Comments on: Grocery store nostalgia: the return of Lucky

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:53:55 +0000

I remember the Luckys on the Newport peninsula. When I first moved there in the mid 80′s, we had a running joke of who the real Lady Lee was. Then later in the early 90′s when the recession hit, my friend Nina had her hours cut at work and was quite worried about making ends meet. I told her to not worry about it, and to do what I was doing. Just go to Lucky’s. I am saving so much money buying Lady Lee toilet paper, paper towels, milk, charcoal, cheese, I can afford having my hours cut. Then Nina said, if they have Lady Lee tampons I’m there. We had a good laugh.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:29:47 +0000

I shopped at the Lucky’s in San Pablo when I was a little child from the mid to late 1980′s with my mother and brother…it was so much fun there and I loved the employees. I wish I remembered their names. They loved me and my brother so much. It was a great experience and you always felt welcomed!

I was so sad when the Lucky stores closed in 1999…I was 17 then…in fact I was just talking about this yesterday to a friend and came to find out tonight on the internet that the Lucky Stores reopened last year…this is so exciting! I actually came to tears when I found out Lucky’s is back again! I have such a lifetime of memories there from when I was very little.

Altogether it’s been 12 years since I shopped at a Lucky’s so I hope it’s the same feeling and that the management is the same as it was when I was there…once again, this is so exiciting!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:45:50 +0000

You will find rudness everywhere. I am sure not all employees of any company are bad. It is a shame that management is not listening to the complaints as well as the compliments that are offered by the consumer. Hmm, “consumer”- a good word; one who consumes. In an industry where you are providing “consumables” They really should pay more attention to what the customer has to say.

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:27:40 +0000

Ok so people need to stop complaining about Lucky. You people need to get a life and go outside and do something.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:41:56 +0000

On Tuesday May 20, 08 in the afternoon I dropped my drivers license on a cash register at the Lucky’s on El Camino in San Bruno and it disapeared into the machine. There were numerous coins, receipts and other dirt in the space it fell into. I had to stand around for 15-30 minutes while they let me try to get it out and offered some help. They promised to have a technician out on Wed May 21 in the morning,and to call me no matter what. They didn’t do any of those things. I called and they said ‘oH we forgot’, and again promised to get my license on Thurs, same thing, they promised then did nothing. On friday I finally got a call that they found it. I went to pick it up but apparently didnt’ thank them enough or ‘ask nicely’ so they wouldn’t give it back to me. I asked for 15 minutes. I finally called the police, once they were involved the cashier gave me my drivers license back. She had been passive aggressively holding it the whole time. WTF? I recommend that no one shop at the Luckys on El Camino the manager was ANDy on the first day and MArio on Thurs and Friday.

By: karen gilmore

karen gilmore — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:56:51 +0000

Luckys manager @ the one un Santa Rosa was rude and would not take a product back even Tho I had a reciept and it was on my Debit card Rude Rude rude. I will be shopping at Safe way and I will tell every one to shop at safeway as well

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:43:59 +0000

I started with Lucky in 1966 and worked for them through the Albertson’s aquisition. Albertsons immediately raised all the prices and changed prices constantly. Two for this …five for that. It was very confusing for the customer. Mangement for Albertsons was the “good ol’ boys club. Just a bunch of self serving jerks who were only concerned about their bonuses. I knew Lucky rejects who went on to become supervisors for Albertsons. If I ever come back in life… I will hold up liquor stores before I ever work in the grocery business again!!!

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:49:21 +0000

Save Mart does not own the brand Lady Lee, They dont own the brand Key buys. That is owned by another company. I worked for Lucky stores for 12 years from when I was 16 till 28 years old.

By: Tracy in Walnut Creek

Tracy in Walnut Creek — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:52:46 +0000

Ruth L.B. (8/26/07) should have checked out the Albertson’s stores over here in Walnut Creek, Concord and Pleasant Hill.
From my experiences in their stores here, I was not at all surprised – and relieved – when the chain went under. After finding butter that had expired three months before and several other products that were either at or past expiration, I stopped shopping at any of their stores. And I’ve never encountered store clerks with worse attitudes, some bordering on obnoxious. In addition, most of the time their prices were even higher than Safeway’s. At least Safeway’s campaign a few years back to make their staff more “customer-friendly” worked – it’s a pleasure shopping there now (although the prices are high).
At any rate, it sounds like Ruth and I have had vastly different shopping experiences – it all comes down to how a store’s management runs their store.
I remember shopping with my mom in the very first Lucky’s store in San Leandro in the
’60s, and I’ve always enjoyed all of their stores whenever I moved around the Bay
Area – and I’ve lived in just about every county here. Their staff was always friendly,
and they hadn’t been forced into it. And no one could beat their prices. I was heartbroken
when they were taken over by Albertson’s.
Here’s hoping the “new” Lucky stores measure up to their predecessors.

By: John Anthony

John Anthony — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:28:55 +0000

Let me correct myself some of the real old stores did have geen lettering.
If you want to check out old photos of lucky, mayfair and others check out grocerteria.com