Lucky

Wouldn’t be such a bad lil store if it wasn’t for all the solicitors that they allow in front of the store… handle it then maybe I’ll edit my review
Btw thank you for handling the situation with the Filipino fellow with mental/​learning problems who was harassing customers in the Parkin lot

Prices are expensive, but if u need something quick its local and is stocked. People working at the bank are always helpful and nice. The chicken tenders from the deli used to be mediocre and dry but they’ve stepped it up, it’s very juicy and good. I have to get some everytime I come in. Overall good place but a bit pricey.

So, I use to be in luckys every morning before I take my kids to school. I make a stop here to buy them some breakfast or lunch but the prices of their items are sky rocket. But I still shop here cause it’s the closest store to the school and they have what I need. So, not until few weeks ago I walk in the store try to buy something for my kids breakfast. As I’m walking the last thing I know I slip and fall there was water on the floor. The bad thing about this was they was trying to make like it wasn’t a big deal. When I fell i hit my knee on the ground and it hurt so bad I set there for a mint cause I couldn’t move my knee. So, the courtesy clerk came and help me she was the most helpful one and she was very caring. I stood up I couldn’t walk I was leaping to the check out on 1 the lady that was before me saw everything and she even told the checker that I fell. When it came to my turn to checkout I was waiting for her to asked me if I was ok or would u like me to call the manager she did not do either of that. So, I told her, Can u call the manager for me? The manager came she did not have no concern either what so ever. She just asked for my information and gave me a card and say our insurance company will contact you. My point here is if they show any concern and caring to what happen I will be more then happy and be on my way. But that wasn’t the case I felt like they was lack of caring about their customer. The courtesy clerk was the only one that help me I appreciate that. But that was something I was looking for from a manager and the head checker. My shopping time here at lucky it’s over!!!

Okay, okay. I might as well write a review for this place because… well… it is the one and only supermarket located in Hercules.
They recently moved everything around in the store so now every time I come here to buy something, I always have to ask for help. And since the change was so recent, some of the employees don’t even know where to send me.
The actual market has great selections in junk food, canned food, baby food, human food, dog food, and other such foods throughout the store. They do have a seafood section, but there is rarely anyone there to help you.
I will rave about their sandwich person, however! I love their fresh sandwiches. Especially on Dutch crunch bread. When I was younger… like waaaay younger, my dad would take me here to get a sandwich before any big fieldtrips. Grab a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a soda. And you are set for the day!
Their alcohol selection is pretty good too. I wouldn’t recommend buying Jameson or Hennessy from here. Just because you will definitely get it cheaper somewhere else. But if you want a pack of beer or just one beer or maybe some Strawberitas, you can find all that here. Their wine selection is pretty decent too.
What more can I say? Not much.
Oh wait! You can rent Redbox movies here!
Okay. That is all.

Was here for a work event but decided to shop here as well. It’s a clean store with a decent deli. Lines moved efficiently from what I saw though I decided to self check out. I saw they had some Filipino related items so it looks like they are catering to the local community a bit. That’s a really nice touch that more supermarkets need to catch on to. I’m not a regular in this neighborhood but if I was I would certainly shop here again.

This is the most convenient grocery store to my house. I’m going to come right out and say it: the layout is STRANGE. Most supermarkets have a standard layout where produce, meat, dairy is on the edges, groceries and sundries line the middle. The trouble is that the shelf-​stable groceries and sundries are all mixed together in a strange, arbitrary order that makes NO sense whatsoever.
When I visited last (January 2015), the manager seemed to be very active and was going up and talking to customers, making sure that things were okay. Not sure if this is a usual thing but definitely noticeable.
What is interesting about this location is that it’s really geared toward the Filipino-​American population. You can find a lot of tropical fruits and vegetables, as well as Filipino groceries. No need to go to 99 Ranch for a bag of Boy Bawang, a package of bihon or bottle of Jufran. They got it all right here. Hell, they even refrigerate the spam and put it next to the eggs so you’re ready for breakfast. (No, seriously, they do.) AND they just installed a fish frying station. Yeah, like you’d see at Ranch 99.
In the words of Rex Navarette, this place is HELLA PINOY. (Though frankly I’m not sure if the fish frying is a good idea because it’s, um, aromatic, but okay?)

Lucky has finally stepped up it’s game… Kudos on it’s efforts to remain competitive, unfortunate it took the looming possibility of a NEW Safeway less than six blocks away to trigger such action.
Now if you they could just correct the large hump in the floor in front of the Ice Cream Freezers.
Anyway I have bumped them up in the star rating. Efforts are truly noticed and APPRECIATED!

This store is close to home so I usually shop here. I like that there is a seafood counter so I can buy what I need and not have to just pick up a pre-​wrapped package. It is this counter that keeps me coming back. I just wish that it did not smell so fishy. As much as I like the fresh seafood counter I might have to reconsider shopping here.
There is a problem with one of the cold cases. I like frozen Eggos waffles as much fresh homemade ones. They were out of Eggos when I was shopping so I picked up the Lucky brand. When I go home I put them in the refrigerator rather than the freezer. They did not see to cold but I did not think much about it. The next day I opened them and they were covered with mold. Mold does not grown on frozen food; they had to have been around a longtime, unfrozen, waiting for me to bring them home. I took these disgusting things back and they exchanged them what every other waffles I wanted. Even the bagger gasped when I pulled them out to show the clerk. I felt the freezer when I pickup another brand and it did not feel cold.

It would be great if the cashier wasn’t more into his cell phone than the customer that just unloaded all of their items onto the conveyer belt. Okay, you apologized, I understand. Don’t you go look at your phone halfway through the transaction once more.
Like seriously? These are the people you are hiring? You get paid to do one thing, assist your guests… don’t keep texting on your phone when you have a guest WAITING for you to finish texting. Rude.

This is not a gourmet grocery store. For what it is, Lucky’s/Save Mart/​Lucky, it is just fine. I come here for the Red Box, cold drinks and packaged foods. The produce department is small and uninspiring. They have a self-​check area, which is a plus.

I’m not a fan of places like Lucky and Safeway. They usually have a lot of unhealthy, high fat, processed food. BUT I have to say, this Lucky has a really helpful staff.
I wondered the Safeway store for ten minutes, trying to locate Alphabet shaped pasta noodles, I stared at the pasta section for awhile, then the Mexican food section (which supposedly has Alphabet pasta). I gave up and headed to Lucky.
Much easier experience, I stared at the same sections in Lucky and was about to leave when I approached an employee. This time they showed me exactly where the product was, and I saved a drive to a specialty pasta shop in Berkeley.
I made a great dinner, chicken noodle alphabet soup that pleased my toddler and made my husband laugh.
The next time I needed a special item, dry ice, I just saved time and call Lucky in Hercules. Do they have it? Yep. Cool. Another home run. Thanks Lucky.
I’m quickly starting to see them as my go-​to place for out of the ordinary purchases.

This is the only grocery store that I go to even if Safeway is right down the street from my house. They have friendly workers here and always have different sales through out the week. I really like their 5 for $ 25 meats which consist of steak, salmon, chicken, pork chops, fish, and shrimp!

I don’t know about this store. I only go to it because it’s fairly close but make sure you check your receipt. The cashier scanned my yogurt twice and charged me twice. I just happen to see it while walking to the car so I went back to the store and told her she charged twice for it. A pack of yogurt is 5.99 and she didn’t even apologize or anything and just opened her cash drawer and give me 2.50. I told her and showed her the receipt again and she went ahead and give me 6.00. I just felt that she didn’t seem to care because she didn’t even apologize at all. I thought she would need to redo the receipt or something not just open the cash drawer and give me the cash. Doesn’t that mean she won’t balance at end of day? Felt like either she did it on purpose or she didn’t care either way. I felt an simple sorry should have be said at least… If I didn’t look at my receipt they just basically charged me extra for nothing…

This place could really use an upgrade. I’ve only been once and that was to return a RedBox movie and grab some veggies, which I didn’t find.

This is my favorite grocery store in the area. The staff are very helpful and friendly. They say hello and will ask you if you need help finding anything. Once I wanted something a little different than they had it at the store, and they could not do it, but they gave me a substitute and gave me $ 4 off. They really bend over backwards for you at this store.
The store is also big. The isles are wide enough for lots of carts, and the check out lanes never have long lines.

Best. Grocery store. EVER.
I love this place and I recommend it highly to anyone who lives in the area. I’ve been a regular patron for almost ten years. It’s one of the few remaining businesses in Hercules that’s any good.
In my experience, this store is always clean. Things are arranged neatly. The produce is consistenly abundant and fresh. The self-​check lanes are a godsend. The staff are, for the most part, helpful and friendly. Especially pleasant are Dawna, Linda, Gisenia, Maxine, and Rich.
The only reason I give the Hercules Lucky four stars (instead of five) is because the music they play is really corny and often too loud. Beyond that, excellent store.

I’m not a fan of this Lucky’s location but I still go here because it’s conveniently close to me.
The inside of the store looks dated and somewhat dirty. I remember one incident where there was a spill that wasn’t cleaned up right away. The spill was just covered up with paper towels and the area wasn’t even mopped!
This store does have a decent selection of dairy products, canned goods, meats, and the other essentials. However, the produce selection isn’t really that great. The fruits and veggies just don’t look fresh. I picked up bananas from this store and I could taste the difference in the quality of the produce from other grocery stores.
Does this store fit my needs? Yes, but I’ve shopped at better grocery stores.

This is the only major strictly grocery store in Hercules. Its located within the sycamore district which the only shopping plaza street.
Convenient and workers are friendly. Never had an issue!

I recently bought my x’mas tree here about a week ago.
What can I say? Definitely one of the nicer grocery stores in the area. The checkers I’ve had here have been nice and I also love the anti-​social self-​checkout registers that Lucky provides in their stores. Many years ago, I had a $ 20 off x’mas tree coupon in SF for Marina Middle School or something to that effect. After coupon, that darn tree still cost me $ 120!!! Granted, it went to a good cause, but come on! Ever since then, I’ve lumped x’mas trees with Halloween pumpkins… there is a HUGE difference in price depending on where you get it and expensive does not necessarily mean any better. In this case, price is no longer indicative of quality.
Last year, bought my tree from the new Bayshore Lowe’s in SF a week before x’mas for next to nothing. This year, I spent a little more, but only because I liked what I saw. My only mistake was thinking that my big car trunk could fit an ‘8 — ‘9 foot tree with a little bending. NOT! Well, at this point, it was bought and paid for so I ended up driving all the way back to SF with over four feet of tree sticking out. The car is still new, so I didn’t want to put it on the roof. I tied the trunk lid down, but had all kinds of visions of making the six o’clock news with a x’mas tree that caused a big pileup on Hwy 80 or the Bay Bridge… LOL.
Stopped by the Japanese market on the way back to get my dad some sushi and got some really nice compliments on the part of the tree that was sticking out of my car. I told them that they had no idea what I had to go through to get it here. LOL
Thankfully, made it back home without incident and no holiday greetings from the CHP. Crossing the Bay Bridge was especially interesting. Next year, I will use a little more foresight and purchase closer to home. Then again, I really fell in love with this one tree so it was worth the effort. I posted a picture. It was originally even bigger and bushier, but had to cut a ton of branches off the bottom to get it to fit into the stand. Only $ 39.99 too… works for me!

First it was Raley’s, then it was Luckys, then It was Albertsons and Now It’s Luckys again. This establishment has been having an identity crisis for years. But the now Lucky’s is the local supermarket. They have everything you would expect an American Supermarket to have. Groceries, Deli, Cake, Bank, Redbox, Pharmacy, etc. It’s a good place to get what you need in Hercules.
If your looking for ethnic specialty foods your better off going to a different market. Lucky’s is as white as it can get and it has some isles where you can get Asian, Hispanic or other ethnic food but its usually the generic stuff you can get anywhere which won’t really help you if your cooking authentic shit.
Overall it’s a grocery store and it’s big and has what you need.