El Rancho Supermercado

They have a great meat counter and fresh produce. We particularly always buy their marinated fajita meat.

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I love this chain of super markets. Every time I step inside It takes me back to growing up in Mexico and hearing and smelling the nostalgic of my childhood. Probably my favorite thing is how they decorate everything inside. The fish department has a mural of the ocean with some fish. The juice bar has like a tiki bar vibe with the straw roof. The produce section has those fake trees and underneath it the fruit so it looks like it fell off the tree. The smell of freshly baked bread coming from the bakery is wonderful. The sound of the tortilla machine chirping away takes me back to when me and abuelita would go early in the morning to get fresh tortillas.

Second I love the food court area, sometimes me and my parents will go on the weekends to get food there and we will sit down in those picnic tables and eat. Sometimes the little and simplest of things in life are the best. I have not had all of their food here but the few things I had i can honestly say will for sure get again. I had the carnitas, the tacos, one time my mom had a torta and my dad had the enchiladas and it was all good. Pro tip, if you are making tamales or gorditas and need the corn dough to make them. The store sells that dough where they make the tortillas in house. Just tell them you wanna buy x pounds and they will ring you up. It is a bit more expensive compare to what they have in the freezer section but quality and freshness is way superior.

Third is the butcher shop, you don't get this kind of service or variety from the big retail supermarkets. My parents use to go to fiesta or minyards when they were around but now they are closing more and more stores making them hard to come by. The closest Fiesta to us is in Arlington and there are more El ranchos and Michoacanas around so this is more convenient for us. Every now and then I will come into the butcher shop area and see cultures other than Hispanic buying meat here. I love seeing that, not trying to sound weird but it makes me happy seeing that other cultures are interested in what this primarily Hispanic store has to sell. The butcher shop has many different cuts of meats and my cuts are pre-marinated so it takes all the guess work out. There are certain meats that have to be cut but the staff is pretty happy to cut them to your specific liking. Sometimes I go in there and say "hey I am making xyz and I don't know that the cut of meat is, could you help me" and 99% of the time they know what I am talking about. If its a popular dish or if you can describe the type of animal meat it uses they will probably know.

Fourth, I love coming here because I know I will find those Hispanic brands of food that cannot be found anywhere else. I love going to W.M but sometimes they don't have the Hispanic brands I need or sometimes they do have it but they only have the small cans and I need to Texas size cans lol.

Another reason I love it here for the spice wall. Just like Bucees has the wall of Jerky, every el rancho has a spice wall (not a spice rack but a whole wall of spices). A lot of them have the spice printed in both English and Spanish, i always learn something new when I read the lables. They come in whole or grinded to a fine powder. So white people if you don't like using spice in your food this isn't the place for you lol sorry had to put that joke in there. But if you are white and you love spice and you are reading this, my people love you!

Six reason I love this place (well mostly my parents love it), the produce. We are able to find some ethnic produce here fresher and sometimes cheaper compare to W.M or targee. When its Christmas time this is the first place I go to get the ingredients to make Mexican punch. The lines on the weekends can be pretty long so be prepared for that. Lines on weekdays are not too bad. The customer service is good, never really had a problem before.

Outside the store they have the lady that sells elotes and other snacks. Its a hit or miss with them since I only gotten elote from them twice and it is lacking in terms of spice. They also sell nachos, chips with nacho cheese in it, duritos preparados, and honestly just really good Mexican junk food haha. I love it tho.

What I don't like is that there never seems to be enough parking, also the parking lots is frequently visited by street vendors trying to sell you bread and other crap like that. They claim they are from a monastery or some kind of religious group that 'is trying to take off' in the US. I tell them no and just keep walking, it does bother me that they are out there but just tell them to go away and keep walking and you will be fine.

If you never been to an el rancho, take this as your invitation to come and enjoy something different that might just end up being your new favorite.

My name is Ana and I approve this review

very disappointed! went shopping here last week and almost everything that i bought was bad $200 tab and i had to throw away almost half of it. my fruits and veggies were bad. i purchased the premade pupusas from the deli and they were also old and smelled bad. i will definitely not be returning to this location ever bc on top of all of that all the workers were rude. please do better. the entire store had an awful sewer smell it was just all bad.

Noticed a smell when opening bag, upon checking date noticed a sharpie mark on month. Store staff covers month in order to sell expired bread! No mold visible. But the fact that I work to hard to buy my groceries only to have to throw away because they don't want to take the loss! UNBELIEVABLE!

The barbacoa is so good here, 15lbs is 35$ comes with cilantro onions limes & salsa! From the grocery store to the eatery here it's high quality great produce , amazing meat market! Good prices the cakes are so delicious here. Then Pan Dulce is also very good.

Great prices, fresh meat and produce, and a central location makes El Rancho a great choice not just for ethnic foods, but most staples.

We found our way into El Rancho because my +1 is a bargain shopper and frequently exercises the "Price Compare" offer at Wal Mart. So many of the prices to beat for produce and meats were consistently from El Rancho that we decided to give them our business rather than leverage their pricing to patronize Wal Mart. This visit, they had a sale on a six pack of 12 oz Dr Pepper in the plastic bottles for $2 each. Unbeatable!

Fresh produce and meats really stand out at El Rancho. If you are looking for chicken, pork, or beef parts that Kroger or Walmart don't carry, El Rancho has you covered. My +1 has a Jalapeño poppers recipe that is a party favorite. The peppers here are notably fresher than Walmart. Obviously ethnic foods are strong here, though I admittedly cannot offer useful feedback about these. But, service and prices are good. And, I'm an adventurous eater and will once in a while try something here that challenges me, like a spicy candy.

My only complaint is no beer. Not sure why they don't offer it. But, between Town Talk and El Rancho we could do all of our shopping for the week if they did. This is a minor thing, though.

Recommended!

The floor plan is rediculous, if there was a fire not one person would get out alive. I was very surprised. Everything else was great thought, just didn't feel safe.

I try and come here every time I visit the area. Their meat department is beyond compare.

Y'all need bigger lanes it's packed and open more registers other than that no complaints

Where do I start... The cashiers are always in a bad mood. The carts where the merchandise that one is going to buy is placed, are disgusting. Blacks of all the dirty they have. Today I had to clean one to be able to use it. When they were new they were yellow. Now they are yellow and black from so much dirt they have. I don't understand how the health department hasn't fined them. It's a biohazard. People put their food in it. I only go to this place when I have no other option. It's a shame because they have a very good bakery and they are well stocked. But I avoid them as much as I can.