99 Cents Only Stores

Merchandise is limited but is great, expecially the veggie department. Lots of Organic fancy salad mix that goes at other places for $ 5.99 etc. In general they have affordable produce including different kinds of fresh mushrooms.
My only complaint is the management, or lack there of.
Just went to the store yesterday (Friday 27 may 16) around 2pm to get some cottage cheese. They had this great deal of 5lbs containers for .99cts. I didn’t see it in the fridge, so I asked this female employee where it was. She moved some other items around and said:“Here it is, it was hidden. I’m gonna eat this for lunch” and took it right from underneath me!!! WTH kinda customer service is this? So I asked the manager if there was more and she handed me the very last one. I did tell her what happened and she asked who it was. I told her I saw the employee in line to pay for it. The manager never apologized nor went after the employee. That’s insane in my book. Im posting this here to see if upper management even cares. You get what you pay for there, but I guess you have to wrestle first to get it.

This parking lot is the biggest clusterf*ck I have ever seen. Unless your car is the size of a nugget, you will not be able to fit in a spot without hitting someone’s car door when you get out. I suggest climbing out of your sun roof if you have one, or park across the street and walk there. Even the entrance to the parking lot barely fits one car. I have seen so many car accidents in this parking lot. They have tons of products and good ones at that, but the inside is so cramped and always full of people, it can give a person severe claustrophobia and crowd anxiety. The lines are always halfway thru the store, I swear the people who come here are stocking up for the apocalypse. I love the products there which is why I’m giving 3 stars but the parking issues are enough to make me just drive all the way to San Diego to The dollar Tree.

First of all… It’s super crowded here. Parking is super crowded. The only reason I like coming here is because of the holiday items they have. I like buying holiday items here for decoration! Super cheap and super cool items !!

This is not something we have in VA/​DC/​MD but it is something I heard about on Ellen. A grocery store, with fresh produce, for .99 cents. It’s insane. I was skeptical at first. I didn’t believe that could be true but it is. It’s all .99 cents!
So the low rating. Just because it’s .99 cents doesn’t mean everything has to be so gross. You’re serving food. You can definitely afford to clean up the aisles. It’s super cluttered and packed. People go nuts in there. And there’s only ever like 2 cashiers. It’s always busy and there is never anyone to help. Employees will literally hide to avoid the register.
For what it is, awesome. For what it looks like? Subtract some stars

This place smelled like a diaper. It is always crowded and has a horrible parking lot. I haven’t ever bought anything here, due to the diaper smell, so I can’t comment on the employees or service.
My wife and I went in looking to get some Halloween candy to handout. The bags were very small, so we went to Walmart instead. I plan on never returning.
2 stars because the only place I ever gave a 1 star was a place where I got a haircut by a guy who I think was high on meth.

This store is amazing! Good quality clean store. My husband and I just moved to the area and checked this store out and love it! We will be regular customers here! Conveniently located in a nice area!

Awesome!!! They now sell organic veggies! Soy milk! And the best decorations! I love it when half of tijuas is not up I the house! Happy shopping everyone oh yes 4 stars cuz customer service is –3 and the isles are way to small to be leaving boxes and push carts in them

I love the selections here. Frames for 99 cents? Organic food for 99 cents? This place has awesome selections and I always do my grocery shopping here ever since they started to carry organic choices. Sometimes they even have deals for cereal where you can get 9 boxes of those single serving cereal boxes for 99 cents. That’s seriously is amazing in my pocket.

I really like this 99 cent store! Yeah, this particular branch in I.B. dosent seem to get a lot of love from some of the reviews Ive seen.
OK, I agree with the «haters» that the parking lot is a pain, that the inside of the store is limited in space & somewhat cramped, & that sometimes the employees are busy stocking their products during peak hours when they should be doing it in the off peak hours, but hey, thats the price you gotta pay if you want to stretch some jack & score on some bargains!
I shop at the branch in «Nasty City» but I must admit that I much better perfer this location. For starters, I dont have to deal with people in the parking lot who are asking me for money to buy a bus ticket or asking for me for gas money because their car supposedly just run out of gas around the corner. If your gonna try to scam me, at least entertain me with something more original! If your BS story is especially good, I may give you 50 cents just for making me laugh!
The second thing I like is that the store is clean & well stocked. I really like the variety of items that they have for sale. I find products here that I do not seem to see in «NC»…things like Farmer John sliced ham, potato chip dips, & more of a selection of snack foods & other goodies. They have these chocolate peanut butter cookies that I am fond of & they are especially good & only 99 cent too… Woot Woot!
This store is a great place to stock up on goodies for lunches or on stuff for the kids. I dont care what the haters say, 99 cent store in IB is getting the 5 star love from this Unilocaler. Can you dig it?

Thanks to Silvia for shutting down the terminal in the middle of my transaction without warning me. Also, thanks for ignoring my question about what I should do after she restarted the terminal even though I asked once politely, then started shouting my question so half of the store could hear it. It makes my day when I’m ignored for being white and speaking Spanish poorly.
Discount products, discount service.

Oh man this store is clausto! From the parking to the narrow isles and the rude people that don’t even say excuse me and then they look at you with a sour lemon face. You’re the idiot that bumped into me. Dude!
First off the parking royally sucks. Spaces are way too narrow and people park like Stevie Wonder was driving. Store isles are way too narrow and the whole store layout is crazy. No rhyme or reason.
Then to top it off, they’ve got people stocking stuff with their pallets during business hours. Can’t they do that after the store is closed. I hate that crap!
I definitely will NOT be back!

This store would rock if it weren’t for all the shady people that «buy» there. I saw 3 people steal items in my 20 minutes I was there. come on now, its
a freakin dollar!

Discount shopping is not for everyone. Patience is required when shopping here, especially at the checkout line.
When I was married I was well off, shopping at high priced places. After my divorce my income and lifestyle have become very restricted, so I’m always looking for bargains. Making meals with fresh ingredients is important to me, and it’s one of the ways I pamper myself.
One day Rachael Ray had a woman who sung the praises of the 99 Cent Only Stores. It looked too good to be true! Until that day I’d never found a dollar type store which sells fresh veggies and fruits.
Admittedly, in many cases the food is very near the expiry date, but at the rate my family consumes food that doesn’t matter! We usually eat up what I buy pretty quickly so I don’t worry about it spoiling. Supply varies from week to week. Salad fixings, Dole lettuce combos, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, green onions, fresh mushrooms of all kinds. All overstocks and most of the time as fresh as what I see at Ralph’s or other stores. Fresh fruits, bananas, strawberries. During citrus season I get BAGS of juice oranges for 99cents allowing our family to have fresh squeezed orange juice as if we’re having breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel where you’d pay $ 5 per glass!!! Life is good.
Generally there are many ‘generic brands’, but sometimes I find canned goods with labels from stores on the east coast. Big chains the manufacture probably had in overstock.
Some of the things I buy weekly are which are simply ‘pick me ups’ or treats:
Flowering potted plants that sell for $ 3.50 each across the street at Home Depots garden section. I’ve even been there on a rare day when a plant truck was dropping off 1 gallon house plants, beautiful plants with $ 10 labels on them, for of course only 99 cents.
Fake eyelashes, some just like the ones at Sally Beauty for $ 4.50 a pkg, only 99cents! Close outs on hair care items, clips & elastics. All kinds of things. Great for stocking stuffers.
Holiday decorations. Shop early for best selection. Valentine, St Pat’s, 4^th of July/​Memorial/​Labor Day stars & stripes, Thanksgiving & Christmas. Crazy, it’s all only 99cents! We have a festive fun filled home thanks to 99cent Only stores.
Hint: They receive deliveries on Tues/Thurs/Sat…but I always avoid the weekends, it’s just too crazy busy to bother going then.

I’ve been going here for years went the other day was overcharged by $ 3 bucks i went in today and showed my receipt and was told by «manager» that i would of had to come back the same day to have fixed this? Are you kidding me? Sorry if i have other things going on and didn’t have time to drive out of my way, stand in line so they could correct their mistake. Avoid this pit of hell if possible they are always understaffed you can expect to spend a lifetime in line. The ”manager” needs to shave her upper lip too that bitch has 5 o’clock shadow.

Believe it or not, I shop here for one thing and one thing only… EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
The price of EVOO at a lot of places made me realize that this stuff can be expensive, so coming here can be such a blessing in disguise.
I don’t have a problem with that so there!!! lol

It’s 99 Cents Only if you want to score a sweet deal.
99 Only is like you’re ordinary supermarket but only much cheaper.
If you’re are buying a gallon of milk at Vons/​Ralphs/Alberson’s, you will pay about 3.50 a half gallon. At 99 Only you will get that same gallon of milk at only .99 cents. That’s a sweet deal if you ask me.
Caution:
Be Careful when you do shop at these stores. You are getting a sweet deal for a reason. You really have to look at the dates on the perishables. Most of the time the Item is close to the date you have to use It by.
If you throw it in the freezer, then take It out, and use it right away, you should be fine. If you buy It, then leave It in the fridge for a week or two then use It. That’s when you should really inspect if that item is still good for consumption.
More times than Not, If you waited to use that food that you left in the fridge for a week or two. When you decide to use It, It will most likely be spoiled or smell bad. Heads Up. That’s the Risk you run out of getting a good deal on Food.
If you’re on a budget, 99 Cents only is the way to go. Just use the food fast. Believe Me, looking at the prices. You will want to buy everything in this joint. It’s like Costco, everything is tempting, you will want to put everything in your cart.
If you care about your stomach and don’t want to run the risk of getting sick, and taking a trip to the ER, then don’t go to this place. But, you can still score some sweet deals on the rest of the items they sell here.
–1 star for the some perishables being close to date.
–1 star for some of the no name/​never seen brands they carry.