This is my second time I buy chicken and has a bad smell . The other time I bought some ice cream…read moreand it was expired in 2024 that's a year ago . Please do better with checking expired items .

I stop 6-8 times a year on the way home from work for specific items…read more General observation - store serves 90% Latino clientele, who cook from scratch more than average, and the assortment reflects that. I've never run into any situation where not speaking Spanish was an impediment. Things I find particularly worthwhile. Produce tends to be cheaper than most supermarkets. tomatoes, mangos and assorted fresh chiles are good values. In the fall, 'tunas' or cactus pears are available. Fresh foods - the grilled chicken is a favorite - a guilty pleasure for me is 'chicharron con carne' which is deep fried pork skin with a strip of meat attached, think a 6 inch pork rind with deep fried pork meat. Closest thing I've had to that is pork cracklins in Louisiana. Corn tortillas are freshly made. Store made mini tostadas, about 3 in in diameter are something I haven't seen around, which I prefer to the normal sized tostadas. Also, Sonoran style flour tortillas brought in from Phoenix ...so much better than the machine made flour tortillas. Common in AZ, this is the only place I've seen them in Kern County. 'Telera' bread, which is used for Mexican style sandwiches aka tortas, grab a few. This is the closest I've found to the Caribbean style soft loaves to make Cuban pressed sandwich and paninis. A individual serving of tres leches cake - not overly sweet - also tops it off.

Walmart is what it is, you know? This specific location is in a great area, many shops and…read morerestaurants around. The staff here, however aren't very helpful. Check out lines are horrendous; this goes for self check out as well! Given it's the only Walmart in the area, if you're desperate, this would be the place to go, I suppose.

This is a small Walmart but they had what we needed in a pinch…read more I'm glad it was there to pop into and we did get a cookie for the road. Mine had sprinkles. It was fine. No complaints. Good service. Pretty clean

State Market used to be a great local supermarket; Quality went down under new management. Sad.read more

Sad to see how State Market has gone down hill. Their quality has gone extremely down, old and low…read morequality produce, hardly any meat, expired products and horrible customer service.

We camped at the Kern River for 10 days. So pleased to find this market for groceries - they've got…read moreeverything & prices are competitive. Excellent meat case, prepared salads, hot food & desserts, if you don't want to cook. They have a large beer section, all kinds in a cooler room. We bought sweat shirts here too, fishing license & extra tackle. Very big selection and very friendly staff.

Came into Kernville from Alta Sierra it a beautiful drive down. My destination was James Store our…read morefavorite market in the valley. It was time for their stuffed pork chops from the old school super meat dept. / deli Friendly butcher service on special cuts of all your favorite steaks, home made sausages, hamburger, chicken. The deli I could go on & on about delicious sandwiches salads great lunch specials. Hot, take out selections are available, hot dogs burritos all delicious. Groceries any item you crave most likely James store will have it. Super selection of fresh crisp produce they have it all. JS have a 50' section of your favorite spirts and fine wines. Fishing hunting hiking camping it's all here if you forget anything.. Gas & Diesel available to top off your tanks. It's a busy place on the weekends, people come from all over to visit the mighty Kern River and venture up Hwy.178 to the magnificent Sierras.

Worst store ever I don't even know why this store is still open ! They employees there are…read moreridiculously fuxken rude especially the store directors, a while back my kid had accidentally opened the security door that has an alarm and the store director made my child cry screaming at him telling him why he opened the door, I didn't say anything cause I thought he was joking at first but he wasn't ! the cashier that was helping me at the time told me I can call corporate and report him (I could tell she was embarrassed by his behavior) but I chose not too and that was my first mistake, i came back a week ago and the same guy was there and he gave me the ugliest look and was just staring me the whole entire time i felt so uncomfortable . His name was jose from what I seen on his name tag I don't know how this company allows such rude people to work there no wonder this store is going to sh*t.

If I Could not give any stars I would. I bought a…read morequesadilla. ( asada and cheese ) and 1 tamale ) cheese and chile. Literally the worst food I've ever had. The meat in the quesadilla was GAMMY. I literally had to tear apart the quesadilla just to be able to get little tears of the cheese and tortilla. Disgusting. A quesadilla is one of the simplest "meals" you can ever make and not being able to be knowledgeable about the meat and If it's appropriate to serve or not is ridiculous. Tamale: I open the tamale and it was falling apart. No flavor at all. Now I remember why I never eat at Vallarta, 0/10 would not recommend at all. Waste of Money, will not be returning.

Everything here is WAY marked up from the Bakersfield locations. You could shop literally ANYWHERE…read moreelse amd save money. But you cant beat the convenience and selection.

It's a small town so prices are pretty high here, I only get specific items here like dog food and…read morealcohol. Last time I was here though, I had an absolutely horrible experience that made me never want to go back. I don't remember what the cashier's name was but he was youngish (not as young as most of the baggers) skinny, had a beard and possibly blue eyes. I assume he's new because I have never been treated with so much disrespect from the cashier's here and hadn't seen him before. I came into the check out line with my friend who had a SEPARATE order (I had alcohol in my order) was preparing to take out my credit card and ID when the guy tells me he will needs both me AND my friend's ID in order to sell to me. Which is absolutely ridiculous and I have never been asked this before by cashier's here. My friend's product was just a burrito from the deli so she obviously didn't bring her ID for that. I confirmed that it didn't matter to him that all the items were for me and that I would be paying for them separately from her. Had to drive her back to her house to get her ID, came back and they had thrown away her burrito (after being gone for maybe 10 minutes max) even though they had promised to set it aside till we got back. This man tried to tell me it was so called long standing policy which is complete bs, if I had known his name I would have called and just straight up reported him to management. Put a giant bummer on my night for absolutely no reason, plus it's stupid how you gonna ask me to provide an ID for the person behind me in line? Yea we were talking but she literally could've been a complete stranger, so this guy wouldn't have sold me my products just cause I was talking to someone behind me??? Like what if she was actually a stranger, he's gonna expect me to ask her to get her ID just so I a complete stranger can buy my groceries? Make it make sense and train your workers better, even the baggers (who bring me my pick up orders regularly) knew this guy was in the wrong. And going so far as to throwing out my friend's burrito after not being gone for long at all (she literally lives three blocks from the store) then trying to offer to make another in 15 minutes while the store is closing? It shows me this guy didn't expect me to come back and was simply just trying to get rid of me and my friend, like I thought you guys wanted to sell this stuff? Seriously guys you can do better. Two stars are only for the products, and the one bagger who has always been kind and respectful when I pick up my orders, do better with your staff. I won't be coming back unless it's for a pick up order when every other place in town is out of what I want. Horrible

A small but very nice mini market located in the town of McFarland, and directly across the street…read morefrom McFarland High School. The store wax fully stocked with do many different types of food items and other types of merchandise. The female employee behind the counter was very nice and engaging and my ice cream was EXCELLENT!!

Nice small market with a great variety of products. Employee was friendly and very welcoming…read more Also plenty of parking out in front.

We had to stop at Vons in lake Isabella we needed ice cream, I forgot to pack it. We're headed up…read moreto our cabin in Alta Sierra for St. Patrick's weekend. I never mind stopping in at Vons, Its is vibrant store in the Kern River valley always busy. Vons is staffed by friendly locals It features a Starbucks outstanding deli, bakery, produce, meat, non foods liquor and grocery departments. The store supports many local activities in the valley. If you haven't shopped at Vons stop in give the a try. They also had a sale on our favorite ice cream.

I'm disappointed with this Vons, I've tried to be understanding about the quality of food…read more Recently, I bought raspberries, and I went home to freeze them. When I put them in a bowl, half of them were moldy. The lettuce was brown inside when I split in half. Bag of potatoes several were rotten. Went to Vons at 8 pm, no baskets, they were being used to block off a section in store. The cashier told me to look in the parking lot (I'm 70 yrs). No customer service. No milk (sale) re stocked. 3 heads of lettuce (all bad). No frozen veggies were restocked (on a Wednesday when the sale deals should be stocked). These incidents have occurred in the last 3 wks at the Vons in Lake Isabella.

My boyfriend asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day and the only thing I wanted was a trip to…read moreFamily food mart to stock up on my meat! I love it here! The meats are always fresh and I usually spend way too much even when I say "can we go to Family food mart? I promise I'm not gonna get a lot this time." I'm a weak, weak woman. This little meat market is always clean, well staffed, carries good quality meats, and the prices are great! . I remember when it wasn't as popular as it is now. I was surprised to see how busy it was today. It didn't take long though cause they had lots of meat guys working behind the counter. They have a lot of cool stuff too. I even got some of their famous aprons and a ball cap. You get to spin the wheel with every $300 purchase, so I got 2 spins and ended up getting even more stuff than I imagined. They also give scratchers I think for every 3 lbs of meat or per meat basket and you can win more free stuff. If you're into meat, like I am, and you're looking for a high quality and a good price meat market you need to make the drive out here. You won't be disappointed. They carry Harris ranch beef and even SRF (snake river farms)!!! The inside is poppin' with good music.

Best meat market in town fresh fruit and veggies great service amazing staff i recommend if u are…read morein the area to get your meats here well worth it