I'm glad to "know" someone reliable that shops there.
We have one here and I have been twice. The only things I have bought were the last time, when they had large mum plants for $3...half of what they were anywhere else.
I've wondered about their stuff, but not knowing anyone that shopped there, I have been hesitant.
They are about 30 minutes from my house, but next time I am over that way, I will go in and check them out.
Is there a day to go that's better than another? Both times I was there, the produce looked kind of iffy...
We buy a lot of "staple" stuff there, bread, crackers, frozen foods, eggs, some produce, pasta, and boxed baking mixes, snack foods, and side-dishes. Never bought their meats (we generally go to SAM's for meat), but every time we've shopped there, we always come out with a full cart, and we've yet to spend over $60.00
They don't offer great selections in any one type of food item, and in most there is only one choice, but we've never gotten anything there that I would consider bad, and a lot of it is as good as "name brands", and some even better. Occasionally they will even have "name brands" on things like Del Monte canned vegetables, and a few other things, but I suspect that this is a labeling thing from their sources.
Their prices are generally 25 to 75% less on any given item than a standard supermarket, but, as I mentioned, they offer nowhere near the selection.
Which is how they keep the physical plant small, and manageable by so few people (the most I've ever seen working in a store is three employees, at any given time).
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