Grocery Outlet

Once upon a time, I lived in the Central Valley. Walking distance from my home lived a grocery outlet. That grocery outlet should be dismantled and thrown in the San Joaquin River and be rebirthed into this Grocery Outlet. Knowing what I remember, I hadn’t stepped foot in one of these stores since I left the valley in 2011. After my boss raved about the one in slo, I decided to check this one. OMG LOCAL WINE WONDERLAND!!! Four bucks will buy you a bottle that tastes better than the $ 64 bottle I had in Santa Ynez a few months back. And that store is so clean you could eat off the floors, I wouldn’t recommend it, but you probably could. AND TOTAL PROPS TO THE CASHIER NAMED ANDREA!!! Girl, you need a raise and a promotion!!! You people will be tired of me, get used to it haha

What a find! We just moved to the area a few months back, and have tried several markets. We tried good old Albertsons in Orcutt. Nice clean store, but like back home, way too expensive for the quality. We tried FoodMax, not impressed, and Smart & Final (liked thus plCe, just really crowded all the time).
But after going to Grocery Outlet, this will become our «go to» market. It was clean, easy to get to, and the employees were very friendly.
They have an amazing wine dept. lots of wines at very reasonable prices. I will get back to you on the wine quality later.
Their offering is a little limited, but great for picking up those everyday items on the way home.

If you’re a gluten free aficionado, you might be a little disappointed in the selection of items. Most people have no idea about that stuff, and they clearly don’t here either. That being said, I love the eclectic selection of stuff and the people working there were pretty nice. If I lived locally, I would definitely shop here regularly. Along with Trader Joes. I would probably almost never hit up Vons. By contrast, if you live in Lompoc, the Grocery Outlet there has a dedicated selection of gluten free items.

Great Store, great prices, interesting merchandise, clean, friendly, pride of family ownership!

I have been shopping at Grocery Outlet for a short time it’s has a large selection of items, the parking is great and the employees a polite and courteous.

What a great store family owned and operated in Santa Maria! The best prices on all kinds of great groceries and general merchandise! The owner and staff were so friendly and helpful. I got Talking Sully toy that is usuallly $ 30.00 for $ 14.00 for my Grandson! Great wine prices, vitamins and healthy snacks! YAY!!! You must go!

The Central Coast’s best kept secret in regards to amazing savings!
Granted, it’s not the kind of store where you’ll find fancy amenities and shop with people that wear Calvin Klein and drive BMW’s, but if you’re willing to not let that bother you and focus on the fact that you’ll be saving tons of money shopping here, then this Grocery Outlet is the place to go! The quality is also just as good.
The staff are also wonderful at this location which to me is a HUGE PLUS and more reasons to continue shopping at this grocery store.

Great Savings, love this place

Why would you go anywhere else for groceries, unless you want to spend more…

I love this place. Since moving to CA I’ve been trying to find a store like Aldi’s, where prices for things like bread, butter, granola bars, bags of shredded cheese etc were nearly half what I’d pay at a regular chain grocery store. I have even found things at less than half the normal cost! The store is clean, the prices are great and the cashiers are always pleasant. So happy to have found this place! I drive 30 minutes twice a month to stock up here :)

Leave your logic at the door, and never EVER walk in with a shopping list that is more extensive than a simple outline.
There is always some crazy find at GO.
The store itself is stripped down. Nothing fancy. Underwhelming. Don’t let that trick you into thinking this is some kind of borderline welfare outlet or hobo hangout.
Some items do expire early (they do some liquidation from other retailers), but all that says to me is that this is where you should go if you’re having some kind of gathering. The wife and I bought several different meats, crackers, cheeses, and ingredients for a dinner for a few friends. When compared with what we would have spent at our usual stores (Albertson’s, Food Maxx, and Vallarta) we paid around 30% of what we would have paid elsewhere. Just so this doesn’t come off as a general statement, we bought two Alouette spreadable cheese items for $ 1.49 a piece, two 4 oz packages of Chevre Goat Cheese for $ 2 a piece, and a Carr’s cracker sampler for $ 3. The same items purchased at Albertson’s (which I still love, it’s not a knock on them at all) would have been over $ 20 for just the cheese. After this adventure, I really did feel like I had been lighting my money on fire and throwing it in the street for years.
GO is the first place I go when the regular grocery store stops carrying something I want. 32oz tetra packs (like giant juice boxes) of Progresso Beef Stock were selling at the paltry sum of 2/​$ 1. They were so cheap I used some of it as a mix in treat for my dogs’ dinners. Elusive holiday Oreo’s sell for around $ 2 a pack. Fiber One Peanut Butter Granola Bars sell for $ 1.50 a six pack! Those little bags of Chex mix that you pay almost $ 2 a piece for at the store are right around 50 cents!!!
I pray every day that the wine and cheese crowd don’t catch wind of this place, because the wine and cheese are dirt cheap. Natural and organic products are offered at severe discounts. Tom’s of Maine, Aunt Annie’s, and other natural first products are all over the store (and about a third of what you’d pay for them at Lassen’s or New Frontier’s). If people are too proud to shop at a store called «Grocery Outlet» then that’s their problem. More savings for me.
Unlike my other reviews, I’m not trying to be witty, or funny, or anything less than informative. If you haven’t scanned the shelves at GO before, you’re just plain missing out. Put aside about an hour on a weekend or day off and treat yourself to a food adventure. Instead of going out to eat, just once, take the $ 30 – 50 you’d spend for you and someone else, and go see what crazy finds you can score. As long as you go into the store with the right mentality, you’ll come out great. Treat it like a high end buffet. You don’t have to try everything, but if something piques your interest, and if you like it, you can buy a crap load of it, and if not, you’re not out that much money. You’re not going to love everything. You might not even love 80% of the items in the store. But if you can save 50% off even five items that you’d buy at the other store anyway, why wouldn’t you check it out?
I really do love this store. The prices are great, the staff are friendly and I hope that it’s around forever.

I can’t believe no one has reviewed this place. This place is awesome for groceries. It’s like xmas you go in there and have no idea what your going to find. There are plenty of things I return for that I hope they have but if they don’t have it you find something else. Now none of this stuff is expired or damaged it’s not like that. Maybe places have to much of it or its discontinued but I know a lot of it is not discontinued you will find stuff in here with at least 50% mark down from other grocery stores. They have stuff that you find at specialty stores marked way down. They have vitamins and some medicine marked way down, vegetarian items, cereal, there frozen aisles are a treasure chest, also shampoo, soaps, laundry items, loads of crazy cheese usually, usually humus marked way down. I could go on and on their produce section isnt the best and I don’t go here to buy fresh meat or anything I just know I am going to find something great.