only? Hell, yeah! Take a pass on this one, unless you’re seriously pinched for time.

It’s a pretty decent store. It’s always well stocked, and you really can’t complain about much when everything is only a dollar! The staff is not very friendly. Most don’t make eye contact and try to avoid talking to you. Even the cashiers try really hard not to say much. But I keep going back because you really can’t beat knowing everything in your basket is only a dollar!

This 5 stars is strictly for their plant pot selections! I couldn’t believe my eyes… pots of different sizes made from either plastic or ceramic for just $.99!!! My new hobby that I picked up since a year ago happens to be gardening veggies and flowers. Since I do mainly container gardening, I am always on a lookout for good priced pots and planting containers. I’ve been shopping at places like Big Lots and paying over $ 5 an item. After finding out that they have the same size pots for just $.99, I became a huge fan of this store!!! Sometimes you’ll find different plants and flowers that are quite fresh and won’t die on you after a month of planting it. Quite surprisingly, the same flowers and plants are sold for almost $ 5 at places like Home Depot. I’ll be back for more pots!!!

Where else can you get brand batteries, Pepsi, Mountain Due, Snickers Fun Packs, Prego, Hamburger Helper, Duncan Hines, sugar, Picot and Halls for 99 cents? Some stuff is less even…69 and sometimes 39 cents for Yoplait yogurt… just remember to check the expiration dates.

Where can U Go to BUY 1_​Lb of
KRAFT MOZZARELLA w a TOUCH
of PHILADELPHIA Creaminess?
EVERYWHERE. But, such a DIAMOND
for $ 0.99 ONLY? ONLY HERE in BREA.

$.99 or less for every item in this place? That’s practically free! You don’t have to be a financial Juggernaut to figure out this place will save you millions of dollars on canned goods, generic tooth paste and Fancy dishware! I know a guy who buys his condoms (12pack for $.99) here. He has 5 kids now! All that money you save can be spent on more important things in life like booze, hookers (don’t forget the condoms) and blow!
Why are you still reading this? Go profit and prosper by looting your local $.99 store now!

So two guys walk into a bar after buying the exact same 10 items on their grocery list. One of them says, «I just came back from Gelson’s, and I’m too broke to order a drink.» The other guy says, «I went to 99 cents only store and have enough money left over to buy me, and those two cute «hello» waving girls a drink. See ya later…“I f you’re filthy rich and/​or obsessed with status, you’ll probably turn your nose at this store. But, if you like to save money, and if you can tolerate the slight down in the heels feeling of this store, you will probably smile all the way home.
I just bought 10 items for $ 10 (prices in parenthesis are estimated prices elsewhere):
1. Toblerone Candy bar ($ 2.00 elsewhere),
2. Box of grape tomatoes (2.99 at Von’s),
3. an 8 pound seedless yummy watermelon ($ 4.99 Vons),
4. a dozen medium eggs (about $ 1.89),
5. Frozen Morrell pack of 10 cooked breakfast sausages (about$ 2.50 elsewhere),
6. a loaf of sliced French Bread (about $ 2.50),
7. a combination lock (generic, but about $ 4.00 elsewhere),
8. a pack of 10 Oscar Meyer All Beef Hot Dogs ($ 2.50 elsewhere),
9. pack of hot dog buns. (about $ 2.00 elsewhere).
10. three large red bell peppers (about $ 3.00 elsewhere)
And each for 99 cents. The total for these same products elsewhere would be around $ 30 because I did a little price comparison after I went to 99 cents. only. It’s hit and miss sometimes, but this time it was a hit! You have to really look at what you’re buying. The watermelons were the same brand «Melon Up» as the supers, and the bagged lettuces were the same as Albertson’s. I do work with produce distributors in Los Angeles, and know they sell all their overstocks to discount buyers such as here.
This store is near Brea Mall, so it’s not so down in the heels like some of their other stores. It’s really easy in and easy out of this mini-​mall facing Imperial Highway. It’s about the same size as other stores. What I liked this time was that as soon as the lines got a little long, another cashier opened up. Also, here, just because you have black hair and dark skin, they won’t automatically speak to you in Spanish, like they do in many discount stores.
I’m so glad these stores exist. Especially between paychecks. There isn’t one near me, so when I am out on client calls, I like shopping at one of their many stores in LA and OC on my way home. And just like high school reunions where you know everyone’s age, here you know the price of everything.