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| - OK, Let's be honest: no one is going to Heinen's for fantastic prices. You go to Heinen's for quality, great service and a...better crowd.
I do 85% of my grocery shopping here. Most of the meat in the meat dept. is certified humane with no hormones/antibiotics, so that's a huge plus for me. Will you pay a little more for it? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely. For me, at least. They're one of the few grocery stores that sell grass fed organic beef (although it's imported) and truly organic free range chicken and eggs, so I won't shop anywhere else for meat.
The selection of specialty products is nothing short of amazing. TONS of gluten free options. TONS of organic options. TONS of products you simply won't find at grocery store chains. And the produce department-- at least in season-- offers lots of local produce.
The store's staff is awesome as well-- both at this location and the Strongsville location. Everyone says hello to you and offers to help you out. The checkout cashiers go the extra mile by putting your meat in special bags to avoid contamination, placing rubber bands around plastic containers to keep them closed and checking your eggs for breakage. They just go that extra mile and you can see it. It's the way grocery stores were before big box chains and Walmart took over.
Another plus, in my opinion, is that Heinen's has less foot traffic than other stores. Around the first of the month when food stamps are issued, you won't catch me anywhere near a Giant Eagle or Walmart (ick anyway!) or the like. The crowds are just too much. At Heinen's, the crowds are much more manageable. I don't think they accept food stamps, so the first of the month is just another day at Heinen's.
Oh, and unlike icky Walmart, you don't find things like half eaten packages of crackers on the shelves, dirty diapers in shopping carts, people cussing into their cellphones while on speakerphone in line, mysterious sticky junk all over the floors, etc. It's a nice store. The employees work hard to maintain it that way. It's a GOOD thing. You're paying more so that you don't have to put up with that kind of garbage. :)
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