Albertsons

Great selection of health and vegan food. Also can anyways find different kinds of alcohol you can only sometimes find at stores in the LA area. Staff is very helpful and friendly!

Pros:
They have one really great, sweet, happy employee that began working there after Ralph’s closed down & he is beyond awesome to ALL the customers and I know you (you Albertson’s boss people if you are reading this) know exactly who I am talking about & he totally needs a raise!
They also keep the store clean & it is literally the only supermarket in that end of Apple Valley w/​produce worth a darn. Oh, they have really nice flowers & plants
Cons:
They are too darn expensive! They are pricier than all the major supermarkets in Apple Valley and other than a super Target (with HORRIBLE nasty produce) you have no choice if you just need to get a few things close to home. Their check out personal (the ladies) are really chatty with one another (WHILE YOU ARE STANDING THERE WAITING TO get your stuff paid for so you can get the heck home)… SO RUDE! But the WORST (the INEXCUSABLE) is their deli workers & their deli meats & cheeses section.
DELI: 1. There is only one employee who is sweet (and that is only sometimes) — the other ladies (maybe it is just the same lady over & over) are horrible. They treat you like you are bothering them every time you stand next to the meats & cheeses (I suppose it is because they have to walk all the way over to you and ask you if they could help you … which apparently is very upsetting to them) If you actually do need help, you are really bothering them & it is much better if you say, «all I want is…» (and you pick only one thing). And no matter how sweet I am (and I mean kiss-​arse complimenting, sunny mood, light-​hearted, joking what ever… SWEET), they still act as if they are mad as hell to be alive, helping you & just plain hating you for being hungry. 2. Their deli meat is HIT OR MISS. I WAS buying sliced meat there every Sunday for the work week ahead. Sometimes the same meat one week will last for 3 to 5 days … sometimes, 2 days… last time, 24 hours and it was GROSS! It was slimy and smelly — gross! Their meats are old at least ¹⁄₃^rd of the time & those odds are horrible! Seriously, who wants to take the chance buying their meat when there is a BIG chance that it won’t last over a day or two? And OMG — don’t even THINK of asking them if a particular meat selection is fresh or if it has been opened for a day or two — GAD FORBID because they act like it is some PERSONAL INSULT to them if you DARE ask if their slimy meat is fresh. Really? Is it better for YOU that I pay $ 9.00 a pound for your slimy smelly beef just so I don’t possibly maybe insult you and push you off the edge to an even deeper anger? I am not nearly rich enough to buy old meat only to bring it home and throw it away as to not upset you.
Bottom Line:
Good for a quick produce trip (if you are like really rich) and HORRIBLE if you like fresh deli meats and cheeses — saving money and being treated kindly.

Ok, didn’t know this place was a hit or miss with customer service.
In the past, I had to return a bag of cookies that contained a questionable item baked into one of the cookies and the lady at the customer service desk was the nicest ever. Great job.
Tonight, the manager (of all people) had such a strugglebus handling a price check on a bag of shrimp that rung up more expensive at the register than what the sale price was and would NOT stop arguing even when confronted with the correct sale price vs. the price that showed up at the register.
Lawdy lawd. Avoiding this location from now on if this is how management handles a conflict.

Came here a few times during my stay for various odd items, like liquor, Tofu dogs, and veggies. Albertson’s delivers. Prices are so-​so in my experience with this store but they usually have it. The staff seem very friendly and it’s a clean good store.