At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
96/ 100 · 4 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Feb 4, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most markets and grocery stores here got 2 to 13 points taken off. Grocery Outlet got about the same as most.
Compared with 534 Santa Clara County markets and grocery stores. Each store's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Grocery Outlet?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Hood filters need cleaning K38How to fixFix it
- Equipment in poor repair K35How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Grocery Outlet's team
Is this your place?
Welcome, Grocery Outlet. We'll walk through this together, one item at a time. To log the fixes, claim Grocery Outlet first; we check that you run it.
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We know an inspection can feel heavy, especially when it's busy.
Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hood filters need cleaningThe county found: “1. One of three lights not working in the walk-in freezer. [Corrective Action] Ensure light properly functioning.…”
Then the next one: Equipment in poor repair
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What people see next
Under each item here, people see what you fixed, in your words.
Left alone, or fixed together
Left alone, the same items can come back at the next inspection. Fixed together, they're done.
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Every visit
LatestFeb 4, 2025Routine inspection96 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 96 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Feb 4, 2025.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Hood filters need cleaning
The department's words
K38 Adequate ventilation/lighting; designated areas, use
1. One of three lights not working in the walk-in freezer. [Corrective Action] Ensure light properly functioning. 2. Light is not working in the meat walk-in cooler. [Corrective Action] Ensure light is working properly.
Food Code 6-501.14
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
Hood filters clean
In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
Are you Grocery Outlet? Fix it
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
Observed small ice flinging from the fan of the evaporator in the dairy walk-in cooler. [Corrective Action] Ensure equipment is working properly.
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Are you Grocery Outlet? Fix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
As a customer of Grocery Outlet, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hood filters need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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Ask for the manager. Grocery Outlet can only fix what it knows about.
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Complain directly to the health department
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
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Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 96 out of 100 (Green placard)
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
This is not an official ranking or grade. See the official source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (opens the department's site) .
Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.