So glad there's a grocery store out here in the middle of nowhere. I stopped by recently when I was camping in the area, and found a lot of great meal options. Since I didn't even have my ice chest or camp stove with me, my options were super limited. But I still managed to find lots of snacks, including trail mixes and dried fruits, yogurts, and a great selection of reasonably priced salads in the deli. All the food I bought here was reasonably priced and good quality. Checkout times were not bad at all and the staff was friendly. Would definitely shop here again. As an added bonus, there was a lot of covered parking on one side of the building, which was nice because it was simultaneously hot and storming during my visit. read more

I love my local Holiday market! I made a request to bring in a special two ingredient cashew milk and they ordered it for me. Holiday has all the organic and local products that make country living so appealing. The employees are friendly and always helpful. Thank you! read more

3/18/2024: Had to stop by enroute to Beal's AFB getting snacks while driving. Regardless of my current location, I always try buying healthy food; however, those chips . . . Oooof~ regrettably, I shouldn't have purchased or inhaled the chips enroute! BTW: The salad was delicious when I added more butter lettuce to the pre-made salad, i.e., I asked the produce department to wash the lettuce for me which surprisingly, the Dude complied . . . Awesome! Great Customer Service has my respect! read more

Holiday Market - 7/6/2023: Holiday Market receipt. - Grocery Near Me - Cool, California

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This market serves the community of Cool. It's not as big as a National chain store, more like a Trader Joe's. You'll likely find what you need at a premium price. They have a pretty decent wine selection. The staff there is very nice. Very convenient for the locals if they don't want to drive to neighboring Auburn to grocery shop. read more

Shelves are constantly empty, you get shocked everytime you open a door. Their backstock is never on the floor. The checkers who do not wear their badges while at work are intentionally rude to customers. read more

So love this store! The staff is especially friendly and always ready to help with whatever you may need. They make you feel right at home with friendly smiles and warm atmosphere. The sandwiches are amazing as well! Produce department always has the freshest and top quality selection. I never want to leave the hill to go anywhere else read more

This used to be my go-to stopping grounds on the way to visit my mom before she passed. This market feels like if Raley's and Safeway had a baby... It's very clean, boutique feeling with the aisles being clean, easy to find product displays, and overall atmosphere. It's similar to Safeway in the way that they offer typing in one's phone number for instant on-demand rewards. They have quite a good selection of vegetarian type products given the dynamic of this being Cool, and there's not much available for grocery options. Grab a drink. Grab a deli sandwich. Or shop for pet food. It's all here! Thank you for reading! read more

Employee owned Holiday Market is a MUST to go to! Great customer service and wonderful local products. Oh and they have killer sandwiches!! I love everything about this grocery store!! read more

I do love their sandwiches. But! How hard is it to keep the veggie patties in stock (I know they are frozen)? About half the orders over the past 2 years we're told the patties are out of stock. The online app isn't accurate; it does not allow you to order every sandwich on a croissant. So I never use the app anymore. I love their sandwiches. I don't care for the inconsistent or inaccurate availability. read more

This is specifically for boars head inside of holiday market, holiday market in general is a awesome place, but their boars head is so lazy and careless, every time I've ever ordered for pick up for them while on my short lunch, they never have it ready after 30 to 45 minutes, and when we show up, they just laugh and don't even care and completely take up most of my lunch. Trash careless lazy employees. read more

They make pretty good deli sandwiches. I recommend them not a bad price either. Cool ca

The disregard for Covid safety measures will have me doing my shopping elsewhere. The employees wear masks chin diaper style, and the lady stocking the fruits and veggies has a face shield being worn like a baseball cap. Entire families, one with a coughing child, were shopping the store without masks. I brought this up to the employee standing at the front of the store's attention, as I thought she was standing there to enforce the mask laws. But she only told me that it's everyone's choice if they want to wear masks or not. WTF? I'm never shopping at this store again, clearly they don't care for the safety of their customers AT ALL! read more

This is my favorite market. The employees absolutely go above and beyond for their customers. We moved from Napa to Cool last year where we shopped at three different markets each week. When we first moved here we were concerned whether we would be able to find all of our weekly grocery needs locally. There was no need to worry at all, this little market has everything we need. read more

I've always had great customer service from the very friendly staff. The deli provides high-quality food that I'm very happy to have only a short distance from my home. I find many of the same specials from other chains are available at my local Holiday Market, so that's a plus too! I have ZERO concerns on the covid protocols they put in place. read more

Holiday Market is a good sized market with a large selection of organic products. The store is clean and well lit, and the employees are super friendly. They have a great selection of beers, including many local beers. We recently visited on thanksgiving day, not only were they open and uncrowded, they were well stocked! I was expecting we might have trouble finding the items we needed but from the looks of it you could have done all your thanksgiving shopping that day and still found what you needed! My mom has ordered their thanksgiving meal for the last several years and it's delicious, just as good as homemade! All you have to do is warm it all up and you are ready to go! read more

Holiday market is a great place. They have a big assortment of prepared foods. The fruit and vegetables are always fresh. You can always find what you are looking for. The staff are very professional and friendly. I recommend this store for your groceries. read more

I was blown away! Came out camping at Folsom lake from San Francisco and got rained in one night - so went up to Cool (nearest town with an atm) and needed a few supplies we forgot and more ice. This place was great we found so many good quality items we would have to go to five different spots to get at home! Kombucha, natural health remedies, yoga mats, amazing produce, Califa creamer I love from home - I didn't get all these things but they were some of the great mix of products available amongst the standard full grocery store fare. They had excellent, kind, skilled staff - available but not breathing down your neck, and they offer a great rewards program for shoppers and are employee owned. I highly recommend this spot to anyone in the area and anyone visiting that needs a snack, or a shop head in they are great! read more

We come to this Market when we are glamping in Gold Country. Of course the prices are going to be higher. It's a nice grocery store in the middle of no where. It's clean and bright. We stocked up on the great deal on firewood. We always leave a few things off of our list to shop local when we are away from home. As long as it's not a dump where we have to monitor expiration dates. We love to support the local economy. It's what we do for letting us invade your space. read more

Wow. I have been shopping at Holiday Market since 2008 and I have always been happy with the products and people working there. But today I had the worst experience ever! I guess it's good the butchers are kept in the back and not out with the public. I was looking at ground beef and trying to decide which of the four to grab when the butcher came out and grabbed all for packages. I was confused wondering if they were bad but then realized there was a customer wanting all four. I told him I was just getting ready to grab one and asked if he was going to bring more out. He was very abrupt with his response and was annoyed for me letting him know I had planned to grab one. His response was, "Ya... later!" And then he directed his customer to the back where he was going to give her all that he had in back. She was making sure it was chuck and he said yes. And all I wanted was my one pound of ground beef. He literally reached in front of me to grab all four and would not have even acknowledged my attempt of purchasing my one pound if I had not spoken up. He was rude. Maybe he was trying to make a big sale, but I have spent hundreds a month in that store. NO MORE. With Dollar General and Save Mart on Elm and Marvel in Georgetown I am good. Bye Holiday. Your prices are too high anyway. Moving on. read more

Be sure to check your receipts! I have saved over$20 in the last couple of months. They leave sales tags that mislead you about the price you pay. When they ask if you want your receipt say yes and check it. read more

This store is really nice, they have lots of things like a grocery store. I totally recommend going here!

Very good service even greeting customers at the door. Good selection of products and high quality. There's a whole aisle devoted to health food. Organic produce is pretty good too. Cool location, literally. They take Apple Pay and android. REMEMBER TO Bring Your OWN BAG!! DVD express is there too. read more

I've lived here for years and this store is 2 minutes away from my house and honestly whenever I've forgotten an ingredient in the middle of cooking, it's a lifesaver. Also.... For the multiple people I've overheard complaining about prices in the checkout line to the cashiers... shut up. The employees and managers do not dictate prices. If you don't like something go to the dollar store. The employees rock it and anyone else with a bad opinion can go suck it. read more

Super disappointed in our local market, as they do NOT require their employees to wear masks. This includes the deli workers making your food! Yikes!!! Holiday Market management has made the poor decision to put its customers and our community at risk by not requiring its employees to wear masks. I will be shopping at the alternate local market (Mar Val) that has much better/safer practices. read more

Had an extremely crappy experience here. The service is awful, seems like all the old ladies that work here hate their jobs. My husband and I wanted to grab some sandwiches on our way to University Fall's and decided to stop here. We walked up to the deli and after standing there for a good 5 minutes and older woman came over, threw the sandwich order pads at us and said "let me go find a pen". Another 5 minutes go by and she hands us pens and chats with another employee. I wrote down my order then went to use the restroom. I came back grabbed my sandwiches, still no conversation, then headed to the register. The cashier was having a personal conversation with the woman ahead of us and she was taking her sweet time ringing her up and bagging her groceries. Another 5 minutes go by and it's finally our time to pay. The checker was pretty bland, didn't say much and really didn't seem happy to be at work at all. We paid and vowed to never go back. The icing on the cake, when I was eating my sandwich about an hour later, I found a freaking hair in it!!!!!!!!!! Ew!!!!!! Never, ever going back! read more

If you live in the area and don't want to drive to Auburn or Placerville and want meat that is much better and fresher than Mar Val in Georgetown, Holiday Market is convenient. Never experienced rude service. But maybe I don't have my lips, nose, and various other parts of my body pierced. Also, I am not as cute (eyes of the beholder) as Chelsea. read more

Holiday as far as groceries go can be on the slightly pricier side. But you are also saving money on gas from not having to go into town. They have all of the essentials as far as groceries go and they just recently added liquor to the place. They have a Boar's Head deli. which is pretty good and your purchase of a sandwich comes with a $0.10 drink. In my opinion, the deli is pretty good and the deli staff usually are pretty good about getting the sandwiches out to you. The store closes around 9:30. So if you are out late at night then their big fridge by the deli has quite the selection of quick food. The staff is hit and miss, some of the employees are really nice while some look like they hate their job. read more

Pros: Very clean, friendly staff, outstanding wine and craft beer selection. Cons: Overall higher prices and a more limited grocery selection then most supermarkets found in Auburn (or even Marval in G-Town). This is especially true for the meat and produce departments. I find myself, like many other Divide residents, taking the 15 minute drive to Auburn when there is a need to stock up, thus saving a lot of money. One other note: I left similar comments on a survey that Holiday sent to me and without advisement or my permission, I started receiving phone calls from store employees asking about my feedback. Apparently they used info from my Rewards Card to gain my home phone number. They should really ask the person completing their survey if they wanted to be contacted personally via their home phone-bad policy. read more

I have shopped at the Holiday three times since my first review. The first time the music was louder than before and the speakers were tinnier. I came back a couple of days later and the music was more subdued and very tolerable. On that day, I spoke to one of the employees about my complaint and that person told me they had the same complaints about the loudness and selection of the music and thanked me for trying to do something about it. So, yesterday I went in around noon and the music was back to it's loud, tinny, obnoxious level. I guess there are some employees who like it this way and have the overall say in keeping it loud for their personal entertainment. Most of the people who work there are very courteous and helpful, so I gave the store two-stars for customer service. read more

It's slightly amusing to read the review of someone who doesn't shop at this store regularly. Being a smaller market definitely has its limitations, especially price-wise (somewhere between moderate and pricey). Our only other option is to drive 20 minutes (6 miles) through the canyon to Auburn, where prices are much better and a much better selection of whatever it is you want. At least they have Peet's coffee! What's really great about it is their deli. They carry Boar's Head products and make wonderful hot and cold sandwiches and offer a wide variety of prepared salads. Their panini sandwiches are fabulous! And their hot case has pretty good food too, if you want something quick. In the wine isle, one of the things they could do better is feature and promote wines from our local wineries. I have to search for them and the selection is a pittance of what is available. If they want us to shop locally at their store, they need to do what they can to promote the local economy as well. The staff is generally very friendly and very helpful. For some reason, they are in the process of rearranging the entire store. The jury is still out on the benefit of this. Not sure where all my favorites from the organic isle went, but I'll find them. read more

I am shocked to see any negative reviews on this place! I do find the fact that the bad ones are non-locals from the Sacramento area who come to infest our home to be funny ;). Anyway, living off 3rd gate, this is PERFECT. Holiday Market has everything one would find at Safeway or a larger supermarket. Same brands and competitive prices. The staff is always friendly and eager to help. Don't worry about the negative reviews, Holiday! Us locals LOVE you and the valley vermin can stay in their holes, lol! read more

A nice little market with a pretty good selection of food and they have an option for customer requests. Their gluten free section is also nice. There are some things that are pricier than other places but it's still a nice place to shop. Parking was easy every time we went. read more

This is my neighborhood store for 5 years now. They have a great selection of healthy foods and most are not too expensive. My son had to start eaten gluten free food and they were more than happy to bring in a couple of products I requested so I didn't have to go down the hill. It didn't even take them very long either! The cashiers are always very friendly and fast. I couldn't ask for a better small local store. Thanks for being there to serve your customers. read more

Have a great beer selections and are always very nice and honestly try to help. Every time I shop there it's almost like it's a family environment and they are very good with my daughter and I. read more

Worst market in the world. After being a member for quite some time now and shopping here regularly I recently lost my club card and was told I was not allowed to get another and was left to pay dam near double the price compared to the club price or any other market in the world for that matter. 20$ for a carton of eggs, they might have as well rob the whole divide with their prices. After this experience of dealing with this disrespectful cashier I rather starve before I go back to this store. read more

i mean it's no hardware store but whatever i guess. lowk disappointed but still chilling

Never excited to walk into this market. I moved to garden valley about a year ago and this is the last place to grab things on the way home. I try my best not to ever forget anything in auburn because i find the team members are mostly rude. Im a cute, small, lip piercings, 5 foot 2, 25 yr old girl that looks around 19. I get dirty looks and no hellos or have a nice day at check out. Im not some punk teenager, i make and spend money like everyone else. Also they are way over priced on most things, only buy things on sale if you must shop there. I find it also annoying that they only carry beer and wine. I found a great deal on some liquor in the add i picked up walking into the store only to find they dont even carry any... read more

My sister moved to Cool, CA not too long ago. It's a very small community ca. 4,000 population not far from Auburn, CA. I managed to miss Holiday market, thinking it was one of those stores that specializes in holiday stuff. But the next day I realized it was a supermarket, and upon visiting found it was in fact a very nice supermarket. They have plenty of organic and very nice but expensive produce, though occasionally there are some pretty good deals mixed in too. They are the best place in town for a cup of coffee (not that there's much competition) serving Peet's. They have a deli and rotisserie chickens and BBQ items as well as limited (but surprisingly large for such a small community) selection of specialty prepared items like Sushi, and basic prepared lunch items. The beer and wine selection is excellent, better than most markets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The people seem to have that small town charm, but I think everybody here has that. I was in line yesterday, and I think I was the only customer the lady at the register didn't know by name. If I lived in Cool, I'd be by every morning for coffee. Highly recommended if you're in the area. read more

So great to have such a full service grocery store here in our small community. It's clean, friendly and has a large selection of most everything I need. read more

Delicious roast beef sandwich although my son had to go back inside to have meat put on his sandwich. Outside seating in the shade. The employees here are So nice. Typical small town atmosphere read more