There is a lot of variety, but all of the fruit is always molded and brown. Especially strawberries and raspberries. I know it is hard to keep those fresh, but I have grocery shopped in other areas at Krogers and their fruit is always fresh. They do not leave as much molded brown berries out as food city does. The bananas they carry now are always brown and if you are lucky and get some that are green, they are completely brown within 2 days. I like to eat healthy, and fruits are my favorite foods. Food City makes it hard to keep my healthy lifestyle going.
Also, a lot of the cold foods are out of date. I bought two things from the refrigerated section, and maybe it is my fault for not checking the date, but both items expired that day. Some things are better for a couple days after they expire, but these particular items were not ok. They were watery and nasty. I did not appreciate spending almost 10 dollars on items i could not even eat. This is not the first time this has happened. They don't keep an eye on their foods to make sure everything is fresh. If things are out of date or expiring that day they should give a discount like they do on lettuce if it is expiring soon. Instead, the items that are going bad are left sitting on top of the rest where the shopper can grab it first. Usually I do look at the date, and I would say a lot of people do, but sometimes we want to get into the grocery and get out. We don't want to have to worry about checking dates on food to see if the groceries we are spending our hard earned money on are going to be edible the next day.Sometimes almost all of the item you are looking for is out of date, which stinks if you really need that item as an ingredient in something that you are making. Then, you have to leave the grocery without a key item that you needed because they didn't check the item to make sure it was fresh. They could at least take it off from the shelf instead of leaving expired foods for their customers to see.
My family and I have always shopped at Food City, and I have noticed that their quality has gotten worse after all of the changes they have gone through. They changed some of the foods and brands they carry, and their fruit and food standards are diminishing. One good thing that I do like about all the changes to Food City is the addition of an organic/natural section. I love organic foods and try to use organic products as much as possible. Food City needs to keep that up, and needs to improve in other areas. read more