Albertsons - Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 - DeVargas Mall

Excellent store layout and excellent service. Store is always clean and comfortable. The employees are very friendly and professional. Always treated like a millionaire; even if I'm not buying lobster and steak. A favorite place to eat and shop.

Today is the last day I will ever darken the doors of Albertsons. I was told at the door that my two small Chihuahuas who are service dogs for me - I suffer from PTSD - were not allowed in the store because "an emotional problem doesn't qualify as a reason to allow dogs in the store." What???? I happen to be a 73 year old WOMAN. You can be sure that if I was a male in the military suffering from PTSD no one would have uttered a word. I will not tolerate this kind of discrimination and disrespect and will submit a formal complaint to the appropriate authorities. To make matters worse, I returned to the car with my dogs and a friend who planned to move the car in a shady place two spots away so that we could shop. I stood in the new shady parking space as my friend attempted to move the car as quickly as he could. However, a man in another car eased into the space pushing me back against a tree. Enraged, I swore at this man, and one of the two Albertson employees who looked on said to me " you are causing trouble in the parking lot; it's illegal to hold a space open." Needless to say we both left immediately to shop at Trader Joe's where I was allowed to keep the dogs with me. The dogs, by the way, were treated kindly by the employees at Trader Joe's I will not tolerate this kind of discrimination and disrespect and will submit a formal complaint to the appropriate authorities. Although I have shopped at Albertsons in the past I never recommended that black hole to anyone. It takes an hour to get in and out of there, and one literally walks miles.