Albertsons

I love this store! The staff is so friendly and any time I forget my coupon at home they always scan one for me. We always find great meat specials here and they are great about writing a rain check if something is sold out. It is so easy to get in and out of the store and I can always park close. Not as big of a selection as the new City Market but this is definitely my go-​to store! The people make it worth coming back to time and time again.

This is more of the ‘ritzy’ version of the other Alberstons on 12^th street.
And by ‘more of’, I mean wtf… Who builds the pharmacy smack dab in the front of the store? You can’t even see the check out lanes when you enter the place. I always feel like I’ve entered into the twilight zone after my first step into their shopping darkness. Immediately I am consumed with an immense panic to get my goods and flee for safety.
Why, you ask? I have a sinking feeling that one day I will round the giant mass of pharmaceutical goods, and be greeted by the beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse. Fo’ reals. Every catastrophe needs a starting place, and my friends, this is it.
I don’t know if they are intending to continue their renovations, but something seriously needs to happen to, not only their layout, but the overall cleanliness of the joint. I was trying to find tape the other day, and the entire ‘school supplies’ section was drawn out all over the floor. Either a giant, scaly, 8 armed, two-​year-​old was on a temper tantrum of a life time, leaving a barrier of ‘anti-​clean’ in its wake, or the staff really could care less about maintaining their store.
I was expecting a little more from this location, due to it being so close to the redlands, but apparently I was wrong. There is a reason that the new City Market opened… Cough, Cough.
If you must enter, make sure to bring a gas mask, a shield, and a machete. Don’t say I never warned you to be prepared!
Oh, and did I mention this is the worst parking lot layout in all of Grand Junction? Good luck escaping from Zombies, Albertsons…