Marketon, Inc

I love this market. There is a great selection of produce, meat and chips;) The bakery whips out cakes and pastries like it is a holiday… And that’s everyday. Everything has been really fresh. They have a small take out counter the Tamales are delish. Wish they sold tiny salsas at that counter. Also wish they would get into the burrito business. People are nice and super helpful even if you don’t speak a stitch of Spanish.

This is not my regular supermarket. At times you need a translator to find what you are looking for. Sure I speak Spanish but celery root not in my Spanish vocabulary. Luckily the fellow shoppers are usually nice enough to help with the translation.
The truth is I usually come in for cuts of meat. They carry flank steak fresh not frozen which serval of my latest recipes called for. They also will cut pork for Pernil. It’s a Puerto Rican pork roast that should not be trimmed. Yes it takes a little Spanish, a little English and a lot of hand gestures to get it done but it’s worth the effort. There’s usually someone around who speaks English so just be patient.
The good:
Huge array of Mexican products. Hint: Bimbo is Wonder Bread
Amazing meat department
Reasonably priced
The not so good:
There is a language barrier at times just be nice and they’ll help you find what you’re looking for if they have it in stock

I’m Asian. Yo hablo pequito espanol. That said. I don’t understand how people enter a Hispanic market and complain due to their lack of an ability to speak a foreign language makes the place bad. Anyways I come to this place for the meats and seafood particularly the butcher shop. Be warned. If you can’t speak Spanish and you don’t have any fingers to point with, you may have trouble getting what you WANT! If I was Marketon’s owner, I’d make a killing selling dictionaries throughout the market. Anyways, Great market with cheap prices. Taking 1 star away because with cheap prices, the fruits and veggies aren’t high quality. They appear organic since they are deformed. Then again Whole Foods would charge you triple for this.

I’m ROTFLMAO at other gringos who are complaining about difficulty communicating with staff and reading labels. I lived in Mexico for close to a year and enjoy visiting an authentic Mexican grocery store. Narrow aisles and a bit of a challenge finding something are just part of the experience. It ain’t Scolari’s or Safeway folks.
The food and pricing are good. Staff is friendly. You can find things that simply aren’t offered elsewhere.

I love this place but, I don’t speak or read Spanish, it’s is frustrating to explain to some of the employees as to what you looking for, most of the labeling and notices are in Spanish ! Guess I’ll have to learn the language. The cashiers just assume you can speak Spanish !

This is a difficult review for me to write. I want to like this store, it is close to where I live, I just don’t. The set up seems very hit and miss, I find it very difficult to find things that I am looking for. The aisles feel narrow to me.
In the deli it took four tries to finally find someone to understand what I wanted to get. I got a piece of meat that was marked as being caritas, There is no way that I could have shredded it and it was very dry and bland. I also got a fried fish, I wish I had looked at it closer, it was way over cooked, only got a small handful of meat that I could eat off of it. Next was the meatball soup. It was more than a tad bit salty and the meatballs were falling apart in the soup. Sad the seasoning under the salt were good. Last was a chimmichanga, it was pretty good, I just wish that they had cut the meat up a little bit more.
I do not speak any Spanish and have a hard time with the accent. I felt like I should apologize for not understanding them.

I’m originally from the Bay Area and I’m also 100% Mexican. I would say I am pretty much an expert on good quality hispanic foods and atmospheres. I love this place and my little one just loves going here, he said it reminds him of grandma and grandpa. We love the smells of the bakery department and the many wonderful colors of the great produce department. I just recently took my, «gringo» hubby to this place. He said… I love this place! Why haven’t you taken me here before? He looked like a kid in the candy store. He was very impressed with the butcher department and we just had some yummy taco’s at home with the carne asada pre made meat. Friendly staff and clean and organized environment. Oh ya, you can even get some cute pinatas and cakes for your next party. Love, Love, Love this place. Gracia’s Marketon!

Excellent butcher counter. Recently picked up some marinated taco meats (chicken, pork and beef) for party of 60! Everyone loved our taco bar. What a time saver and quality products. Definitely a repeat purchase. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Marketon. Good place when you’re on a budget. Produce specials are the best prices you’ll find in town. Meat department rocks, plenty of all the basics. Bakery section is stuffed full of sweety sweet tooth mexican pastries, and good, basic bolillos. I’d rather give my money to these guys than the soulless corporate gringo markets.

Huge selection of produce and Mexican products. Very great prices on produce as well as a vast and good choice selections of meats and seafood at the butcher counter. They also offer some delicious desserts! Try the flan.

Marketon is a nifty little market if you happen to be in the Wells area and need a few things. The produce is hit or miss but the bakery is awesome. I am a sucker for Mexican pastries and desserts and they have quite a selection.
Over at the butcher counter they have some excellent carne asada, as well as a variety of other marinated meats that look quite tasty.
The prices are super reasonable and the customer service is great. They don’t glare or stare at the whitest white girl scarfing down the concha bread.

Marketon es bueno. Three years of Spanish classes, and that about sums up my retention. Wait… Marketon es MUY bueno!!!
If you’d like to take care of grocery shopping and cultural enrichment as well, what better place than Marketon? There’s a huge selection of Mexican specialties. There’s fresh masa – plain and fruit flavored (pineapple, I think). If you have a sweet tooth, there are Mexican sweet breads galore! Stock up on cooking supplies, such as tortillas, cactus paddles and mole. Better yet, to heck with cooking! Go directly to the deli and enjoy the bounty… chimichangas, chile rellenos, rice, fried pork things and albondigas (meatballs…the other word I remember from Spanish class). Just thirsty? How about fresh Horchata – that’ll hit the spot. Or buy Horchata in the jug to take home, it’s all good!
There’s plenty of parking. Staff are friendly. Prices are terrific.

I shop here every one-​two weeks to pick up food for my dogs. Despite buying 5lbs of chicken gizzards, 5lbs of beef hearts, 5 dozen eggs, and close to 10 lbs of veggies during each visit I never spend more than $ 30. Although it costs more to do this than buying packaged pet-​store crap, getting all the ingredients at Marketon makes it possible for me to spend the little extra on my dogs’ health.
As far as this location goes…
The guys at the butcher counter are always accommodating (I am a little picky about how they package my stuff) and super friendly. I don’t really deal with any other area or employees except the cashiers which usually disappoint me when I checkout. Once in a while I’ll encounter a bubbly, friendlier cashier but for the most part the girls seem annoyed, inconvenienced, or off in their own world. They also take my packages from the butcher out of the the sleeve I use and place them in a grocery bag instead of back in the sleeve. I personally don’t like raw meat blood leaking into the grocery bags I put in my car so I’ll stand there and repackage my items.
If it wasn’t for my trips consistently ending in irritation this store would have 5 stars from me.

Good prices, polite service, in a family friendly and clean environment. Plenty of parking and quick lines. It does not have some staples but it has has some great extras. I dare you to find a cheaper place to get dinner staples. Meat section is great. If you live in midtown you should be shopping here.

I go here for the produce and meat counter, both usually have great prices.
I do wander the rest of the store, but rarely buy as the prices are usually a bit higher than other stores. Everyone I encounter is friendly, even other customers. So the crowded conditions are not as bad as it could be.

I am giving this place 5 stars because for what I use Marketon for it is perfect. Besides having a great selection of groceries and Mexican items, the meat department is awesome. But, another great thing about Marketon is the deli. We have used the prepared food items when we wanted Mexican but were too busy or lazy to go out to eat, Last night we had too much studying to do so I stopped by Marketon and got: 8 tamales (4 chicken, 4 pork –we gave half to our neighbors) some shrimp ceviche, some crab ceviche, 2 huge carnitas, 4 flautas, fresh chips, tortillas, beans and rice. We had several different combinations of the various dishes and it was wonderful. Definitely a great choice compared to fast Mexican food.
My only issue that is negative regarding my recent shopping experience is the store made tortilla chips left a chemical taste which one of my friends suggested may have happened if the chips were not completely cooled before going into the plastic baggy type bag.

After my disaster of a visit to 168 Asian Market, I was so pleasantly surprised by Marketon. THIS is what I have been missing and was hoping to find in an Asian market. Instead, I found it in a Hispanic one! Fresh, cheap produce, a REAL butcher and large meat department, and fresh fish selection.
This is the cheapest produce I’ve found in Reno so far. Visit their site and take a look at the weekly circular for an idea of prices. When I went cilantro and avocados were four for $ 1, oranges and taters were a couple pounds per buck, and lemons, apples, grapes, lettuce, and pears were around the same. I love juicing so to be able to get a lot of produce for a good price is such a win for me. They even had bunches of kale (in several colors!) for a buck.
It was when I made my way over to the meat section that they really won me over though. As soon as I saw packaged, fresh fish heads I knew I was in a happy place. They have a long butcher counter as well filled with marinated and plain chicken, beef and pork (and lots of offal as well), and a refrigerated case across from that with pre-​portioned meats plus in house cheese, sour cream (so good), salsa, guac etc. I picked up some marinated chicken fajita from the counter and all the goodies to go with for dinner, and it was seriously yummy, and cheap! Two fifty a pound, you can’t beat that to feed a family.
There were only two negatives for me that bumped it down a star: 1) no one who worked there was very nice to me; I got a lot of side-​eyeing and reluctant help only when requested, and 2) the cookie/​cream monster treat that I bought for my son ended up being really gross and tasting like Styrofoam. It looked way better than it tasted.
Other than that, solid market and I will be coming here often!
Tl:dr– awesomely cheap and fresh meat and produce, homemade Mexican cheese and chicharrón (chicharrón…*drool*)

I’ve been exploring ethnic markets with my dad since I was a kid, and it’s one of my favorite things to do. There’s so much you can learn about a culture just from the food they eat, and Marketon is a great gateway to the Mexican and Latino cultures in Reno!
Marketon is my go to for all things authentically Mexican and the other hard to find Latino ingredients. To start with, the best part of the experience is that the staff is incredibly knowledgeable and I would say 95% or more of them speak English and are happy to help in whatever way they can!
My love affair began in the produce department.10 pounds of oranges for $ 2?While I was there I saw HUGE bunches of cilantro 3 for $ 1, fresh tomatillos, serranos, jalapeños, Anaheims, and many other fresh chiles, and so many more incredible bargains on the freshest produce I’d come across in Reno! Then I found Valentina hot sauce, similar to Tapatio but a huge bottle was .99. Score!!!
But my favorite part of the store has to be the meat department. Without a doubt some of the most interesting products in town, including a wide selection of cuts of pork, beef, and chicken, house made sausages (3 – 5 varieties of chorizo on any given day), Mexican cheeses and cremas, and marinated meats including pork al pastor, chicken and beef for tacos. On top of all of that, they even sell the natural hog casings and pork fat needed to make your own sausages!
And we haven’t even covered the seafood counter (delicious ceviche), the bakery (incredible cakes) or the prepared foods (fantastic salsas)!
For some reason though, I feel like Marketon is a dirty little secret for some and I’m not sure why! Every time I mention it via social media, my posts blow up with support and love for this incredible Latino grocery store! But ask most if they’ve ever been and they’ll say they’ve never heard of it! Why are we so selfish, keeping this incredible treasure to ourselves? Why aren’t we telling more people about it? Why don’t people see the amazing circular ads that come in the mail once a week? Ahhhhhhh!!!
The stuff I love about Marketon is endless and more people really should go explore!

3.5
I keep forgetting about this place! I drool every time I walk by the prepared food section. Due to my genetic inability to look away from pork products, I always stare like a helpless kitten at the mound of deep-​fried pork products that tug at my cholesterol-​wary heart strings. «Keep walking,» I tell myself sternly.
Prices are good here for meat products. I needed to BBQ some chicken for a potluck later, so I checked out what they had, and they had some great sale prices. As for the fruit and veggie section, as always, know your prices. Avocados were something like 58 cents, but they were tiny.

Just came back here today. Why won’t the Unilocal app on my iPhone 4 let me pull up Marketon on my phone? It keeps directing to King Ranch Market, but it has since changed names to Marketon.
This place is THE SPOT for marinated meats. Cheap! Fresh squeezed strawberry, pineapple, orange juice, and horchata too.
There’s a kinda cute chick who works there too, so holla if you want!