Let's be real, this is the best grocery store in Minot. When I saw it didn't have five stars I thought to myself "I need to rectify this". First of all, unlike what other reviewers have stated it is indeed the cheapest grocery store in Minot. No shade to Marketplace, because I stop in there quite often as well, but Cashwise is just hands-down the best in Minot. And 24/365 for the vampires among us.
My fiancé and I are both blessed with really obnoxious dietary needs so a lot of the food we have to get is special in some way another. Cashwise is our go-to for day to day meals. If you have any of the following dietary needs, Cashwise would be a great place to start: vegetarian, dairy free, gluten-free, soy free, etc. Without question this is also the best place for produce in general as well. Everyone knows Walmart's produce is horse crap, and Marketplace can be hit or miss sometimes.
Anyhow, let's start with prices. Pricewise, Cashwise beats every place but Walmart, which it beats easily on selection and shopping experience. And as far as head-to-head prices go I don't think Walmart has Cashwise beat by much. On the other hand, we did side-by-side comparisons of products we frequently use, and in some cases they were half the cost of Marketplace at Cashwise (not during one of its many sales either).
Secondly I suppose would be customer experience. Mine has been all good. As a person who avoids human interaction as much as possible I love the fact that they put so much emphasis on self check out. If you go during the day they will have plenty of tellers to help you, but their self checkouts are open day and night. Marketplace on the other hand closes theirs quite early, like 7 PM or something. In addition I think parking is much more pleasant at CashWise since it's not off of such a busy intersection like Marketplace is.
In addition to that we've had lots of positive experiences with the workers at CashWise. Just generally friendly and helpful (not that Marketplace isn't).
In conclusion, I guess if you want to subject yourself to the dumpster-fire-petri-dish that is Walmart, that's your prerogative! I wouldn't say Marketplace is a bad choice it's just too expensive most of the time. (Not just anecdotally either, we actually did side-by-side comparisons and it is quite a large difference) I attached some photos of bread we got there because... bread! read more