Decided this morning (Sunday 10/16/21) to buy our groceries at Walmart since we also needed a mini food processor (which they show one on the shelves at $39.99 up to $99.99, of course they didn't have the lesser priced ones the lowest they had was $79.99) so we didn't want to have to go anywhere else we chose it and proceeded to get our weekly groceries; and here is what I observed (we usually shop at Winco, Albertsons or Safeway) there was very little selection in produce and on the shelves! No hominy? We live in a heavily Hispanic area. We got our groceries and proceeded to check out, they want you to self check but we prefer to help keep employees employed & were lucky there was an open lane. We brought our own bags since Washington is a charge for bags State. We handed them to our checker and she asked if we wanted to bag them:
A) Yes we would rather bag ourself but anyone who has been to Walmart knows there is no where to bag, at the end of the conveyer is the turnstile for the bags they sell so unless you bring 2 carts up, your full one and an empty one for the checker to put your groceries in there is no place to bag.
B) Ok, yes you please bag: she is not trained to use register and needs help from another associate behind her who is also checking out a customer and has no time to help her then she is throwing, meat, veggies an cleaners together in the bags, after we have everything on the conveyer, I look at her, pull our cart around and say "I'll bag them just put them in here's"
C) At this point she is to our fruit & produce and she starts just dropping/throwing them in the cart as I try to intercept them and bag them. At this point my frustration level is HIGH!
D) Now I look at my husband and tell him you finish up & Ill meet you at the car, off to Customer Service I go & ask for the cashier Manager. A young man appears and asks what I want. I explain he is in charge of cashiers and it would be his responsibility to train his cashiers before putting them out to check. He doesn't particularly care so I proceed to tell him what our experience was, that we would not EVER return to that store and he had lost a customer who had just spent $233 + dollars that shops weekly for approximately that amount.
E) His only response was "Have a good day" My day was good except for the subpar service & concern I was given by the Walmart corporation!
My advice, Go anywhere but Walmart & especially Walmart at Queensgate.
At least at Winco shelves are full, prices are less, variety & quality is better and you know things will be handled and packed correctly because you do it and you have a space dedicated for you to do it! read more