Northgate González Market — Attraction in Long Beach

I shopped here the other day. There's alot of restaurants and stores near me, so I had done my shopping there and needed a few groceries before I headed home. This place was convienent and close so I go inside with my one reuseable bag, which the security guard said nothing about. I do my shopping and I when I went in line to pay, a random employee who comes up to bag groceries, who mind you wasn't there for the last two customers in line suddenly comes up when it's my turn. The cashier doesnt greet me and just asks if I want bags for my groceries. I say yes so the other employee proceeds to bag one of my groceries and when she puts it in the cart she opens my own bag wide open and starts looking inside it - literally starts digging inside and sifting through it! Im not a lawyer but In most states, can't you can sue a store if an employee intentionally intrudes into your privacy, as they don't have a right to search you without probable cause, a warrant or your permission?? And once she saw there was nothing there but my takeout and other items with the other stores tags clearly on it she leaves the rest of my groceries unbagged and walks off to her other co-worker and the security guard to talk and eat a muffin - literally the three of them talking about whether it tasted good or not, laughing and chatting while the cashier nonchalantly rings up the next person. I literally was speechless. This place is SO horrible!! This would be my third time here, The customer service is so poor and the sad part is, they don't care that's just how the store is, their food is stale and questionable, the employees are so rude, I'd give this place a negative if I could, NEVER COMING...

This place has no respect the whole outside of the store is pure mildew the loading dock is always full of trash we live in apt behind store big rats running around code enforcement set rules 2 years ago about there trucks in n out 6 am till 10 pm they are loud all day we have employees n security guards looking in our bedroom window there's a camera right on our bedroom window they do not hire Americans every employee is Latino that's discrimination they are rude all of them they dump fluids on the ground at the loading dock we asked them to stop purring trash on the dock because of roaches n rats I told them we would call the health dept they said they didn't care who we called the dumpsters stink n haven't been cleaned in years I wouldn't eat a thing from this store it's disgusting I have over 100 photos 50 videos there trucks block the city sidewalks where pedestrians can't get through they park there trucks right in the street not caring if someone gets killed we called code enforcement at least 25 times noise control program also we just got a settlement from a trust fund n we have a petition n very soon we are gonna file a lawsuit against this company with aclu we are getting our own lawyer we are sick of this filthy market they should be shut down it's coming Northgate you people...

Most people who shop here are locals, they live within walking distance. Your typical supermarket, with a focus on Hispanic/Mexican products. I love all their fresh made food in house. Such as their breads, ceviche and soups. You can nearly get all the same groceries as you would your local American Supermarket. It might be slighter higher but that's the price you pay for it's locality.

My only complaint is their checkout lines. During peak hours, you might have to wait 15/20mins in order to check out. And that's absolutely ridiculous. During these peak times, there's only two check out registers open. When I see about another 6/7 employees working. They should really cross-train these associates to relive the lines during these times. The last time I was there, the line backed up to the end of the store. The end of the store! There was about 30 customers waiting in two lines. I was waiting for about 20mins in order to check out.

As much as I love their products and food, having to wait 20 or more minutes in order to check out is absolutely unacceptable. 9 out of 10 times, I would rather drive the extra 2/3mins to a different market and save me 15mins. Please find a solution soon to this ongoing problem. It'll turn away so...