Save Mart

Hands down love this place, almost everything is cheaper than Saveway: meat, vegetables… They even sell pork feet here, it was hidden in the fridge aisle, it’s not common but it’s used in Chinese cuisine lol, Just saying, they have variety.

For a «savemart» things can be kind of pricey here. Also service is okay. If Trader Joes was closer to my house I would go there instead, but since this is close I just come here time to time just to grab quick groceries.

Just like any other grocery store. It has less prepared food than safeway but I don’t mind since I usually only buy fresh foods and some frozen. Great selection.

Very disappointed. I went here today with my grandma and son. When we were at the check stand there was 1 items that the lady noticed was not good and another item that was reduced fat that I didn’t noticed, both times I had to go back and exchange the items myself as the bagged was standing there the whole time at the end of the check out standing waiting… Hhmmm… Isn’t that their job!?? Very rude of them to expect there customer to be going back and forth to find or exchange items… Guess they thought I worked there

I love this location! I’ve gotten to know most of the people who work there cause we live close by plus hubs has been going here for the last 8+ years. They’re super friendly (minus 1 or 2 ppl), helpful and knowledgeable on their product. It’s always clean and has a great selection of items.
We go there almost every day to buy something for dinner to cook. We buy as we cook each meal. They always have killer deals going there, like the buy one get one free deals with certain items or the buy 5 for $ 25 for meats. When I’m looking for something I can’t find, they go and help me. They have 5 self checkouts if you don’t want to wait in line. Prices here I find cheaper then safeway, so I really get my money’s worth here. There’s days they will do sampling in the bakery/​deli area to show off some of the things they offer there. They also offer carry out service to woman and to seniors to help them out.

Pro-​Tip: Secret to getting cheap meat
If you live closer to Safeway, there’s only one reason to come here — cheap meat!!! If you don’t mind buying meat that’s nearing their ‘sell by’ dates, then here’s a way to predict meat sales. If there’s a 5 for $ 5 sale on meats its an okay time to buy, but not the cheapest. Usually the 5 for 5 goes on a week or so before the ‘sell by’ dates of their meats so if you take note of the sell by dates of the meat packages and come back about a day or two before that, the meat is usually marked down a good few dollars off. Of course at this point the selection is much smaller than when the 5 for 5 sale goes on.
Overall:
Its your typical grocery store:
–cheaper than Safeway for non-​sale items
–somewhat frequent meat sales
–small deli section
–expensive produce
–big eggs
This place seems to have a wider array of products overall and is more suited for people who actually cook from scratch. Compared to Safeway, this place seems to carry more items overall and has more random ingredients. The produce here however, never seems to be as fresh as Safeway. Sometimes I find half rotting heads of broccoli which is unappetizing to say the least.
Fancy or Nah?
Savemart’s décor is still stuck in the early 2000’s while Safeway has undergone a more modern design in recent years. Standard white lights illuminate the entire store which is kept relatively clean. The workers where are pretty nice although there only ever seems to be one or two cashiers at most but its not a large issue since peak hours here are never as bad as Safeway.

It’s a good place if you need to lower a grocery bill. This place is always clean and employees are fairly nice. There’s normally not enough cashiers there, lines do get pretty long (I usually just to self check-​out unless I have too many veggies to weigh).
My favorite is when they have the 5 for $ 5 each sale on meats, usually saves me at least $ 15 on meats for a while (just put some in the freezer). One thing interesting is that they have older vegetables on discounted prices, not the best looking but good for same day use. I typically find prices here cheaper than Safeway but occasionally it’s vice versa.
Final Thoughts: Good sales, normal everything, typical grocery store.

I love self checkout and cheap prices!

I like this Save Mart. Although it has a small seafood section, they sell high quality king crab legs here. Other than that, the bicycle parts are also very reasonably priced here. Check it out. Minus one star for the not so great produce department.

For a relatively small store it sure has a great selection of items. It is out of the way for me but I find myself going there when I can not find specific items at my regular supermarket. There they are right on Save Mart’s shelves and good prices to boot.
There are usually not enough live check-​out people so I end up using the self-​checkout which invariably requires someone to come over to clear the system for some problem or other (not my doing) So, it ends up requiring just as much staff time as having a person on a regular check stand.

I live like a 10 minute walk from this place so I come here pretty often. However, their prices for certain things are kind of expensive. Granted, this is Davis, and everything is expensive… this place is not always the best «deal» in town.
I usually just wait for the weekly ads they send in your mail and I circle and take note the ACTUAL deals that are worth it. That’s when I really save money with Savemart.
Highlights
Friendly staff.
Clean.
Self check-​out and check-​out with a cashier.
Bank of America ATM.
Boo
Not enough variety of produce.
Expensive produce.
Small bakery.
Lots of high school kids during weekdays around noon. (haha)
I am guilty being one of those high school kids when I was in high school. It was THE thing to do during lunch! However, now I am an adult and I would advise all shoppers to stay away from Savemart around noon time on a weekday… unless you want to be swarmed by a bunch of children being inappropriate (sometimes shoplifting!!! yes I witnessed it)… and wait in long lines. It’s like a flash mob because they have such a shortened lunch period.

Don’t always have the cheapest prices but overall it is just as effective as the two safe ways in down.

Used to go here all the time when I lived in northdavis! great place for groceries!!!

Somewhat expensive. Their store-​brand/​off-​brand items aren’t as good quality as, say, that of Safeway or other grocery stores.
They definitely take advantage of the fact that a lot of students here only have bikes, thus don’t have easy access to cheaper supermarkets.
Cheaper than Safeway, but the freshness of some of the produce/​meets can be questionable.
I wish they had both doors open until close. I realize it is for security reasons to only have one set of doors open the last few hours of being open and the walk to the next door is not far, but it is somewhat inconvenient.
The store is generally clean and the self-​check out stations hardly have any problems.

As far as grocery stores go, Save Mart is the best! They always have good prices along with fresh foods, produce, and meat. I love how organized their aisles are! That might sound weird, but I swear every time I go to another grocery store I have to ask someone where to find certain products and they are always in crazy weird places that is not intuitive at all! Save Mart doesn’t make me go on a wild goose chase :)
This store is in a great location, near a couple small restaurants and they have a huge parking lot. The customer service is great and they are always quick with the checkout lines, a huge plus because I hate waiting in long slow lines at other grocery stores.

After writing a complaint on the savemart website they contacted me, i appreciate attention and attempts to make amends. Fast response by the management makes me hopeful that this won’t happen again.

I used to go here all the time when I lived across the street in Davis. Now I went back because a friend of mine needed ingredients for a cake. They have plenty of sale items here and it works well when you want to hurry up, pick up what you want and leave. The prices are reasonably price and it wasn’t overly crowded. If I am in the area I will come here to pick up stuff but nothing spectacular, just like any other decent supermarket.

I am always a fan of Save Marts. The cashiers seem to already know me, which may or may not be a good thing. You can get all your basic essentials for good prices. I love their chocolate chip cookies and fresh deli meats. Always use the self-​checkout whenever you can, usually the very fast way to get out.
Protip: Avoid coming in between 5pm-​7pm if you can or you’ll be waiting a while in line.

This is the grocery store I go to most often because it’s right across the street from my house! Safeway is pretty close to my house too, but I still prefer Savemart. Trader Joe’s and Savemart are my go to places for groceries :)
Prices are cheaper for the most part and I’ve never had a problem with finding anything I needed. They often have a lot great sales, look out for the ads in your mailboxes!
Employees here are awesome and much friendlier than any other grocery store I’ve ever been to. They never hesitate to see if you need any help, and I find myself carrying conversations randomly with a lot of the employees I see working all the time!
One thing that bothers me is that around noon/​lunch time, this place becomes overrun with high school students… It almost feels like an infestation because they’re just all sitting and hanging out in front of the store :/​
But I love that there’s a redbox in here because I always check out the new selection of movies each time I grocery shop and it’s nice to be able to kill two birds with one stone.

Save Mart charges more for groceries than I am confortable with but 5 stars for the customer service. I found the employees were very helpful. Two women kept asking people if they needed help wherever they went. I think some customers were irritated but I appreciate the effort. Then when I was looking at the breads, the woman from behind the deli/​bakery counter came around to show me all the different kinds of breads they have. I felt like I had a personal shopper for breads!