Anonymous
map-marker Los Angeles, California

Complaining about the bad behavior of an employee

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I had shopping of another store and I keep my merchandise in the bag! After I visited the store without purchase, I inform the security and show him my receipt but the lady worker get stuck me!!

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User's recommendation: If the Vons company not Warning and punishment to wrong and rude person my recommend to all my friends and family boycott the Vons!!

Anonymous
map-marker Culver City, California

Meat dept

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Vons - Meat dept

The meat case at Vons on Centinela/Washington is a joke. It's all fogged over so you can't see anything and no one comes to help.

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User's recommendation: Don't go there.

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Resolved: Poor customer service, the bakery droid a total disaster, the one person there if there is one is ALWAYS VERY RUDE! It feels like a customer like myself is inconvenience her/him for asking a simple ??

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Vons - Poor customer service, the bakery droid a total disaster, the one person there if...
Updated by user Jun 26, 2024

Company fixed the issue and I have been provided with apology. Now they are opening more registers when there are more than 3 customers waiting.

Original review Jun 15, 2024

First you train us customers to use the self checkout registers, now we are not allowed to use them if we are buying more than 15 items. I totally understand the reason but it is a horrible inconvenience for me to wait 45 minutes in line to use the regular registers.

You need to hire more cashiers and or have ONE person to handle the self checkout registers. Most people like myself shop once per week and I always have more than 15 items.

Ralphs always have one person 100% at the self checkout. I am very dissatisfied and disappointed with your new policy.

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Pros:
  • Near my house
Cons:
  • Not enough cashiers and of course not customer service

Preferred solution: More cashiers or allow to use self checkout

User's recommendation: Shop at Trader Joe’s! Excellent customer service, and most importante you don’t have to wait 45 minutes!

Catherine K Pwm

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| map-marker San Diego, California

Basic staples now locked up

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Wanted to purchase Persil laundry detergent and its locked up now. Pushed button for help, it says no one is available.

Waited a few minutes pushed button same thing.

Did the rest of my shopping and came back..still no one available. No longer will be shopping at Vons.

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| map-marker El Cajon, California

Lack of Customer Service

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Vons - Lack of Customer Service

I went to store 2176 in Southern California and the workers lacked customer service. My cashier was Jeff, and he didn't greet me, he just rang up my items and didn't bother to mention the total cost, I had to look at his computer to see the amount. I used to love shopping at this location but it lost its spark.

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User's recommendation: Shop Elsewhere

Amery Gmi
map-marker Carlsbad, California

Product

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Waiting for call

Just want you to know the difference in oz

Carnitas is not 16 oz its 15

And tamales are not 24 but 22 oz now

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User's recommendation: Change ad

sharon c Owz

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| map-marker San Diego, California

Digital coupons / discriminatory

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The reliance on digital coupons is out of control. Half the time, they don't work.

Customers ask for help, but some employees don't understand how the clipped coupon even shows up in the cart. They don't want old school where the consumer brings in a coupon, but the current system does not work. Even scanning the coupon is ridiculous-- today the app says out of stock when obviously, it's not the case as I'm looking right at it.

It is deceptive advertising and should be illegal. Surely, Vons can do better.

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Pros:
  • Used to be the best grocery store
Cons:
  • Not enough cashiers to check out and huge problem with digital coupons

Preferred solution: Restore confidence by fixing the digital coupon problem, and yes it is a problem.

User's recommendation: let them know your dissatisfaction; check your receipt.

bonni m Bnw

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| map-marker Escondido, California

Inexcusable bad attitude and lack of customer service

This is not a first time problem. I shop in Ca and alcohol is licked up; however getting someone to unlock it

takes forever.

I have waited as long as 15 minutes. Tonight after I pushed the bell, there was a supervisor and

a deli employee standing around chatting. They both saw me and dismissed me. There was also a cart boy/bagger emptying trash who saw me.

None of them acknowledged me. I had to walk over to the supervisor and ask him to send someone to unlock the alcohol. the customer i such an imposition.

Next I get to the check out and the cashier refuses to bag my groceries. She just looks at the bag and starts ringing the next customer..

There's also a price mistake when I bring it to her attention. "you have to get back inline". Obviously, she is too ignorant to understand. No customers, ultimately no job.

What I don't have to do is shop at Von's/Albertson's any more.

The other option is Walmart. The employees are far more pleasant and the prices are better.

So after 30 years. Good bye and good riddance to Von's.

i am done with the snotty employees who think they are doing me a favor. Other stores sell the same product and at lesser prices with a smile

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Preferred solution: train your employees to be courteous and understand what customer service meanas

User's recommendation: don't shop at von's

Anonymous
map-marker San Diego, California

Peruvian avocados called “hass” are terrible. Thick, hard skins & poor interior.

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Do not import this Peruvian variety of Hass avocados. Continue with Mexican or USA avocados.

This other type of Peruvian avocado has a hard skin. The interior is always wasted because it is either not mature or is dark and over mature.

TERRIBLE. A waste of money.

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User's recommendation: Do not buy the “Peruvian” Hass avocado! It’s terrible!

Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Customer Appreciation Day was an ASSAULT on customers.

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Mt husband and I have been going to VONS for years. Today we went in to shop and we were greeted with a loud obnoxious voice over the intercom shouting so loud you couldn't hear anyone else.

Then, what was notable is the chaos in the store. We tried getting our shopping done but we're constantly assaulted by the voice coming from yhe bakery. They were doing a cake walk and trying to lure customers. But people just wanted to shop.

We went down the paper towels aisle. As we we were comparing prices and brands we kept hearing a banging behind the paper products and seeing the paper products moving and being shuffed. Then as I went to pick up some paper towels we noticed 4 boys 10-12 years old sitting behind the paper products . They were pushing the products.

My husband I ordered them out from behind there. They were mouthy and do you think we could find an employee anywhere to help??? NO. NOT ONE WAS AROUND.

WHERE WERE THE EMPLOYEES?? At the front of the store socializing. My husband and I went to ask for a manager to make them aware of what we encountered. To no avail the female manager had no reaction and instead walked off.

The other employees just stood ther watching her walk off. We then asked for a supervisor. FINALLY, another woman came out yo talk with us. We informed her of shat occurred and it was so hard over the shouting over the intercom and chaos.

After explaining everything to her she was appalled that these kids did that and she gave us the store managers name and took my number to gave him contact us. We then decided to take our business to STATER BROTHERS. When we went to Stater Brothers there were other customers complaint of the "War Zone", and chaos at VONS. My husband and I felt validated for leaving VONS.

If VONS thought the CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY WAS clever. They need to fire who ever thought of this and instead of trying to be clever appreciate your customers by being even more helpful, thank ingredients them for shopping at the store provide 10%-20% discount or bump the rewards points to add up to something customers can use. Look people are stressed and even more so when they are struggling to buy groceries and trying to figure out what they can afford that day. Others just want to go into a peaceful, clean store to get what they need and move on.

The chaos and distraction we all experienced also gave a huge opportunity to those who go in and steal food and other things.

Vons probably lost more in revenue with this stupid stunt by customers walking out to get away from the chaos. I hope VONS corporate managers do read this otherwise your competitors will be going new customers.

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User's recommendation: To future customers please consider going Stater Brothers or another store.

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| map-marker Providence, Rhode Island

Rude jessica

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She was rude to me when I got there and she didn't want to help me out. She told her coworker that she hates me and she wouldn't help me out.

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Strawberry Feta Spinach Salad 7.99, 8.99, skip 9.99 how about 10.99?

Strawberry Feta Spinach Salad 7.99, 8.99, skip 9.99, how about 10.99? That's beyond normal inflation. You are price gouging spinach, what the...

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Preferred solution: Price reduction

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Aniyla Tvc

Once you pay the price they cannot do a thing, Just make your own. A lot cheaper and healthier.

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| map-marker Monrovia, California

I bought a gift card for $200 that was empty. I spoke to James at advance gift card customer service and he said Bonnie owes me $200.02 days later he said they don’t get the card was activated and it

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James at Vons gift card services. He said that the gift card was empty.

Ron owed me $200 and he had to talk to the bookkeeper and he has been putting me off for three days now Alex said that the card was activated she said he called me this morning.

Theyre lying. I dont know whats going on.

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Loss:
$200

Preferred solution: Full refund

Joyce B Ktb

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| map-marker Yucaipa, California

Couldn’t reach anyone to complain

This happens every time I go into the store in Yucaipa. The deli just has the ends of their salads and when I asked for a pound of one salad and a pound of another, all they did was scrape the metal tin and said they had no more in the back. Also, at checkout, they didn't recognize that I had punched and clipped in a coupon for the cat litter, so I got it at $8.99 instead of $6.99 each.

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Loss:
$4
Cons:
  • Delivery service

Preferred solution: Apology

Anonymous
map-marker San Diego, California

Cashiers

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Horrible- made fun of for trying to use their digital coupon! I shopped there forever and now it's just terrible the way they treat customers- not going back... thanks frank

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Aniyla Tvc

Say what.

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| map-marker Northridge, California

This particular store was excellent, but now is falling apart the bakery department is horrible no one wants to help some of the clerks there are very rude when there is someone available.

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As I mentioned when I started my complaint your company needs to hire more cashiers if your customers like myself cant use the self checkout, or hire one cashier to monitor all sales at those units Ralphs have one person and the theft there is very minimal. It is ridiculous to wait in line for 30 to 45 minutes because that store have only two cashiers. Very stressful shopping experience!

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Summary

VONS was founded by Charles Von der Ahe in 1906 in downtown Los Angeles, California. It is a supermarket chain located in the South of California that operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners. The supermarket offers goods from such famous brands as Signature Cafe, Safeway SELECT, Basic Red, Priority Pet Care, Primo Taglio, Rancher's Reserve, Bright Green and more. It has more than 325 stores across Southern Californians and Nevadans. VONS is a part of the Safeway family of companies and includes Pavilions stores. Vons provides shoppers with full-service banks at the locations, pharmacies, dry cleaners, express photo centers and customer service departments. All stores have all-inclusive delis, elaborate floral departments, scratch bakeries and more.

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