Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market

I love, love, love Fresh and Easy! So sad to know they are closing their El Cajon location. Still, it would be worth it for me to drive to Casa De Oro or Lake Jennings because I love them so much! At first I wasnt too sure about ready made food from the grocery store but when I tried theirs, I was amazed at how good everything was and fresh and cheap and more healthier than a fast food joint. Every 8 – 5, both parents working with two kids DREAM come true! I will absolutely miss it in El CAJON :(

Easy in and out market.
I love the cooked grilled chicken breast in the
Cold section. Different variety lemon paper, Memphis BBQ and
Plain. GREAT for a quick salad, pizza, or make a wrap.
Check out the clearance section, we bought
Cilantro flavor tortillas for 50 cents and organic chips for. 75 cents. Reg (2.00 $) I always love a DEAL!

It may be Fresh, but it sure isn’t Easy. I’ve shopped here many times but have now about given up. This store has an obsession with the potential for shoplifting that colors everything that goes on, and makes for a giant hassle. The staff attitude is split between very good helpful employees, and another half that are downright rude. I’m also not fond of having box lids and restock merchandise tossed past my head as I’m shopping because a worker finds it more fun to throw things in his work cart rather than do his job like a grownup. But the biggest hassle is the self-​checkout machines that lock up at the slightest provocation and will keep you stuck there waiting while their staff gets around to searching your order to make sure you haven’t pilfered something. I think Fresh and Easy needs to learn that they’re not going to make it in America unless they start offering normal checkout, if they can’t trust you to use the self-​service option.

Love the do it yourself eco friendly healthy market ;) but mostly all of the yummy fresh warm up foods they offer, its always a good choice for me to take to work. My two favorite products they offer are the fresh and easy fresh squeezed lemonade and their delicious Greek salad!!!

LOVE this particular F&E because they have the best employees! SO friendly and helpful! I love F&E quality and the prices are great! Love the mark down area… get some GREAT bargains there! Our family shops pretty exclusively at this F&E!

I was really digging this place for a while, but if I have to navigate past one more giant person bent over in the refrigerated markdown case, I am going to scream. I avoid that aisle totally.

This location is always clean & the employees are really helpful!

This is a very convenient location for my friends. They live right down the street, so whenever we cook dinner over there, we come to fresh and easy. They always have what we need, with an air for health.
This location is a smaller store, only having a few amount of hours, but you still find everything you would need. The staff never approaches us, asking if we need help. But they do seem approachable, so if we did need help, I’m sure they would happy to help us.
We really love getting the hummus dips here, and get pita to go with it. Its not gourmet hummus nor fresh mother-​made hummus, but its still pretty darn good.
I love fresh and easy; its fresh, its easy, guess why they call it fresh and easy! lol

This is another great Fresh & Easy location. I came here to pick up some of their O.J., which I love, and some of their wheat pita bread, and once again, which I love.
The place was very well stocked and organized. The produce all looked fresh and easy to pick, ha! Sorry, I could not help myself. They had a great variety of meats, and I was also impressed with their in house bakery. While I was there, I checked out some of their ready made meals and they all looked great and well priced. I will pick some up during the week for lunch at work.
I like their easy and quick self check out. The more I go, the better I get at it. So I find myself having more efficient shopping trips.
If you have not shopped here, give it a try!

Best grocery store ever for the price and quality combined!
Remember to bring your own bags since they are an eco-​friendly grocery store and you bag your own stuff.

I’m so glad this came to El Cajon. I love their ready-​to-​eat meals. I can heat one up and have a meal that I would never have cooked on my own, and the best part is that they are fresh! I wouldn’t recommend buying toiletries and such here, though. Just stick to the fresh foods.

«Dude, What? You’ve never been to Fresh’N’ Easy? Whaat?»
So there we go, grocery shopping at 8pm like crazy people in an awesome store! This location was pretty good for the most part!
It was quiet, not a soul in sight. got our shopping done fast and my sister thought it was the best place she had ever been to aside from Trader Joe’s.
Hands Down they have the BEST Tomato and Basil Marinara Sauce and its only $ 1.99, tastes homemade and super yummy! They have great deals on all their Produce and it actually is really Fresh and really good! Decently priced too! Butternut squash chunks for $ 2, Yes, Please & Thank You! CoCo Sharks are the bombdiggity and only $ 2…Agave nectar is also super reasonable! We got a few of their pre-​made easy and super nutritious organic salads and dinners! Not to Shabby ! Not to Shabby!
The staff were really personable and nice, I think I saw maybe 2. It was really quiet in the store! We are willing to shop here any and all the time now! Oh and the 50% off section RULES! Yeah I’m ghetto, I don’t care, Ill buy stuff at ½ off just cuz of a date, if it looks pretty and smells OK it cant be that bad, right? haha! Although save yourselves and don’t buy the Green Juice– ½ off or not– its pretty earthy tasting and spinach kale sprout juice, well if it aint your thing than don’t get crazy and try it. its funky!
Go check out any of your local Fresh N’ Easy Stores, they’re poppin up all over the place now! You will not be disappointment!

Fresh & Easy rules!
There is a great balance between mass market brands (like you’d find at Vons, Albertsons, etc.) and the natural/​organic fare like you’d find at Whole Foods, Henry’s, Sprouts, etc. F&E stores are not very big, so they seem to cater more towards singles, couples, college students, etc. more so than families. This location seems to be about the same size as the Navajo store. They have all of the staples, though… local produce, meat and fish, dry goods, and frozen. There are a lot of ready to eat foods, such as sandwiches and salads, which are great options on the go. They also have their own affordable store brand, with products such as sauces and condiments, paper goods/​consumables, and even some F&E exclusive beer and wine!
The prices are very competitive, as well. The nuts and rice are about the same price in packages at F&E as they are in the bulk bins at Sprouts and Henry’s! Here’s a tip for the conscientious shopper: Keep an eye out for clearanced foods in the late afternoon. Perishables are marked down as much as 85% a day or two before the best by date. The first week they opened, I picked up NY strip steaks for less than $ 1 per pound because they over-​ordered for the grand opening and had to mark them down. Wow!
The staff here is very friendly, and helpful. I also get the impression that they are a very hip company to work for, because the staff have tattoos and (tasteful) piercings, wear cool T-​shirts and jeans, and seem to be having a good time. It makes me a little jealous that I have to take out my piercings and cover up my tattoos for work!