I have (since my first posting on this business) been back here a couple of times and I won't be going back again EVER. Between A-1 Indian Groceries and Turmeric, there is no reason to ever set foot in this store again.
A-1 Indian Grocery
2302 Oddie Blvd
Sparks, NV 89431
Turmeric
9333 Double R Blvd
Reno, NV 89521
Either of the above 2 places are staffed by way friendlier people and they are much better at keeping their products marked properly.
Every time I have been in here there has been the same guy behind the counter, or, more usually, in the back and unavailable. He has been consistently rude and short tempered every time I have needed anything. Last time I was in they had STILL not bothered to mark the vast majority of their products with pricing. When I finally rousted the guy and asked for some pricing, he was rude and obviously very annoyed that I want to know what a thing COSTS before I will shell out for it. And the prices for the few things I managed to get information for were EXORBITANT. A small bottle of almond oil was $18 - I pay $8 to $10 for the same size bottle in every other store in town, not just Indian grocery stores, but regular grocery stores too.
When he told me that tiny bottle of almond oil was $18, I didn't quite hear him properly and had to ask, "Did you say $8?" - because that's what it OUGHT to cost. And he practically shouted at me in response. VERY rude. Why should I even need to ask? Clearly because they do not WANT you to know what the actual prices are.
I was also looking for a particular (and very popular) brand of snack and asked if he had it. Instead of telling me no, he says "Sure, sure!" and dragged me over to his snack section and tried to sell me the stuff on the shelves which is NOT WHAT I ASKED HIM FOR. I wanted to know about the particular brand and type I was looking for. I did NOT want a hard sell for crap I didn't want. All he had to do was say "No". Following that up with "but I can show you what I DO have" would have been ok (and I would have declined, having already been over there) but dragging me to the aisle AS IF he had what I wanted when he clearly did not and then trying to convince me to buy other stuff is NOT ok. This isn't India. Perhaps you would like me to start bargaining with you as well. Actually that might explain the unmarked items and high prices, maybe they DO expect you to bargain over every item.
In my original review I said "I am NOT going to be bothered to ask the price of every single thing I need to buy. So until they can be bothered to price their products, there's really no point in even setting foot in the door."
Guess what. That is still true. Given the ridiculous prices and the fact that they don't want to actually mark everything so you KNOW how high their prices are, I won't be back. Oh yeah. And the rude guy who seems to run the place. Seriously - rude to a blind person? (See Patricia U's review).
I also don't want to have to check EVERY SINGLE ITEM to see if its expired. 2 years expired food - call the health department! read more