I don't like to give bad reviews and only do if I feel it's really warranted.
That said...
IS&L claims they sell Ranchway Organic feed.
There have been a small handful of times (like, 3 or 4) over the past year that I've gone in and they have had the feed in stock, but only a few bags. Those bags ALWAYS have their tags ripped off and the markings on the bags are never marked clearly (almost everyone had "starter" AND "layer" marked... Which one is it guys?). And sometimes, I'm not even sure they're giving me organic when they say it is (and I can't tell because the bags aren't marked properly!).
However, anytime I want to buy it and it's not in stock (which is about 80% of the time), Joe says he'll order it and that it should be in on the next truck in a few days. When I go back in to pick up what I ordered, it's not there. The response I get from him is "I don't know... It was supposed to come today. But, I don't know..."
Today is the straw that broke this camel's back. I went in again today (which was the 4th time in the last month) expecting to pick up the feed I asked for a month ago! I got this story about how Ranchway is sending them the wrong things, and they're not sending what they ordered and he just got off the phone with the regional director....
Sorry, y'all, but why is it yours seems to be the only Ranchway distributor that has this problem? Every other store I've gone to has always had exactly what they ordered. Problem is, those other stores are a considerably longer drive than IF&L (which is almost literally in my backyard).
I really WANT to like coming here. I really WANT to support the hyperlocal. But I have animals to feed and the reason I raise my own livestock is so that I can get meat that is raised in accordance with my values. Organic is one of those values.
If I could afford to order a whole pallet at once, I would.
If you won't order it because "it won't sell", say so.
Don't drag people around.
What I walk away feeling like is that either they're lying about ordering it or someone, somewhere is very incompetent.
I know I won't bother trying to spend my money here any longer. read more