Posted by Beacon on September 19, 2010, 7:53 pm
Be very careful shopping at this store.
They murdered a shopper there at the Tucson location a couple years ago,
the staff subdued him and he died (they claim he was ripping off other
shoppers) They were nearly prosecuted for this. Additionally, know this:
1) They frequently sell products way past the expiration date and I have
personally found several spoiled products on purchasing, often a week or
more past the expiration date. 2) Their prices are frequently HIGHER not
LOWER, as they claim loudly, than their major competitors 3) They sell
off brand, frequently substandard food items, often something wrong with
them-poor taste, spoiled, separated ingredients, etc. 4) They frequently
do not have prices posted and often ring things up wrong at the
register. They place the wrong signs next to the wrong items, further
confusing the shopper. Unlike their competitors they will not refund the
full price of an item that misscans or is mispriced. 5)Their produce
comes from Mexico and is frequently low quality and on the verge of
being rotten. 6) Their staff is frequently rude, especially the
cashiers.
This is the bottom of the barrel as far as groceries go. Next lower on
the rung is the FOOD BANK.
I used to buy from them but have cut way back since I can find lower
priced better qualtiy food items at these stores all within approx 1km
of their location: Fry's, Safeway, Sunflower Markets. Tucson is loaded
with grocery supermarkets so there is no reason to put up with bad
practices. The only time I purchase from this store is the rare times
they have things at a serious discount from competitors-I estimate this
is the case in no more than 5% of their items, and then you must be
careful your not getting food that has some problem.
Posted by Mark Shapiro on November 4, 2010, 7:41 pm
> 1) They frequently sell products way past the expiration date and I have
> personally found several spoiled products on purchasing, often a week or
> more past the expiration date. 2) Their prices are frequently HIGHER not
> LOWER, as they claim loudly, than their major competitors 3) They sell
> off brand, frequently substandard food items, often something wrong with
> them-poor taste, spoiled, separated ingredients, etc. 4) They frequently
> do not have prices posted and often ring things up wrong at the
> register. They place the wrong signs next to the wrong items, further
> confusing the shopper. Unlike their competitors they will not refund the
> full price of an item that misscans or is mispriced. 5)Their produce
> comes from Mexico and is frequently low quality and on the verge of
> being rotten. 6) Their staff is frequently rude, especially the
> cashiers.
My experience in San Jose, CA, is quite the opposite,
great selection, good quality food, at great prices in
general, I find both shoppers and employees while
perhaps not rich, to be as nice as any other store or
nicer. Grocery Outlet is a needed and welcome
competitor where I live.
Posted by Geo-logical on November 7, 2010, 8:34 am
mark@mail.goguys.com (Mark Shapiro) wrote:
>
> > 1) They frequently sell products way past the expiration date and I have
> > personally found several spoiled products on purchasing, often a week or
> > more past the expiration date. 2) Their prices are frequently HIGHER not
> > LOWER, as they claim loudly, than their major competitors 3) They sell
> > off brand, frequently substandard food items, often something wrong with
> > them-poor taste, spoiled, separated ingredients, etc. 4) They frequently
> > do not have prices posted and often ring things up wrong at the
> > register. They place the wrong signs next to the wrong items, further
> > confusing the shopper. Unlike their competitors they will not refund the
> > full price of an item that misscans or is mispriced. 5)Their produce
> > comes from Mexico and is frequently low quality and on the verge of
> > being rotten. 6) Their staff is frequently rude, especially the
> > cashiers.
>
>
> My experience in San Jose, CA, is quite the opposite,
> great selection, good quality food, at great prices in
> general, I find both shoppers and employees while
> perhaps not rich, to be as nice as any other store or
> nicer. Grocery Outlet is a needed and welcome
> competitor where I live.
>
and;
I found the G.O. in Eureka, CA less than friendly. They even have a
policy of stopping you as you leave to "inspect" your receipt.
The manager has been a little turkey.
Avoid this one.
--
Karma, What a concept!
Posted by David Kaye on May 12, 2011, 2:52 am
> My experience in San Jose, CA, is quite the opposite,
> great selection, good quality food, at great prices in
> general, I find both shoppers and employees while
> perhaps not rich, to be as nice as any other store or
> nicer. Grocery Outlet is a needed and welcome
> competitor where I live.
And as the radio ads say, "Each store is independently owned and operated",
which of course means that Grocery Outlet is probably more of a buying
co-operative and not a chain store at all. Another example of a buying
co-op is Ace Hardware. Each one is totally independent, but they get bulk
buying discounts because they buy products together so they can put in huge
orders.
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> personally found several spoiled products on purchasing, often a week or
> more past the expiration date. 2) Their prices are frequently HIGHER not
> LOWER, as they claim loudly, than their major competitors 3) They sell
> off brand, frequently substandard food items, often something wrong with
> them-poor taste, spoiled, separated ingredients, etc. 4) They frequently
> do not have prices posted and often ring things up wrong at the
> register. They place the wrong signs next to the wrong items, further
> confusing the shopper. Unlike their competitors they will not refund the
> full price of an item that misscans or is mispriced. 5)Their produce
> comes from Mexico and is frequently low quality and on the verge of
> being rotten. 6) Their staff is frequently rude, especially the
> cashiers.