99 Cent Only Store

Clean parking lot, plenty of parking, clean store, great customer service. Plenty of selection.
Great job to the management team. Keep up the good work.

This store is under new management the managers name is Cedric he is awesome and turned this store around looks great. I feel better about coming here.

This is a fairly new store. The store is very clean and neat. Immediately, I assume I was going to have a great experience. All was going well until I got to the fresh produce section. I was immediately greeted by fruit flies. It was just disgusting. How can a store be so clean and not take notice that their fruit is rotten. The manager and cashier were very nice. I did mention the produce problem and he assured me he would take care of it ASAP.

This is a newer store right across from my beauty salon. I remember when the store was being opened. I’m glad it’s convenient. I’ve ran over before or after getting my hair done to grab my usual: paper goods, water, and a few snacks. It’s clean with plenty of parking.

Two reviews said it used to be a church. It was some kind of school affiliated with the Academy Church on the next street on Manchester, which used to be a movie theater. But before that, going way back, the school was a Safeway Supermarket before the chain abandoned California. And that’s what it looks like, a sixties style supermarket. This is the biggest 99 Cents Store I have ever seen. The one a half mile up on Century has become horrible. They narrowed the aisles and jam boxes of cans in front of the shelves making it difficult to get through. And there are frequent spills in there so it smells nasty. This one the aisles are wide and the deli/​frozen food section is huge. It is more busy than when it first opened, but it is much less crowded than the Century store. It is usually well stocked, but it is pretty standard at all the discount merchandisers there are days when they get low or run out of certain items like that $ 2.99 toilet paper. And any pilfering is pretty standard at all similar stores in the area. The idea it isn’t safe to shop in is a joke.

This is really a great store. I can not believe that they have some of my favorite snack and they are actually a dollar. They have strawberry big league chew and barbecue corn nut. They even have something I though would be horrible but are quite pleasant to my taste buds, cheddar chesse pringles sticks.

When I saw the sign that a 99 cent only store is coming to where this old church used to be, I couldn’t wait to shop here. I usually go to the 99 cent only store on Hawthorne and a few blocks from 120^th street. So I was happy that I don’t have to travel that far to get discounts.
When store first opened months ago, it had stuff that I didn’t see at other 99 cent only stores. Which is great. It was very clean. Which is great. Most of the shopping crowd I encountered were elderly and retired. The rest were people like me… decent respectable shoppers. Which is also great.
The workers in the store are hit and miss. You can tell by the ones who are happy to actually have a job. They will smile at you or ask if you need any help. Then you have the ones with attitude, that will look at you like you are crazy when you ask them what isle blah blah blah is or any question. Well guess what? None of the isles are categorized. So it’s only right to ask someone who works there. Duh.
Also, there are two parking lot entrances/​exits on 85^th street. One near Crenshaw and one far from Crenshaw. If you want to use 85^th street exit and you are turning left, DO NOT USE THE ONE NEAR CRENSHAW. Traffic is usually backed up on east 85^th. If you use 85^th street exit near Crenshaw and you are making a left turn down 85^th, it may take you a while until traffic clears. If you want to exit on 85^th street and turn left, always use the 2^nd exit far from Crenshaw. Traffic usually doesn’t affect this exit/​entrance.
Despite that, the good outweighed that bad few.
The best way to tell if a 99 cent only store is great is when you go in there for one thing and come with a billion other things lol. That’s how things initially were.
Fast forward to now. The store shelves are empty on about 20−35% of each isle. I’m not sure if this is attributed to benefits day on the 1^st of the month for welfare recipients or what. Maybe they bought up all the good stuff. I don’t know. But I couldn’t find anything I wanted.
Also, I went on lunch break. There are teens loitering inside and outside the store. It is a school day. These are school hours. These teens should be in school. Yet this store is now a loitering spot for teens cutting class. Sitting on cars in parking lot. Intimidating the elderly and retired crowds who frequent this store. I was walking around store, texting on my 128gb iPhone 6. One punk turned around like exorcist. I was thinking to myself if you even try to take anything of mine, I will give you the ass whipping your parents should’ve given you.
I also noticed that a lot of items on the shelves are being pilfered. There are thieves every where you go. But come on? Every isle I walked down had some packages torn opened with most or all of the contents missing. At least 6 pkgs per isle. Even the cheap condoms on the end of the isle had boxes torn open and condoms stolen. Wow. People are putting their freedom on the line for 99 cent merchandise lol? Where is loss prevention? Where is security? They don’t even have security. Ugh this is Inglewood. There are some bad people who live over here as well. Customers are shopping here with no security.
This proves that if you put something nice in an area where bad crowds have easy access, they will destroy it.
Can’t believe this store went down like it has, so fast. My mother actually liked going to this store until today. She told me that she will resume going to her old 99 cent only store on Hawthorne. Because she doesn’t feel safe at this store.
I hope they improve it. Bad employees need to get rid of their attitudes. Get some security. Restock shelves. Handle the chronic shoplifting and loitering problem.

There’s nothing more appealing than a neatly laid discount store. Since this store is brand spanking new, everything is neatly organized and in ample supply! I was happy to have a discount store open so close to my parent home. It’s so accessible and convenient… this may be my new favorite spot when I go home. This used to be a church and it works so much better as a discount store… I know I’m horrible.
Pros–
Neats
Loads of merchandise
Really cute finds! My sister got the gorg mason jars with mini chalk boards on them. SUPER CUTE!
Aisles are organized.
Ample parking.
Cons–
Staff is a bit inexperienced. They aren’t really sure where the product is located. One of the workers told us the completely wrong aisle to find their glassware.
Not a lot of carts. Kind of first come, first serve. Not enough for the foot traffic.
Lets see how long it can stay shiny and new