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| - Convenient, useful for accumulating fuel points, nice floral section and occasionally well-stocked bake at home bread. That's it.
Other reviewers have mentioned the bumper car routine: true. The crowded entrance and produce section: true. The lack of milk (especially organic and eggs!): true.
Vons has a way better selection of organic everything and their prices may be higher but I have had less spoilage than from Smith's.
This location has some benefits, specialty employees: floral, wine, sushi, cheese and deli are educated and helpful. Cashiers get to know you and are really friendly. Perhaps coming from a cold and rushed city like NYC, we have different expectations than previous reviewers... but everyone at this location has been nice, friendly.
They however cannot change the poor store layout: why in the world is the milk a 1/4 mile from the produce?! When I want to walk, it's outside... enjoying the sun, not in a store to grab five things in half an hour... Pro tip; walk into the store, go past the cashiers, to the books and pharmacy: there is the dairy and sundries, then swing back past the cashiers and there is the produce and bakery and you're at the self-checkout. Your half-mile walk done for the day! Also, for the life of me, I cannot understand why they group certain items together. For two weeks I looked for corn starch- for frying and cooking savory dishes. But I finally found it.. next to icing sugar! Not next to the cornmeal as it is in most east-coast supermarkets. Quality, that's another issue. For weeks I was returning items because they went stale on the shelf. C'est la vie..Avoid buying stuff from the center aisles if you can - not because of this store but in general. Flour, sugar, some grains and pasta. Never had a problem with that stuff here but honestly it's all we need from the center aisles.
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