California Ranch Supermarkets

This place is no longer here! When I first came here it was pretty dead and empty. From reading the reviews lots of people said after the bakery left this place pretty much died out. It now is the Pacific Island supermarket or Island Pacific or something. It is now very similar to Seafood City which is right across the street lol. When I first came to California Ranch it was pretty dead and I thought they were working on it to improve it, not to make it a completely different supermarket. I liked it. Although it was hella dead, they had what I needed. I bought udon here for 33 cents each. I bought chicken broth here. I bought lemon drinks here. Although it was nothing like what it used to be or what it is now, I was still content. The workers were nice enough to put my stuff in a clear plastic vegetable bag that way they won’t need to charge me 10 cents for a regular bag. I’m just sad I wasn’t here to see what it used to be before it died out. I go to this plaza mainly for Target but the supermarket never stood out. Now that its been remodeled, it’s super packed and harder to find parking.

CLOSED.
Nothing is there now.
When Clement bakery moved out, it was left for dead.
I hope Trader Joe’s moves in because this side of town NEEDS ONE!

I was already doing my weekly target shopping and decided to do my grocery here since it’s so close. Once I walked in it looked like the place is closing down. For the time period they were in business, I thought they were doing alright – even though there is lucky’s and seafood city on the other two corners.
Most aisles were cleared and they were packing the rest in between. Not much of a discount happening if they actually do decide to clear the inventory. All the ‘fresh’ veggies were somewhat soft and old– but no sale happening. The deli and meat section were cleared away. Farewell california ranch.

I knew this place wouldn’t last! RIght when they opened they only had a few months of being the only «asian» market in Morrill area, until Seafood CIty opened. I feel kinda bad for this place. It lacks the «asian flare.» I say that because they are limited in their supplies. Their seafood area is kind of sorry. Not much variety, and it’s the same with their meat department as well.
I just think this particular building is bad luck only because it use to be PW Market, and everyone who lives in this neighborhood all knows that PW went bankrupt.
But enough about that, I do shop here when I’m too lazy to go to Seafood City. Plus their pricing isn’t as bad either.

Dont buy the fruit it no good in day are to maybe that why it so cold in the store

Clement Bakery has moved out of the store. No reason to go to California Ranch now.
In fact the place was quite dead.

Notice that most of these (good) reviews say that the place is «close to home» not «a great place to do business.» I wish I could give them better reviews but it’s time for the truth. These folks like themselves WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY more than they like customers.
I entered the store at 7:50 one night and was greeted by a security guard who encouraged me NOT to enter the store. He said they were only open for anther 10 minutes and asked {shaking his head «no”} if I was «sure I wanted to shop?» Well, yes, as a matter of fact! That is why I am walking into an open store with a shopping cart.
As I was walking around, the employees were covering the meat and frozen sections, as you would expect when they close. But they were still OPEN!
They don’t seem to understand that if you post your hours as being open until 8pm, people expect to still be able to shop until 8pm. Normally, at 7:55, you hear an announcement over the PA system letting you know you have 5 more minutes and at 8pm, an announcement says «We are now closed. Please bring your purchases to the cashiers immediately.» At that moment, employees take 10 minutes to cover things, final purchases are rung up, and everyone is out of the store by 8:15pm.
No, here, they PRETEND TO BE OPEN BUT close the store around you and follow you around from 7:50 to 8PM asking every 3 minutes if you are done shopping yet. I finally gave up, abandoned the cart, threw up my hands and told the security guard «OK, you win. I promise never to try to buy anything here again.»
I went across the street and purchased everything I needed in a pleasant store where they (apparently) wanted my business.
Here is a hint, California Ranch Supermarket.. .. If you want employees to be out of there by 8PM. list your hours as closing at 7:45PM. Don’t kick your customers out or they, (like me) will never return. And good luck with that marketing strategy.

The bakery is pretty good. I tried their green tea and taro puffs and it was pretty good and I haven’t manage to try anything else yet.
Parking to this place is nice and decent. It doesn’t get too busy like your typical asian market.

The store itself is probably a 2 star but the bakery is a 4 star!
I had a pineapple bun and it was nice and soft. Just the way I like it.

This place is good in a way because it has everything i need and it has a bakery shop, which has some bomb coconut bread puffs. I don’t know the exact name but you can get three for like $ 1.75. Anytime i go here i have to get those, other then that this place is not that crowded and the lines always go fast because its only like 2 people who are in front of you. They have a security officer in case anything goes wrong and this whole time i thought the security guard was asian, but one day i heard him speaking spanish and i was like holy Sh*t, ur mexican.lol. I didn’t say that out loud, i was just saying that in my mind.

Pretty decent Asian supermarket. Not as large and stocked as 99 Ranch but also not as busy, which is a good thing.
Like all Asian markets, everything is generally cheaper than your local American grocery stores. I like to do most of my grocery shopping here and just hit my favorite Savemart for last minute items. They also offer free fish frying here.

Pretty good Asian grocery store where you can find all kinds of standard fruits And vegetables as well as the exotic stuff for cheap!

I go here just about every weekend… the food here is the basic essentials I need to make my every day Vietnamse dishes. the customer service is here is great too! There is a security guard to make sure no wrongdoing occurs.
There is a bakery here and a little food station there. I’d buy my soy sauce chicken, BBQ pork, and those ready-​to-​eat meat needs.

This is one of my mother’s favorite grocery store in terms of purchasing breakfast food, lunch and bakery. The sesame fried balls are the best here and it’s not too oily, also the pineapple bread with custard and the lunch bento. David loves the red sesame chicken and breaded fish with fried rice or rice stick noodle. We love to purchase their crab when it’s on sale for $ 2.69 (hint hint). This place is also very clean and tidy, overall it’s pretty cool.

Had a pleasant shopping experience. No big crowds to fight. Its like Ranch 99 junior but better. Deli food is my.favorite. Usually make a few trips here a month.

It’s. SO. CHEAP.
I was here last weekend with my mom, and I seriously had to put blinders on either side of my face because every time my mom told me to find something, I’d stroll up and down the aisles looking for it– and come back with five delicious snacks that reminded me of different places I’ve lived in. I got Chiz Curls, ube-​filled wafer sticks, tiramisu-​flavored Quadratinis, Clover chips and fish-​free furikake. And all together they cost less than what I pay for two frozen dinners in Palo Alto.
Smell? What smell? And what rude people? Then again, I grew up with New York City’s Chinatown as my backyard playground– if you ever get a whiff of *that* at the height of the dog days of summer…

this place has a pretty decent variety of asian goods– philipino, chinese, viet. there is a bakery directly inside the door, named after a street in sf, can’t remember the name off the top of my head. it sells durian cream puffs! fun times.
they have purple yams, which is a big plus. those were 2 $ a lb. they do not sell any mochi-​type cookie cakes, but that’s ok. the haribo candy bags are 1.19, pretty inexpensive.
the fruits/​veggies are a tad rough looking, but that’s ok. apples were 79cents a lb and tangerines 1.99/lb in March. small avocados were 75cents each.
there’s a sign next to the bananas saying not to separate the bunches, which doesn’t make much sense to me.
i picked up a bag of loose thai tea leaves and a 12 pack of instant thai tea for 3 $ each.
they have a large fresh seafood area across the back of the store.

California Ranch is down the street from our place which makes it very convenient for us. The store is clean. Check out is fast and easy which is a MAJOR plus to me cause I like to get in & out. Their prices are pretty reasonable. Check out their liquor. I bought a bottle of Hennessy Privilege VSOP for $ 39.99 which is MUCH cheaper than BevMo and the liquor store :)
I do agree with the other Unilocalers. Sometimes their produce isn’t always fresh but is still A-​OK with me.

I thought this market was alright, just like all the other Asian markets within the vicinity. A little smaller than Ranch 99 and it doesn’t smell like some others.
–Produce: The greens looked fresh, but I came here for white mushrooms and they were brown (old and have been sitting on the shelf for too long). I didn’t want to risk food poisoning.
–Other: The thing that particularly caught my eye were the different types of Ramune (Japanese Carbonated beverage bottled in a glass bottle with a marble stopper). They had Original, Strawberry, Mango, Lychee, and some others.
–Bakery: Clement Bakery is in this market (The minute I saw it, it made me think of good olé Clement St. in SF). Their cakes looked alright, mostly the asian feel to them in terms of decoration and look. They have buns, single serving cakes, coconut tarts inside a display case that the employees get for you. It didn’t look appealing to me and I can’t comment, because I didn’t try any.
— Hot Food/​BBQ: Typical ducks hanging, whole chickens laying, and gizzards in swimming in oil. Went here to get a duck to make duck buns (yum!!!). The lady in front of me ordered 3 whole small soy sauce chickens. The butcher proceeded to grab 3 whole chickens in a rushed manner and in the process, he totally lost his grip of the chicken with his oily tongs and PLOP! The chicken fell to the ground right in front of my eyes. Did he pick it up immediately? Nope, no such thing as a 5 sec rule here, son! Luckily, the lady got her chickens sans the one that fell to the ground. I guess the butcher was mad at one of the ladies at the hot food counter, because a few cuss words in Chinese and complaints/​attitude later from the butcher, the chicken that was on the ground made it’s way back onto the counter with her other chicken friends. The butcher told the hot food lady to rinse it with water, but she refused. Wow, just wow! Are you serious?! That is disgustingly unsanitary. In most cases with Asian restaurants or anything for that matter, as long as I don’t see it, I’ll be fine.
After this, it makes me a bit queasy and iffy. What have I done to the food gods to make me witness all this unsanitary food in two consecutive days?! (refer to my other review about King Crab)

Not sure if this is the «best» Asian supermarket, but they have your usual Asian vegetables, the place is pretty clean and has decent prices. However, there is a $ 10 minimum for credit cards, which kind of sucks at times. But they have a bakery in there (cash only I think) and it’s right next to Target, so that’s a plus. =)