Reviews are pointless. Read them for ANY product on Amazon as proof.
Here you have two, prior to this one of mine. One is from an apparent local resident who has trouble locating specific items in a produce section that measures perhaps 900 square feet. Regardless of how annoyingly random the placement of these goods may be, this rant doesn't offer much help to new shoppers, being more of a fatigue-induced gripe than a thoughtful and inclusive evaluation.
The other, newer 'review' is ostensibly from a Manhattanite -- perchance one of our oft-legitimately easy-to-dislike rude 'weekenders' -- extolling the virtues of a grocery store as if it's the first of its kind with a frozen foods section in the 1930s-era Deep South. Nothing new about the basics of this Price Chopper, but it gives the reviewer a chance to meet his need to be heard.
I, however, am primarily writing out of my growing discontent with people in general, while the store isn't perfect by any standard, either.
The best combined feature of shopping at this store is the AdvantEdge card and the Rewards program, which does net some substantial grocery savings and satisfying if not life-altering per-gallon discounts at a participating Sunoco gas station.
I, too, have complained about produce issues here. My words either fell on deaf ears, or if they were heeded and shared, they didn't effect any change. I occasionally shake my head when I see a servile manager obsequiously or sheepishly submitting to a didactic lecture that's coming from a gesturing, young corporate drone who has a college degree and a position but probably hasn't had a day of retail store experience in his or her life.
I was neutral about the store's construction a few years back, but I knew it was going to happen despite any and all local protest. I was dismayed but not surprised by the failure to return to the shelves some great items that were discontinued at the old store but promised to appear again in the new store, in both instances reportedly due to the matter of available space.
Good store. If you're used to Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, or some other leading-edge chain, you might walk through the door with expectations that will be shorted. However, with a floral section, deli, prepared foods counter and dining court, seafood and meat departments with day-fresh display cases, you should be able to leave with some decent savings and a suitable array of groceries, whether you're entertaining people from the board of the Guggenheim or feeding a local family. read more