The low rating is for the staff, seems pretty interchangeable with Stevenson Ranch's crew (the one near Sand Canyon is the only store with the kind of basic courtesy from cashiers you'd expect at any major supermarket).
So I'm just reposting that mainly -- produce section seems OK and there are younger, friendly people who stock the shelves and so on.
Like another reviewer observed about SR they seem largely middle-aged to older ladies who are surly, sometimes openly rude and clearly would rather not be working at all or certainly not there!
I'm certainly not an ageist, good and poor quality employees come in all ages and genders, but the cashiers here at Stevenson Ranch and the one on Lyons in Newhall are too often cranky and seem to resent your saving money using the store membership card the store itself promotes -- Just for You -- where you download virtual "coupons" and if you combine them with sales you can save a lot.
In every other Vons I've been to from Palisades and Malibu to West Hollywood and Westwood, even less prosperous SilverLake, IF the checkers comment at all it's to say "you did good!" or just tell you how much you saved (a story policy I find odd -- how does the person behind you who might be paying full price feel about that? Is it an incentive to become a "member" or just feel resentful?).
They can openly embarrass you if there is a pricing error which as others have observed, seems to be pretty frequent. ONE lady in her sixties, when I questioned an error, yelled: "No, that can't be right! You got too many groceries for so little money!" Others challenge me in a tone like I'm enjoying this, holding up the line to be publicly embarrassed.
They have been loud, shouting across the store for a manager about a problem order --
complained about having to re-ring items several times a day because of computer error as if that's an excuse. Maybe some don't know how their own incentive program works and think anyone who figures out how to benefit from it has to be publicly shamed not to do it again?
I learned from another store that company policy is to give the customer the item for free if they ring it up wrong -- here, they might just bite your head off.
I have wondered why this is the main demographic and why they are so surly -- are the stores on the verge of closing with them out of a job? There seem to be corporate mergers and phasing out of stores. Maybe it's harder to find employees in Santa Clarita, a relatively small town which already employs many people in many stores? But Ralphs and other markets don't have the same attitudes even though many of the employees might look similar.
They are undermining the company's incentive programs and working themselves out of jobs.
I LIKE the Just For You unlike some, it takes a few min's online but you can save a LOT of money -- which many of these ladies seem to resent.
The Company Corporate had better take note of Santa Clarita!
P.S. There is a can and plastic recycling truck on the lot, I have't used 'em but see the sign, no bottles, attendant said they give actual CRV for upto 50 items then they weigh it, the standard it seems. read more