This Wellcome must rank near the bottom of the barrel. The only reason I'm giving it 2 stars is only for the reasons being well, it IS a grocery store and for us Expats...that's a glimmer of gold because they offer some imported products and secondly, I received $300 in paper vouchers from when we had set up our cable!
This was the first grocery store we had stumbled upon while exploring CityGate and Fu Tung Plaza right when we first moved here. I guess my husband could tell by the look of horror and sadness on my face that I wasn't happy. He assured me there was another much "cleaner, larger and nicer" grocery store nearby so I shouldn't panic. Sure easy for him to say...I won't point fingers but he's not the one food shopping!!
Wellcome in less than a few words is just "old, crowded and a little dirty" in my opinion. It feels like that Winn-Dixie store from back in the States that looks like it's barely staying alive. The only difference is it's about 1/4 the size and this place is so crowded and congested, you can barely get your tiny cart down the isles. (And I'm talking reduced cart size! Remember everything in HK is miniaturized from what is in the States. The cart is like a doll shopping cart. The isles are so cluttered with displays or racks of food being stocked it's a freaking maze to get around here. They have a little bit of everything just lacks selection. It's the basic-basic items for food and home.
Most of the workers do not speak English so you will just end up wandering the isles like I did unless it was something like wine or rice...Wow, heck ya they do at least offer an entire (side) isle of that! Basically, you will find more of the non perishables or boxed/canned stuff (in this store) which is probably a good thing since I don't think I would buy any non perishable items judging by the look of them.
Well, I did manage to spend my vouchers with 10 cents left over but used it up buying some household products and chips! This place will be my last resort if the other 2 places don't have what I need. I doubt they would have it, but it's always an option...just the last one! read more