I had a great experience at the Albertsons on Hollister Ave in Goleta. The store is very well-maintained and the employees are super friendly. I especially loved that the Starbucks inside was giving out free samples! I tried the Double-Smoked Bacon, Cheddar & Egg Sandwich, and it was delicious. Great service and a very clean store read more

Employee came out and suddenly said "I don't need you to shop here anymore. Don't shop here again!" I mentioned it to all the friendly staff I'm familiar with and they said "oh that guy. What is going on here?" "Idk maybe we should simply close the store?" They have an abundance of college student shoppers so apparently they don't need shoppers. I'm a personal shopper and spend up to 1k a day at Albertsons throughout each day. IDK I guess a sliver of privilege and authority is too much for some people to handle but 10/10 don't recommend go to Trader Joe's, Sprouts, or Smart and Final! I'm not returning without some kind of elaborate apology. I don't think corporate would appreciate their employees coming out the back to harass customers going about their own business shopping??? Also do not get any seafood they told me they would not even feed it to their pets‍ read more

Albertsons - Aisle 17/18 milk spilled but nobody cleaned it up for a long period of time... - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

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Sunny at the cashier register was talking to some guy in front of us very friendly and then when it was our turn, she didn't even greet us and instead started scanning our stuff and was throwing it across the counter to the bagging space. really rude to throw our stuff we're buying like what was the reason did we make you u uncomfortable??? literally rude ASF i hate her read more

Hands down some of the worst customer service I've experienced. The "manager?" ( a short weathered Hispanic Woman in her late 40-50's)is openly rude, talks down to customers, and makes disrespectful comments about them instead of handling issues professionally. It's uncomfortable, unnecessary, and completely unacceptable in a customer-facing role. What's even worse is how DoorDash and Uber drivers are treated--dismissed, belittled, and spoken to like they're a problem rather than part of the business. That kind of behavior shows a serious lack of respect and leadership. If this is how management behaves, it explains a lot. Until there's a major change, I'd strongly suggest taking your business elsewhere. read more

I went after work to grab a couple of things as I was in line I witnessed a cashier be rude to a man and his wife because of a language barrier. She had an absolutely ugly attitude and was visibly frustrated. She was having issues weighing items trying to say she cannot do it then asked if the gentleman spoke any English. Someone came to translate but before that happened she was saying "problemo" as the man did not understand what was going on and she kept saying he doesn't need to stare at her as she continued scanning items not needing to be weighed . She was taken off the register but mimicked like she wasn't the issue. I was disgusted by the way the woman was behaving. Her name is Melissa this was around 9:10 pm read more

Genuinely one of the worst supermarkets I been too. 1st, all the produce is very poor quality, fruits picked way to early where nothing is ripe, onions and garlic are old and brown. Not to mention a very small selection of things to buy. The meat counter has food that just looks old and gross, small selection of meats. There is no spice in the store too! 2nd very long lines, bad customer service. Every time I go there is only one check out lane open, and you need to wait a long time for self check out too. I don't recommend going. read more

Waited and WAITED I understand you are training someone new, but when a customer standing there a simple acknowledgment might've helped. I had to tell you thank you. Find another Starbucks read more

Albertsons - Rude - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

I work near Albertsons, and I always shop there during lunch or after work. However, as of today, I've decided I will no longer shop there. Today was the last straw. After work, I stopped by to pick up something I needed for dinner. I went straight to the Deli and Bakery for the most important ingredient. There was a lady in front of me, so I waited, assuming I would be next to be served. Another staff member arrived and asked if I needed help. When I told them what I wanted, they directed me to wait for the staff member who was already helping the lady in front of me. While I was waiting, another customer arrived behind me, and instead of assisting me, the staff member who initially offered to help skipped over me and helped the customer behind me instead. This was clearly disrespectful service, and it's not the first time I've been treated this way at this store. As of today, I will never shop at this Albertsons location (7127 Hollister Ave #27) again. read more

The attitude of the staff towards customers is appalling. Workers stand around chatting and completely ignore customers trying to ask for help. Will never go back to this location. Management needs to do a total staff overhaul. read more

hace una hora exactámente acabo de pasar el peor momento de racismo y discriminación para mí y mi pareja embarazada , como todos los días realizo compras para el aplicativo instacart , hoy me tocó una compra en Albertsons de goleta , pasé a caja la señora saludo y yo igual muy gentilmente , la señora tuvo un momento en donde gritó en inglés al joven que le estuvo asistiendo a embolsar los productos y ella gritó fuerte dicienque dejara ahí nada va en la bolsa , el joven y yo nos miramos y nos quedamos anonadados porque de un momento a otro cambió su forma de expresarse , luego su báscula de la caja no pesaba 3 chiles cuál levantó bruscamente la báscula y la cerró viendo que no trabajaba me dijo en inglés que no quiere funcionar y respondi oh está bien no se preocupe en inglés luego como intento dos veces más me miró fijamente y molesta me gritó y dijo que no funciona ##%#%#% palabra grosera y que si entiendo que si hablo ingles o no +%^*£%^# otra palabra grosera , atras de mí había una cola de 3 personas esperando ellos fueron testigos del acto desmedido de la cajera al faltarme el respeto y decir que porque no hablo inglés que no entiendo nada pero todas esas palabras las dijo gritando , en donde un joven atrás de mí que esperaba la cola le dijo en inglés que que le pasaba porque me faltaba el respeto si yo no mencioné nada ni tuve tema de conversación como para que me tilde que no hablo ingles , se exaltó más y dijo que llame a alguien que hable inglés y español porque conmigo no quería hablar , llegó la manejadora y se le expuso lo acontecido y ella siguio mirándome fijamente exponiendo do que porque no hablo inglés y yo sin decir ni una sola palabra , luego la otra señorita también expuso su molestia porque estando ahí mi pareja gestante ella siguió faltándome el respeto y mencionando que si yo tenía algún problema y que que iba hacer si ella me gritaba , la manejadora mencionó que regresé el día de mañana para hablar con sus jefes y esto no se quede así porque no es primera ves que pasa esto y más aún todos los que presentaron queja fueron latinos , espero esto se acabe porque estamos en una época en la cual sólo nosotros queremos hacer las cosas bien y estamos de inquilinos aquí pero no es para que nos hagan sentir inferiores a ellos read more

Albertsons - La ubicacion - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

This is the worst Albertsons I have ever, ever shopped. The employees are awful with a "don't give a shit" attitude. The asian guy who checked me out threw the groceries to the bagger, who obviously also didn't want to be there either. The shelves are bare, produce sections empty, and only one checker working at 4:30p. What a dump of humanity and a store. Never again. read more

The produce is just awful. The berries and apples are flavorless and Mushy. The selection of groceries isn't anything special and it's expensive. Go to costco next door. Or smart and final across the street. It is, however, open late. read more

The prices are through the roof!!! Specials that normally are shared across Safeway stores are not honored here. There were coupons on my products but, when swiped at the check out, did not register so I had to forgo the discount. Staff were clueless and unhelpful. Way to rip off college students as this is the closest grocery to UCSB. read more

BE VIGILANT ABOUT CHECKING EXPIRATION DATES OF EVERYTHING This is my neighborhood store and it's almost always a disappointment. The checkers are so nice! That's about all I can say! But the stock in store is so-so to bad. And the the dairy section is DISGUSTING. In the decade I've shopped at this store, I don't think the milk racks and base of the milk section has ever been cleaned. There is so much old milk crusted on the shelves and at the base of the racks it's just EWWWWW. I'm always so sad when I need milk but Costco is closed because that means i have to buy it here. Over the past few years and as recently as yesterday while shopping, the gallons of milk are often picked over and typically the "best buy" date is that day or the next day. On a recent past trip the only available organic sour cream was "best by" a week in the past. I've purchased expired refrigerated salsa as well that remained stocked when I forgot to check. It had fermented practically! It's almost like they're hoping for you to buy an expired product and not feel like returning it is worth the effort. read more

My name is Bertha Jaimes. This day 03/08/25 at 3:30 pm ,albertsons manager disrespected me they took my things ,they didn't wantvto sell then tme and they blamed me for the cashier's mistake read more

Service is terrible. I came in a little before 4 pm on Wednesday and this kid working at the register had zero customer service or communication skills. He did not greet me and whenI said I don't need the receipt he didn't even look at me or respond and I repeated it again and he still didn't say anything. I said "I wasn't sure if you heard me" and he replied "I heard you the first time." I really don't understand these people, don't work this kind of job if you don't have basic communication skills. Make eye contact and respond when someone speaks to you. read more

This store was nice and clean. Staff wore masks and people were very polite. I asked the girl at the bakery for a cake and she assisted very quickly. I was out of there so fast even though the lines were long. read more

Albertsons - I got all this from Albertsons . Cake $15 dog $13 flowers $17 and vase $2 . Not bad - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

management is terrible. "tina klein" needs to fix her attitude. she's so snappy towards her employees. isn't very helpful when customers have issues and will often give attitude. most of the times i go there things i need are always out of stock. some of the male employees look very unprofessional and look homeless. last time i went there was a huge spill and the person that cleaned it splashed me and other customers with water. didn't end up cleaning it. just spread the water around more. the time before that, the whole store smelled like sewerage. it was absolutely disgusting. on top of that part of the ceilings are missing! i believe the store directors are worried about the wrong things. read more

The five stars are solely for Jeri. She's always there, always smiling, always welcoming. This store is lucky to have her--somebody give her a raise. Despite the stars given, I was actually inspired to write a review based on many negative experiences at the deli counter. The employees there are just completely unconcerned. Every single time I'm ignored for upwards of five minutes while I stand there awkwardly, and they act as though you're bothering them when they finally approach. I've worked in a deli and I get that it sucks, but like...come on? Can I buy some turkey or not? read more

They got rid of their complicated store coupon system, but the store is still manned by rude and patronizing people. I rarely go there eventhough it is the closest grocery store to my house. I got a head of butter lettuce that was on sale for $1.99, but it scanned for $2.99. The guy who ringed up my grocery started to make impossibru faces and made me walked to the vegetable section with him for a price check. Then an older woman showed up. She ripped off the sign for butter lettuce $1.99 and pointed to the sign for green leaf lettuce $2.99 and insisted that the butter lettuce should be ringed up for that. Then the guy said "I'll tell you what, I'll push the magic button for you and just give you a refund". Oh stop patronizing me. Then when I left, I overheard them talking behind my back and the guy said "oh she was being difficult". Maybe they thought I was a UCSB international student and didn't speak English well enough to understand how rude and patronizing they were. read more

Albertsons - She ripped off the sign for the butter lettuce and pointed to the sign for green leaf and insisted that I should be charged for that. - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

Josh specifically is a nuisance to this location. It's the Fourth of July so I can understand being upset about working but he went out of his way to spread his negativity. First of all he was mopping almost directly at our feet and it felt very impatient. The customers in front of me also seemed dissatisfied with his poor attitude as he threw all their groceries in a sloppy manner. When it was our turn, the disrespect continued. He snatched my friends ID out of her hand rudely when she was paying for alcohol and I couldn't believe it! We were also purchasing eggs and after seeing how he treated all of our other groceries (not to mention things in glass containers) we literally had to tell him to be careful. I think he realized that he had been acting excessively so he said yes and apologized. At some points I was trying not to laugh because I was in disbelief with how he was acting. read more

They don't cut the meat for you even they have advertised that they would cut the meat however you want and season them for free. If you don't provide the meat cutting service, you can not advertise it. The butchers are all very rude. read more

Smiling employees, cashier greeted me by asking me how I was doing, and they had lots of food. Not sure what some people were complaining about, take it easy folks read more

usually don't buy prepared food, but one day was too hungry and bought some fried chicken from this Albertson location, my god I've been sick for a whole week with an a stomach flu like diarrhea and nausea. I should've trusted my intuition this one didn't look like is very clean. After reading comments by the Business, as she directed me I went to their website fir that location, there is no chat area or contact us area to consider. read more

They had a salsa demo with Casa Hernandez Salsa that introduced to some great local salsa. Thank you!

Although this store is physically very close, I try to avoid it like the plague. They are NOT good about cleaning their shopping carts. In fact, I couldn't even find hand sanitizer at the entrance the last time I went in! When they had been cleaning carts, their employees did a terrible job. I'm always fearful of going into this store for fear of contracting COVID-19. I'd much rather shop at Trader Joe's (they clean the best and are the most personable) or Sprouts. Many of their employees seem disenfranchised. Many of them seem to spend more time conversing with one another than doing work. The exception is their produce department which always looks wonderful. The man in his +/-30's(?) who works there is always so helpful and a delight. I'd clone this guy man and replace most of the other employees with him. read more

The Self-Checkout stations are way too micromanaged, honestly they should just get rid of them. I don't entirely blame the staff for this, plenty of people get confused and take too long with the self-checkout. Like seriously, they would be faster if they had a clerk help. But for others who prefer self-checkout...I hate being bugged. Beer/alcohol selection is actually really good here. That's got to be a good thing for some people. Lot's of craft beer, I've noticed that Albertsons in general is very good about that. Produce is hit or miss. Last time I was here I noticed some janky fruit but Albertsons is usually better than this. read more

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Always fresh on produce Friendly folks eager to help Well lit and well laid out store read more

Decided to give these guys another opportunity, Saturday 1.32pm, waited 7 minutes until someone said how can we help you. The attitude of well we're spicing our chicken, no sorry, asked for his name immediately gave it to us and asked if we wanted his middle initial and last name as well. Told him we'll be chatting with corporate office again, just looked at us and gave us a thumbs up. I understand everyone is short staffed but come on with the attitude if you don't need the job just move on don't take it out on customers that contribute to your paycheck! read more

I come here a lot but have never been able to find bagels. I don't mean bakery bagels (which are amazing) but normal bagged bagels. I have been here many times as this is my local grocery store. But they are gate keeping the bagels. Get rid of the wine and add bagels please before I start going to smart and final. Service is good ambience is fine. Also make your cream cheese in one of the back walls. I don't get why it's next to the cheeses and not the milks. read more

Albertson's is fine! I have had some bad staff experiences and some good ones. And they pretty much have the groceries I am looking for. I love the main seafood guy who works here - a tall, middle-aged bald fellow, although I haven't seen him my last few trips. He has given me awesome advice about how to cook different seafood ingredients - he has real experience! I also like the wine tasting guy who is usually here on the weekends. Today I received really good service from the prepared foods bar kid as well. I asked for big pieces, and he searched until he selected the 4 hugest pieces in the tray. Also today, I got good bagging service. I provided my bags, and the bagger put the hard, packaged items on the bottom, followed by greens and soft squishy items. Chips and tomatoes on top. Bravo! In the past, I have usually received the most nonsensical, destructive bagging service imaginable here. Things like putting bananas beneath a pickle jar, eggs sideways, stuffing and shoving down loose greens and herbs into a compressed space... So when I see a few key characters waiting at the end of the aisle, I tell them I'll bag my own stuff. Regarding inventory, they have a cute little imports section, decent toiletries, unsweetened and sustainably sourced versions of all my staples, and pretty good sales. And the house brands are nice - Open Nature, Signature Select and so on. I've never had a quality issue. I don't have another easy option, and I just moved from downtown Chicago so I'm not properly price-sensitive. I also think the layout of the store is a bit backward. But for what it's worth, I shop here without pain or regret, like every 3 days! read more

Today I witness the store manager, Brian M., acting in the most unprofessional manner. It disgusted me, especially due to the fact that I work in the mental health profession. A young man came into the store with his service animal and Brian forced him to leave. He would not even let him simply purchase what was already in his hand. I admit the young man reacted in an disruptive manner, but I could only imagine how I would feel to be kicked out for refusing to part ways with a resource that assists my own personal health. Brian went on to worsen my perspective of him and the store when he mocked the idea of service animals to Hilda. Hilda did not really say much, but today I witness an Albertson representative basically slap the idea of mental health in the face. Sensitivity training is obviously needed ! read more

Unfortunately the manager America was extremely rude , the other employee had came up to my friends and I apologizing for her behavior. When we asked for a supervisor we were told she was the only one on duty. America please do better your customer service is unfortunately the reason I will never return back read more

I love this location, the selections, and the produce. However, the service I received today specifically at checkout was terrible and probably the worst check out experience I've ever had. I had a cashier named Jamie and he was extremely rude, and practically threw my food while giving my items to the bagger. He also missed items that I clearly had put on the belt and followed up with being even ruder to me but it was clearly his mistake. I have been to a lot of grocery stores in town and can honestly say I have never received such terrible customer service upon check out. I really hope management evaluates who they have on the check stand because this can really make or break the experience. read more

If you can find another grocery store, then this isn't the place for you. I've been here every week last year as a college student and ever since the new Smart and Finals opened across Hollister, I won't ever come back here. As a regular college student, I think the only positives that I can get out of this store is the location being close to IV and the meat section is fairly reasonable. Even then, that's pushing it. Note that they get restock goods Wednesday, so if you're buying stuff on Monday or Tuesday you're going to get OLD stuff, often times the meat isn't very good. There isn't much organics that are reasonable, there's mostly farmed fish for those on paleo, and produce selection is rather limited. There's also a CoinStar and a BOA kiosk on the left side of the store entrance near the produce section (Not that I used it though). Bike parking can be found on the left behind the shopping carts. Every time I'm there, the cashiers look like they're miserable with frowns or indifference, which isn't really cool considering the fact that they usually don't have enough cashiers to relieve duties in the first place. Lines are quite long too, so be prepared to wait for a good amount of people before your turn. They just seem understaffed. It's been so long, but I'm afraid I have to give this 1 star for all of the above. In addition, if you want a biking distance place to grocery shop, go across Hollister for the Smart and Finals Extra for better customer service and better organics. read more

The employee at the self checkout micromanaged my entire transaction, though I never asked for help. I was buying one onion with a credit card and did not need help. He walked over to me after I told him I was fine, and he continued to tell me what to do, which is not appreciated in the slightest and made me uncomfortable. I go to the self checkout because I don't want to interact with an employee. After I bought my onion I remembered I also needed raisins, but decided to just get out of there as soon as possible. read more

Albertsons - Watermelon shaped cake - Grocery Near Me - Goleta, California

All but 1 time I've been to Albertsons for the past 2 years I've lived here, I've been treated poorly by the employees (mostly ignored by my cashiers while the customer behind me gets greeted warmly), and been witness to nevative treatment of other customers. Today I decided I've had enough of Albertsons when I was treated in an openly condescending manner by the employee supervising the self-checkout stands when I asked for a bag. I understand circumstances are difficult for everyone right now, especially those working in customer service, but I don't think that's an excuse to be rude to customers for no reason. The convenience of Albertsons just isn't worth it for me. read more

I stopped in when I had an hour to kill and wanted a snack. I found the store to be big, clean, tidy and with a good selection of stuff. I wasn't picky about what I was buying - I came in very open minded about what kind of snack might appeal to me and I left satisfied. Staff were polite and professional, and I would come here again if I'm in this area. read more

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Living in a community that fluctuates constantly by ten thousand students every three months makes it difficult to have every thing everyone wants. The constant rotation of part timers also makes it difficult to train everyone to be the best. Most of the complaints are individual needs that those individuals need to cope with themselves. Jamie is one of the best cashiers she doe care about her customers. Mary in produce is the most efficient at filling the bins and knows everything about produce. Jose Is also a good produce caretaker. read more

You know this is the closest grocery store chain near IV and there's always crowded lines at night when everyone is trying to buy their booze and food. I think their prices are jacked up high knowing that college students are going to end up shopping here. Only thing good is that they are just conveniently located near IV, provides a Redbox and Bank of America atm. Also, when purchasing alcohol, all your friends, family members and acquaintances in your group need to show their IDs at the register. read more