I live in Santee and will no longer shop at this store. I will be traveling further to get better deals. Food for Less is awful. Never have good deals. All their cashiers look like they hate their jobs. Worst off, you have to wait for customers to bag their own groceries which seems like they take their time. Don't you realize others have things to do. Never enough lines open. Customers always tend to check out at the same time. Better deals at Stater Bros or Ralphs. read more

New/refurbished carts! Finally! It's about damn time you got rid of those wobbly, squeaky pieces of shit carts you had. Thank you F4L! read more

Appreciate them being open until midnight. The store was clean and signs easily readable. I was in and out with my items in less than 10 minutes. Cashier was kind, didn't talk much so not much to say. read more

This is fairly large F4L. Big vegetable section. What I found surprising was their alcohol section. Anything hard liquor was locked up by the front. Found some limes here for a cocktail recipe we needed. Apparently this Santee store has been here since 1980 (a sign indoors said so). I didn't know this store chain has been around this long. read more

Pros: * Clean * Organized * Good Selection * Large aisles * Quick Checkout Cons: * Dirty carts * Missing Sales signs Extra: * N/A read more

honestly surprise surprise because it's santee but a CASHIER made direct eye contact with me and said "it's cinco de mayo shouldn't they be burning?" ya im hispanic. Clearly super uneducated because whatever that means but still racist and the cashier didn't say or do anything and got upset when i asked for 10 bags (i got $330 worth of food) read more

Where to start. Horrible store with expired food! This store is very dirty with expired food on the shelve! Rotten produce dirty floors rude employees! Nothing about this store is good seems like they're hiring the homeless! lol read more

This is one of my preferred grocery store as produce and Kroger brand items are very affordable compared to grocery stores like Vons. I like the location of this food 4 less because it's kind of off the beaten path from mission gorge road. Also the food 4 less is very large per usual, but it is kept a very clean and very organized which I really appreciate. They have good sales and good products. It doesn't seem to be crowded anytime I've gone here even on the weekend before thanksgiving. they do a good job on having multiple cashiers open if it is supposedly busy so that the line can go faster. If you are looking for affordable produce and grocery items definitely come here. read more

Today the produce didn't look as good as usual. I usually like Food 4 less better than other grocery stores in area. The advertised corn was awful looking. The bananas were really good. The broccoli looked horrible. Must be a bad day. read more

Do better - cleanliness is a big fat zero. I have not been to this store in a bit. I was disappointed with the overall filth- The manager is not managing, nor is the supervisor - For example - The check stands have built up food, crumbs, and dust that has not seen a good wipe in a very long time. Gross- if this is what check stands look like for the public to see I cannot imagine what the meat dept, deli, and bakery cleanliness or lack of behind-the-scenes - for all the employees there if you are ok working in those conditions I wonder what their houses look like- that's all rant over - read more

Never thought I'd use "favorite" & "Food 4 Less" in the same sentence, yet here I am, writing this review why this is my favorite Food 4 Less and the only one I'll shop at. It's the cleanest, loneliest, newest, least ghetto Food 4 Less I've ever stepped foot into and I'm living for it. After having dismal experiences at the Food 4 Less in El Cajon, Lemon Grove, University square, Mission Valley, I'd rather drive here to shop at this location. The clientele here is a lot more low-key than at the aforementioned locations, hence a much better shopping experience. Parking here is always plentiful and there's never bums or sketchy people loitering around the parking lot like there tend to be at other locations. As long as this is the case I'll keep buying my cheap groceries here. read more

WOW! I was impressed with this grocery store. We had just left Sharp Cuyamaca and I had to buy Gatorades, pedialyte, soups, popsicles, crackers and a couple other items for my sick daughter. This store is very spacious and clean and everything was easy to find even though I had never been in the store. Oh! AND THE COST! I couldn't believe it! I spent a little over $20. Woot woot. read more

Bakery was not helpful. I needed to Christmas Cakes. I asked for writing on them. They wrote on the chocolate cake with ORANGE frosting and dripped water on the cake. No it didn't dry, it left marks. Ad they were writing in the 2nd cake with Orange frosting I caught it and they used RED. The chocolate cake will need repair. Sad that they didn't think a Christmas cake would look like a Halloween cake with orange frosting. read more

I do not shop very often at Food 4 Less, but this location was a lot more convenient at the time given I had lunch near by and needed some avocados, Peruvian Beans, and white potatoes. Yes, I know, such the exciting shopping list. They had tons of medium size Hass avocados for .99 a piece. I was pleased with these because they were larger that I find at other supermarkets. I had to spot the Peruvian beans because they did not have a sign on them nor a price. After trying my best to pick out the duds, I filled a bag with one pound of the beans. Lastly, the white potatoes were at a great price of .79 per pound. When I asked about the price of the Peruvian beans the staff was members were very helpful and looked up the price. The gent at the register was friendly enough and I was glad that they had multiple registers open to help thing flow smoothly. read more

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Not a good day for this store. It's 11a & only one line is open. 6 people in line, I guess I'll wait & write a review

I bought from them toast whole wheat was expire I just opened it I start to eat the smell and the taste was nasty I said why is that I looked at the expiration was 4/23 where is the employees so they don't care about peoples health no one checked and the most ridiculous the shelves was full of them read more

I went there today I purchased 2 12 pks of Bud Light , I always leave beer or soda in the cart with the UPC code where they can scan it easily well today the cashier charged me for 3 instead of 2 and not only that the shelf tag said the price was $10.99 and it rang up $11.99 , the cashier acted like he took it off but my receipt does not show it , the person I did a live chat with told me to go to the store like it's so simple for everyone just to head on over the store like they have nothing else to do read more

we spent a weekend at Santee Lakes and realized that we forgot quite a a few grocery items. searched yelp for what was around and Food 4 less was the winning choice. I haven't been to a Food 4 less in YEARS (like 20+) we got everything we needed and then some....haha...I just couldn't help myself. we also bought firewood here...I need to say that it was super dry and burned too quick...not my favorite firewood. . oh and they didn't charge for bags! wow! the bags were heavy duty and totally came in handy the rest of the weekend bonus find...bought some chips and salsa and I think it was some of the best I've every bought at a grocery store! read more

I have never seen any Food 4 Less location that clean and spacious as this one, also tons of products that made me think I was shopping at another, just take a look at the hot food section compare to any other riff raff locations. Omg this place is stocked. I love it read more

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This place is better than the local Vons by leaps and bounds. Their prices are good, the produce isn't the best, but it's usually pretty decent, and they have a good selection. The people who shop here are often pretty scummy, which can be frustrating while shopping here, but the employees are universally wonderful. Get the rice pudding! read more

Went shopping here yesterday and it will be my last time I ever step foot in any Food 4 Less! Went to open the salad pack I bought and it was slimy and rotten! Where is the quality control in this store??? Their produce rots within a day or two! Now I'm afraid to eat the chicken I bought. read more

I ordered cupcakes from the bakery department. I was so disappointed. I went pick up my cupcakes and realized they put the wrong frosting on my vanilla cupcakes. The lady said she can fix it for me right away, so I was kind of happy about that. Then when she returned with the cupcakes it looks like she just scraped the old frosting off the cupcakes and threw on the new frosting. It looks really sloppy. Very unprofessional I could have done that myself! I also ordered the cupcakes without any sprinkles, I ordered the chocolate shaving on the cupcakes. I told them that I only wanted regular chocolate, nothing White. They end up giving me regular chocolate with white chocolate on there. What's the point of ordering something and you don't get what you want! Never again will I ordered cupcakes from them! read more

Food4Less - With mixes chocolate! Only wanted regular chocolate! - Grocery Near Me - Santee, California

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This is a horrible food 4 less.... I go in there and it's dank and scary inside. I went to buy some of the sandwich meat, and there is literally mold COVERED in it. To my knowledge the package wasn't opened, but there was mold from top to bottom, left to right, COVERED all over the sandwich meat. I shake it off, and decide that maybe they're not updating the sandwich meat area yet. So I buy some of the dinner rolls, that comes in the tube (like Pillsbury)... I take it home and make dinner for my family. I'm about to plate the food, and put in the dinner rolls, and I smell the rolls and they smell disgusting. .. there's VISIBLE mold on the edges/corners, and lingering in between each roll. ***I literally bought the rolls THAT DAY!!!!!*** (and the expiration date wasn't for another couple of weeks!!!! I will NOT BE going there EVER again... Beware, their food isn't safe!!!!! read more

Food4Less - Grocery Near Me - Santee, California

I stopped by here after dinner last night. I needed a couple items for some meal prep. This location felt a lot smaller than the El Cajon location. I mainly only stayed in the produce section, where most of my items were. Everything was very organized and much cleaner compared to the EC location. Cashier was very friendly and employees were also helpful. read more

So I've only been to food 4 less twice in my life and I'll never go back. Between them selling all the cheapest, most processed/preservative filled, toxic foods/drinks I've ever seen to their rancid meats and low quality fruits and veggies. This place sucks! Manager was friendly. Cart staff outside were rude. But over all this place is a disappointment. read more

Thank you to the meat dude at Food 4 Less!! Jonte Rocks. I tried to do the customer service thing on the receipt but had challenges. Jonte always takes the time to educate and share a friendly smile. read more

Please update your hours... even on crisis making us to come over and the store opens at 8am instead 6am accordind to the website. It is a joke! read more

This food 4 less is less busy then others. I usually find no lines here. El cajon is a little too crowded for me.

I am disgusted your fresh chicken is always frozen while its supposed to be fress maybe you sjould have more competent people handling the chicken its obvious your employees dont care maybe get better management read more

Checker was very rude!! After spending $157.00 as we were bagging our items he makes the statement "You know those Arn't free" being embarrassed by his clear crappy comment I acknowledged that I was fully aware and had full intentions to pay once we knew how many bags we needed. Of. Purse he'd ask my wife we needed bags and she told him yes, so we knew about the bags. This began a back and forth exchange with him making the statement I should have "Voted about the bags" HE DOESNT KNOW ME! I not only voted I had educated myself about where those supposed "green funds" go from all the bag sales to save our environment, to the grocery union!!! Look it up!! You can imagine how this turned out, like I told his manger who watched this exchange I have choices where we shop and Santee is not the closest store!! read more

After a long, abusive relationship with the Lemon Grove store, I am so grateful to adopt this location as my new grocery store. For the clean and larger space, better selection, sparce population of customers, and the normalcy of those customers at that, this is worth driving the extra miles to save money. F4L still doesn't carry everything I wish they would, but I've learned to let that go and shop the other stores when need be. This location actually has the toiletries I can't find in LG, and a few other things that just contribute to the better shopping experience. It gives validity to the old phrase "going the extra mile". Though I've heard good things about the one in Emerald Hills...and that's not too far, so we'll see! read more

I've never been a Food-4-Less shopper until we recently moved to Santee and there is no Ralph's close by :( BUT to my surprise, I'm kinda diggin it! Prices are great! And since it's the same company as Ralph's, they have many of the same items/brands for even less expensive! The produce seems legit, dry foods/canned goods also. I'm pretty picky about my meats, so I'll stick to sprouts or trader joes for that because I prefer all natural meat. The inside of the store could use a little sprucing up, looks kinda ghetto. But if you ignore that, it's great. Also, you have to bag your own groceries. No big deal, but it's a little strange... read more

Rotten produce, expired food and generally just a dirty trashy store. They will have one register open and 10 people in line.

Good deals,Get Produce else where but you can't beat there deals on meat cheese cereal etc. Still can't stand the smell everytime I walk in. Bleh read more

Food4Less - Grocery Near Me - Santee, California

This is our grocery store and ill tell you why. Food4less is hard to beat price-wise as we all know, but the stores can be a little...torn up. Sure, i liek going to another name brand store and enjoy the selection, neatness and..attitude. Am i right? Well this store is clean and pretty well organized. MUCH better than most other stores locally ive seen. Thier selection could be better, as usual, but its not too bad and they often have good stock of the killer sale items. Parking is never an issue and tax is CHEAPER than el cajon. Yup, this is where i go until i find better. I welcome any advice on finding such a place. read more

Too overcrowded and the lines are insane. I'll stick to the FOOD 4 LESS in Lemon Grove. Sucks that this one is so close to me.

Great Location, plenty of parking. They have a very good selection and even better prices. Bathrooms are always clean too.

This is one of the nicer Food 4 Less stores (in my opinion). Way nicer than El Cajon and Lemon Grove. I often stop here on the way to Santee Lakes. If F4L carries it, it's about the best deal you're going to get. I only knock off one star since they don't have as many even mid-range "gourmet" items you might expect out of a store this big. But the prices are awesome and that's what keeps me coming back. read more

Big thanks to Nick. He helped me out on some Items I bought and didn't use. I had the receipt and he let me return the items. Food 4 Less is a great neighborhood supermarket and is our main place to shop. read more

Best food for less in all San Diego! Super clean and they are well stocked. The employees are friendly and helpful. Their fruit and veggies are fresh not like all the other locations where their fruits and veggies are always in bad shape. read more