Albertsons

why did my review i wrote on 2÷18÷2016 get deleted???

They have a great sushi selection! And it is really fresh, great ingredients. Better than going to a sushi bar.

Fantastic store, especially for those around the area. They stock just about everything, are very helpful, and affordable. I go here weekly for my purchases.

What can you say: it’s a pretty normal grocery store. The prices are fine and the selection is about the same as most other local stores. I come here now and then when I’m already nearby, but Haagen (formerly Safeway) is just closer to my house so I usually go there.

Has food. And bathrooms. An ice cream aisle. And vast amounts of booze. So I guess it covers all the bases.

We stopped by around 2pm on Thanksgiving and ran into quite a few problems… but they had what we needed (on sale!) and the employees seemed happy, so I guess it was an a-​ok experience.
My boyfriend has a pretty crazy (and long) Starbucks order, but he orders it pretty frequently and most Starbucks employees don’t end up having to question him about it… and normally don’t need him to repeat it three times. The guy making the beverage seemed to know more than the young woman who took the order, but that order still ended up taking WAY longer than it should have (at a Starbucks).
The (grocery store) items we needed and a couple other items we decided we wanted were easy to find, so we didn’t expect the mess we found in the self check-​out area.
When we walked up to the «convenient» self check-​out machines, we found a customer standing and waiting for the missing attendant so he could show his ID for an alcohol purchase (even though the machine skipped that step). He eventually said «well, I tried!» and tried to finish his purchase… but the machine gave him only $ 5 back when he should have received $ 20. The customer left to try to find an employee/​attendant and we ended up warning the next person and putting a box on the machine that we watched have two errors. When the attendant finally appeared and got the customer his $ 15, he removed the box so others could (try) to use the (problematic) machine.
The next machine kept sensing an invisible object and wouldn’t let us scan anything, so we moved on to a human cashier.
The human cashier line was longer, but thankfully worked out for us. My boyfriend asked if they were getting paid double time for working on Thanksgiving morning/​afternoon, and they responded «double time and a HALF!» They seemed really happy.
I’m glad we were able to get the items we wanted/​needed and that the employees seemed happy, but I prefer using self check-​out machines, so I’m thankful that this isn’t the grocery store close to my home.

Last night I went to Albertsons — had a fair amount of shopping to do. Got to the check out and only one checker on the express lane and the rest was self-​check-​out. I asked if there was another checker available and was told by several employees «the manager does not allow us to schedule more people». The lines were long at both the express lane and the self-​check. I almost abandoned my cart but then I’d have to drive to Safeway to do it all over again. The lane I got to self check was short — there was not enough room to empty the cart and scan and put the items back in the cart. It was a mess. Again in mid-​scan I almost just walked but it had been a long day at work and I needed the goods. I talked with the evening manager — she complained about the store manager and gave me his contact name and encouraged me to call. I told her that I don’t care enough — I have other options for buying groceries and will take my money elsewhere. Obviously Brett, the Store Director, and Brad don’t care — so neither do I. Can’t say I won’t go there again — the location can be convenient but Fred Meyer and Safeway are as well and they operate with enough staff to make it easy to actually shop and checkout without the hassle.

We usually stop here for just a few things we need after a Costco, Target, or Home Depot run and I’m glad it’s not our main store. It always feels a little dark and a little sparse. We usually come at night so there are never enough people checking out. Last time, there was one man working self check outs and a regular lane. For customers, if you’re buying a bunch of booze, ice, and produce, just use the regular lane. You’re not self check out material.
Excellent beer selection, 2 Red Boxes, easy parking and self check outs that have a belt are pluses.

Overall I’m very disappointed with this store. It’s the closest major grocery store to my house, but I usually drive across town to the Fred Meyer which has a better selection and better service. Albertson’s has a very limited selection of environmentally friendly products, the regularly don’t have any wild caught fish available, only farmed, don’t carry free range chicken, the list goes on and on. Plus their staff always seem busy and tired. About the only positive I have for them is their beer selection.