Lucky

I understand that supermarkets carry thousands and thousands of products and know exactly where each item is placed can be daunting. I needed a specific product from the supermarket so I called and asked if they had it one girl was immediately quick to tell me that they absolutely did not carry it. The item in question was something simple. It was bread machine yeast or fast rising yeast. I called to Luckys and got the same response. However I called for the third time and a girl said that they carried it so I walked in and purchase several bottles. I don’t know what it is with people now a days if they can’t remember simple things such as this. It’s part of their job.

I was visiting my boyfriend’s family in the bay area and we planned to make breakfast. I was in charge of getting the groceries needed to make some waffles. I Unilocaled to find the close by grocery store and came across this page. It is very easy to locate, google map took me right to the place. It has a private lot so parking is not an issue and there is an ample amount of parking space available.
Although I had a list of couple things that I needed, it took me a little longer than it normally should. Wish the labels were written in a larger font and that the store was organized well. As my fellow Unilocalers pointed out, I noticed it as well that the store as well as the parking lot is not kept that clean and tidy. I was looking for organic blueberries and strawberries and I was little disappointed to realize that their organic or fresh produce section is not big or maybe Orange County has spoiled me. I needed help in regards to helping me find the pure maple syrup but there was not a single employee walking around in the store to ask the customers if they need help with anything. The old lady at the check out counter was really nice and super friendly, she let me know about few places to go eat at while I am in the area.
P. S. They don’t hand out the bags for your groceries. I was looking for one at the check out counter and felt silly not finding one but the cashier said that one needs to bring their own bags for the groceries. I believe that is a great way to save the environment.

The reason I came (besides vitamins and eye drops) … Lucky has the *best* Asiago Pasta Salad in their deli section! Yummers!

They are quite limited in the variety they carry. They did not stock the Thai lime leaves I needed, and neither the red birds eye chili.
When asked if they could order it, the answer was abrupt «no, we don’t know» and that’s it. It’s like they don’t want your business.

This review is for their deli section.
I went in to grab some fried chicken which are $ 7.99 for 8 pcs. 2 breast, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks and 2 wings. There was an older lady with a slinged arm working the sample of the day. There was nobody behind the counter so she went to call for someone to help me. When help arrived I ordered 16 pcs of the chicken. There were only enough to make 8 pc with 3 wings and 3 drumsticks leftover. The older lady told me she’ll do those for 49 cents each. Sounds good to me. They had about 10 teriyaki wings left so i decided to grab all of that too. The one behind the counter asked if I wanted it in separate bags. Yeah no kidding unless i wanted teriyaki glaze on my fried chicken. (bad sign number 1) She then starts ringing it up and was asking the older lady for the cashing machine codes while she was looking into my bag counting the pcs. In other words she was talking directly into my food. (bad sign number 2) There were some mixup in the codes so she taped TWO price stickers on my bag. One was for $ 1.79 the other $ 5.65. At 49 cents each it should only have been 3 bucks. And of course the lady at the checkout scanned the more expensive sticker. I was too hungry to even think to check and only noticed this when I got home.
And to top it all off. The teriyaki wings weren’t even teriyaki. They tasted like honey bbq. Gah!

Lucky Super is an old store but they have some uniqueness here.
–beers located way over in last corner against the wall
–not many 20 oz micros. sales pricing on beers mimics CVS with a couple $$ off 6pk.
–buying wines in lots of 4 gets u big discount unlike safeway./cvs where 6 are min.
«rubi», micro café coffeer dispenser,(1)
–dark roast tasted like mcdonalds…

Great store with stocked shelves and friendly workers.
For Some reason the parking lot gets odd
Loitering probably because it’s next door to a motel 6.
I always park in front and never go at night.
Always leave with my vanilla coffee from there machine near the Bofa ATM

I’ve been going to this luckys pretty often for years now. It’s never super busy, and the prices are of course comparable to other luckys. Now there are certain appeals to a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s Luckys does not have… and it’s prices won’t beat a Grocery outlet… but this Luckys has had some of the friendliest cashiers I have ever met.
The few times I needed customer service, they have been exceptional to my sometimes unrealistic expectations. That is why this Luckys is awesome, and unique among its kind.

Can’t say enough about the employees at this store. While this store is smaller than most luckys, it is conveniently located near my home & what I like most is how helpful the employees all are. The other day I needed more individual jumbo valentine’s day cupcakes– the man working the bakery said I will make them for you! What color frosting would you like? Today, while shopping, Sylvia in the deli department offered me a sample of the green chicken enchiladas. It was delicious! They didn’t have any more pre-​made, she offered to make them for me right on the spot. I have been helped by her several times before she is such a sweet lady. Last week the meat manager gave me a tip that 1) I should pick up my lobster for valentine’s day on wed (instead of monday) so it’s fresher & 2) said it will be going on sale. Which it did & since I saved on the whole lobster, I bought lobster tails as well. The ladies at the registers are friendly & I always get excellent service to my car from Andrew or Bruce as well as the other baggers. I hope the management reads this review & recognizes the outstanding crew they have working at this store. Thanks again for making my grocery trips enjoyable every time!

This store is pretty small and very old. Often freezers and cold cases are broken or out of order. Makes me nervous to buy ice cream from this store.
It is pretty grubby inside could use a facelift and some soap and water.
All the cashiers are super nice, some of the best I have come across. The parking is easy and that is really good. The prices seem fairly low as well. Kind of skimpy on produce, no cherries or apricots here I drive to Raley’s and they have tons. I like this little store much better then safeway the manager at this Lucky’s is a great guy, super friendly and he greets every customer sometimes with funny jokes.

I always grab my desserts here for the office potluck, sometimes they make an amazing fruit tart pie that’s always a crowd pleaser. The baker was nice enough to wipe some condensation off the plastic covering, making the pastry look more presentable. Would go again.

THIS IS ONLY BASED ON THE BAKERY DEPARTMENT
I’m at Lucky picking up a gift card for my sister’s birthday and decided to get her a small cake. I noticed that they had mini princess cakes on the display. My sister LOVE LOVE LOvEssS Little Mermaid! So I ask ROSALIND the specialist in the bakery department if they have the «Arial» cake. She tells me that those cakes have to be pre-​ordered. So I thank her and look around the bakery. She flags me down and asks me if I would like to buy the figurine ($ 8.99). I tell her yes and she starts searching in BOXES for the Arial one. With MUCH effort, she finds me the figurine.
I’m now searching for a small cake to put the «Arial» on top of and tells me to wait a while she might have the perfect cake in the back. She comes out and has 2 small cakes in her hand. She places them on the counter and we try to figure out the best spot to place the figurines on the cake. It didn’t quite work. So she brings the cakes back and goes in the kitchen. She holds up an un-​done 8 inch cake and asks me what color cake do I want. With hesitance I asked her maybe a blue and green cake just to give it the ocean feel. She asks if I can wait 10min and I say yes.
As she brings out the cake, my jaw immediately drops. I take a breath in and thank her so much! The «improv.» cake was incredible! I had to flag other customers around just to brag about the GREAT/​WONDERFUL/​AWESOME job ROSALIND did!
Not only was she willing to help a last minute customer like me, she also went above and beyond! She looked in several boxes for a tiny figurine; Went out of her way to find a small cake; And in the end she customized a cake.
At any point, others would stop the effort and go on about their day. She took customer service to a next level by continuing until the customer was FULLY SATISFIED.
So if you’re looking for a cake, ROSALIND is your gal! (see photo for cake)

I absolutely love this Lucky’s, and every person that works there! Every single person knows me, most by name, knows my kids, greets me with a smile, gives great customer service. Every person has stress in their life, but you wouldn’t know it with these dedicated workers. Mary, you are awesome, Sarina, I love you! Lorilei, you are amazing! Thank you for paying for my kid’s breakfast when my card wouldn’t work, and I was in a rush getting the to school and work on time. I really appreciate that! Very kind of you! Jennifer, Alisha, Debbie– you’re my girl! You crack me up! (I will edit soon with the other names that I only know their face, cause they are great as well, and deserve recognition.) They are always happy to see us. We share quick stories, they ask me about my events. etc. Speaking of events… DAVINDAR!!!
DAVINDAR!!! You are the most wonderful, caring, sweetest, best Baker I have ever known! Even if I move farther, I will still come to my Dav for all my cakes! Every single cake I have ordered, is absolutely delicious, beautiful, and perfect! He has done custom ordered cakes, made cakes with a 1day notice, and also paid for my cake himself because he knew I was struggling, and he truly cares! He is a great friend! Not to mention, he makes the best cookies ever, and my kids run straight to him every time! Thanks for everything Dav– we love you!
This location is always clean, stocked, and organized. I love this group of people, and appreciate your daily kindness! Thank you!

making my
Chicken wrap…
Multi grain tortilla
Romaine lettuce
Chicken breast
Balsamic vinegarette
Veggies and protein: Check!
One register really?
Veggies and fruits: check!
Have you had yours yet?
I don’t have anything against to this store, except that sometimes there’s only one register were open but for the most part, the meat department are friendly and helpful.
Of course, as a customer. I always check the expiration dates on most of the packaged food. There was one incident that I found one of the packaged chicken and it was expired, I’ve immediately brought it to one of the associate’s attention and removed the item right away.

From Pepcid to shampoo, this lucky store is always stocked.
Located nearby my house, this is the spot for me to go to when I need to do some groceries. I normally list my groceries so I am usually in and out of this place.
Other Unilocalers mentioned that some staffs do love to chit chat so i had to deduct one star for that. On the other note, on weekends during summer time, this place has outdoor grilling for BBQ and they don’t taste that bad for the price.
Overall, like I mentioned, know what you want to buy and you’ll have no problem geting in and out of this place.

ATTENTION: CASH REGISTERS ARE DISTRUSTFUL!
Because this is literally a 2 minute drive from my house, I used to come here for every food item. It would be my one-​stop shop for groceries and there would be no questions where I would go to buy food.
However, a recent incident happened with my mother when she came here. Long story short, it was almost time to close and the cashier that was helping my mom basically CHEATED her and CHARGED her for this $ 30 bag of shrimp that she did not buy (she didn’t even have it in her cart!). We speculate that it was actually the cashier’s and she was trying to use my mom to buy it for her because she was hoping that my mom bought so many groceries, so it would just slip by without her noticing. Thank goodness my mom was astute about it and brought it to her attention when she saw the receipt. The lady denied everything and we had to get the manager involved. WOW. In the end we didn’t have to pay for the shrimp but MAN are we PISSED.
When you go to the grocery stores there is a certain amount of trust you have with the company and its employers. If i hand you my credit card, don’t screw around with it. Now my mom says she’s afraid to go back and that is really unfortunate. We’re Safeway people now. All biases aside, I realize that Safeway actually does have more selection!
By the way, the parking lot is SHADY at night. BE CAREFUL!

This store has some nice people, but it seems every time I find a product I like here and start to buy it regularly, they stop carrying it. Obviously they want me to shop elsewhere.
Add to that, their prices are high, not low. Produce quality is not very good. And customer service is… lacking.
I took a photo (click above, to see it) of a shelf tag of an item that was on sale. Weird thing is, the sale price was exactly the same as the regular price. Some sale, huh? i showed it to the store manager; he shrugged his shoulders and told me he has no control over pricing. I asked him why nobody had noticed or mentioned the pricing issue when the shelf tag was posted… he had no answer for that. So helpful… I asked for the corporate office phone number and the District Manager’s name. Ten minutes later he provided the information to me.
When I called the corporate office to speak to the DM, I got a very nice lady who gave me an email address where I could send the photo I took of the shelf tag. I sent it… and it bounced! Called back, was told their system wouldn’t accept my email because it was obviously spam. Whazzup with that???
You’ll get better service, quality and pricing at almost any other supermarket. I don’t recommend this chain at all.

I’ve been shopping at this Lucky’s ever since it was Albertson’s. It’s located inside the Charter Square Shopping Center here in North Fremont.
We’ve been coming to this Lucky’s because you used to be able to rent DVD’s from this store, for 99 Cents on certain days of the week. This was the only Lucky’s that you were able to rent DVD’s from for only 99 Cents. However, now that they’ve turned back into Lucky’s, they now have Red Box DVD Kiosk.
Although Lucky’s is more expensive than when it was Albertson’s, we still come once in a while when they have something on sale and it’s worth buying. This particular Lucky’s has better customer service than the the Lucky Supermarket down on Fremont Blvd, in the Brookvale Shopping Center.
Service: Checkout lines can at times be really long, even though they have self check out, it doesn’t really help. Sometimes the self check out machines don’t always work correctly, or don’t work at all. The cashiers are friendly and helpful.
Shopping Carts: Plenty of shopping carts now that the Lucky’s down the street using different shopping carts than the one down here. They use new red shopping carts and brought there old shopping carts to this Lucky’s, which helps because now this Lucky’s is never out of shopping carts.
Parking Lot: Plenty of parking, and usually you don’t have to worry about finding a place to park.

Eh, to be honest I’d rather go a few blocks down Fremont Blvd. to the other Lucky in the Brookvale shopping center.
This location always seems a little dark and dampy (?) lol, and never really appealed to me.
2 stars though since I grew up with this location for 20+ years. Seen it go from Lucky’s to Albertsons and now back to Lucky (minus the apostrophe s).
It’s alright for a quick grab of last minute needed/​forgotten things since it’s literally across the street.

I hate going to Albertsons but sometimes when I’m lazy I go here to get milk. I read the Albertsons ads all the time and if it’s a good deal to me I’ll go and get the sale items.
After work went here to get a gallon of non-​fat milk. Regular price for a gallon of non-​fat milk is $ 3.65, but if you buy 2 gallons it’s $ 3.99 for both. Who can drink 2 gallons of milk before it expires?
Then the cashier asked me if I had my card, luckily I did, so my grand total was $ 3.00. The wait is long at Albertsons.
Two self check out machines that were working, but the people using it are hella slow so not worth it.
I also noticed a jar of Bonnie Maman strawberry preserve was $ 4.89 a jar, and at Longs it was $ 3.49 regular price. Don’t buy it at Albertsons unless there’s a sale.
This is the store near the North Fremont Blvd/​Alvarado Blvd exit.
Updated 2÷26÷07:
milk is cheaper at Albertsons ($ 3.65 w/​card $ 3) then 99Ranch (fat Free $ 3.79), so one good thing about Albertsons.