Vons

I hadn’t been here in months since I live in Northridge, but found out that they added new local beer selections, which I thought was fairly cool. They are a little pricey tho, and just found out that they don’t take the Vons loyalty card anymore for added discounts. They decided to just reduce the price slightly instead of using the card you had, which had been around for years. The line was terrible. There were only 2 cashiers and the lines were really long and slow

Do not I repeat do not let me repeat that again do not shop here after 4 o’clock they have one checker and the line wraps around Aisle 9. Go to Albertsons. Ps Worst produce ever!

The staff here all seemed miserable. Couldn’t get help at the deli until some other employee who was on a break yelled into the back. All the sandwich fixens looked like they had been sitting over night all translucent and weird. Then when I checked out the cashier barely acknowledged me… like I said hi and he didn’t even say hi back. Made me sort of uncomfortable… idk it’s customer service part of that is faking it and being friendly even if you’re not in the mood. I serve tables and I have to do it all day. It’s not that hard to smile geeze.

When Vons was really a Vons store, it had my sincere loyalty. I worked for many years at Safeway and when it was taken over by Vons, I was never happier to work for a corporate entity. They cared about their employees and went the extra distance to keep us happy. When the employees are happy we make our customers happy.
Then SAFEWAY took it back over. Suddenly we got the ‘bad shifts’ and Management was surly and didn’t listen to our concerns (for the most part). I had a young child at home and they put me on the midnight shifts even though I pleaded with them for something that would help me spend time with my 3 yr old son. I felt that they squeezed out the journeyman clerks in order to put much cheaper new employees in our place. And that is part of why the crappy customer service. Safeway cuts corners in such a way that it madly affects the customers as you can see by the reviews here. They cut front end staff and there are long lines, and not enough bagging help to keep the lines moving. I used to love working there. I now happily shop at Albertsons. Its sad that Safeway just doesn’t get the human factor. Until they do they will have unhappy employees and inferior customer service.

This place is horrible didn’t have my meds in stock when I went in and as soon as I walked out I called and asked if they carry my type and which the man who answer said they did. At this point I ask why the red head lady working the front of the pharmacy said they didn’t carry this type and he answered that they been having problems with here picking and choosing who she would like to help out… they need to fire that red headed lady and soon.

The best thing about the Vons in Carpenteria is the location. It’s the only grocery store in the center of this charming town, which means if you’re staying nearby, or if you’re lucky enough to live in this little slice of paradise, you can grab a bag and walk/​bike here for provisions.
Other than that, this Von’s is a typical large grocery store with the usual stuff in the usual aisles. There’s a pretty good selection of gluten-​free products and a small organic produce area. Like all Von’s they carry their own organic product line, «O» organics. (I’m a fan.)
Unlike other Vons The meat section tends to sell out of options and I haven’t been able to find any turkey breakfast sausage. I’ve bought some delicious fresh salmon here though.
There’s ample parking in the large private lot, as well as bike parking.
I only gave Von’s a 3 star rating because it really isn’t anything special, but it’s still the only grocery store I go to when I’m in Carpenteria.

Shady store ~ two habitual fraudulent practices must watch for !!
1) Advertise one price, ring another. Managers response, «Huh, well shouldn’t be marked like that» He did nothing to explore or correct situation. It may have been because of the twelve deep line and one cash register opened.
2) Items rang up but pushed to side and not bagged. Manager response, «Come in and we’ll fix it». Great response but after two incidences… I’d rather shop and bring everything home in one trip versus play detective.

If you’re spending the day at the beach and need something grocery-​like, this is okay. I was able to get in quickly, find my adult beverage of choice along with a couple snacks and get out.
When I was checking out, some lady was chatting with the my cashier trying to get her to eat something. I’m all for fun at work, but please don’t be dropping the F bomb in front of customers. Especially when it’s about your employer!
By the way, Carp won’t bag your groceries so bring bags!

Well, I’m a fan because it’s a local grocery store, even though it’s run by a large corporation. I love that I can walk there from my house (always bringing a bag, of course) or stop with my car on the way home from work. The staff is friendly and remembers you from visit to visit. I don’t know about the deli or Starbuck’s or the meats because those aren’t my thing, but there is organic produce and lots of new gluten-​free items. They do get super busy on holiday weekends and in the summertime because of the tourists and campers at the state campground in Carpinteria. This is one of the charms of Carpinteria. If you don’t like crowds, just don’t go at peak times. I can always find what I want and always get that «I love Carpinteria» feeling in this store.
As for the pharmacy, it depends on who waits on you. One guy is great, knows my name on sight and works rapidly and accurately. The newer woman is new to the location but obviously well experienced; she’s very friendly and efficient. The other gal, whose name I can’t remember, is very sweet and efficient. That said, there’s one guy there who is simply a disaster: sarcastic and rude, like he thinks he’s being funny and I should be in on the joke but he never fails to rub me the wrong way. I will literally come back the next day in hopes of someone else if I get there and he’s the one at the pharmacy.

Sloooooow line but convenient location. Fire wood was a rip off there so I don’t recommend buying that there. There’s a Starbucks inside which we hit up but they got my order wrong (although they offered to remake it). I love their breakfast sandwiches at the stand next to the Starbucks.

Awful. Honestly the worst grocery store in Santa Barbara County. There are multiple reasons why I feel this way, but today it was the service or LACK there of. NANCY PEREZ should be demoted from supervisor to FIRED. She needs to learn some manners and some customer device skills, of which she has NONE. WHO IN THE HELL made her supervisor?! THEY DONT EVEN HAVE TAMARI SAUCE. Their seafood selection STINKS… literally. I walked in yesterday and thought «Wow, there isn’t any REAL food here». Demolish this silly excuse of a super market and bring on Trader Joe’s! This Von’s is a JOKE.

Decent deals and decent hours. Like every other corporate store in Carpinteria, it no longer offers free bags with purchases, this can be frustrating when shopping unexpectedly — oh well :)

In a town with only two supermarkets this one is number two.
While pleasantly remodeled to resemble the current Safeway/​Vons model the size limits the selection. I heard the city refused to allow expansion which will likely lead to an untimely demise for this location.
You can get most mainstream items here but for anything outside the norm you will have to go elsewhere.
If they don’t have what you are looking for there is an Albertson’s a mile or so away with more selection and cheaper prices.

This review is regarding Vons Pharmacy.
I’ve been sending my prescription to this Pharmacy since 2008 or so because of my Thyroid medication and other things.
Today I called around 7:30am and requested my prescription to be refilled through their phone system which told me that the medication should be ready after 1pm. I got there at 1:30pm and left my family in the car waiting for me since I knew it was going to be a fast stop. Once inside one of my two prescriptions was ready, the second one wasn’t.
The pharmacist starts looking for the paper work of the missing prescription and shows me that he had already printed the receipt so when I asked him where were the pills? he didn’t like it, and said…” you cannot expect things to be ready in two minutes” that blew me away and I said «I called in at 7:30!!!», then he told me not to rely on the phone system and that I should have called in again and talked to a person (even though I signed up for auto refill back in 2008 and I was told that my pick up time was after 1pm). so I told him «you need to turn that phone off if it doesn’t work» he is now upset because I’m questioning the things he was telling which made no sense.
I was so upset at this point I just wanted to pay for the prescription I did have, and just leave, so when I told him that, he yelled at me and said «do you want me to help you? but we were not getting anywhere, I had my family waiting and I just wanted to leave, then he said «you are giving me a heart attack.»
I did all I was supposed to do and he is the one yelling at me for coming to pick up the prescription that was supposed to be on auto refill and ready to be picked up. It seemed like he was making sure everybody could see him as the victim and pretended he wanted to «help me», then why didn’t he have the prescription ready in the first place???
I’m transferring my prescription somewhere else.

Von’s in Carpinteria is terrible. The meat department is always limited and gross. The seafood selection is a joke. The produce is more often than not in disarray. The deli is set up in an awkward way– next to the entrance, so you feel you are in a traffic lane. A terrible lack of local and organic foods. If you are able to make it through with a cart full of yummies, good luck finding a lane to check out in any sort of reasonable time frame.

being back bags.

I don’t live here anymore, but this Vons has sure been spiffed up since I moved. It is pretty inside. We found what we were looking for, prices kinda high, but that’s life. I agree with the other person who wishes for Trader Joes. You can always drive to SB or Ventura though. I had helpful customer service.

Didnt like it — not well organized. Preferred to drive further to Albertsons.

nice vons store but i like the Montecito location way better.

This is a beautiful grocery store since they remodeled it and is always very clean. All the employees here are really thoughtful, friendly and talkative, even while walking around the store they ask me how my day is going and if I need help finding anything. When I checkout in line they’re just as kind and I usually have great conversations with them. They have a great selection and often have food I don’t expect them to have.
My only negatives about the grocery store are 1.) the deli is usually understaffed and on occasion I have had to go to the front and ask them to send someone over, they always do but still a bit of an inconvenience. 2.) It can definitely get crowded so I usually avoid the times it is crowded which is typically the early evening (4 or 5 pm). 3.) my last complaint is that during the summer the campers come and buy ALL the meat, that’s not their fault but it still drives me nuts haha.
I love this grocery store and would rather go here than Albertsons any day. I have tried going to albertsons on several occasions and it always seems very dirty and every time I go there the employees are very rude to me :(.