Albertsons

	This entry refers to a departed business — a business that has closed or left town. All information here is for historical reference only.

Albertsons (2006).

Location

1900 Anderson Rd. (In Anderson Plaza)

Hours

Daily 6:00AM to Midnight

Phone

(530)758-0580

Website

http://albertsons.com

The local Albertsons has been turned into a Save-Mart. The process took most of the month of June, 2007, with interior painting beginning on the 1st. Repainting the exterior, and bringing down the Albertsons letters and putting up Save-Mart was done on the week of the 24th in June.

Albertsons was a national grocery chain. The local store is pretty much identical to those around the country, complete with occasional discounts, cheap store brand items, as well as what meat and produce. In praise of Albertsons, they are possibly one of the few grocery store in Davis to carry Soy Vay's Cha-Cha Chinese Chicken Salad Dressing (along with Nugget) and Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

Albertsons has a self-checkout area where you can scan your groceries and check yourself out. The process can be riddled with annoyances that require the interaction of the attendant, but with some practice it can be efficient. It operates by checking the weight of your items against a database of probable item weights. You can also buy alcohol using the self-checkout machines, but you'll need to show your ID to the attendant.

Albertsons feeds hordes of hundreds of Davis High School students every single day, many of whom walk over from the school because they do not have cars to drive to better eating locations. One can expect to pay $10 for a lunch at the deli.

Albertsons also features TV screens that blast you with not-so-subtle advertisements and "living tips" as you're in line to check out.

There is a Bank of America branch inside (with ATMs) and a Coinstar machine.

After 10 PM, you can enter through only the east-facing door.

In the Albertsons parking lot is a rePLANET recycling center. The vouchers you get in exchange for your recyclables are only redeemable for cash in Albertsons.
There is a statue outside, perhaps built as homage to the food gods. Some find this statue quite appealing in an odd and different way.

This location was a Lucky's until Albertsons purchased the company in 1999.

Supervalue, based in Minnesota, which still owns the non-Save-Mart Albertsons stores has revived the Lucky name at 5 stores in Southern California and Nevada.

Now that Albertsons has been purchased by Save Mart, another name change is forthcoming. Over a period of 9 months Albertsons stores will be rebranded as Save Mart. Save Mart also operates stores under the name FoodMaxx and S-Mart. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.

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I happen to like this Albertson's. Sure, it seems there are some things over-priced. But, I find most students go to Safeway. I can avoid annoying social "hello's!" and "how are your classes going?!" contacts by going to this Albertson's. Plus, I love the self-checkouts. I'm not sure if it's because I feel anti-social sometimes or because I think I can check and bag just as good as the people paid to do it or if it's quicker or all of the above. Albertson's also happens to have a selection of candles that everyone in my family loves. —SS

2006-03-11 23:32:23   It's definitely pricey, but I live near this Albertson's and kinda like it. I found some fun party favors in a discount cart for my stepdad's birthday. The one thing about this Albertson's is, watch out during lunch hours on weekdays — the highschool is nearby, and it's swamped with kids! —AubreyJohnson

2006-05-04 13:02:20   ewwww...I stopped here on my way home since I was on that side of town- It smells really bad in there! it got worse as I went towards the meat and fish depts. I used to shop there regularly 2-3 years ago and since then its really seemed to go downhill. —MyaBrn

2006-06-08 14:09:17   The self-checkout machine is reason enough to shop here. (Perhaps the only reason, but still...) Is there any other place in Davis with these? One advantage about these is that you can get rid of a pile of change without being charged a fee. —SteveDavison

2006-08-04 10:51:30   I don't get all the hype over self check-out. Last month, I found that using the self check-out to be slower than standing in line for the conventional check-out, even when the person using the self check-out is an Albertsons employee. —MatthewTom

2006-10-21 15:03:53   The self checkout is kind of fun. —AlJean

2006-12-05 16:53:06   Albertsons was awesome when it was luckys, but it's been pretty bammer ever since, maybe sav mart will reinvigorate it —STD

2007-01-17 10:09:42   I don't go here much since they stopped stocking cheap non-rBGH milk. —BillAlexander

• Do you mean rBGH? —MaxMikalonis
  

• No, he meant Red-Green-Blue milk, from colored cows. Mix them and you get white milk. —SteveDavison
  

• That'd only be true if milk had no mass and instead was light. By which I don't mean 2% reduced fat. —MaxMikalonis
  

• Time on your hands!
  

2007-01-17 17:49:05   The self-checkout machines startle me. —GreggAlexander

2007-01-19 00:41:59   I love the self-checkout. They should put up a timer and make it a game to see who can finish the fastest. Bonus for memorizing produce item numbers. Penalty for calling customer service. —AndrewChen

• I'm sure it'd help all the Albertson's card carriers if they got extra points for beating the clock. —GreggAlexander
  

2007-02-28 18:38:04   The self-checkout is infuriating. Every third item or so the screen displays an error message and tells me to put the item back. Is there some sort of trick I'm missing? I look like Indiana Jones sometimes the way I slowly take the items off the pedestal. —BriannaBetancourt

• Yeah, the trick that you are missing is to scan one item then place is in a bag, then scan the next. The area where you bag your items is very sensitive to changes in weight so try not to touch it unless you are bagging an item. It's really not that difficult. As long as you hear the "I have just scanned your item noise" then your item has been scanned and you do not need to wait for it to say please place item in the bagging area... that may be when you have an error because you did not place your item in the bagging area. If you know how to use them, they are convenient, but as someone who has worked the self-checkout area, I hate them when people who don't know how to use it try to use them. If you don't know, be patient with it. -KirstenOnell
  

2007-06-01 22:14:26   Just found out today from an employee that in a couple weeks they'll be changing over to a Save-Mart. The process of repainting the store started tonight. —RyanClifford

2007-06-01 23:04:13   It's good that they are repainting the store. I kind of wish they would rename the store S-Mart like their stores in Stockton and Lodi. —Jedron

2007-06-27 00:45:54   Does anyone know if the deli sells Boars Head cold cuts? Safeway doesn't and the Nugget is just rediculously expensive compared to what I used to pay at home. If they don't have it here, do they sell it anywhere in Davis for under $10.99/lb.? —StephenPriest

2007-06-27 18:24:09   As of 6/27, Albertson's is now officially a Save-Mart. Signs, uniforms, and labels have all changed. Thankfully, nothing was moved around, so it's not a huge change like the Safeway remodels were. —RyanClifford

2007-06-27 23:26:56   Good riddance. I'm tired of buying expired stuff from albertsons. Hopefully, Save Mart's management will be better. —TonyWong