Albertsons

Although it is only a few blocks away, I really only shop here when the Fab5 sales are decent. I would rather drive to WINCO and spend half the money for the same products. Albertsons used to have very good quality of meat. I have noticed that it has gone entirely downhill not only at this store, but also at the one closest to family in CO. Perhaps that’s a corporate decision. In any event…$ 1.77lb for «fresh» chicken breast from the butcher sounds like a great deal! That is until you are presented with a mangled, slimy, discolored piece of flesh. Additionally. The men’s restroom right next to the meat dept. is consistently filthy and smelly. At times its actually hard to discern between the fish smell and the restroom! I have brought this to the attention of a few employees, but it’s still disgusting every time I’ve used it. Something you’d expect at a freeway gas station, not a grocery store.

I am a senior, went to the store this morning at 7am to avoid the Super Bowl crowd. I was wrong!
I almost fell today due to hundreds of boxes in the middle of the aisle of the store where many employees were restocking the shelves. One forth of the aisles were being restocked. I understand the store has to restock, but why is it that the boxes that need to be emptied are in the middle of the isle, so customers can’t get through? I had to turn around and forget about what I was trying to buy.
I also noted there were 5 empty grocery carts in the aisles. Several times I watched employees walk by and did not notice they were empty carts and no one was using them. So the employees did not remove them. They just walked on buy.
I also noticed the employees do not talk to the customers. Your employees are like robots, no happy faces, no greeting and no help to your customers!
These are my suggestions:
1. Have your restocking people come in before your customers come in. Restocking people should be there to restock at 4am to 6am, BEFORE CUSTOMERS COME IN!!!
2. The person who does the sweeping every 5 minutes, needs to remove empty carts in the aisle.
3. I have a bad back, a single female senior, it would be nice if someone would help seniors deliver grocery’s to our cars! Doesn’t anyone care about old people anymore? In the future I will look for other places to shop that goes that extra mile to help the elderly because I don’t think Albertson’s cares!
4. I know this is a waste of time to put this on Unilocal because as I said before… who really cares? So sad. Where has human kindness gone?

This particular update is for the Starbucks portion of the store.
The highlight of this store is the staff who work at the Starbucks counter. The team here really invest in getting to know their customers and making a personal connection. More often than not you will hear them talking with customers and already starting to prepare the drink before it has been ordered. If more departments in this particular store especially the cashiers and managers took this same approach then this store would be the best around.
Our family lives close to this store and shop here daily for groceries. Even when we see the same cashiers every day they never take the time to learn the name of customers. We also see the same manager every morning when we make a morning coffee stop yet he never greets any customers. He seems to busy to even notice his normal patrons. This establishment is lucky to have a staff like they do at the Starbucks counter who know what customer service means.

I go here out of convenience to pick up a few items since I live 2 miles away as do others. Prices are and have always been too high. I have shopped here 2 – 3 times a week for 20+ years and they don’t even notice except for Cindy. She says hello to me every time. I prefer Stater Brothers or the other Albertsons, but that store’s layout is screwy so I always forget something.

So tonight at albertsons there were two very young workers, male and female, obvious flirtations going on. Normally this wouldn’t bother me but they sold my ice cream to the guy in front of me, but before we noticed they tried ringing up the guy behind me’a stuff and it took 2 times for them to realize that they weren’t ringing up my stuff. And then I never got my ice cream.

This review is for the bakery. I ordered my great nephews 1 year bday cake. It was a large bear head that we found on Pinterest. The gal that initially helped me was very sweet. When I came back to speak to the cake decorator Maryann she was so helpful too. I picked up the cake and it was adorable! They also give a free smash cake for the baby to have for their first bday. Not only did the cake look amazing it was so delicious and moist. It was so inexpensive and everyone at the party loved it! I would highly recommend trying them for your cake needs!

There is a reason they are the worst in the area. Service is better at the one on Temecula Pkwy. But I happen to live two block and my son has Taekwondo in the same center. So I bare the bad service service in the deli and a couple bad Journeymen clerks. Oh yeah… I was in grocery business for 26 years. I know who throw the union card around. That checker and courtesy clerk talking the entire time I am checking out.
Don’t plan on returning something or calling corporate, they don’t care.
I don’t complaint about price, its out of their control. But service all they need to worry about.
There are a few good Checkers that seem to realize I am there to steal, return spoiled meat that I bought months ago or use expired coupon.
Those two or three are coming around… hopefully I can give them another star in two years.

Nice store but the prices are so much higher than other stores. I only shop here for convenience. The store is very clean and well stocked. The staff is friendly too.

Why would you send the floral department Person home the evening before Mother’s Day? Stupid move! And leave your entire store understaffed. And on top of that, those that are working, are incapable to answer ANY of the questions I had. How is this possible? Shame on you Albertons!
Get your s* together!

I was in a good mood ready to pay for my over priced groceries in the self checkout lane. I finished all my scanning and just slid my card and was in the process of paying when an employee came up to me and yelled at me in a very rude tone «push debit or credit unless it won’t go through «ok. I understand that you manage the self checkout section for a living which is completely bizarre to me cause if I needed some assistance I would have had someone check my groceries for me. I’ve done self checkout many times without 60-​year old assistance and it has worked many times & even if it didn’t go through, I’m pretty sure I’m smart enough to figure it out for myself. Especially since I’m 23 and know way more about technology than any 60 year old hag. I don’t know what gives these old Temecula ladies the right to talk down to the younger generation. HAVE FUN WORKING AT ALBERTSONS TILL YOU DIE. Last time I go there. I cannot stand rude people especially when I walked in there being positive and happy. She ruined my day. And I am extremely dissatisfied by her attitude thinking she’s better than people when in the end she works at Albertsons

Very considerate people! They had a liquor tasting stand, permitted you have valid ID of course. Annie helped me pick out a nice bottle of wine to go with a nice home cooked meal back at the house. Excellent pick! Thank you Annie!

Generally ok but deli help is lame. Time and again they mess up orders and stand there talking to one another instead of working.
Also bought some yum-​yum sauce… not too yummy when it expired two months ago. My fault, should have noticed but I guess nobody cares about stock rotation.
Whole store could use an upgrade. Location is the only saving grace.

The only reason I come here anymore is for Starbucks.
I go to Winco for groceries because they’re EXPONENTIALLY cheaper. Albertson’s is right next to my house, but Winco is worth the drive for all the money I save.
Albertson’s Mark Ups are crazy.

After living just about my entire life in Northern California, a place where Albertsons used to dominate back in the day (the good olé 90’s) and has since been replaced by Savemart, it was a culture shock for me to see an Albertsons!!!
Talk about having to do not only a double, but triple take! Mind blown. Okay. Let’s move on.
It’s just like a Savemart, for you Nor Cal folks, but called Albertson’s. I’m not sure what’s different about them besides the name and the marketing. Same stuff. Same layout typically. Always has your basic groceries.

This was for the bakery, we ordered a 3 tier cake for my baby’s first birthday party and was really thankful to the younger lady’s suggestion. The cake however was unsatisfactory. The icing print looked really patched up and worst of all the cake was leaning on one side when we picked it up. We didnt serve it to our guests and brought it home. When we opened the box at home it had collapsed. We paid $ 129 and i think it was not worth it.

Zero stars.
This store has really gone downhill. In this day and age there is absolutely no excuse for employees to be rude to their paying customers. I’m not sure if it’s the fault of the store management, or if the employees just don’t want to be here or just don’t care about customer service.
There is a Vons just down the street at 29 530 Rancho California Road where the employees are very friendly and professional, and a Trader Joe’s at 40 665 Winchester Road where they treat you like family.
I refuse to patronize any business where I am mistreated by the employees. I will never again set foot in this Albertson’s.

The employees who work here, especially the in produce, meat and bakery departments are great. I just can’t deal with the prices. I really only come in once or twice a year when I don’t have time to go anywhere else, and ever time I feel ripped off. The prices are just way too high here.

Went to cashier #1 no greeting no total till I looked at her. No name tag just casual clothes. She told me how much I saved and gave my my receipt. I even said thank you to the bagger he said nothing not even a smile. Talk about rude. First time here and if that’s what the customer service is like.
Pros: BBQ in the parking lot friendly women and I think there’s a lot or regulars
Starbucks
Walk in fridge by the beer

I guess they give out free samples of stuff because the little brother brought back 2 huge pieces (samples) of donuts to which I happily inhaled one in less than 5 seconds.
This place has a walk-​in alcohol cooler which I must admit is cool.
The boyfriend was browsing but somehow decided to walk out empty-​handed when the little brother asked if he would like L.A. Kings Budlight… w/​o looking at the price or ANYTHING for that matters, my guy walked back in to grab a case. It was on sale, too. A pack of 14 costs $ 14.99.
You can purchase alcohol via the self-​checkouts but it isn’t advised. The lady had to stop to enter in her codes and whatnot in order for us to make that purpose. I think she did that because there was nobody there otherwise, the sign clearly states that no alcohol purchases can be made…
Yes, the L.A. Kings BL looks very cool. I almost regret not taking that offer. The offer that my boyfriend and his little brother made at lunch earlier at Stadium Pizza. Seeing his face, his brother’s face, his dad’s face, and his buddies (via texts) ecstatic expression made me have to give this place a 4 stars.
This is a very clean grocery store. We don’t have Albertson’s up here.

This location is busy so parking can sometimes be a challenge. That being said, it is clean and well laid out. They have a nice meat counter, walk in liquor cooler, nice wine selection (hey it’s Temecula), bakery with freshly made bread and rolls, delicious deli, and fresh produce. As another Unilocaler posted, the BBQ in the parking lot in the summer is top notch. You will find yourself floating over on the wave of delicious aromas and opening your wallet accordingly.
You will find self-​checkout if you so desire. I find that those machines hate me and consistently tell me how stupid I am. «unexpected item in bagging area», etc. If I want someone telling me what to do, I’ll go to work, not the grocery store. But if you are smarter than me, you may want to utilize it to get in and out quickly.
Due to the convenient location, this place gets busy and the lines get long. The staff here could stand to be a little more friendly.