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    Kemptown Store

    4.4 (9 reviews)
    InexpensiveGrocery
    Open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Great service! Great selection. The owner is a great guy. I definitely recommend the Kemptown store.

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    On google maps it advertises that it opens at 7am on Saturdays and when I went there at around 8:49 it's said it was closed till 12:00 pm

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    Friendly, polite and quick service! Able to purchase gas! Food made on site is delicious!! Great small country home town store!!

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    Giant Food

    Giant Food

    2.7(18 reviews)
    6.7 mi
    $$

    The only reason that this grocery store is still in business is because it's the only one in the…read moreUrbana area. This grocery store has to have the absolute worst self checkout. I can say, without hyperbole, that 70% of the time I shop here, the system screws up and I have to have an employee override it. Despite the fact that I'm on Yelp complaining about a self checkout system, I'm not a senior citizen so this is not "new technology" to me. No matter what I do to try and avoid this, more often than not I have to call someone over to fix it every time I check out. They are regularly out of basic items like vegetables. It doesn't matter what day of the week or time of day you go in, I have found empty shelves. If you have the time, just drive to the Safeway in Damascus. Far more options, rarely are the shelves unstocked, and the self checkout doesn't make me want to rip my hair out.

    Rudest employees I have ever seen. A few examples: 1. Couple…read moreof days ago at self checkout I was struggling with a few grocery bags, and trying to put away the plastic hand basket. The self checkout employee was actually standing over the place where you stack the baskets, and watched me drop one of the bags while attempting to return the basket. Never said anything, or offered to help. 2. Was dressed down by an employee at self checkout, because apparently I wasn't scanning correctly. I had a few heavy items, and there are no scanning guns available, so you have to lift the items to scan them. Once I scanned them, I put them down where the groceries go, but the alarm would go off. The self check employee begrudgingly cleared the alarm, but not before checking item by item through my bags to make sure I did not steal anything. After that he told me I needed to scan and lift the items up to a certain level for the alarm to not go off. Quite a difficult process, that maybe I should train at. 3. Giant allows you to donate after your purchase up to the whole dollar. Every month it is a different cause. Sometimes I donate, and sometimes not. One month the donations were for USO, a service for military members away from home. Anyways I could over hear an employee talking to other workers, about how if people knew what the USO did they would never donate. He then went on to mention his disdain for the military. Every one is entitled to an opinion, but not as a worker in front of customers. Other Giants I have been to seem good, and never had any issues. I never take the time to leave bad reviews because all places are going to have bad days, and maybe an employee was just having a bad one as well, but this happens almost every time I go to this store. Unfortunately it is the closest store to where I live, but will try to avoid it as much as possible in the future.

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    Giant Food - Seriously? You place the toilet paper on the handicap bar where there are literally thousands of different type bacteria?

    Seriously? You place the toilet paper on the handicap bar where there are literally thousands of different type bacteria?

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    Common Market Co-Op - By the pre-made foods

    Common Market Co-Op

    4.3(134 reviews)
    10.6 mi
    $$

    Not very Common for a market!!…read more Everything here is exceptional. I love all the fruit, I literally just ate a peach and was so compelled to write about it. The staff, while is mostly comprised of college age hippies are knowledgeable and actually care. The whole store is very clean and the meat counter while very small screams old school home made!! The sausages looked so good I had to buy some, and after cooking them up with some onions and peppers my neighbors above me who are vegans were peeking as they chewed their grass and had to rethink their decisions on eating food that my food eats. There are fresh made sandwiches that they will press for you and give it that grilled awesomeness that only comes when your doing something special with meat and cheese and good bread pressed with 400 degrees of steel resulting in a sandwich that makes you want to light a subway franchise on fire. Now on my most recent trip, covid is rampantly knocking off people so a lot of the fun stuff has been put away. Normally they have fresh cooked food that you can box up hot and take and eat. The selection ranges from American favorites like loaf of meat and spaghetti to Indian food to soups and salads ( spinach salad is good, the dressing makes it the bomb dot com ) and fresh cookies and breads oh my. ( Public Notice: no lions or tigers ) You will spend more money per item here than Walmart. They don't have as good of a selection as Wegman's. They don't have a coupon app thingy that makes you think your saving money like everyone else. But you will feel like your saving baby seals and once you leave and start to load stuff into your vehicle a rabbit will wink at you in a attempt to say thank you. The lesson here is pay more money for food that tastes like food and not canned crap. Yes, we all like to save money, and that's noble. But there is a time to eat your extra long chili cheese coney ( much love sonic ) and there is a time to bite into a peach and feel like your a little kid again and have wonderful sweet juice roll off your chin and life is once again, is worth living. Stay hungry my friends, - JW

    While I like this place for the produce, it's very expensive. Wegman's is equally good and more…read morecost conscious.

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    Register area

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    Coffee station and microwave

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    The Common Market

    The Common Market

    4.1(33 reviews)
    11.9 mi

    Love the market and cafe! Beautiful produce. Clean store. Friendly staff. Often have the latest…read morevegan products. Their cafe has delicious sandwiches and wraps. HIGHLY recommend the vegan huevos rancheros wrap and their banh mi with homemade seitan! Great coffee. Esp the lavender oat milk latte.

    Now I'm born and raised in Maryland, but I'm currently living in San Diego where there are whole…read morefood grocery stores in every block. So the common market has always been a huge staple for me and I really appreciate the variety of vegan and gluten free options they have every time I visit home. I've never really gone to the location in 7th street, but I decided yesterday morning to grab a bite to eat and order a drink. I never really anticipated a bad experience, and it wasn't all that terrible, however, the clerk completely forgot to make my breakfast wrap and there was a lady that ordered 10 mins after me that got her food before me. I was already half way through my drink and I was shocked. The clerk even looked at me and said "oh sorry I forgot about your wrap it's coming out soon". To top it all off I ended up getting sick when I ate half of it, and I feel like the only reason the wrap made me sick to my stomach was because the young man was rushing to get my order out. Not a very good first time experience at this location, and it's sad to say this will be my last time here because the last thing I need is food poisoning. Other than that, the cashiers were helpful and friendly and the store was nice and clean.

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    Nitro cold brew with sweet cream.

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    Lidl

    Lidl

    3.6(66 reviews)
    28.3 mi
    $

    Some may think this is a discount grocery store and may snub this place because they are too good…read morefor discount groceries, however, that type of attitude just truly shows their own ignorance and haughtiness come out. Lidl was a chain started in Germany originally and then expanded all across Europe and now in 31 countries. You will find things here you wont find elsewhere and if you like European goods, you will definitely find some treasures here. The prices here are good, so thats one of the reasons that brings me in. But, also, they carry Greek, Spanish, French, Portuguese and other ex US products here which makes it fun to shop here and uncover new treasures! This store has limited edition section and it was fun to browse that as they have some European items that looked quite interesting, most Greek & French products. I took a look around their frozen section and even saw they had some frozen escargot (snails), which was super interesting for me to see! I didnt get any this time around, but may get some when I am back home. They also have lot of fresh flowers and plants for sale here and lovely to see these options for sale! My only gripe about this place is that everytime you come into the store, the fresh produce section always looks like a disaster and the floors super dirty. I wish they would clean this area up a bit better and make it more visually appealing. How hard is it to remove some empty boxes, mop the floors regularly and arrange the produce in an orderly manner? Id definitely come back again and always there is something interesting to discover.

    I have been going here for 6 years now and it is just getting more disappointing every time I go…read more Went to self check out because the cashiers always seem overwhelmed and frustrated(rightly so)tried to check out my items and one of the attendants came over, didn't say a word to me and proceeded to check all my of my items, threw them on top of my bags, smashing my groceries and then asked me if I wanted to bag them, after ignoring my inquiries, while he was checking my items. This whole process took longer than if I would have done myself. When I was leaving I asked why he checked my items at self check and was told he was trying to move the line. There was no line before I got there or when I left. Customer service was very disappointing. I worked@grocery stores for 20 years and understand how they work and that was just rude.

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    As soon as you walk through the front door, trash all over the floor, not a good luck

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    Kemptown Store - grocery - Updated May 2026

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