Albertsons

Albertson’s on Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach is a very well kept store the place is always clean, and the store is well stocked. The employees are always friendly and helpful. The problem I have with the store is the way they do their pricing. This new way is very unfriendly to senior citizens living on Social Security, and also to other very low income people. Every time I see something that I want and is at a good price I read the tag. To buy many of the items you must buy more than one of these items to get a good price, and if you only want, or can only afford one item then your are paying the highest price of most of the other stores in town. I am almost 80 years and live alone so I have no use for extra items that would just go out of date or spoil. I am on a fixed income so most time I can’t afford to spend money on extras I don’t need. Many time I have to go to another store where I can get just the Item I need at a lower price.

Love this store ! The management team is awesome which make their employees great. They are very friendly and when they see lines building up they open other lines. Everyone works as a team ! Love it

Just moved to HB a few months ago, and I have given this store multiple tries because it is the closest grocery store to my place besides Walmart Neighborhood Market (which I try to avoid). It is my understanding that places like Albertsons can charge more for groceries (in comparison to Walmart, Target, etc) based on the consensus that I will receive better customer service and a better selection of groceries. I have gotten neither of these things from this location. The produce doesn’t seem particularly fresh to me. But more than that, the customer service in this store is atrocious. The other night while searching for an item, I asked an employee for help. I was given a sigh in response, and he told me to search down a specific aisle. Now perhaps if he had actually taken me to the aisle, he would have realized it was the wrong one and could have helped additionally. But instead I was forced to ask another employee (after searching the store for 10 minutes), who also just pointed in a direction. Great teamwork, guys. I’m also always miffed by the cashiers who hardly smile and basically grunt a greeting. Is it so hard to pretend like you enjoy having people shop at your store? Apparently. For this reason, I’ve decided to start shopping at Ralph’s, which is a further location for me, but well worth it to have employees who actually provide customer service!

You have to try the fresh whole grain bread made here daily. I usually get our health foods at the typical «healthy» type stores but today tried Albertsons and it was amazing.
This particular one seems to be well stocked and organized. They also feature Starbucks which is always a nice addition to the grocery shopping experience.
The deli is full of fun meats that you can have sliced to order as well as cheeses. Don’t forget to pick up an already fresh cooked full chicken for dinner because we all know how tired we can be after shopping.

This store could quite possibly the worst run unit in the Albertsons chain. It’s almost laughable starting with the slow Starbucks that’s now getting slaughtered by the Coffee Bean that opened up in the same center to the broken self-​checkout machines to the layout which seems like almost a deliberate attempt to keep a person from finding anything. Today though, was a new low for them. It’s 8 a.m., people are stopping in on the way to work and every one of their self-​checkout machines but one is down and they have one checkout line with 7 people standing in it. Of course there are 4 other workers standing around looking like they are waiting for the Metrolink instead of trying to fix the situation. I saw one girl just standing there like she was about ready to cry because all she had was one Red Bull in her hand and nowhere to pay for it.
Then out of the mist the «Manager» runs in to save the day. We are rescued at last. She takes people into a new line where mass joy ensues but that joy soon turns to sorrow. She proceeds to tell them that there is no money in the register. So it must be free? Terrific! Not so fast my friends, we will still have to pay for this terrific experience but how? Suddenly, the manager shouts «I has an answer!» She herds people over to another line like lambs to the slaughter where she exclaims «There is no money in that one either.» Holy cow! It’s definitely not her fault though because this is all happening due to the fact that she doesn’t have her glasses according to her. There must be some low level runt that they can blame this on. The checkout person running the other line that we are all buried in makes a snide remark about why there is no money in the machine since the manager seems to be completely stunned by this event. They both threw some other poor sap under the bus though whom I am sure is on an interview somewhere else at this time and laughing. I watched 4 people just drop their things and leave including a person who had a full basket. So, for your complete ineptitude, you lost quite a bit of money in about 5 minutes.
Why anyone shops here is beyond me because the majority of the people I talk to in the area all say the same thing. Those who manage this store have no idea how to construct an effective shopping experience. This place is almost designed to make you fail in that endeavor. If you are starving and on the verge of death or have a gift card that is exclusive to this store, then I recommend it. If not, then go anywhere else even if you have to drive 20 miles.

For my Midwest peeps, Albertsons reminds me of A Cross between Kroger and Giant Eagle. The staff is super friendly. The produce is fresh and has a variety of organic selections.

There’s no point in offering coupons for things if you never keep them in stock. Everything is slightly more expensive than competing chains, and anything with a coupon is either grossly overpriced to begin with, or stocked in such small quantities that there’s no point in trying to get them after the work day. Find another store. This chain is useless. At least service is courteous.

I’m so surprised with these low reviews — I love this market! It’s big, always stocked, and service is unfailingly excellent.
I actually live a few miles away but commute to Albertsons for their fresh produce and meat department. I’ve recommended this store to all my local friends too.
On top of being good for groceries, this Albertsons also has a great Starbucks & Chase bank, making it a very convenient 3-​in-​1 stop.

This store has some really nice features. The service deli and fresh sushi are really good quality and the sushi guy is super friendly. If he is there and you don’t see what you want on the shelf he will make it for you on the spot. Beware of their baked goods especially breads. Everything is frozen and thawed. I have found partially thawed loaves of their supposed fresh baked breads many times. Also their sale bread and buns are frozen thawed too. Including the La Brea Bakery premium bspecialty bread. Always look at the dates on dairy, cheese and packaged meats. They will face the products expiring today and I often shop here and find items which expired the day before. Although I shop here all the time because it is closest grocery to my house it really bugs me that they sell items that are thawed as being fresh. And I have been burned on expired cheese and yogurt a few times too.

The manager robert really did not seem to care much for customer service. Instead of looking in the back for a product that was not on the shelf he told me I would be better off going to Ralphs and patted me on the shoulder.

This is a great grocery store located in a big shopping center. It is always clean and the staff are always helpful and greeting you upon entering and leaving. The displays are always well thought out. The bakery is amazing! I recently ordered a custom birthday cake and it blew me away that a bakery in a grocery store can do such a good job and not charge so much. I will definitely be ordering more cakes from here.

Love this grocery store. I come here at least once a week. The employees are always friendly and the store is always clean. They have great selection whe. It comes to veggies and fruit. I also come here for bouquets, flower arrangements, and cards because they have the cutest arrangements and the prices are great.

This place is okay. If you are one that’s not a fan of the giant grocery stores then you shouldn’t come here. I am one of those people, however, I keep coming back for their birthday card section along with their selection of bouquets. For the cards here, they are okay; the majority are all very specific, which can be great as well as also very frustrating to find the right card. The bouquets here are better than most bouquets sold anywhere else, however if it is during the holidays, the mission to find a bouquet without lots of hearts or bunnies or chickens on them is pretty much impossible.
The customer service is just decent. I mean every person I have encountered here, which is generally the people that «man» the self-​checkout area, just seem to be doing their job and nothing more. So, this place is just whatever. The products are generally the same as everywhere else, the customer service generally emotes the mind set of «let’s just do the bare minimum to get the job done», and the bathrooms are a good bathroom for road trips; they are clean visually, yet smell dirty.

This is one of the better Albertsons I have been to. Their food is a little expensive, but there is a lot to choose from. I also love a self check out stand.

Their customer service is amazing. My bike was stolen this evening from outside of the store (someone cut the lock) and the store manager, Tony, was nice enough to stand with me while I called the police and then drive me home with my little bag of groceries.
The store is always clean and my husband and I enjoy chatting with the employees while we check out.

If I could give this albertsons 10 stars I would! I LOVE this store. Will not shop anywhere else. People are awesome (Sherri, Katie, Aldolfo, Vikki, Louise, all of them!) every time I go my daughter always gets the royal treatment (balloons, cookies, stickers) and I always leave with a smile on my face. I come home and tell my hubby how much I love everything about this place so I thought I would review it. Amazing staff, fresh and priced well. THANK YOU for always making my experience pleasant!!!

If I could give this place No stars I would! I don’t have enough time to write down all that is wrong at this place but be assured that I’m taking the time to steer everyone clear of this F– grocery store! High prices and lame uncaring Union workers!

This is a easy place to go for fast groceries. They have pretty good prices and a self check out line that goes fast. The service did get better. They had this asian cashier who was just dam rude that I stopped going. I found out that prick no longer works there.

I’m slightly downgrading the review, as I have found out that the meat doesn’t seem to be grassfed :(
Unfortunately, the company won’t disclose what the cows eat, other than that it’s a «vegetarian» diet — well, that doesn’t disqualify corn, which is what I DO NOT want
If you want grassfed beef in Orange County, I highly recommend the Meat House in Costa Mesa
I still love this Albertson’s due to their exceptional service and staff, but I’m downgrading by one star for lack of grassfed beef
Love and peace all!

Worst grocery store EVER!!!
This location cater to the super wealthy b/​c the prices of food here is 3 times as high as a regular Albertson’s. I simply CANNOT afford to buy food from this place and have to drive to the ‘hood just to go grocery shopping and lug it back home. I tried to use coupons here and there’s all these conditions like you have to make a min $ 20 purchase, and your purchase has to include certain brands, and booze is excluded. Shoot, I only buy booze! Bottom line, the coupons are a SCAM!
What does a sista have to do now-​a-​days to be able to buy food in HB???