As I've said before I am a transplant to phoenix from NY and Albertsons as far as grocery stores are concerned has always had a "back east" feel to me which makes me feel at home despite the fact that I'm tens of thousands of miles away. They have the friendliest staff out of every grocery store which I have shopped at in Phoenix, coupled with a perfectly clean store makes for an excellent shopping experience every time. I love the fact that they don't require you to join any secret club just to qualify for sale priced items. I also love the deals which they always seem to have in their meat department. At any given time of the year you can find buy one get one and buy one get two deals on most meat dept. items and once in a great while you can find buy one get three deals on something awesome like pork ribs or rib eye steaks and get the absolute most bang for your buck. If you are a carnivore like myself and wish to save money on your diet Albertsons is the place to shop hands down!