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| - When they asked voters if they should change the zoning to put a Heinen's in the middle of Brecksville, I was against it. Another supermarket for a town like this? The slug politicians in Broadview Heights were willing to sell their offspring into slavery to get the store. What the hell? Put it there. Brecksville voted. The ballot initiative passed, and the Heinen's soon followed.
I was wrong about this store. It's great. It is so much better than a regular supermarket like Giant Eagle. It is run by these two brothers ( I know this because the store brand is 'two brothers') and they aren't just looking to take your money.
Case in point: I recently went there to get bratwurst. They don't sell it. Not Johnsonville, not Bob Evan's. None. I asked about it and the guy says, "here, try this turkey bratwurst. It tastes as good and isn't loaded with fat." Huh? Turkey bratwurst? Are you - - - - kidding me? I was a little pissed. I just wanted some blow-up the grill greasy bratwurst. Heinen's said no.
I bought the turkey bratwurst because I was too lazy to go across the street to the seedy Giant Eagle that replaced half of its produce department with a wine-in-the-box department. Turkey bratwurst can't be as bad as it sounds, right?
The Heinen's people were right. It really did taste the same....which isn't true for ANY other processed turkey product on the face of the earth.
Heinen's is looking out for you all the time. If you go to the produce department, they really push you to buy locally grown stuff. It isn't greentalk, they really want you to buy the stuff from Szalay's instead of from California. If you go to the deli case and ask for some cheap nasty deli ham, they say okay, but the Heinen's Own brand ham that they roast in the back room is on sale and they can slice it just as thin. Ditto the turkey and roast beef. If you go into the wine section, the guy who is in charge won't try to sell the 26$ California because he's got something even better from Washington State that's on sale. The beer department is a little over the top with the funky expensive stuff but they don't even sell the cheap-for-drunks brands that come in the eighty packs for $12.99. They try to sell the Great Lakes Brewery stuff instead of the quarts of malt liquor.
The bakery is good but the baked bread isn't great. Maybe I'm just not used to the healthy stuff. The cakes (like you'd get for a party) are really good and the subs they have up front are always top-notch. There is nothing I can complain about at this place and I really tried.
Honest. This place really is a lot better than most supermarkets.
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