Wrightwood Market

I love the new selection at the Market! Vegan gummies & cookies, and a great selection of drinks. There are just enough adult beverage choices to get you in out. And the snack selection has something for everyone.

What a friendly and well stocked market. I was greeted with fast and friendly service. Great selection of items and great coffee. I highly recommend this establishment.

This seemed like any other gas station/​c-​store. They have a plethora of drinks and snacks, dont bother looking for something healthy. They also have gas if you drove up here and forgot to fill up before arriving.
Pro Tip: They dont even rip you off for using credit vs cash… the difference was only $.06/​gallon.
I didnt end up getting any fuel here, but I was able to see that this place was totally typical of every other gas station that I have been to. Limited customer service with a fillerup and run attitude.
I know you have been to a million places like this in the past. I guess the only difference here is that it is not a chain and it is a relaxed town. But I do prefer the independent places over the chain locations… enjoy…

WATCH OUT IF YOU USE A CREDIT CARD. YOU COULD GET RIPPED OFF. This is one of those stations that has not modernized and you have to go inside to pay. If you tell them an amount, that’s what they will charge you even if your car takes less than that amount. In other words, you pay for gas you did not buy. I pulled in on my motorcycle, told them five bucks (my bike is small) and the bike took $ 3.56. Did they adjust the amount like every other gas station in the world? Nope. I got charged the five bucks. This station does not inform the public of this fact or that you have to go back inside to get your card adjusted. Nope, they just let you drive off with an overage on your card. Unfortunately, they are the only gas on the mountain. If you must fill up, use cash.

The Wrightwood Min Mart has good aspects and bad. One clerk, who probably will be gone by the time I finish this, is very friendly and helpful, outgoing, and makes your experience pleasant. She is one of maybe four or five, and all the others do as much as they can to make your experience unpleasant… and this is the average, in wrightwood. Wrightwood businesses feel entitled to your money and think you should hand it over, shut up, and move out of their way as soon as possible.
And to help the Wrightwood Mini Mart collect your dollars, they’ve instituted a minimum purchase requirement on debit cards. As I understand it, for sme cards this is legal and accepted. As I understand it, and I have a query in to Visa at this time to clarify, for VISA Debit cards, they are not allowed to charge a minimum.
Any business that must rely on imposing «minimums» to make their money is a pathetically incomptetent business. Adding a nickel to the price of a dozen things in the store will get them the same thing (which presumably is to cover the cost the card company charges them) without annoying and putting customers off.
But I think Wrightwood businesses compete to see who can annoy the customer more, so maybe that’s all part of the plan. Anyway, as soon as I hear back from Visa, I’ll post again,.
Meanwhile, do your shopping elsewhere, and if you think the Jensens across the street is better, think again… they added 50 percent to everything in the store to make sure they get your money!

I’m just going to flat out say, I love this place because the clerk working here helped me out when I was lost in this area. She whipped out maps and pointed me in the right direction. I ended up buying some stuff in her store because of it.