I was excited about checking out this new store, with its beautifully-landscaped parking lot--and so close to my home. But, after shopping there today, sadly, I will NOT be returning as a customer (only to return a $4.69 bag of non-organic apples in which EVERY SINGLE APPLE was bruised).
The store's atmosphere feels like a morgue, with its horrid florescent lighting, lack of music, and the poor acoustics, because of which, infants, toddlers, and young children's shouts and screams reverberate throughout the store. I was shocked by the lack of ambiance and decor, compared to other grocery stores, like Harris Teeter, Publix, Food Lion, and Lowe's Foods. No comparison. Just plain dreary and miserable. (Funny, I was telling my mom in Palm Desert, CA about it, and she said the one by her in La Quinta, CA is the same.)
And, as I stated earlier, every single apple in a bag of apples was bruised; I much prefer to choose my own produce. Also, I bought a bag of wild-caught salmon, individually wrapped, and the portion size of each piece would be half a serving for me--a 5'6", 133 lb. woman. A grown man would need three!
I did like that my checker, Jolly, was fast and excellent, and I did like that the company provides seating for its cashiers--but I checked the pay rates and was horrified. Less than what I made when I worked on campus in college in 1983! What??? Those poor workers--or I should say slaves.
Most of the food in the store is not healthy, so if you love junk food, this is your store! There is scant organic produce, no grass-fed beef, no hormone free, free-range chicken, no New Zealand lamb, nothing I'd be interested in except the organic free-range eggs. I found some Muesli with 6 gm of sugar per serving--or was it 8? But everything else in boxes/packages was LOADED with sugar, except the rice. And, as I said, I could not find any organic veggies worth buying.
Would not recommend (but I do like their cart system of paying a quarter for a cart to ensure carts don't end up all over the parking lot!) read more