My husband and I were invited to an event "exclusively" for Ollie's Army members and initially we…read morewere pretty bumbed out because we were going to be out of town during this event. Immediately, my husband looked up the zip code for where we would be staying in Sevierville and found that there was an Ollie's located nearby. It became one of our first stops on the itinerary. This store was comparable in size to the one located near our home in Carmel, IN and the layout was similar as well. The staff was kind, and I loved everyone's Southern accents and hospitality. The deals were good, too. Shoppers were really stocking up! I saw one person purchase every ironing board that they had on the sales floor. Something tells me they were purchasing them for resale. We purchased a few items, but not too many since we had limited space in our vehicle for this road-trip, but we were happy to be able to participate.

Only two slow checker outers and the guy was not bagging as he scanned so we had to wait on him to…read morebag everything after ringing up sale. Then I only had one item and the older lady with a cart full of junk just smiled as she unloaded her stuff. So I left.

We were staying in Gatlinburg and decided we wanted to take a picnic lunch into our adventures in…read morethe Great Smoky Mountain National Park one of the days we were there. I saw that there was a Publix in Pigeon Forge and knew that's where we'd need to go to get our picnic supplies! Because we had flown in (and didn't have picnic basket on our pack list), I knew that we needed to get a small cooler to keep our drinks and sandwiches cool on the warm spring day. Fortunately, Publix had a nice variety of small lunch box size coolers and we found one for a reasonable price that was perfect for what we needed and would collapse down for easy packing to bring it home. We then made our way to the deli and got fresh, deli made sandwiches made with boar's head meats and cheeses. They're fully customizable and we very much enjoyed them! We were also able to grab some fruit, pretzel crisps, boar's head hummus, and bottled beverages to round out our picnic. Everything was great, prices were reasonable, and we enjoyed a beautiful picnic in this beautiful area. One note would be that the deli does get busy. We were there in the ease of spring (ie: no big National Park crowds) and we still had to wait in a bit of a line for our deli sandwiches. So, just something to factor into scheduling. That said, we didn't mind a bit and the sandwiches were worth the wait. Get to it!

8-25-26. I think Publix is just a terrific supermarket…read more There are none where I live in the northeast, but fortunately when I travel south/southwest there are plenty. The stores are usually spotless and well organized. The prices are on par with all the other grocery stores.......but if you've never had the pleasure of enjoying a piece of carrot cake from their bakery, then I would strongly suggest trying it one day. I really like carrot cake a lot, and I can honestly say their carrot cake is better than any other high end bakeries I've ever had.

Great service at a local grocery store that had everything we needed for the trip and pricing was…read moregreat.

Nice clean and well stocked store. I wish I could remember…read morethe young man at cash register because he was very nice. The fresh seafood salads were better than I thought they would be in mountains That employee was very helpful and friendly too. The fresh broccoli salad in deli was so good and the nice young lady that worked there was nice. We come to gatlinburg every year for a week and always buy all our groceries there..

This is one of my favorite Kroger's in the area. They're always well stock, clean and the staff is…read morefriendly and helpful. I like that they have organic produce that looks fresh and well stocked.

The Kroger cashiers are some of the rudest cashiers in Sevierville…read more Today is the 3rd or 4th time the cashiers complained about our use of the grocery bags on the items we bought. Today the guy on the cash register asked why we bag our items with the grocery bags. Does Kroger employees go to health safety training? It is also raining and we do not want our food rained at and get ruined by the rain water specially the dry goods since the molds will form on the dry goods. I never heard any complaint from the Publix cashiers. They are all very courteous and polite to their customers. If the cashiers find it inconvenient to scan our groceries, why work there?

Very nice little store with a self-explanatory name. We bought this package of ingredients for…read morecreamy potato soup with chives and also some of the most delicious pecans you've ever tasted!

Free samples of all available jelly. Very friendly staff who visit with customers. All of the…read moreproducts are very tasty including the spicy jelly. They also sell soy candles and wind chimes.

I am sure it was the time of the year and day that made this such a nightmare to find a parking…read morespot. It was tax free weekend, unbeknown to us, that made it even more crowded that we expected. They had some folks "attempting" to direct traffic, not sure where they found them or if anyone had instructed them on how to do this job because it was chaos from the minute we pulled into the area. The prices were not impressive at any of the stores we visited. Disney was typically priced for any of their stores, Old Navy had better sales at our local store than the outlet, Toys R Us was a joke, Janie and Jack had a few good buys, shoe stores didn't impress us either. We had 2 younger children with us that were getting hot and very bored. I wish there had been a few more spots to sit and chill for them. Nike and Abercrombie had some decent buys. Overall, not worth the hassle trying to find a place to park, the stores were overly crowded, merchandise on the floors and not enough people working to keep the check outs moving at a decent pace. I love shopping here every other time I have been here so it must have been the time of the year that made it so underwhelming and yet overwhelming at the same time.

If you still have money left after visiting Gatlinburg and Dollywood, then Tanger Outlets is the…read moreplace to go. Every outlet store imaginable is in this outlet mall. Disney, Victoria Secrets, Lululemon, Clarks and the list goes on. The parking lot was full during our visit, but stores did not seem crowded. The mall is laid out in small strip mall segments so you have to cross a lot of traffic to work your way from store to store. It's difficult to move the car around because the lots are full. I was glad I had my "driver". The mall is clean with a Southern vibe. I saw one restaurant. I did not see mall maps to help me locate stores. Prices were pretty good in the stores that I entered. I bought a few things that I wasn't expecting to purchase.

Great service and interesting selections. Different from other choices on the parkway. Great food…read morechoices.

Cute store with Anish made furniture outside. That's what caught our attention…read more We went inside and they have lots of stuff. Plan on being there for a little bit to check everything out. They have a room that has just food in it. The lady that was working was friendly. Check it out when you're there

This amazing green neighborhood Walmart community store, has the best selection of warm scented…read morecandles and room sprays.

I love this market, it's never crowed and they have all the groceries I look for. The pharmacy is…read morehelpful and careful with my prescriptions. The cashiers are friendly. The shelves are always stocked or being stocked. I started shopping here in February and I haven't been disappointed once.