Vons

The only reason why I gave this store a 1 star rating is because I couldn’t give them a 0!!!, would have it allowed me to they would have gotten zero. My family and I come down here at least 3 – 4 times a year to go to Disneyland and this time we thought we would preorder some groceries for the week from Von’s nearby because we heard great things from other families that have used their delivery service before. They emailed us and said they would be at the hotel approximately around the time we would be checked in and settled. The confirmation email a couple days prior informed us that they received our order, charged my account and that we would have to be in our room to meet the delivery driver between the hours of 5−6pm. We arrived at 4 – 4:15 got unpacked and waited. Then we realized we never got a call from the store, which they said they do to confirm our hotel room number etc, and it was 6:15pm. So we decided to call and see what was up. I swear, talking to the first representative was like talking to Cheech And Chong. Guy didn’t know what the hell was going on and basically said ‚“sorry, I don’t know, but he’ll call.” He then went on to say that the times on the website or the confirmation email are approximate and that we needed to take into consideration traffic etc. Wait, What?! So what do we do sit around and wait for them to show up whenever it’s concerning for them? No, it’s said for us to be in our room between 5 and 6pm. Nothing about give or take a couple hours. So we decided to hang up on him and try another representative. By this time it’s 6:45 and the kids are cranky and hungry. So we try to call back to see if someone else could shed some light on this annoying situation. What do we get? The same f’n answer. I don’t know! Haha. So we ask him several other questions and basically says the same thing but this time he says he’ll call the driver. Ding ding ding!!! So he does, then comes back on the line with us and says he doesn’t have an ETA!!! Wtf?! By this time my wife wants to rip her hair out and gouge out her eyes. So I decide to stay in the hotel to wait for the delivery while my wife has to take our babies and our 9 year old and her 12 year old sister to find something to eat. It’s currently 7 pm and still no call and still no groceries. But he said he would give us a $ 15 credit on our order. Hooray. Last time I ever do this and will stick to what I’ve always done in the past, pack groceries prior and bring them with us.

Bought a plate of sushi from here during my lunch break (crunch crunch roll), it tasted delicious and the cashier told me that the sushi here was extremely fresh. What a lie. Next day I wake up with food poisoning, wtf. I laid in bed all day feeling like shit. I usually have a strong stomach for sushi too. Even though the crunch crunch role isn’t raw fish, what ever they put in it got me feeling like shit all day. Thanks Von’s

Honestly this Vons should be honored to have Jayne as their clerk! Her kindness makes your day!

Dear bakery, I know you are shrinking the cookies to the thickness of a wafer. And now only packing 35 instead of 50. And charging 5 still :(You are not fooling anyone. Please tell corporate it’s gone too far. My cookie just falls apart.

I want to like this Vons since its close to my house but boy do the cashiers have NO sense of urgency. Always long lines when I come here and you would think management would do something about it. Fools I tell you! Or maybe I’m the fool for trying to come back over and over. Don’t most grocery stores have self checkouts? Done with this store.

I pre-​ordered 42 pink and gold cupcakes for my girl’s birthday party, the man I talked to from Bakery his name is Heron, very very sweet. He couldn’t do them the way I wanted, but his idea was good enough for me. I was worried on how they would look, but you have to remember. you get what you pay for. I went to go pick them up once I saw them I was super picky the sprinkles looked yellow to me, I was sad. But then I realized I was expecting too much, once I started displaying them on my cupcake stand I had to restock them 30 minutes later and sooner realized my father in law was eating them straight from the container box lol I loved them and so did EVERYONE from my daughter’s party, I’m so happy!

Sometimes you walk into a supermarket and want to buy grocery. Sometimes you want to walk into an Apple Store and buy and iwatch. Sometimes you walk away from an Apple Store not buying an iwatch. Sometimes you walk into a vons and decide that this is the worst managed understaffed vons in the whole world.
You know what else this Von’s needs desperately? You guessed it. Self-​checkout. It’s 2016 now, the internet has been invented and the Walmart down the street has self check-​out too.

Check the expiration dates on products you buy at the store! I’ve bought several things in the past three months. When I pull them out of my cupboard, I realize the product expired before I even purchased the product. Two times in the last few months, the checker has pulled the fresh meat before ringing it up, and told me that the meat clerk should’ve pulled it out of the cooler. One of the checkers actually spent a few minutes sniffing the package before making the conclusion that I should not buy it. It is a minimum requirement for the store to rotate stock and check date. I should trust that when I pull something off of the shelf, I shouldn’t have had to eat it last week before it expired.
The older lady that bags groceries in the mornings is very nice, but I think the items could probably bag themselves faster than she could… She spends more time talking about each item she is putting in to the bag than she does actually bagging. During my last visit, the checker bagged 75% of the cart, as she was busy telling me about the items her cat enjoys from the store. The checker had to finally tell her to «just bag it!»
The other bagger, younger kid with brown hair, used to be really nice. Lately, he has not been very hospitable at all. If you don’t want to bag my stuff, don’t… I’ll do it.
I will continue to shop at this store due to the proximity to my house. If there was another option close by, I would change stores in a heartbeat. Some of the staff are very nice, but it doesn’t seem to be the standard culture within the store. I would definitely prefer to self-​checkout, but that is not an option in this location.
Sad… Management has some work to do…

Worst grocery store I’ve ever been too. Last 4 times I’ve gone I’ve spent at least 200 bucks each time. And had to bag my own groceries every time! The last time we had a supervisor named Fransisco. He was nice enough to finally look up and say «can you guys bag faster». Lol. How about fuck you and I’ll never shop here again. Walmart from now on. Never shop here!!! id give negative stars if I could.

When I’ve picked out the one thing that I walked in here for and all I need to do is pay for it, yet that is a journey in itself. The cash register is always long and slow. People will go into the «express» lane with way more than the supposed numbered of items. You can often see the employees on their break smoking round the corner.

This is honestly the worst grocery store in Anaheim! The employees are always unfriendly and they never have enough lanes open for the amount of people that come here. Y do I come back???

I’ve only been to this store a few times, but it seems like every time I’ve been here David B. is behind the register haulin’ like he knows everyone in his line is on a schedule.
He seems to be the only emoloyee here with any sense of urgency or common customer service. As someone with years experience at an expensive grocery store, he deserves better support than what he seems to get here.
My experience was more positive bc of it. Other than that… typical value-​grocer. Expect to wait in line.

I’ve been to this Vons a few times over the years. It’s just like any other. It has a big, kinda dirty parking lot. It feels short staffed, but they’re open when I need them to be.
i.e. Late night and need ice to cool the booze down.

It’s another branch of Safeway. Clean.

Once in awhile I will run to this Vons to grab a box of Hot Pockets or fruit before I head to work since it’s on the way. My co-​worker brought me a bacon breakfast burrito from their deli recently and I thought it was pretty good.
So this morning I decided to get myself a breakfast burrito. Obviously, no line since it was 7am and there was one staff member working behind the counter and another bagging the bread. At 6am the deli opens and you can go up to them and order a breakfast sandwich or burrito and they make it right in front of you. The young lady that helped me this morning was nice and wasn’t rude at all. I think her name was Leina.
For $ 2.49 I got a decent breakfast burrito with potato wedges, cheddar cheese, bacon and chipotle sauce. The size isn’t huge, which I like. It’s a good size for me since I can finish it without feeling miserable the rest of the day and it’s not overly greasy. Actually, it wasn’t greasy at all. The burrito my co-​worker had gotten me before had ranch sauce in it and I thought that was pretty good. Different but good. Leina suggested the sriracha or chipotle sauce. I’m not a big fan of sriracha so I chose the latter. I like it more than the ranch. The burrito isn’t amazing. I would definitely prefer crispy hash browns rather than potato wedges but if it weren’t for the sauces and the reasonable price then I wouldn’t be returning.
The deli also makes sandwiches for lunch as well as combo meals. I was looking for a chicken salad sandwich on the menu board but they don’t serve it.
Like I mentioned in the beginning, I only stop by this Vons occasionally. It’s big, quiet and the shelves are always stocked or I see somebody stocking but that’s because I go there at 7am when it’s practically empty.
Overall, I have fairly decent experiences here. It’s not like I’m coming here with grandeur expectations – it’s a damn supermarket. I get in and get out. No biggie.

So I have lived around this store for almost two years, here’s what I see:
The store is fine, but I wish it had more meat, a meat counter.
The number one problem is cashiers, there are not enough of them. Not once in two years has the allocation of people working registers made any sense. This leads to lines, which leads to irritated shoppers, which results in this stores biggest problem, customer service.
The cashiers do not seem to like you or their job and the customer is definitely not the priority here.

The downtown Anaheim Vons that I happen to love! On Anaheim Blvd and Lincoln Ave. I have bought bagels, ice cream, chips, chicken, desserts, fruits, lettuce, gum, beverages and greeting cards here. Some items can be over priced, but with a Vons Club card, you’ll save, if what you need/​want is on sale.
It’s clean and well stocked. The clerks and baggers are jovial. I have been caught in troublesome, inefficient check-​out lines before, but that is probably just my luck. Most of the time, there are hardly any crowds at this grocery store.
I can skip and slide around the market without feeling like I’m in a can of sardines. All departments have helpful workers within each unit, at least from what I have experienced.
I even hung out in the magazine aisle once just to kill time. It was a blast!

When I used to live in Anaheim, I used to visit this location. Its a little out of my way, but with the Anaheim Packing Station, and the D-​Rinks nearby, its a good place to stock up on things.
They don’t have the commercial brand of take out like some Vons (ie: Panda Express, Starbucks) but they do have a deli, hot soup, and hot entrees to take home. They don’t have the largest bakery, but they have a decent selection of self serve breads and bagels.
I actually came here for the gift cards. They do have a decent selection, including the sometimes hard to find Chevron $ 50 gift cards. I stocked up on Starbucks and restaurant cards, so that I could qualify for the discount at the gas station.
On my way out, I went next door to Starbucks, and on my way home filled up my gas tank.
Its a great way to double dip on rewards.

My Oh My. Vons you have seen your better days. What an embarrassment for this business.
What do I picture in my head when I think of the brand name Vons? A store that is modern, clean, dimly lit intimate-​like atmosphere with overly priced goods.
Here? The inside is seriously lacking beauty! The interior of the store has a 1990 feel to it. Like the parking lot, the store is a ghost town, and the prices are steep!
What a bummer this place was! Vons doesn’t carry a variety of products like Ralphs does. For example, the Tinkyada gf pasta was not in this particular Vons. Nor was Mia’s Kitchen pasta sauce. The Almond Milk is crazy high! I believe it was almost $ 5 for a stupid jug of that stuff. Overall, I don’t think I’ll be shopping here much because of the price of food & the lack of variety sold here.
What do I like about this store? It’s quiet. Too quiet actually. But I went late at night (like 9:30 on a Monday) so that’s probably why. The donuts are good too. Nothing special, but good if you are starving & need some carbs.

Okey dokey I survived yet another SUPERBOWL. I was accused of falling asleep. Lie lie lie. I ate till my belly was gonna explode. True, true true. And I only had 1 beer ha ha ha. All other stories are made up by other Unilocalers and are subject to opinion. Disclaimer … NO cloths were removed nor were small animals harassed this year. Slow year?
I needed to make some Superbowl party food. And I always forget something. This Vons is my go-​to when I’m in a hurry. Still I managed to get everything together at the last min. And thanks to Vons it worked out pretty well from the cookin’ side of things.
PARTY FOOD:
3 dozen ABT’s (Atomic Buffalo Turds)
6 dozen MOINK Balls (Moo + Oink)
And I smoked 3 FATTY’s
Forgot to take after pics… duh!
RECIPES: (most stuff from VONS)
ABT’S
Slice 10 good sized Jalapenos seed n de-​vein
Mix 2 pkgs cream cheese, ¼ white onion diced, ½ pk Lil Smokies diced, big handful of cilantro, 1 ½ tbs minced garlic.
Stuff Jalapeño peppers with mix, wrap with ½ slice of bacon.
Smoke ²⁰⁰⁄₂₅₀ deg for 1.5 — 2 hours indirect heat.
MOINK BALLS
½ pkg (6 doz) frozen beef Italian flavored MEATBALLS thaw for hour or so, wrap each with ½ slice of bacon dust em with some dry rub. Smoke indirect heat 1.5 hrs or until bacon is crisp. Top with a splash of your fav BBQ sauce and serve.
FATTY’s
Weave 1 pack of bacon criss-​cross on a pc of wax paper, stick in fridge.
Flatten out 1 lb sausage approx 10×10. Stuff sausage, roll back into log, dust with dry rub and roll inside of bacon weave. Smoke for 3hrs or until internal temp is 155 – 160 degrees, take off let rest 30 min before eating.
Stuffing and sausages:
MEXICAN FATTY = Plain pork sausage + stuffing = chopped cilantro & onion, diced Serrano peppers, diced hot links, Mexican 4 Cheese Mix.
ITALIAN FATTY = Hot Italian pork sausage + stuffing = chopped onion & bell peppers, red pepper flakes, minced garlic, chopped pepperoni, mozzarella cheese.
HOT ASS FATTY = Hot pork sausage + stuffing = pinch of ghost chili dust, onions, garlic minced, Serrano peppers, diced hot links, hot pepper jack cheese.
I’ve had mixed emotions over this store for years. Kind of a LOVE /​HATE deal. See my Pros & Cons on previous review. I must bring up the score on these guys for 3 reasons. Their meat dept has gotten much better and the produce price has gotten better. And they hired more cute girls to check me out. Err I mean cashiers.
I’ll be back