At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
96/ 100 · 4 points taken off
2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Oct 13, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most markets and grocery stores here got 2 to 13 points taken off. Grocery Outlet Inc 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 Inc?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Food on the floor or under drips K30How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K33How 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
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Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Food on the floor or under dripsThe county found: “Box of ground beef noted on the floor of the walk in at the time of inspection. [CA] Food shall be stored at least 6…”
First step: Where food may never be stored
Then the next one: Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 3-305.11.
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Fix and log it: Food on the floor or under drips
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0 of 3 done
Where food may never be stored
From Food Code 3-305.11
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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
LatestOct 13, 2025Routine inspection96 out of 100 (Green placard)
This one: 96 out of 100 (Green placard), inspected Oct 13, 2025.
2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (2)
Food on the floor or under drips
The department's words
K30 Food storage: food storage containers identified
Box of ground beef noted on the floor of the walk in at the time of inspection. [CA] Food shall be stored at least 6 inches above the floor to prevent contamination. [COS] Food was placed on one of the shelves of the walk in.
Food Code 3-305.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Where food may never be stored
- Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
- Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
- Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.
From Food Code 3-305.11
Top to bottom
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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K33 Nonfood contact surfaces clean
Mold like substance is starting to grow around the caulking in the mop sink. [CA] Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. Remove old caulking and add fresh silicon.
Food Code 4-602.13
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Are you Grocery Outlet Inc? 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 Inc, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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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
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