The Fantastic 4 were at this dirty warehouse-size supermarket to pick up some quick items for my colleague's party. The store is dirt cheap and has some good sales including Matt's favorite: 1lb. bag of Doritos for $1.50. We bought 5 bags including 2 for Mattself. We also bought some Sriracha Hot sauce, which cost slightly more than other Asian markets. Matt needed the Hot sauce for his Fried chicken and will introduce the popular Asian hot-sauce to Matt's b-day colleague, who has no idea what the sauce is. Even with the affordable prices on groceries, there were only 4 checkers at that time with 10 customers each and ahead of the Fantastic 4. Many customers have 2-3 mountain-high shopping carts full of groceries. We have one half filled cart, which seems like a small order to them. Great prices, but not worth waiting in line for 1/2 an hour to get rung up for just a couple of items. Matt's tip on going to a crowded market: Go with somebody and have one shop and the other stand in the long line read more

FoodMaxx - Grocery Near Me - Hayward, California

One of the employees literally stole right in front me and I got a bunch of spoiled items and there's always poop all over the place

This place is the worst grocery store I have been to. Most night time the line is 45 min waiting. Today memorial weekend at 9:19 pm there are 20 people in line for one cashier. Why I don't understand they close the self check out. If you have a security hard have it open all night read more

FoodMaxx - positives - great produce, low prices, people, interesting ethnic foods. Negatives - long lines, rustic, not the same selections as a Safeway. Well worth the hassles. read more

People might seem that it's ridiculous to shop at midnight and I agree but yesterday I needed some feminine hygiene products it was an emergency and I get it I should've been more prepared but it's life things happen so I went to the closest grocery store because that was the only place that was open during that time and boy did I make the biggest mistake by going there only one checker open lines were ridiculously long when we were calling the manager there was no one to be found overly heard from the cashier that he was hiding in the office because he didn't want to deal with the customer poor cashier was trying to get everyone out we'll see it for your self and oh yeah take a look at their restrooms too so much cleanness for a food place horrible management just horrible Food Maxx is really going down the gutter read more

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Cheap prices way less than Safeway and Lucky's more bargain for your money!!!! I find great produce at this store!

Shoppers with a line of carts making a Cashier Line in the Middle of the Food Aisles. Blocking Products, Fire and Exit Hazards.

Usually it's good service but lately the cashiers have been super rude. Specifically a cashier named Gina. My mom forgot her card in the car and only because we told her that we needed to get it, she shoved the cart we had out of the line and kicked the sodas that we had. I understand she might've had a bad day but that's no way to treat a customer. read more

It's like who ever runs this food max loves to watch how long the lines can get. The lines get hella fvcking ridickuloss long. Like so long that I'd rather pay 3 times as much for some milk at the liquor store next door. The only reason I come here is because this place is open 24hrs and some times I run out of El Jimador. Oh, extra star for the cashiers, they're cool. read more

If you want to shop at a place with great customer service...LOOK ELSEWHERE! Tonight was absolutely horrible. I went shopping with the hubby (who hates to grocery shop) for some juice and bread. Had some coupons and had a cashier who had no clue what to do. Then had another cashier who accused me of trying to cheat the store. REALLY???? Me? Waste my time trying to cheat you out of about $8 by using legitimate coupons? Accusations, ignorance, rudeness, and the lack of good customer service was unbelievable! Great deals can be found anywhere. Great customer service is rare. It's definitely absent at the Hayward Food Maxx. Michael (cashier) specifically. A call and email to corporate was made immediately. Needless to say we bought nothing and left. read more

foodmaxx never seems to have short lines so i seldom go. only reason to come here is to get my fill of "glacier" water. buys: .35/gal, self serve at machine at right of store. parking lot is always crowded..... read more

So I was on my way to a www.Grillaxin.com gig and I was in need of charcoal. I walked in and grabbed a two pack of Kingsfords Charcoal (22 lbs each) for $13.58! That's $4 cheaper than Costco AND I got 6 extra pounds from what I would normally get (Costco charcoal is sold in the 18.9lb bags) for a cheaper price! Score! Im coming back here to buy my charcoal! read more

You cannot beat the prices at Food Maxx! Period. They have a pretty decent selection of grocery items at about 1/2 the price of places such as Safeway and Lucky's. I will agree w/ a lot of reviewers, the negatives can be long lines because it does seem they keep having fewer cashiers during the busy times. The parking lot can get crowded during the day, especially on the weekends. I try to go in anywhere between 6am - 7am and I don't have too many issues w/ lines or checking out. The only problem can be they're restocking all the shelves in the early morning, so it can be difficult to maneuver the aisle. I've gone to the other two local Food Maxxs and I just like the way this one is set up. The aisles are easy to go up and down in and everything seems to be in a rightful place so you don't have to guess where stuff is. My suggestions to management are: - They should make sure to have 2 cashiers in the early morning hours because sometimes having the express lane open for everybody in the morning doesn't work. - Try to get better produce. Sometimes the produce isn't the best, but again, you can't beat the price. I really like this place. read more

Maybe I was a little harsh with my last review and forgot about the time when I was in a rush and somehow misplaced my keys when I put the groceries in my car. A really nice young man helped me look for them and even checked all the carts that he took back to see if I had somehow dropped them in there. I was starting to freak out when I think the Manager on duty came and helped me search the bags of groceries to see if I had somehow overlooked them in my panic. And sure enough, I did! She found my keys and I was able to drive home and go on with my day. This place isn't all that bad. The employees are always friendly. Sure they have long lines and maybe their fruit isn't the freshest lol. You get what you pay for, I suppose. I added on 2 stars for the customer service, which in my experience has been pretty awesome! read more

General Prices: 5 stars Produce selection: 4 stars Produce prices: 3 stars Meat: 2/5 stars (get it when it comes out or the place gets sloppy) Layout: 1 star (The maze is a brilliant marketing device that shows you sale items and high margin things like chips first then you have access to produce mat and the rest of the store.) (to keep things fresh and to not destroy things in your cart you should get fry goods first, then produce, dairy, meats and lastly frozen foods... a little tough with this layout.) It is impossible to get in and out quickly because you must navigate the maze. cleanliness 2 stars lines: NEGATIVE 100 stars. I thought I was getting in line for Space Mountain, there was a sign that said "your wait from this point will be 50 minutes," or at least there should have been. I had my friend go home and watch the game and come back to get me at half time. By the time I got to the front of the line my neighbor already got his copy of Max Payne in the mail, George Lucas had re released Howard the Duck, it was time to get my car registered again, the fat kid already told Santa his whole list and each of these jokes became relevant and irrelevant in the time I was in the line. read more

Always crowded. Busy parking lot. Annoying setup. Ever hear that Felipe Esparza bit about Food 4 Less? "I'm not a tough guy, but I can beat up everyone at Trader Joe's. But at Food-for-Less I shut the **ck up. They don't have aisles, they have alleys." Thats how I feel about this FoodMaxx. This is the grocery store I go to only if I absolutely have to, which is pretty much only when everything else is closed. They have all the basics, not much extra. The parking lot is always a mess, cars everywhere because there are not nearly enough spots for all of the shops/restaurants in the same center. It's pretty ghetto. Theres always kids running around all over the store. I have never gone in and not had to spend at least 10-15 minutes in line. When you walk in, you can't just go to the section that you want, you have to literally walk all the way around the entire store to get there. Whenever you leave, there's somebody rudely asking you for change. Yes, I'll be back. But I won't like it. read more

Crazy long lines! Drive to Target instead of this if you're in the area. This shares the same lot with Taco Bell, McDonalds, a liquor store, and other services that make the area constantly subjected to a high volume of traffic. The experience inside is stressful, unorganized, and there never seems to be a decent worker there. It's sad that this location is the most convenient but the atmosphere is too unpleasant to give a better rating. Sidenotes: they lock the store earlier than 1 on multiple occasions. kids and beggars are in the parking lot that will come up to your face so please keep items out of plain view and lock your doors. beware of expiration dates-a lot of items tend to be closer to that date than not. read more

Great variety of "super market" stuff. BUT the service is horrible !!! They only have 1 or 2 lines open during PRIMETIME. Everyone is getting off work and picking up a few groceries for dinner and they have to wait in the same line as people who are shopping for the YEAR! They have self checkout BUT they close it at around 730pm so now they only have 1 line open for everyone!!! And the employees who are on the line are rude and talking to the cashier next to them talking about their breaks or when they are off. After standing in line for what it felt like 10 minutes the cashier told me she was closing and I had to stand in a different line. At that moment I was ready to leave the cash on the table and just walk out with the milk I had in my hand. Honestly if I can go to another supermarket i would, but food max is the ONLY supermarket on this side of hayward, which is definitely a downfall. If the manager reads this: Definitely IMPROVE customer service and hire more. NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE STOCKING THE FULL SHELVES. read more

This is a poorer FoodMaxx, crowded, less cared for, they fear the use of the electric chair carts. The frozen food often seems it's been defrosted & refrozen. I purchased a $50 iTunes card took it home, peeled off the code and the bar code came off. "Sorry you have to contact Apple, we don't do refunds on cards". Took me 6 weeks! It had been water damaged ! Employees are over worked and short tempered and ALWAYS long lines! Go to Industrial FoodMaxx it 4 star cleaner & happier read more

Better buying stuffs here then safe way. Things I normally don't find at other stores I know for sure I will find it here. Like Victoria beer. Hard to find but here they got it. My chicken bologna. Hard to find here I always find it with ease. read more

FoodMaxx - Best price - Grocery Near Me - Hayward, California

Foodmax on Industrial; tried they avocados; so disappointed. All 8 looked like this-all black and bruised unbeatable. So pissed cuz they're expensive read more

Lots of cheap food when you known what your looking for. You bag your own groceries. The store is ugly compared to others but you can always find the basics. The down side is they never have enough cashiers and sometimes the lines are long and most of the employees are always being goofy. read more

I only like this Foodmaxx because of the location. Everything else kinda sucks. Like it doesn't matter what time of the day you go, there's almost ALWAYS a damn line. Smh! It's like the manager wants us ALL to hangout in the line all damn day. Giving this review 3 stars because although the lines SUCK, some of the workers are really friendly and once every blue moon they'll have a 2nd Cashier come out to assist with checkout. read more

it is ridiculously frustrating, to have to wait 30 min in line to get to the register, with only 2 cashiers working at a very busy time, it is not acceptable for a big corporation like thiz, it happens every single time we vone here, I just called them over the phone and it was answered right away at the second ring, I asked the person on the other side to please open another register himself, he said: "sorry, theres nothing I can do". What is wrong with this people? Manager, do your job!!!! NO STAR !!!! read more

Prices are affordable. Lines are always long though. They have Body Armor drinks ( Stop drinking Gatorade ) 10/$10. It's worth the hassle of the long lines but if you're looking for a specific brand, try Safeway or Lucky's, they might not have it. read more

I go here only for the prices because FoodMaxx definitely has the best prices out of a lot of grocery stores. Also the place is pretty clean and well kept and organized. Nothing really more to say than that. Only issue is the staff and customer service. I was trying to be nice when asking for alcohol but one of the cash register ladies was giving me so much attitude for no reason. I was trying to be so polite because I know what it's like working in customer service but she still gave me attitude. Guess she was just having a bad day idk read more

Sigh....this is my local grocery store and I just wish they would do better. The prices are right and the checkers are usually very friendly towards me but i rarely have an uneventful experience coming here. The lines are through the aisles. Even self-checkout has taken me 30 minutes! the parking lot has a lot going on. The set up of the store forcing you to walk around the entire store even if you want to purchase one thing is very frustrating for me. Im not sure if/how this can change but until then I will be avoiding this store and heading elsewhere to shop for groceries. read more

I don't know why I'm rating this place. The only reason why I go here is to check out redbox movies. But the lines for the redbox koisks are as long as the lines at the cashier! read more

Line is always long, but the beer prices can't be beat! read more

FoodMaxx - $7.98 BABY! Lmao! - Grocery Near Me - Hayward, California

@the very overweight, AA cashier that was working 5/5/21 at 745 AM .. managers, please send her to some trainings on customer service. She is VERY RUDE. She acts as if customers are bothering her. We PAY HER BILLS. She rolls her eyes and gives you short, rude answers. It's not our fault your 30 someone working an hourly job. Maybe have the men in the meat department train her on customer service. They are friendly and always happy to help. Management should really not let her work with customers. She is obviously miserable and mad at the world! read more

Cheap prices, but this is not like Walmart--it's basically a supermarket that offers cheaper prices, kind of like a Pak n Save. Ample parking, and they offer a Chase ATM inside, which is clutch. I tend to buy things here if I forgot something at Safeway or need some random item (like sauerkraut). read more

This is the only place that I can go late time when I remember I need something for cocking a meal.

Cheaper than Albertson's/Lucky's and Safeway. Plus they have really good rotisserie chicken like the one in Costco. And unlike the previously mentioned stores, they are open 24 hours. But I'd only shop here if it was much closer to me. Not really feeling the big warehouse look with all the yellow inside. Having to bag your groceries yourself? Eh I guess. Pricewise, I like it. Beware of the long lines. read more

Cheap prices on groceries. If you live in the area and you need to stock up on Cheetos and Coke, then you should go there. Some good produce for cheap also. I like this store. A lot of crap, like 700 kinds of margarine...but some good stuff also, you just have to look around. For example, they had Tilapia fish there and it was really overpriced. But they also had all kinds of hot sauces for dirt cheap and patis (fish sauce) for cheap also. When I saw the price on the tilapia I was pretty shocked because everything else there is so cheap. Good place to buy canned foods. They have fresh french bread also. It's kinda ghetto but they have so many super deals you have to go there. Don't go in the middle of the night, even though I think they are open 24 hours a day. Doesn't feel that safe at night and I heard some bad stories. I remember a few years ago they had a few stripped cars in the parking lot, stripped down to the bone. Way to do your job FoodMaxx security. I am not sure, but I think place only takes cash. read more

Great place for low priced groceries to save some $$. Only thing to say about this place is that lines are usually long and can usually expect a 5-10 min wait on every visit. Before stepping out, they have a redbox available to get a movie for $1/night rental. read more

Foodmaxxxx! Cheap food. which brings busy crowds. This place is open 24hrs. read more

Everything i always needed was in stock the times that i was here. Usually this place is clean but like all stores they have there off days and there fresh fruit is questionable. Now the reason why i give this place a 3 is that the lines here are soooooooo long you'll be here forever in certain times of the day and you frozen food can spoil right in front of you specially your milk. read more

FoodMaxx - Need food - Grocery Near Me - Hayward, California

Considering the cost of food has gone up and $100 doesn't buy much to include chicken or beef. Still a better deal than wholefoods, sprouts and safeway or luckys. Better to shop Monday to sat mornings, as weekend days can get heck tick. read more

On a late night I was worried where to find food and fruits many where I went but find closed the only place to found it was Foodmax I love it for its good service fresh foods and vegetables so I am recommending to all specially for you. read more

Thanks Cindi. A few people at this store are very kind. I shop here all the time and wanted to say thanks. If more of the employees were like her even better. read more