My husband and I went there last Saturday. I have been shopping there off and on since they opened. I moved to the area in 1984 and it was a different store at first and then it became Ventura Market so you can say I have been a long term customer. They have always had an excellent meat market with specials on fresh fruits and vegetables and many foods.
Things have really changed at this store
I went in on Saturday to buy some meats in the meat department that was advertised. I asked a employee for the carne de cabesa de res (in English it is meat from cows head. The employee got a strange look on his face and didn't really answer my question and started talking strangely. My husband looked at me strangely and told me it was time to leave the store and we would not be buying anything.
Unknown to me, another employee behind the one who was facing me had his back to me and had made a very sexually suggestive remark and motion with his hands when I asked for cows head meat.
The employee heard him and so did my husband. I was the only one who didn;t hear him. As we were leaving the store, I was very angry to find out what happened and i wanted to tell the manager.
We went to the front of the store and tried to explain to the manager who seemed unconcerned and did not seem apologetic at all for what had happened.
This is totally offensive and the manager should have had the employee apologize to me. They lost a customer. Actually they lost many customers over this as I have informed friends and family of what happened and they have stopped shopping there as well.
What has happened to common sense and decency????