This store is the only one I shop at for groceries in alpine. Yes the prices are higher then down the hill but honestly I actually get treated nicer here then vons. Only down fall is that the veggies seem to Rot a day it so after you buy them. No biggy I just go to sprouts later on in the week. The employes are nice, except the lady with long brown hair in the deli talk about hating your job lol. The cashiers always recognize faces and ask if I don't have my kids where they are. It's nice to have a little familiarity shopping in a big chain store. read more

Went to the Alpine store after 8:00 PM Friday and sat in car while wife picked up a few items. I noticed a guy in a blue shirt with cleaning crew listed on the back. He went to his white car with a bottle of what appeared to be spray cleaner. He then just walked around the lot and pushed 2 carts around for about 15 minutes. He was then joined by another guy who basically shot the breeze and both were on their cell phones. My wife texted me from inside and said only 1 clerk was open with a picture of a long line. The 2 clowns in the parking lot finally pushed a few carts up to the front, blue shirt put his mask on and they went inside the store. I really doubt any carts are being cleaned here and management is nowhere to be found. Look at the reviews for this store and no responses for the bad reviews! read more

There are a few select employees that are awesome. I wish I could remember their names so they know this doesn't apply to them. The manager is rude and chews her employees out in front of customers, which is very unprofessional in my opinion. We have to check our receipt every time we go there because items marked for sale ring up full price at the register. We've had this issue a bunch of times, and instead of honoring the discount/sale, they just take the items back as a return. I have even ran in to (awesome) former employees at other establishments and asked them how come I haven't seen them at Albertsons recently. They usually say, in more words, that they couldn't take the managers' shit anymore. The pharmacy is the worst I have ever experienced. They are always out of medicines and it's like 4 days till they restock. When you're super sick, you can't wait 4 days. They never check their voicemails. When my Drs office calls in an Rx in the morning and leaves a voicemail, and I go in to get it at 5pm and it's not ready, that's not okay. Then they will always tell me it will be 15-20 mins until they can fill it. They fill it pretty quick, but don't tell you when it's ready (even if you're standing right in front of them). You have to flag someone down and ask if it's ready, even if there are no other customers. I always thought that was really weird. It's happened to me a least 5 times. CVS has been great since we made the change. This place sucks big time. I feel that a new manager and new pharmacy manager would literally solve all their problems. read more

The majority of the staff is extremely rude. The pharmacy has a lady who thinks she is the gate keeper of prescriptions, for some reason my insurance never works when she runs it, but it always works at CVS....weird. I have noticed that if they know you at the store, meaning you have lived in Alpine since the town was established, you are treated correctly. However if your new or just stopping by you get the bitch face treatment. The lines, the lines are horrible. Cashiers just chit chatting away with customers while the line just gets longer and longer. If you have coupons, o my, expect the cashiers to inspect them and be confused on how to process them. I rather drive down the hill and make the Walmart Waltons a bit richer. read more

Wait lines are the worst. You can tell that the manager doesnt even care about customer service. She's looks completely unhappy and will see lines with 5 to 6 people and not even care. She didn't have one line open with people with 300$ worth of groceries and some with 1 item. Total disregard for customer service at this alpine albertsons. The only Reason the store is in business is because Alpinians have no other option but to go to the store. What a shame. read more

The lines are RIDICULOUS 3 s a crowd signs hanging over every aisle that has at least 10 people in it They closed the self-serve Al for the sake of the Union and keeping people employed so they put Inn Express tile I live in Alpine since the express Outlets of been put in I've seen them be actually man one time ever this store does not care about getting people out or convenience whatsoever the manager of this store really needs help or they just don't care read more

I was running late tonight and didn't want to make dinner so I thought I would stop by and get the 8 piece rotisserie chicken and this is what I got... Really? I live about 45 min away so it's not like I can just go back and get more or return it. These pieces were about the size of a cornish hen. I should have been charged half price. All I can suggest is skip Albertsons if your running late and go to Boston Market. read more

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During a pandemic where we are being advised to be extra cautious, DONT WEAR a MASK to protect yourself because the cashiers at Albertsons will find you suspicious. Some of us have to be extra cautious when going out because we have elderly we take care of. Just because we are wearing a mask does not make us suspicious! read more

Too many of the people working at this grocery store are openly unprofessional, disrespectful, and flat out rude to customers. The management is aware of it, but it seems to be getting worse. I've started driving into El Cajon to avoid this miserable store. read more

The store is big and clean. That's the only good thing I can come up with. Never enough checkout lanes. Never enough stock of sale items. I only buy "on sale" items here as prices are twice as high as WalMart on so many products that it pays to drive down the hill for my big shopping. read more

This location here is terrible the employers are so unfriendly and rude! I rather do my groceries to barons where people is more nice expensive and bad customer service! read more

Purchased fresh looking flowers, they were wilting and dead within minutes. In less then 8 hours it was time for the trash can? These were sunflowers, generally a hearty flower so obviously they were OLD when purchased. read more

One of your courtesy clerks named Dakota was very rude acting as if I was wasting his time and his attitude is horrible and should not be aloud to work in a environment with others and customers if he is going to act like that. read more

Had a small issue with my online order and Kevin did an above and beyond job helping me out to make it perfect. Great customer service!

Albertsons in Alpine. Finally a big name supermarket in our town. Whenever someone says anything about Albertsons, I always think about their chicken!!. Way better than ralphs, vons, food 4 less, henrys and whatever supermarket sells chicken.(who wanna disagree...tell me a better supermarket!!) Good: Brand new store Great location (on the way to Viejas, pick up chicken wings for Bingo time!) Friendly Customer Service Self Check out machines Chicken wings-variety of flavors(zesty, salt n vinegar, honey, homestyle) The bad: raised the prices on the bucket of chicken!! (It was 12.99 for a whole bucket which they filled to the top!!..now its 5.99/lb...booo) -Customers who think self checkout is fast yet they take up sooo much time cuz they don't know how to use it!! -Customers who bring a cart full of groceries to self checkout(helllo...10 items or less is ideal...I mean if u really wanna practice scanning...why don't u apply for a cashier job) The Ugly: - the chicken wings got smalller!!...looks like Hobbit toes or something!!...I kno the economy is all messed up..but don't take it out on my chicken!!...why u guys gotta cutback on the grains u feeding them chickens!!...I swear the chicken we bought today looked sooo small and anorexic..malnurished for sure....total disappointment - ur FACE!!!....haha jk...I'm still mad about my chicken wings(jacked up the prices but cutback on the meat...urrgghh) read more

This is a newer Albertsons located on the east side of alpine. It's one of the nicer grocery stores in east county in my opinion. Big parking lot, friendly staff, good selection of meat at butcher counter, good sandwiches at deli. Self check out lines for added convenience. My only comment is that I wish they'd move all the beverages back to the front of the store, ie energy drinks, vitamins waters, etc. Sometimes I go in just for that and have to walk to the back store, would just be a little quicker. Other than that really good grocery store. read more

Albertsons - Grocery Near Me - Alpine, California

Jeff was very helpful and polite and was working fast. Thank You Jeff! 10/10 customer service

I come to this Albertsons quite often because it is on my way home so it's convenient. The store appears clean and well stocked. I have only had a problem finding basil. Seems like I can never find any fresh basil (without buying the whole plant) and no one to help. When it's time to check out there is always a line on every register yet the store doesn't appear to be full. After coming here for quite some time I finally figured out why there is always lines at the checkout. The cashiers seem to know many of the customers that come here because Alpine is a small community so they are talking to the customers a lot longer than they should so the line doesn't move as fast as it should. To sum it up, the store is clean and well stocked but the service could be better. read more

I go here as I live in alpine and it's really the only grocery store up here. Usually everything is fine normal grocery store whatever. This girl chelsei the cashier was so rude. My kids asked for a sticker and she rolled her eyes and said "in a minute" then when she started ringing up my items I put the bags there for her and she just looked very annoyed and irritated. No one likes working at a grocery store but I feel like she could have been a little bit more pleasant. Very rude I won't be going in her line ever again. read more

I have to admit that although Albertsons is never going to be my favorite grocery store, this location has definitely upped their game since Barons moved into town. While they STILL don't have any grass-fed beef, nor much of anything organic outside of the produce department, they have added some great stuff to their deli case, like the eye of round roast beef, which is perfect for sandwiches. The chicken wing bar they've added is also fun, since you can mix and match them. And their produce is quite respectable, so we often buy portobello or baby bella mushrooms here. I still feel like they are more obsessed with doing gimmicky stuff like the current Monopoly game, trying to get you to come back and buy, buy, buy, instead of just offering good value for the money, but I guess that's what this chain is all about. We do buy several frozen foods here, and they carry the brand of butter we like (which comes from grass-fed cows, which makes their lack of grass-fed beef all the more perplexing...), so points for that. The seafood counter, however, always reeks and needs to be cleaned up. It'd be nice if grocery stores would just eliminate this section altogether, since they never seem to be able to keep anything fresh, and I'm pretty sure everyone who really enjoys seafood in San Diego is going to go straight to the source down by the water's edge, y'know? All in all, I'm liking some of the improvements I've seen from this store, but I still spend the majority of my grocery dollars at Barons. read more

I was passing through town and she wanted coffee (the Starbucks across the lot) and a bit of fruit. I went to Albertson's while she got her caffeine. The fruit selection was very clean, very well set up and full. I wanted to wash the grapes before leaving and I requested help from the man stocking in produce. He told me where the restrooms were, and sent me one door farther to use the employee break room sink. I call that above and beyond and am complimenting that behavior now! Thank You Albertson's of Alpine. read more

Overall a nice-end-of-typical grocery store. Clean and well organized, stocked and we'll presented (Especially for an Albertson's, as I have historically never been a fan of how their stores are laid out). Kudos and thumbs up to their floral, produce and deli departments. However I must note that the Meat/Seafood dept here is in need of more attentive/competent management. I observed several critical violations here; most noteworthy the mold - laced crab legs, and the long-dead, completely unsafe shellfish. Shellfish such as mussels and oysters MUST be sold live or frozen. These were neither, however they were marked as "live". Shellfish in this state is unacceptable for sale or service to consumers and poses a very real health risk. I would not shop seafood here nor recommend that anyone does at this time. read more

Albertsons - Long-dead mussels (marked as "Live"), evident by open shells and exposed dried - out meat within. Not good at all. - Grocery Near Me - Alpine, California

This is your go-to grocery store if you plan on staying the night or weekend at Viejas. This whole strip mall is newly built so everything looks nice and clean. This store is HUGE and everything was either on sale or had an everyday low price. I will be back if I ever spend another night at Viejas. read more

Clean store but who wants to pay twice what groceries cost down the hill? Not exaggerating, everything there is 30-60% more expensive than most other grocery stores. Walmart is equally as far from my house in Harbison Canyon, so I'll be taking my business there instead ‍ read more

I get there at 8:45 PM today 1/28/2015 Try to enter store from the east end of store I'm meet by a kid pushing plates of water With the doors are closed you will have to go to the other doors at the other end Is the store not open until mid night? The kid said to me you cant come in this door Not a please or thank you or even a screw you I say fine He yells what did you say ? I just say thank you twice I'll go down the street to Barrons Sorry I don't need Albertsons Last time in there The store can just dry up and go away. Services? I'll walk when I don't get services Lots of other stores I can shop at Do you think the manger looks or even knowes about Yelp or gives a Fig? I don't think so. Back in after I said I would not Had nice friendly services from Bridget five stars for her Bridget Thank You read more

We recently moved up here to alpine and love the small town feel. Albertsons confirmed this for us. I recently purchased a book of stamps but the cashier forgot to give them to me. I thought they were out in my bag. I got home and realized she didn't give them to me. I called in and talk to I believe her name was Alicia. She apologized and said if I came back I could call when I got there and someone would run them out to me. This was very convienient seeing as I am pregnant and have a 4 year old. I pulled up, called and someone ran out my book of stamps. The book of stamps were attached to a sorry note along with a bag of fresh cookies on the house for the inconvience. My son of course was very happy lol love our Albertsons! read more

Albertsons - Grocery Near Me - Alpine, California

Haven't been here for awhile due to past experiences with food and service but decided to go back for a quick dinner and pick up a 25$ prime rib roast. The meat wasn't tender, It was tough and fatty. As always when I get to the cashier they never say hi or they are talking to another cashier. I have over heard them many times complain in different departments and I'm convinced they hate their jobs. I would rather shop at Albertsons in lakeside or at barons then spend my money here. read more

Today we were at the store between 1:45 and 2:00pm in the dairy aisle. I have never seen the stock so low on a Friday. Almost every kind of yogurt was under stocked. The gentleman next to me asked the. Young man standing there to go and find a specific yogurt for him. I asked if the area had been stocked last night and he said "only fresh vegetables. This was his area and he had to do it alone". We shop there weekly and I was very dissatisfied today Who is in charge? We were at the Albertsons store in Alpine today @ around 11 am. Every line had more than three people in it. So what 's the 3's a crowd mean? If you advertise a 3 day sale, you should have plenty of the sale items available for purchase. Waiting in the checkout line, we were told there was no manager there to take us to find the Coke Cola rep so we could purchase some zero Powerade that is advertised on sale but is always sold out. read more

Only full service store in Alpine and they do not serve us well. Such a decline over the past 5 years- poorly stocked minimal options. Stockers take up too much walk way space by keeping emptied boxes piled. Can't bag groceries to save their souls with exception to Blake. read more

I want to comment on Albertsons in Alpine. During the weekend this grocery store makes some of the best BBQ ribs and their TRI Tip sandwiches are mouth watering. The price for these items are so cheap compared to the meat you get with these meals. A Homerun!!!! read more

I like albertsons but this one has either really good employees or they suck as human beings all together. Jesmyn is awesome all of the time, josh w was nice but the cashier Julie was rude and said 2 things to me and my husband while she rang us up. She held up a veg that I had and rudely said "what's this?" When I answered she didn't respond with a thank you but a sigh. Like I was annoying her or something. I answered her pretty politely too. Also the lady my husband got bbq from outside was rude but didn't catch her name. It is cool that they have bbq outside though. read more

Albertsons - Bbq ribs from outside - Grocery Near Me - Alpine, California

It ain't the. 99 store...or Havens. Quality isn't cheap. Liking this place the more I visit. read more

Albertsons - Grocery Near Me - Alpine, California

Stopped by for a couple quick things. Went through the line at around 8:20pm. The cashier was speaking with the bagger about one of the other cashiers selling alcohol to another employee. This conversation went on as the bagger was sitting there eating a cake pop. Oblivious. read more

Albertsons is a truly fine store, but they need to scrutinize their private vendors more closely. I drove to the store around 9:30 this Friday morning to take advantage of their "Sushi Friday" sale, only to find that the vendor had not yet arrived. No big deal, I thought, except that the sushi containing raw tuna was left out from the previous day! Sushi containing raw tuna can be TOXIC if not freshly prepared. The management should contract with another private vendor willing to show up on time and prepare the sushi on site the same day as advertised. read more

Clean, fresh and super large. Of course it's not the cheapest but it's a beautiful store with a lot of different products. A lot of choices. Never had any issues with the staff either. read more

Asked the butcher to slice some eye of round for me... As I do whenever I go to any other Albertsons grocery store. Young kid behind the counter looks at me like I'm crazy. I ask him to ask his boss if he could cut it for me, his boss comes out and says "If I cut meat I have to charge for steak price." After politely telling him the eye of round costs more per pound than cheap steaks, and agreeing to pay this cheaper price; he says "I don't get paid enough to cut meat to order." read more

This store does not enforce a mask policy. Due to health concerns, I will not be able to shop here in the foreseeable future.

Super friendly and accommodating employees! I called with a super strange request (see if they could check their redbox for a movie I wanted) and they DID! read more

Horrible lines, slow checkers, over priced!!! Use to come in and be gone in a flash with self checkers but now we are forced to wait allllllll day!! read more

Just visited Albertson's around 1pm, October 6th. I've tried to be polite during the times I've visited this location in Alpine, but today I thought it was time to add a negative review. I won't be coming back. There are 2 cashiers that have always been polite and friendly. One is a man, and the other is a younger woman. The rest of the older women cashiers have been so rude, when I checkout. I'm not sure why they are so unhappy, but I wish they wouldn't display their ugliness towards their customers. Anymore, when I go to Albertsons, I just want to shop, checkout, and leave asap without rude comments or nasty facial expressions thrown my way. Today, while paying for my groceries, the woman at the quick checkout line told me that I would need to bring my basket back into the store because she was tired of people stealing them. I'm not sure why it appeared to her that I would like to keep my basket and take it home with me??? So strange, and rude. If anyone is looking for a nice Grocer in Alpine, checkout Barons Market. They have a lot of alternative items, along with fresh produce at great prices! Delicious deli items, salad bar and soups. Their staff is super friendly and easygoing. read more