Food 4 Less

I was pissed tonight!!! Been coming here for years, it stops today!!!
This b*** cashier Marianna: there was a man in front of me she said «here’s your change I only charged you one bag» this man had more than five bags.
I paid my stuff, I bought three bags, realized I needed one more. After trying to get her attention I took a bag. I was putting the stuff in the bag when this stupid man whispered to her that I took the bag. She comes at me acting like I stole the store. I said yes I took a bag hers is the quarter. I told the man to mind his own business.
After I saw she gave bags away and for her to listen to others instead of me. I had the quarter she was busy cleaning sooo I took the bag, never did I think of leaving without paying. Yet if she gave more than five away I would expect a more friendly response.

I love shopping at food for less but today was less than nice. The meat department is damn rude. Instead of addressing the customers and letting them know they need to take a number this guy just ignores you. I said «excuse me» and he just walks past me with no reply. I had to say it louder and he snaps at me rolling his eyes only to yell at me to take a number. What an asshole. I refuse to buy anything at this meat dept ever. Jerk off.

Fast, cheap, great selection, a little ghetto. if you don’t mind the grit you could save a couple of bucks.

I like this location because of the fresh meat you can buy. I don’t eat red meat but I love the ground chicken. It is much cheaper than at Superior.

I love coming here. The people are friendly and the prices are much lower than other stores in LA I’ve been to. The store is located in a working class area and I see people from all walks of life here. It is not ghetto. I don’t know what others are talking about. I feel completely safe here and will keep shopping here. It’s a no frills store but what else do you need? It’s a grocery store, people.

Poor

The best thing about this Food 4 Less is its convenience, as it’s easy to get here from anywhere especially on the Metro Red Line. It’s just a 2 minute car ride and ten minute walk from the Hollywood and Western Red Line Station.
This Food 4 Less isn’t any different from the other Food 4 Less stores out here in Los Angeles County so don’t expect anything special about this particular one.
I do have to say that this particular branch is clean and managed better than one would think, considering the area it is in.
The area that surrounds this store is filled with either bums and/​or homeless people, low-​income folks, or people that are just above or near the poverty line. So if you’re a snob or a snooty person then don’t go to this particular Food 4 Less.
In conclusion, this is a solid Food 4 Less and I will miss its convenience and LOW prices when I move out of the state later on in this decade.

It’s food 4 less! Cheap inexpensive market. Usually it’s stocked with what you need. They have great deals! They have a bakery, meat, deli and seafood dept. Love the meat and deli department very friendly.
Cashiers are ify but most are friendly. Managers are also friendly. They have their own parking. But they share it with Anna’s linen, insurance company and a college. Oh McD’s is also there.
Great location.

Despite what others say, this place is not ghetto, these people must have grown up in some privileged suburb outside of LA — or in some nice hood with a whole foods or next to the studio city Ralphs or some bullshit.
This place can get busy, crowded, overrun — because it’s cheap. its where all the locals who can’t or don’t want to spend 5 bucks on 1 avocado come to feed themselves and their families. Its a real grocery store, and because its in a large city area, it attracts all types — certain situations that you don’t see in your WeHo Whole Foods may occur.
So if you aren’t a little pansy and aren’t afraid to face what 99.9 percent of the city/​America looks like, then this place is good.
This a perfectly fine grocery store is what I am saying.
And its cheap
Super cheap.
I cook all my meals at home, I am huge into cooking, and this place offers all the produce and items I need — also if you are a vegetarian they always have plenty of produce. You will have to pick through it (like any normal person at a normal grocery store) to find the good stuff but it’s there.
I hope Food 4 Less doesn’t go away as Hollywood becomes gentrified because it really is the #1 place for the average, non-​privileged, non-​stuck up, working person to shop.

Great prices. The guy eating a whole roasted chicken outside yet still asking for money for food is kind of annoying.

Never shop here after dark. There are always shady characters hanging around the parking lot. There are only carts & no baskets offered, which is annoying when I want to quickly buy just a few things. Great values on almost all the food items without having to join any membership club. You bag the groceries yourselves. Cashiers are hit or miss. Some are nice and helpful, but one older Latina lady gave me a hard time about a manufacturer’s coupon, which was a buy one get one free item. She refused to honor it, held up the line and asked her manager only to come back telling me they don’t honor any coupons for free items. That is total BS. One of the male clerks honored one like that a couple of months ago. Anyway, I didn’t few an apology or anything. Sketchy chapters are always looming. One guy was hitting people up about EBT food stamps and trying to sell his card for cash. That’s illegal & immoral. Another crackhead pounded on my window when I was in the drive thru for McDonalds in their parking lot. He just started yelling at me & the cashier had to have someone escort him off the property. Just be careful and maybe carry pepper spray. I can’t wait until Target opens across the street. Let’s hope it is safer.

It IS called Food 4 Less, so you really can’t expect too much luxury here. It’s the most convenient grocery store closest to me so I do all my grocery shopping here. I park in the parking lot underneath Food4Less because there’s more parking and you don’t have to worry about shopping carts hitting your car.
I highly recommend shopping in the middle of the day during weekdays cuz its wayyy less crowded. Generally, the store is kept clean and usually always has everything fully stocked that I always find what I need at great low prices. The produce section is decent. I like the recent addition of a Meat market section so now you can get different selections of meats.
Customer service here has always been good and friendly. They always greet us and some cashiers sometimes even make conversation. Remember to Bring your own Re-​Usable bags to bag your groceries! Or you can buy some for 10 cents each. Also BEWARE of little kids while you’re shopping, cuz sometimes there are kids playing and running around. It’s NOT a playground so please watch your kids or keep em at home!

There staff are the nicest, friendliest ever. Very helpful staff. The place is clean, price is way better than vons & Ralph’s.

To be honest
Can’t put more than 3 stars, it’s so dirty around and the smell inside is so bad
Keep it clean and it will be good
It’s not my store where I usually go to and food is chip here
But as I say really dirty around

I love buying my food in here. You can find anything you might need for your kitchen, starting off veggies and meats and ending with paper towels and cleaning supplies.
Nice music accompanies you all your time here.
Clean wide rows. Being constantly wiped by a «floor guy».
Very bright, so you don’t blind yourself reading price tags.
Alcohol/​cigarettes cheaper than anywhere.
Huge parking lot.
Food for pets.
Coffees/​teas/​sodas.
Anything! Literally.
Not much to describe. Excellent!

This place is terrible. Been waiting for 20 minutes for meat and there are about 7 other people waiting and only 1 and a half employees working at the meat department. I wish there was a Vallarta here. Other than that, this place is just convenient.

After a long long frustrating night at work I was looking forward to having a drink at a friends house so I stopped at this store. I’m fairly familiar with it as I used to shop there pretty regularly when I resided in Hollywood. Never had issues before. Its true it is in a rough area and perhaps parking lot security should be amped up a bit. Christiana the girl at the register made me feel unwelcome. She looked at me as though she wanted nothing more than for me to go away. It was obvious to me that either doesn’t want to be there or perhaps she was tired it was a bit late.
I got a bunch of mixers for the grey goose i was about to purchase. Ask for it look in my bag a realize my wallet had fallen out of my purse. I don’t know if I am the only woman in the world that this happens to but I rarely zip up my purse much less in the car. Made sharp turn of course it falls and all contents are everywhere. Happens to me a lot lol. So I got out to my car find my wallet hidden under seat (no idea). Come back show her my Id… she goes to tell her manager something. Manager comes up to me and says «have you been drinking? I can’t sell this to you because you are intoxicated.»
True I did have irritated tired eyes because I had just been staring at a computer screen all day and night! But no slurred speech and walking just fine in high heels. These people need to focus more on the appearance
Of their store inside as well as outside it and choosing better people to represent them at the register.
I will not return. They just lost a customer that contributed A LOT of money to their business over the years (did I mention I’m native to Hollywood?) and probably would have contributed for years more. Never again. Kinda sad this place has become so horrible. I remember when it was nicer. The people were nicer then too but that was long ago … those days are gone.
Don’t waste your time.

talk about a dangerous store… I thought I was going to get run over here by some crazy folks… and that was while waiting in line for the cashier…
I came here to stock up on some liquor for a party we were having whiel my buddy was picking up Thai food… some things you should just not put yourself through. None the less I am kinda crazy and adventurous and thus I ended up in this hellhole that not even beelzebub himself wants to check on =X
The lines were all about 5 – 10 carts deep. The constant influx of people and out flux of armored carts filled with anything but fresh grub was a bit daunting. Please mix in an apple or some lettuce you crazy peoples. Heck we were getting hella bad looks like we were gonna get mobbed for having half a dozen limes in our cart… I think we averted disaster when we shrugged and pointed to the beer =X Regardless these peeps are hella hard. Even the bums outside looked like they wanted to accost ya.
Parking was kind of a bear as well. Too many cars, all trying to fit in the close spots, come on man get out and walk an extra hundred feet, its good for your body and guess what, there were spaces readily available if you dared to walk. None the less while it was a daunting proposition, somehow we meandered through it and survived due to our diligent perseverance.
Seriously though, this store is one of the dirtiest and least well maintained places that I have been. When I used to shop at Pac & Duck (err Pac & Save) in Oakland, or the 32^nd street market in near USC or the old Ralphs on Fig south of MLK, none of them were quite so bad as this. They also at least had a normal set up. Here everything just about was pre-​packaged… disappointing IMHO. I do not foresee heading back here as this is just not my type of store…

What can I say about Food For Less? It’s one of those places that my family has always stigmatized for years. «Food fo’ Less? We don’t need that shit! Ralph’s brand yo!» but times are changing — and now I’m a young twenty-​something who is expected to buy my own dinner at night. All that brand name food has gone out the window for me, and I’m left explaining «Well…food for less is kind of like the step brother.»
You can get some really good stuff in here. Case in point a big heap of chicken breasts for under $ 2/​lb. Great stuff. Produce is always fresh. Who needs to spend the big bucks on toilet paper? You just wash your hoo-​ha and flush it.
They have a rewards card, which took me a while to find how to sign up to online, but I finally did and I am eagerly awaiting it in the mail. You can go through — pick specific stuff and sign up for over 17 pages of coupons to load on your card. Great deal!
The lines are beyond crazy, that is one of the negatives of food for less. Prices are so cheap because there’s always only two damn registers open — this on the first of the month too. C’mon, you know that’s when everyones going to be hitting up the store for their Fruitty Pebbles and Papayas. Oh well, I guess it’s something you just have to deal with.
I specifically like this location because when I was there 2 days ago I saw a car with shot gun holes in the side. I would have taken a photo, but you never know whose watching ese.

Food 4 Less– the redhead stepchild of Kroger is one grocery store I would have never guessed in a million years I would fall in love with, but I really like this place! Yeah, they only have like 3 items in the whole store that are organic, BUT they have a nice array of fresh veggies at amazing prices. This place is absolutely about no pretension what so ever. Also, it is awesome that you can buy so many products that you won’t see everywhere else that are from Mexico and South and Central America. Need soy chorizo? They got it! Need some soda from El Salvador? They got it! Wanting an array of queso fresco? Take your pick! Been jonesing for some random Kroger brand products? Why not. They have that too!
Yes, you will have to bag your own groceries (don’t dig). Yes, the store is not pretty (floors are little weird). And yes, the customer service is not stellar, but you will save a lot of money and at the end of that day, that is what matters most. And PS, you have to respect a grocery store that has an Anna’s Linens. I can get a pillow and pudding all under the same roof. That is totally awesome.