Albertsons

Albertsons on Cal Oaks has been my neighborhood market for many years. The employees are wonderful. I don’t shop there much anymore since they started their new sales campaign. You must purchase 3, 4 or 5 of an item to get the sale price. My husband and I are retired. I either don’t need or can’t afford more than one or possibly 2 of an item so I go the Target nearby.

I read some of the reviews and luckily I haven’t had any problems at this location. I always check the expiration dates on everything and at any store I’m shopping at.
The produce and vegetables here are always fresh and fantastic. The prices are bit high but the convenience is good for me especially because I live walking distance (I also shop at several other stores to cut cost).
I’ve gotten both my kids birthday cakes from here and the quality is in the league of other good professional bakeries!
The floor workers, bag boys, cashiers and managers are always polite, friendly and helpful. The floors, shelves and refrigerators and clean and well lit.
On one separate occasion I received a coupon from the sales paper in the mail and forgot it at home. While in the store I couldn’t find the same item in the stores sales paper I picked up upon entering. Come to find out the sales paper that comes in the mail has different better coupons than the in store sales paper. I told the manager that I forgot my sales paper/​coupon at home and if I could get the item for the price of the home sales paper coupon. He honored it! I would have given Albertsons 5 stars if it were not for the high prices.

not worth explaining how u want your cake to look like. The picture of the fondant cake that I really like didn’t came out great so disappointing. i would never ever gonna order fondant cake there anymore.

I enjoy the ad deals sometimes. Service is quick people are always willing to help. I’ve never had an issue with shortage. The lines move swiftly and the cookies are always great as well as the bean dip. Everything is easy to find and a quick dinner option when I don’t feel like cooking

I am in the parking lot at 10:40 and the gentleman inside is mouthing that the store is closed, even though the sign on the door states 11:00 as does the website and phone message. Boo!!!

Watch the expiration dates, especially on sales! Never been in a store with so many items past the due dates! Also had bad sour cream with exp. Date 1 month away!
Don’t know what’s going on here!

Martin, the butcher in the meat department, is the reason I am writing a review. I was comparing standard and specialty stores, including Costco, Stater Brothers & Sprouts, for a choice grade or better ribeye roast for our family Christmas Dinner. Based on a $ 5.88 coupon I decided to check out the meat department and possibly place an order. Martin was fast & friendly, answered several questions, asked how I planned on preparing and cooking the roast, and offered some great suggestions which I ended up using. The end result was 10 happy family members extremely pleased with our Christmas dinner. Price and quality drew me in, but Martin’s outstanding customer service will keep me coming back!

I used to shop at Albertsons on Calif Oaks, but since they removed their self check out, they no longer have my business.

If you don’t mind paying through the nose, and if you don’t mind limited variety, then Albertson’s is OK. But it’s way over priced (prices have gone back up since they made a big deal in their advertising about cutting prices a few years ago), and variety at both this store and the nearby Wildomar store is substantially less than at other stores in this chain that I’ve shopped at in the past.
Tonight I was shopping at the Target around the corner in the same shopping center and I almost bought a few groceries, but decided against it because I couldn’t find enough of the things on my list to justify waiting in the checkout line and I knew I was going to Albertsons next anyway. However, I did price a few things before I went next door to Albertsons. Guess I should have bought everything I could at Target though, because the couple of things I priced at Target were half of the cost for the exact same item at Albertsons. To me, this points out that Albertsons is not at all shy about marking up their products way more than their competition.
Want to pick up some cheese and crackers to bring to a friend’s party? Well let’s see — the premium cheeses near the deli case are all in the neighborhood of $ 16.00 /​pound! I’ve purchased the same cheeses from the same grocery chain on the east coast for $ 7.00 to $ 9.00/pound. Around here though, they are so embarrassed about the per-​pound cost that they are charging that they’ve stolen a page from Walmart and they quote everything in price per ounce instead of price per pound. And if you want some fancy crackers to put under that pricey cheese? Well — you can have wheat thins, triscuits, or Ritz (or generic equivalents, in some but not all cases).
On a more positive note: this is a company that obviously puts a lot of focus on choosing its employees and training them. The people that work here are either good or great. The store is clean. The meat case does have a lot of variety, not that I can often afford to purchase anything from it.
The sad thing is, with its scale, experience, and know-​how, this is a grocery chain that could be so much more, if only the management would put its customers at the top of the priority list instead of the bottom. The aspects of the store that I find most repugnant probably reflect decisions made by management at headquarters more than local management, but the stores in Murrieta and Wildomar are pretty disappointing compared to what the same company’s stores sell on the east coast and what I recall them selling in Northern California a decade ago.
Murrietta is ripe for more serous competition in the grocery business and if it ever arrives, I’m pretty sure that the local Albertsons will reinvent itself pretty quickly.

You know, I’ve never really had a problem at this Albertsons until tonight.
Granted I usually just come here for a few last minute or spur of the moment items. I never do any heavy grocery list shopping here because of the prices compared to other stores.
I always have great service from the cashiers. They all tend to have a smile on their face. I enjoy that the bank inside is a Wells Fargo. Thats where I bank, so it allows another convenient location for me to use.
Heres what went wrong tonight. I decided to try this Schweppes brand black cherry sparkling water from the cold freezer near the entrance to the store. I get home and take a couple of sips and my stomach begins to feel funny. I thought the drink tasted like any flavored water that Ive tried, so I thought nothing of it. It continued to hurt and I finally realized I didnt check the expiration date of anything we got tonight. Im usually very good at not only checking the date myself but reminding my husband to do the same. Way to fail. The drink expired in April.
Maybe my stomach was just randomly hurting. All I know is once I stopped drinking the water it felt better. Needless to say there should never be expired products on the shelf in any store, so hopefully better attention will be made by this Albertsons.

THE T.J. MAXX OF GROCERIES! STAY AWAY !
If I could give this Albertsons –0– stars I would. My wife and I just moved to Murrieta and live fairly close to this grocery store so it is very convenient. The problem is every time we have been there most of the food has been EXPIRED! The first time we went there we got home and were putting away the cart full of groceries we purchased. I sat down and cracked open a YELLOW GATORADE. As I go to take my first sip I smell an odd sour odor. I look at the expiration date and see that it expired 3 months prior. back in 2014. I could not believe this. Gatorade normally has an expiration date a year away. How could Gatorade be expired? These aren’t your normal eggs or milk that have a very short shelf life but a highly concentrated, preservative-​filled bottle of Gatorade! We then began to look at the other groceries…
Starbucks Iced Coffee — EXPIRED
EGGS — EXPIRED
HUMMUS — EXPIRED
These are 4 different companies with 4 different products that across the board were expired so we knew it was not just the manufacturer that was selling their items expired to the retailer but rather ALBERTSONS selling products that they probably bought at a DEEP DISCOUNT and couldn’t move fast enough to prevent the products from outlasting their expiration dates. My wife and I were appalled to find such products at such an establishment. I could expect to find these items at a dollar store or a low-​end supermarket but not at Albertsons which charges top dollar for their products.
My wife returned all the products the next day and was not even given a sincere apology.
I would just like to warn everyone in the Temecula/​Murrieta area to STAY AWAY from Albertsons and if you do shop there make sure you carefully check ALL your groceries expiration dates to keep yourself and your family safe.

Super expensive!!! However, it’s very clean and the product selection is abundant. Won’t come back for my weekly grocery shopping only because it’s so expensive. I’ll come back for small things here and there because the store is closest to me. Two stars for their exaggerated prices.

I’ve been shopping here a lot lately and always find it clean and organized, especially important in the meat and produce areas! The prices are pretty good and the employees are friendly.

Deli service was terrible… They acted like I was invisible. Then when I asked for a sandwich Yvonne treated me like I was bothering her. I order sandwiches at other locations without problems.

Always have a great experience. Close to home so I come here a lot. Workers always smile and ask if I need help with my groceries or finding anything.

Came here on a last minute shop for my daughter’s custom cake. My daughter wanted a minecraft cake. Called them a day before my daughter’s birthday and they actually took my order and made it on time. Friendly environment and very accommodating people. So Albertsons Bakery Dept. Thank you so much! You guys made my daughter very happy on her special day.

Rating a grocery store chain location can be as mundane as shopping at the chain itself, but as far as chains go, this location has it right.
This is an older location as far as grocery stores go in this area, but it has been remodeled in the past year or two and the store is very clean and organized. The floors are always gleaming. The checkers are all personable and outgoing and they seem to be getting a good handle on when more checkers are needed to keep lines down. The self-​checkout is also helpful when you only have a couple things; something other chains in the area don’t have.
I’ve also noticed that since Albertsons did away with it’s club card program, prices have noticeably gone down, putting it back on par with Stater Bros. depending on the week and what’s on sale. I usually prefer to avoid Stater Bros. because their overall selection is less than other chains, but the prices on what they had tended to be lower in the recent past. The new lower prices at Albertsons make sense since, clearly, those cards and the people who got paychecks to run the program and track the sales cost the company money, which translates to higher prices. Ralph’s and Vons are night-​and-​day more expensive and I only go to those stores when it is out of sheer convenience for one or two items. The sale prices and regular prices seem to have come closer together with regular prices actually dropping, unlike Ralph’s and Vons where the sales price may be decent but the regular prices are ridiculously high. This makes for a cheaper overall bill when you are doing a large shopping trip, since you don’t have to pay a huge price when the specific staple item you need doesn’t happen to be on sale.
The store has a decent selection of organic, I’ve noticed more so lately in canned and dry goods (the store’s Wild Harvest brand is a good go-​to for organic), although I would love to see a larger selection of organic in produce. Even so, the traditional produce is always bright, fresh, and appealing.
The butcher block is still second to Stater Bros., but is heads and tails above Ralph’s and Vons.
For pharmacy, I am very comfortable with filling prescriptions here instead of switching to a traditional pharmacy chain given the company’s experience running Sav-​on Drugs, and the pharmacists and techs are knowledgable.
Liquor here has always had a great selection, especially compared to other local grocery chains, and I find good sale prices every time I need something. The store has a good choice of Temecula wines, which is great and helps you avoid having to go to Temecula grocery stores or the wineries themselves when you are looking for something local.
Service deli and bakery choices here are great, and hot French bread is still their thing.
Non-​foods are still a little pricey, but no more so than in any other grocery chain; Target or Wal-​Mart still have all grocery stores beat here.
Overall, this store is my go-​to when I’m not going to Trader Joes for their unique selection, or Organic Roots/​Barrons for some more organic choices in produce or meats.

Horrible Customer Service!!! I came in to buy 3 things, I had wine therefore could not do self check out. There were two lanes open and one had a lady with two carts full of food, as I waited in the other chek out stand the person in front of me was blocking the closed sign I was in line for a couple minutes and when i saw the sign I asked the cashier if I could still stay since I had been waiting and he said no. I had to go to the other check stand the only one open where the lady had barely started unloading the groceries from her second cart. She kept unloading while more people came behind me and the lane grew. Finally the guy from the check stand where I was waiting initially called for help apparently he had to go on his break and someone else came in to take over and now opened the check stand. Instead of helping me first they proceeded to help other customer even though me and others were waiting patiently for over 7 minutes! The worst Customer Service in a grocery store I have ever had! Will tell everyone about it!

I prefer Von’s but Albertsons is closer so I find myself here more often than anywhere else.
What I like; good deli, fresh butcher block, produce is always fresh. Their bakery is great too. You can have personal photos copied on top of cakes. I love, love, love their chocolate cake filled with fudge!
Don’t like: NEVER enough cashiers! I always have to wait in line for a long time! Not as many good deals as other stores.

Came here to buy some beer while visiting my friend out in MURR-​TOWN. Can’t go wrong with albertsons when it comes to looking for your favorite booze.