HoJo has been famed as a value priced hotel chain. This time I checked in the same Torrance CA HoJo for the third time within a year. I had experienced the “value” drastically reduced. Since I have stayed there 3 times, I could compare the hospitality experience. The staff was okay for check-in and managed the breakfast area. For other than staff, here are my feedback. First, bed sheets are newer than before. However the pillows were smaller because the fillings were less or compressed because of frequent used. Therefore the pillows were only one third the size of a normal and regular pillows. Housekeepers smartly folded the pillows so they were presentable like naturally inflated. 2, the carpet in the room was soiled and looked desperately needed to be replaced. 3, because the sink was outside the bath/toilet room, by the sink there was a attached to the wall hand wash/bath gel bottle with pump while the bath tub had a attached to the wall shampoo/conditioner gel bottle with pump. My solution was to get some bath gel in a coffee cup cover and took it to taking a bath. Very inconvenient. 4, the breakfast offering had changed or cost cutting drastically. During my stay it offered coffee, hot/cold water, tea bags, Nutri Gran Bars, two waffle machine, preserves and butter, juice machine with two juice choices, and milk. Big difference between past stays and the current one was no yogurt, no cereals, no bagels, no toasts, and no fruit such as oranges and bananas. Cost cutting!!