Save Mart

I’ve lived in Tehachapi for over a year now and have preferred Save Mart over Albertsons. Save Mart seems to have less selection and poor produce compared to Albertsons. However, they have better staff. They are always friendly and helpful.

The staff was very helpful, but the store has a musty smell. It’s the strangest organized store I’ve ever seen too and the prices are expensive. I am new to the area and would just rather go down to Bakersfield to do my grocery shopping unfortunately.

I recently moved to Tehachapi from LA. I came to SaveMart and got some groceries for dinner. Chris was such a delight, he noticed that I had passed him a few times LOL I was looking for pie filling. He guided me to the specific aisle… it was in an awkward spot on the shelf. As I stood in line with my son placing the items on the conveyor belt, Chris began to help me put my groceries on the belt too. COMING FROM LA THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT USED TO. Then Hannah also started to help with the groceries as well. Jared, Hannah and Chris were so warm and welcoming! Hannah even helped me put the groceries in the car. I really appreciated all of their efforts. I think I’ll really like it here. Thanks guys!

there is a young man in the Deli Department by the name of Cody and he is the nicest and most helpful, he is always smiling and eager to help me in every way, I look forward to seeing him every time I go in… Keep up the great work Cody

This store is absolutely disgusting on every level you look at it, and the only reason I ever shop there is because it’s a closer walking distance to our house than Albertsons and i dont want to trek so far, but other than that I almost always avoid this store.
Everywhere you look in this store is covered in filth and rust or mold, etc… nothing is ever cleaned up off the floor and you have to step in it to get around sometimes. The meat section almost always has meat that has gone bad in it and slowly rotting the other meats around it and the «fresh» produce section isn’t so fresh and rather disorganized and small. I personally eat organic and was horrified when the organic produce was touching the side of the container which was covered in rust from top to bottom. The store smells strange and often gives me an upset stomach to even walk in.
The employees are jerks and will often just push past you without a word if you’re standing in the way unknowingly. The manager of this store is disgusting in his own right and shouldn’t be in a managerial position there at all; he is rude.
Nothing is stocked later at night when we go to avoid crowds and rather just thrown onto the shelves and into the freezers so you have to dig around to find whatever the hell you need. I have gotten sick from this store a few times now, and hope at least some will heed the warning a bit, but everyone has their own opinions.

I’m from rosamond and I rather drive all the way over here than to Walmart in Lancaster. Great customer service, clean, everybody was polite. It has just about everything and very clean and organized !

Eh. Dark, smells weird. Creeps me out. Deli food smells off. Disorganized. And not cheaper then albertsons.

This place is definitely a bit older but it beats fighting the crowds at Albertson’s across the street. I can almost always get front row parking so I don’t have to fight a full cart of groceries across the lot when the wind kicks up in Tehachapi, which it inevitably does.
The prices are similar to Albertson’s but the customer service is much nicer. I like that if I use the S.H.A.R.E.S. card the kids’ school gave us, they donate a portion back to the school.

A bit pricey for the quality and the condition of the store. They really struggle with poor customer service.

Strange weeds in the garden! Purchased a frozen pizza, when we got home and opened it… Rotten! Manager offered to give us an exchange and it was rotten to! The atmosphere there is misery, I had the feeling Id end up on the deli menu! Take your hard earned money elsewhere!

Way over priced!!! Walmart is way cheaper and they provide better customer service

Prices are a bit high but at least the staff really seems to care. We have a favorite employee, J.P., who remembers our names and puts some energy into finding the things we need. He’s not the only employee who has gone above and beyond, though.

savemart and albertsons are about the same. sometimes albertsons have cheaper priced sale items when savemart doesnt… vise versa. the produce here doesnt seem very fresh neither does the meat. aspargus they had on sale at savemart was wilt-​y. their brand name (sunnyside and bayview) is horrible… like how can sell this crap when it tastes bland?
this place isnt clean. they were closed for a week from the health department cuz there were dead rats inbetween the shelves and aisles.

like the other reviews had said, this place feels very homey! i’m used to the big grocery chains that all look alike and have all the same service.
seems like the bread that i bought was more inexpensive than regular.
can’t really complain since i LOVE saving money.
No wonder my aunt took me here, she loves this place.

Once again my opinion should be totally bias here but man I have to brag… Victor the manager *not sure if he’s still there* has forever left an impression on me. As a little girl that lived in the apartments behind save mart, behind the grocery store was like my backyard… I can’t tell you how many countless hours he contributed to our imaginations running wild with stacks of refrigerator boxes. How much can I express what a kind hearted man this is, for two 11 year old girls he may very well of influenced where we ended up because of such compassion. In a town like Tehachapi giving two 11 year old’s boxes to play with after school, probably prevented more than he knew.

Let me explain; this man would tape notes to the refrigerator boxes so they wouldn’t be thrown away, he would check on us, bring us duck tape and thumb tacks to make our «fort» that much more elaborate, waters and snacks if we’ve been out there all day, and at the end of the days come see how much we’ve «done to the place» :) He played a huge role in my happy childhood years and this may be the only place I have to thank him.
These are the type of people that insist on helping you with your cart, that take the time to remember your name and in a small town like this victor took the time to really care, so much that I can’t stop thinking about it 10 years later. Every visit to Tehachapi stopping in to say hello is always a must so if any one can do me the favor… tell victor «Crystal says hello and thanks for the box forts» :)

This store is quieter than Alberstons and the workers are a lot more friendly and helpful. Store is clean.
Produce section at Save-​Mart is so much better than the other stores. Fresher and nicer.
Sometimes the lines here are too long :(Parking is hit and miss depending on time of day and day of week. But Albertsons parking sucks too.
At Save-​Mart — Produce is cheaper. Dairy is Cheaper. Bread is Cheaper.
Seems like most other things are a bit more expensive than the other store.

Love this place. It feels very homey. The staff is so friendly and really care about your shopping experience.