The Surf City Publix is absolutely the best grocery store in Hampstead, Surf City, and Wilmington!…read more The store is VERY clean and well organized, always stocked with appealing displays. The most important part of this store are the employees! Everyone I have ever encountered is professional, friendly, and focused on making our grocery shopping experience pleasurable. Even during the busy tourist season, the employees are happy to be there and so helpful. Thank you for providing amazing customer service - I always leave this store happy and feeling uplifted.

Whenever I'm in the South, I try to stop by Publix grocery store. Publix carries Southern foods…read morethat you just can't find anywhere else. The produce is super fresh and prices are reasonable. Publix is partially owned by the employees. I stopped by the store in Homestead, N. C. Last week to pick up groceries for the week. The store was not crowded as it was early on a weekday morning. Currently, they are decorated for the holidays and have special sales on Thanksgiving dinner ingredients. I found everything I needed and received discounts as I signed up for their shopper card years ago. The clerks were friendly. There was plenty of parking.

I was expecting high prices at a grocery store on the beach, but was surprised by this little IGA…read more They had everything I needed and the prices were reasonable. I even found Southern specialties that I love and had been craving including stone ground grits and pimento cheese. The store is neat, tidy and well-organized. They carry all meats except fresh seafood. Most of the vegetables looked very fresh (except the cucumbers). The clerk was jovial and efficient. A second clerk was proactively helpful. 5 Star service. There seems to be plenty of parking. I'll be back.

Surf City IGA comes in clutch for anything you need (basics) while in Topsail. This was my first…read moretime in Topsail, and being a newbie and quite midwestern, there were a few things I left behind. I ended up grabbing some beach essentials here, snacks, and some drinks. They have truly anything you need for a successful beach visit. We went twice during our visit. Special shout out for the coozie wall!

First time I've seen a Walmart like this…read more The people that work here are really cool. No clothing. Not many tools. Smaller than a usual Walmart. Made a decent size list and really only missed out on a few things we wanted to pick up. They should probably break down the skids and put some stuff away. Pretty hard to get through the store.

Some shopping, some sleeping. This Walmart doesn't have any signs prohibiting overnight parking so…read moreafter a lovely evening and a great dinner, I popped back to here and parked. But before all that, it was a good shop to pick up some drinks and snacks and a few things to use for making lunch. This Walmart is well stocked - better than the Supercenters - for food and it's well organized. Most of the checkout lanes have been converted to "Scan & Go" so it moves quickly. [Review 18880 overall - 3365 in North Carolina - 2403 of 2022.]

Had the best time at JM's! The music being played is excellent and the bartender, Brittany, was…read moreawesome!!! Brittany engaged with me with zero judgement and even told me I remind her of her aunt! That was very endearing! I also met the owner, Mike, who was very sweet. There are pool tables and dart boards and all the local regulars!! I'll be back!! Watch out Brittany, pour my drink, please!!

I got shrimp and red snapper from here to cook for dinner. The shrimp was phenomenal. The red…read moresnapper was good. I'm a fan of small local fish markets, and this one fits the bill. When you walk in, it doesn't exactly scream "fish market" - as it took me a few minutes to even find the fish. The staff there that day (one person) was friendly, but when asked for suggestions of what was good "everything." The owner of the bar (of the same name) next door came by to hard sell his place. He wasn't wearing a mask, and I tried to interject that I wouldn't be coming by because my kid is too young to eat out around people - but he really didn't catch on. Sigh. I went on to get the shrimp and the red snapper. I paused trying to do the math on how much. The friendly bar owner then insisted I wasn't getting enough for "that many people" - and I should double it. I don't exactly know why I listened to him (I think I was just ready to go) - so I bought what he said. After a rather hefty bill. Getting home, I pulled out the fish and it was 2x what I needed. Sure enough, we had left overs. I don't know if you've ever microwaved left over red snapper - I don't recommend it. So - the interloper from next door brought down the score, but the shrimp was so good I can't imagine going less than 4 stars.

Great lil local store and bar with specialty food items, and some basics like butter and eggs. At…read morethe bar you can sit and sip adult beverages; it's a neat but small spot to converse over a beer, glass of wine or drink of choice. There's even a few unique local gift options too.

Stopped in to check this place out while traveling. What a great little specialty store! Lots of…read morelocal food items unique to North Carolina and local craft beers, wines, and other libations. Great selection of charcuterie fixings, sweet treats, and small-batch prepared foods including take-and-bake dishes. Even had yummies for dogs. A local gem!

They don't carry Busch. Only Busch light…read more Premade deli sandwiches were pretty good. A lot of stuff was boarshead which is my favorite lunch meat. Not bad prices.

This was my first time in a Publix's, and it was insane. This place has the best bakery and deli…read moreI've ever seen. The store was also pretty quiet and calm. All of the workers were sweet and friendly.

I loved this HT. It says "beach" all through it. They have the best quality everything with…read moregreat decor! The deli, meat and seafood section are fantastic! This is definitely a must shop stop for all grocery needs in the area.

If you have been to one Harris Teeter you have been them all…read more They are always clean and well stocked. The meat and fish department at this store are always helpful and even let me know that Harris Teeter still does rain checks on their specials. Who does rain checks anymore? The Harris Teeter store brands are fairly priced and of top quality. Key to Harris Teeter is shop their sales. They have amazing sales. Sign up for their eVic club and the savings you will realize will be substantial. Plenty of parking and this Teeter also has a Teeter gas station.

Everyone at Food Lion are exceptional. The only thing that bothers me is when you have all those…read moregirls with the carts doing the pick up shopping. Sometimes the store is too crowded for them to be amongst the crowds of people.

i wanted to reach out to compliment john in the deli at the old folkstone, sneads ferry, nc…read morelocation. last week i lost my iphone and was so nervous racing back and forth trying to find it. john from the deli obviously is an observant soul and he was out of uniform leaving, but asked if i had. lost a phone. he walked me to the hot bar and my phone was in the cart i'd. left it. he was off duty and didn't have to stop to assist me but he did! please thank him for being a stellar young man! he's an excellent representative of the food lion organization!

This has got to be the cleanest, nicest, well kept grocery store I've ever seen. We came down for a…read morefamily vacation and ordered several meat / cheese / chicken salad / fruit trays to have at the AirBnB. I had never been in the store before, I'd never even heard of it because we're from the north. The manager talked to us. Employees showed us where to go to find anything we needed. I was very impressed. I wish Ohio had a Publix and not a nasty Kroger's that we currently have. See the pictures for these gorgeous food trays they put together. Everything was all so fresh.

The food at the deli was great, the service less so. Despite placing an order online to avoid…read morewaiting in line, when we arrived at 3:30 (when our food was supposed to be ready, as we'd placed our order around 45 minutes earlier), the food wasn't ready. Our food (four subs) was STILL not ready for another 30 minutes. There was a steady line of in person customers, of course, but they had three workers actively making subs, and all three of them appeared to be prioritizing the in-person line. Only sporadically did they work on our online order, even though they were already behind on our order & those in line had only just arrived. Three other customers who had placed online orders arrived while we were waiting and were still waiting when we left. We finally got our last sub just as they finished serving their last customer in line. Again, this was 30 minutes after we had arrived, 30 minutes after our food was supposed to be ready, and fully an hour and 15 minutes past when our order had been originally placed. This was quite frustrating. I appreciate that the workers appeared to be doing their best, and they did apologize for the wait, which I also appreciate. But I could have gotten my food within 15 minutes if I had just gotten in line with everyone else. I'm not sure what the point is of having online ordering available, if the food isn't going to be ready when promised and the online orders are going to be so deprioritized compared to the in-person orders. Either they need to change their "ready by" times or they need to change their workflow. I will say, the sandwich, which was a vegan turkey situation, was absolutely delicious. I just wish I hadn't had to stand for 30 minutes and watch them make food for other people when our order had already been pending for longer than anyone in line.

Not just the best butcher in Wilmington but one of the best I've ever been to. I don't know how…read morethey get such high quality cuts but just about everything I've tried there was amazing. But why I realize speak highly of it is the prices are so reasonable. Granted more than even the nicer supermarkets but way less than other high end butchers I've seen. The only thing I wouldn't recommend are some of the local frozen items. It's nice to offer things from area farms but they are expensive for frozen meats.

One of the coolest things about a small town vibe - a butcher shop. So when I found out about The…read moreButcher's Market through a mailing, I HAD to check it out! From venison to chicken to beef to sausage to vegetables, sauces, and spices, The Butcher's Market packs a lot of extraordinary into a smaller space. I picked up lemon pepper chicken, a pound of ground beef, tri tips, and a twice baked potato earlier this week. Made great tasty meatballs and combined a few with that deliciously huge twice baked potato. Saving the lemon pepper chicken and tri tips for when Mom visits. This place is definitely going on my monthly staples list.