I won't be ever using Albertsons on Calle Real in Goleta. Sales items are not even in their inventory. Why waste your time looking for an Albersons-couponed item that isn't even in the store? But they distribute the coupons. Homeless at the front door. The store collects many homeless people who will stand at the front door begging for money, but will walk away briefly for a cigarette break, or to go eat their dinner (from the nearby Chicken Ranch) at their late model Volvo station wagon in the parking lot. These people need money? The store does nothing about it. The manager claims that they pursue having these threatening people removed but the evening manager looks the other way. There is no consistent policy. If you complaint to corporate about the way the store is run you get nothing but lip service. I have spent literally thousands of dollars at that store--sometimes in one trip! Yet, in appreciation, they will lie about things. They are in denial about much of their operation. Keep in mind that Albertsons is also the owner of Safeway and Vons, so if you decide to pass Albertsons by, you need remember what their corporation has their fingers in--like Vons and Safeway. This operation is precisely why so many are abandoning Albertsons and going to Trader Joes which is close by--because there, customers are better treated. Cashiers who can't compute change, much less give you change. One cashier had to resort to pulling out his cell phone to do that math for less than $7.00 to figure out the change owed. Albertsons is not bothing to train their employees. I've worked in retail so I know the business, and Albertsons has not done their due-diligence to ensure that their employees have clue-one about dealing with customers. Try Ralphs, or Trader Joes, or even Whole Food (expensive, I know!) but anyplace else so that you don't have to deal with these characters. Many of the employees are rude and talk about customers behind their backs. This is totally unacceptable behavior and conduct. Sanitation policies need to be reviewed, updated, and enforced. Trust me, you do not want to see what's going on behind the scenes. read more