Save-A-Lot

I like to start by saying THANK YOU Save A lot for the donations you guys raised for needy families for the churches & for residents living in Section 8 apartments. You guys are a blessing for doing what you did, all together you guys raised bout 200 bags of food for needy families, you guys did it in 3 parts, for Thanksgiving, Christmas & the New Year, thank you again for helping give out to you’re local church & community it’s well appreciated! Thanks to the workers & Monica Mendez for helping out with this, she is one of the workers there.
Not only do I deal with them to help needy families but I’m also a shopper there. I like going there cuz they have great prices & they got a lot of name brand foods for good prices. The store is always clean & the customer service is pretty good. Yes the buying of the bag & bagging you’re own groceries is not for everyone (some people don’t like it) but it’s worth it for the prices they have on most of there items. This is my go to place for when I’m gonna go to a park for a family picnic they got what I need here & for good prices.

There’s really only a few things I buy from here and those things are pretty cheap. Convenient location, corner of Palomar and 3^rd Ave in Chula Vista. The parking lot can be dangerous sometimes when it’s really busy and people don’t pay attention. The spaces are painted diagonal and smaller than normal with double lines. I see plenty people squeezing to get in and out their vehicle. Don’t forget to grab a cart from outside to use inside! Oh and don’t forget your reusable bags! As I mentioned before the prices and low for most items. When you check out the cashier is going to put your groceries back in your cart, then you take it to the bagging table and do it yourself. You can bags but just bring your own reusable ones you always use right? Besides than I’ve always received excellent customer service and haven’t ever waited too long in line.

One of the few Save-​a-​lot stores left. I don’t care for most of their items but I do love their Marcum ranch dip mix, it is awesome. You can’t beat the price at 2 for a dollar. Also they have a decent selection of spices at a great price. That’s about all I buy here.

I love shopping here but my last experience made me not want to come back. Two other costumers in front of me and I were waiting at the register for a while and I see this Caucasian lady with tattoos that worked there so I asked her if she could help us and she said «that’s where I’m going» but in a very rude manner. I didn’t even say it in a rude way and even if I did, she didn’t have to respond to me that way. When I was about to pay I took my card out and she looked at my little brother and asked him «credit or debit?» Like are you serious. I was obviously the one that was going to pay LOL. I even laughed out loud she’s way too old to be acting that way and she’s seriously like 3 times my age. I’m not sure about coming back here she scared me away LOL I catched her looking at me when I was walking away. That’s the reason why I give it 3 stars they need more welcoming employees that are less rude.

Sorry, guys, but this place is just sketchy. Hotter than heck, they’re just too cheap to run the air the way Albertsons used to do in this spot. Produce can be pretty iffy as well, although incredibly cheap. That’s really why this place garners two stars– Stuff really is cheap here, but it’s a lot of Brand X mystery goodies and b-​stock. The fresh tortillas are excellent as well, but overall this place is just not worth a trip. I have found the staff to be pretty apathetic, just kind of depressed, and unhelpful. Not too many English speakers, either. I’m bilingual, so no big deal, but it’s a deal breaker here in Nestor, where English, Tagalog, Spanish and other languages exist side by side. Unless management can make changes to their basic business model, I don’t see this place lasting, and can’t recommend it to my fellow Nestorians ;).

This is an update to my previous review… I wrote an email to Save a Lot about my bad experience and within 24 hours I received a call from the Regional Manager expressing his concerns about the incident. Just the fact that I received a call from upper management was impressive to me. He even assured me that the issues I brought up will be addressed. I look forward to continuing doing my shopping here.

good store, okay customer service they def could do ALOT better same deals every week lol its not very clean its alright, im waiting for the day when you DONT have to buy your bags lol i have to admit tho the bags they use are very strong !