Royal Farms

This is the closest grocery store to my house, and it's handy in a pinch if I need a forgotten…read moreingredient or a quick replenishment of staples. But as for shopping on the regular.... eh, I don't know about that. The complaints about the lack of customer service are spot on. Separate departments seem to fare better - the deli counter staff in particular are attentive, friendly and quick - but if you need help finding something, you'd be better off on your own. Pricing is right on the median - it's not expensive like Safeway or Wegman's, but it's not cheap like Shoppers, either (and definitely not on the level of Walmart Grocery). If you don't have their bonus card, get ready to be ripped off. I've also heard cashiers yell for management, stating at the top of their lungs that "their customer has a WIC voucher!" or "SNAP card!" NOT necessary and very humiliating. I've also heard complaints about some food being expired or spoiled, and I have to admit that this kind of makes me squeamish. Since then, I've tried not to purchase perishables like vegetables or fruit from here. There are some positives - it's never really crowded, so I can get in and out fast, and some of the products are actually surprisingly good (the Weis premium ice cream is amazing!). As mentioned, some of the staff are friendly and they do try hard, but you can tell them apart from the ones that don't. It's glaringly obvious. They're open super late too, until 11pm, so that really helps me out a lot. Still, all in all, I'm willing to drive a little further to the Quarterfield Road Walmart to make major shopping trips. It's a matter of price and I know that I can get fresh, quality food there. And if you use SNAP or WIC, I won't know because that's nobody's business but yours.

I hate self checkout, while spending money... I also hate seeing employees standing around doing…read morenothing... with none at a actual register.

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Giant Food - Odenton

3.4(43 reviews)

2.1 mi

This is my favorite grocery store in the area. It is always neatly kept, the produce is always…read morefresh, and they always have the dairy free heavy whipping cream substitute that my family and I like to use when preparing dishes that require a cream sauce. Also, the staff is always super helpful & to make matters even better, they have a Starbucks. What's special about a Starbucks you ask? Well, sometimes... in my history with chains being inside of other stores, the quality isn't as good as the actual stores bc they're licensed stores and aren't held to the same standard, and quality of the actual franchises. This Starbucks makes quality drinks every single time I've ordered from them that are comparable to the franchises.

This is my favorite giant food store for a lot of reasons they have everything I need and even when…read moreI don't can't find it they order it and they have it delivered directly to them. Customer service usually hold it for me until I can pick it up. Their Pharmacy team is amazing from pharmacist assistant manager, Miss Theresa Theresa, pharmacist manager, Mr. Sesay, Miss Melody, Pharmacy staffer Miss Sade, Pharmacy staffer. The ambience of this store is amazing. I love the fact that everyone is so friendly even if you walk in the Giant and don't know anyone they are all here to help. They even donate their food to any of the homeless who are in need of food that come in the store and sometimes can solicit customers for a dollar or something. Usually one of the Customer Service people will take that homeless person over to the side and bring them a hot meal and or allow them to get maybe three items that they need and that Giant Stafford will pay for it so that they can have something to drink and something to eat. I think that that is beautiful. This Giant is completely is completely about kindness, compassion, and Community. This is my favorite giant food store and I love the fact that they're always supporting some charity Saint Jude American Heart Association feed the Hungary donating to their local food pantries helping kids with school supplies. I love that they have a raffle every school year beginning of the school year. I have one maybe 3 raffles and I donated all of the materials back to the Giant because I no longer have a child who's in school he's now at university so when one year one a basket full of school supplies which I donate it right back to the Giant the following year I want Thanksgiving all turkey Thanksgiving box dinner which I donated it back to the Giant because I didn't need it and then one raffle I won tickets to see the Orioles play baseball and I donated those tickets back to the Giant and they could give them to whomever they want. I told them the 251st person that walked through the store could have those tickets and they did that and I am assuming that they enjoyed themselves at the game. I don't know. I did not go. I just love this Giant kindness Community compassion.

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Fort Meade Commissary

3.5(38 reviews)

0.9 mi

Beautiful commissary with a HUGE variety! I was so impressed when I walked in to grocery shop…read more L A Y O U T The layout is done very well. Very easy to find everything, signs clearly label each aisle, and the store has large signs throughout letting you know which section you're in. S E R V I C E The staff are all super kind and helpful! Plenty of registers open and a self checkout as well! My cashier was so sweet and was so kind to the older gentleman in front of me who was telling her all about his bird watching. Great respectful employees to have around!!

A huge, huge, grocery store. Lots of unique items from around the world. Employees are friendly but…read moreoccasionally your find the one who doesn't seem to know where anything is or the one who doesn't feel like being helpful; but that can happen in any establishment. The veggy/fruit section is always stocked. And the meat market area has lots of bulk package capabilities. One of the better Commissary's I've visited.

Seafood

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Food Lion

4.2(24 reviews)

2.4 mi

This is our neighborhood grocery store and we love coming here. The managers and employees are…read moregreat! Good food selection, fair prices, they take returns without problem. They are usually well staffed with short lines. Assistant Manager Chris is especially great and always helpful. I normally dread grocery shopping - not here. They are doing it right

Went shopping on New Year's Eve day. Wasn't crowded and lots of stocking was being done. Pallets…read moreand carts in all isles. Unfortunately they didn't have the one thing I went in for ... whole chocolate mill. Yes, they had 2% and 1% ... yech. Whole chocolate milk for me.

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Safeway

2.1(96 reviews)

3.5 mi

Came here to pick up some more snacks on my recent trip and some party supplies. We showed up a…read morebit late and wanted to make this as quick of a trip as possible. We first hit the floral department to attempt to get some balloons filled. At first there was no one there in the department but we were quick to find an associate. Even though that associate was not assigned to the floral department he was quick to help us. He came over and started to fill the balloons we needed. He even helped when we had an unfortunate happening with a balloon floating up to the ceiling. He was able to get it down and fill our order. He was very friendly and even had some help come his way which made this experience go two times faster. We next headed towards the greeting card area. Browsed through the area and found the card that we thought was perfect and even went for some wrapping paper. One last thing here was some tape to help us wrap the gift we needed wrapped. We did a little more browsing of the store to make sure we didn't forget anything before we headed for the checkouts. With it being so late in the day a majority of the checkouts were self serve. It was a bit confusing at that point. There was not uniformity to the way the line went. But once you did get to the register it was smooth sailing.

What happened?? When I moved here six years ago, I really loved this place. That's changed…read morecompletely, and I won't be shopping here again. I could tolerate the entrance gates, even though they were already a nuisance. But now having to scan your receipt at the self-checkout exit gate just to leave is beyond inconvenient. It feels like customers are being treated with suspicion, and that's a terrible way to do business. To make matters worse, when I spoke up, another customer behind me said, "Get used to it. You're in the ghetto now." That kind of comment was absolutely unacceptable and only made the experience worse!

Grab and go options

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David's Natural Market

4.0(71 reviews)

3.6 mi

•$$$

They are so nice here!! They called to let me know my sourdough was in. They greet you when you…read morecome in. I would rather spend my money here than giving it to Jeff Bezos at Whole Foods. Support local businesses!!

I absolutely love this place and I look forward to opportunities to shop local farmers and they…read moreprovide a balance of local and conventional. The store is clean, well organized and the selection is excellent. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. If they don't have something you are looking for they are usually able to get it... just ask. They are truly a one stop shop,

Apples and blueberry goat cheese. Delicious.

Variety of flours.... well picked David's!

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2.4(91 reviews)

3.9 mi

This is my favorite Walmart. They usually have in stock what I need. They actually carry alot of…read morethe items that's not available in the one in Pasadena which is closer to where I live. So I make my majority of my purchases here. You can use the app to pre-order online and they will bring it to your vehicle. Or go inside. There's plenty of parking available. My only problem is when you go to the cashier with your own bag. They act as though you're suppose to bag it yourself. Remember you're still the cashier. If I wanted to bag it myself. I would go to the self checkout line. Be helpful if you see my own bags. You still need to bag it. I shouldn't have to ask.

The Hanover, MD store is one of the worst stores as there is zero employee accountability, non…read moreexistent customer service and management simply ignores any problems. They will single handedly cancel any pick up order if not picked up within 24 hours, despite the app saying that it will be held for 4 days. An absolute garbage store that complaints do nothing to improve.

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Weis Markets

2.5(44 reviews)

5.8 mi

Coincidentally, had some good discussions about grocery stores with various friends on FB messenger…read morethis afternoon & next in alphabet series representing 2024 is W is for Weis Markets. For W, this is my 2nd Yelp review in this current alphabet series. See my 3-star Wegmans Columbia review I wrote recently. 2024 was year I went to Weis most frequently, but I've still occasionally go here maybe twice in 2026 so far. In 2024 Weis was my most frequent grocery store, but I was less likely to come here over time as I had some issues with this location. All Saints Road location is pretty similar on severity of my issues with them, but I'm far more likely to go to US 1 location as generally more convenient. Since living in Russett in western Anne Arundel County, in 2021-2023 I was going to my local Shoppers most often as well as Aldi. I never particularly liked Shoppers but it was convenience of proximity. By 2025 I realized Wal-Mart near me was pretty good in some aspects for groceries even though they've annoyed me at times too, but they are still superior to Shoppers. From July 2023 to July 2024, I had free Wendy's for a year for going to a grand remodel opening of a location in Columbia, & my closest Wendy's is across street on Gorman from Weis. So, I'd get lunch at Wendy's then do grocery shopping at Weis more often starting in late 2023. My Weis business further increased after New Year 2024 when Anne Arundel Co government banned plastic bags all together, which I thought was ridiculous, so for a long time I boycotted going to grocery stores in AA (as well as PG Co) & would drive across county line to Howard Co & did almost all my grocery business with them. Howard charges 5 cents for plastic bag, & I still bring my reusable bags as I don't want to pay a nickel for a plastic bag. I just didn't like AA County banned them all together. I made an exception for my local Maryland City Aldi as no bags was their private company's policy, but it wasn't county government forcing customers & businesses to change their ways. By 2025, I eased up on my AA County grocery boycott as my opinion of Weis cooled off, it was a lot further to next closest store in Howard & more convenient to give Wal-Mart a try less than a mile from my home & Weis is about 3.5 miles each way. Shopping experience fairly easy, not too stressful. Produce variety was pretty good, & it was generally fresh but not perfect either. A good variety of meats. My biggest complaint was seafood at Weis. It was pretty lacking in terms of variety. In 2024 I had a big complaint with their pricing of salmon. So I don't recall exact pricing of salmon per pound, but let's say it was $10.99/lb. They'd have huge 1.5-2 pounds. I'd just want like 3/4 of lb, which would be about $8.75 total, but they wouldn't have anything close to this size. So, they would have these precut salmon, which were 2 5 oz cuts or 10 oz total. It was a bit short of 12 oz, but I might've accepted for convenience. However, price was a flat $10. I said price is $10.99/lb, & this is $16/lb (which is absolutely ridiculous more than most expensive Whole Foods, which I believe was a ripoff $14.99/lb there). Rude woman working for seafood said prices were set the way they were. I had her cut about 3/4 lbs or so & weigh. We did that dance on a few occasions. She'd complain about doing her job saying it was tough to get measurement right. A couple of times there was no one even around to help me. I think I just conceded I wasn't going to get any seafood, & I'd just get beef/other meats, but I really shouldn't have to do concede on what I'm eating. One time I asked to speak with manager about this. He was relatively nice & empathetic, & seafood area got a little better. I didn't think salmon was always fresh, kind of slimy. I have better luck at my local Aldi or Wal-Mart for quality of salmon. One time I was trying to take something back for a refund in May 2025. I often look at food expiration before I buy. I had bought turkey bacon from Weis maybe a few days earlier, & I was pissed as I realized expiration date was day BEFORE I bought. I bought on Sunday, May 4, 2025, & it expired May 3. This was obviously unacceptable. So, finally on Thursday, May 15 I got around to taking about this expired turkey bacon with my receipt. Manager let me exchange w/ other turkey bacon. I acknowledged I normally check expirations but happened to have not check, but was annoyed Weis had expired food there in 1st place. I requested for inconvenience of me driving 3.5 miles, 10 minutes each way to give like gift card for their fault of expired food. He said they stopped giving gift cards for things. So once again annoyed. Few times I went it was just self checkout, no checkout people, which I don't like. They said last hour or 2, but I don't like all self checkout. 3/18 Update: Salmon actually 10 oz $12, not $10. $10.99/lb is normal price. See pics.

The workers all have attitude issues and they never greet their customers, They all look so…read moremiserable. They never smile, The employees at the pharmacy are extremely rude and also have attitude problems and they also look like they hate their job. do better weis.

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$10.99/lb if you can get right amt. Skipped salmon, got another seafood here. Went here day after my 3-star review, now photo evidence

Food Lion

3.1(30 reviews)

2.4 mi

Really like going her good to stop after work for quick food. Clean and stocked they just added and…read morequick pick for lunch meat which is nice

It's a nice store. I do go to the store when they have good sales. The service is not too good. You…read morebarely can find an employee in a store aisle to help you out. There never are any carts in the store.

Pickup area

Looooobg line for self checkout ... no, zero, zilch, cashiers open

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MOM’s Organic Market

4.4(117 reviews)

5.9 mi

Stopped by this location to see their wellness selection…read more The store is always clean, organized and quiet. By surprise, they have a great organic selection. I was not able to get a vitamin C facial serum as it was out of stock, but I was able to get a couple bars of my now favorite soap, and something to sip on. The staff here are always friendly and helpful.

On 3 July 2026, I popped into MOM's to pick up a few things. I want to thank Charlotte for helping…read moreme find a good quality magnesium product and the rest of the MOM's customer service team for putting the customer first! When they see one customer waiting the checkout they dawn near run to the register help speed the checkout process up. And, they provide service with a smile. Thank you MOM of Jessup, MD you made my day much better!

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16 years ago

Coffee just as good as Starbucks and the Chicken is delicious.

Royal Farms - servicestations - Updated October 2026

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