Payless Market

I love this store and am so glad we didn’t lose it to the purveyors of Chinese junk as almost happened. The produce section has great variety for a store this size, with some real bargains. There are bargains throughout the store including the meat department. The butcher makes great sausages there, fresh, and today we got jalapeño and cheese, and also smoked gouda brats made with buttermilk. If like me you are always looking for great locally made sausage, look no further. They also had some breakfast sausages with blueberries in them. I go there every time I pass that way, and we eat better at home for days after.

Never thought I would be writing this. But I am completely disgusted with the management in this store. I was in the store about two nights ago, while browsing the cheese area for something to make for dinner, a customer walked up to the deli case behind me. The customer proceeded to tell the woman working in the deli (black hair with a bunch of tattoos, don’t know her name.) that he did not feel good, as he thought he had heat stroke from being at the water all day and was trying to get some quick food to eat. The woman responded to him with «I completely understand, I was super f**ked up yesterday. Super f**ked up.» She said it so loud that I could have been 2 aisles over and still heard her. It immediately made me turn around and look at the woman; as she proceeded to give me a hard look. I do not think that is acceptable, so I asked to talk to a manager. The actual manager wasn’t there, a young man was. So I told him what she had said and he told me he would see what was going on. Then today I learned that it may have not made it up the chain. So now I’m posting it on Unilocal for the world to see! I am completely appalled that their employee just drops the F bomb like its hunky dory and I can’t even put in a formal complaint. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this employee be completely unprofessional and rude either.

We are locals living in Pioneer and we shop here regularly. This store is among a small chain located in the surrounding areas. The staff is wonderful in most cases with the exception of a young, new staff member that gives me plastic and not paper and forgets to ask.
This IGA has a great deli. They have a wide choice of sandwiches that have happily fed a house full of guests on many occasions. They have rotisserie chickens, mac-​n-​cheese, Mexican dishes, breakfast sandwiches, egg dishes, BBQ ribs, tri-​tip, and the list goes on. You may want to call ahead of time to find the warm items they have pre-​made for that day. When they have left overs they will package them and put them in the open fridge to the left of the deli case. For a smaller store the deli is really quite good with a great variety. In addition, the IGA has many sales and good quality meat in most cases.
The first isle on the left side of the store is the deli, meat, cheese, drink fountain, wine, small bags of chips, butter, some frozen items, and some pre-​packaged cookies and treats in the middle right across from the deli. The next isle is some grooming products, medications, cookies, snack items, nuts, chips, sanitary products, chips at the end of the isle too. The back of the store has frozen meals, frozen meats, frozen pizzas, frozen veggies and desserts and sometime frozen gluten free items. The next row has cleaning products, paper products, and handyman section. The following rows are coffee, cereals, breads, ethnic foods, soups, pasta/​rice, baby foods, diapers, canned everything, juices, dairy on the back walls and then the produce section on the far right. They also have plants, Christmas tress, season items and holiday items, balloons, greeting cards, and cheap plastic toys for kids.
I’ve made numerous requests for this store to carry items and in most cases they start carrying those items.
My biggest complaint with this store is the incorrect prices that I’ve been charged for the staff ringing up thing’s I’m buying. For instance, I was charged for the bunch of three leaks when I only bought one. I think it’s the staff typing in the codes. My best advice is to keep track of what your buying and the prices then check them as they are ringing you up. Even a sharpie writing on each item could be worth the effort. I once left this store to find I over paid around 13 dollars on a 200 dollar receipt. The most interesting thing is to this day I’ve never found an under charge for anything which tells me they aren’t super motivated in fixing errors in their favor but certainly the other way around. Needless to say, always check your receipt!

Nice store and has almost anything you need. I had stopped in because we forgot sticks to roast marshmallows, the checker said they had them for sure and had someone look for about 15 minutes until they finally found some in the back. I was very happy because it saved me a drive. Only thing is they close kinda early…

Last Friday, Gayle, me, and the Pups took a long drive from Pleasant Hill to her Mom’s home in Genoa NV. We took this route, as Highway 50 was problematic due to fire.
We stopped at the Payless market for a bio-​break, some snacks, and a chance to stretch our legs. It’s a nice store, with helpful staff, and smiles for the road.

Great local market! Well-​stocked with a friendly staff.

I love coming to this store! Christina is always so funny and Beca always knows what I want in the morning for breakfast! Whenever I need anything from the deli Jacob and Ryan are ready to help me! I am so happy that this store is Pioneer.

This store is an awesome little local market. They have everything you might need. The staff are always very nice and extremely helpful. Need something, just ask they will show you where it is.
I went to this store about a month ago and was standing in line when this man was causing a huge stink over his declined card. The cashier was trying to let him know the card was declining and he just was not getting it. He then proceeded to yell and curse at the cashier because of his issue! The man was being so nasty and rude that as soon as he left the other lady cashier was asking my cashier if she was okay. My cashier was so cool and calm even after the incident.
A++ service! Stop by if you are passing through and you will see for yourself

expensive for Western Family generic brand stuff like way expensive. soaked me for two bucks over retail for a bottle of dextron tranny fluid. glad to get it but when I paid out on it debit card I mistyped my pin and the checker exclaimed in an extremely loud voice «INSUFFICENT FUNDS». Lots of other customers turned to take a good look at the bum. Bad experience all around for a local I avoid and and tell my friends to avoid. Pine Grove Market 3 miles away is much more fair and don’t have their heads lodged.

Very disappointed to find out that this store will be closing and another company will be taking over, a company, we have heard, that does not carry meat, produce, milk products, and other essentials that the Pioneer residents depend on. Please tell me this is not true. As you can see by my rating, I feel the store is excellent. If the new owners don’t carry the products we are used to getting with Payless, then they may be very disappointed in the response.
An Amador Pines resident

I stopped in again on my way to Tahoe and they had a pretty sweet sale going on. I stopped on my way back 3 days later and did all my grocery shopping. Thanks Payless!

I only go there when i have to it is very expensive but tends to have what I need if I am in a pinch and can’t drive the half hour each way to the cheaper store!

They have got a lot of fresh food out here especially for being in the middle of nowhere.
I stocked up on provisions for my motel here since it was 3 miles away and everything was decently priced except beer.
The cheapest six pack of beer is Budweiser. I’ll drink bud if I have to but 7.99 for a sixer? OUCH!
Good beer is between 9.99 and 13.99 a six pack.
If you need food or toilet paper or other random grocery store stuff you can stop here. Just buy you beer before you get this far down 88 or you’ll be paying through the nose.

I love this market! It is a co-​op of the IGA, so it’s nice to support family-​owned and co-​op stores.
The store is small, but well stocked. The fresh meats are great quality at affordable prices. Nice selection of in-​store breads. Small but efficient deli department.
They carry a line of baking mixes by Whistle Stop that I have not seen down here. Nice mixes for cobblers, crisps, green tomatoes, onions, etc.