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| - Update: I changed my rating from three to four stars, because in the time since I wrote this review, a couple of the issues I mentioned have been improved. The bakery section is now more consistently stocked, and the deli selection is also more predictable. The front-end clerks who used to yell back and forth to each other while ignoring customers seem to have moved on, making way for people who concentrate on their job and the customer in front of them.
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I shop here all the time, and it's mostly good. They try so hard, they're so community-minded, and there's a lot of good food here. The place is SO politically correct it makes practically everyone feel guilty, if not looked down upon. For a cheap thrill, I like to walk in and buy a pound of white sugar.
Anyway, three favorite things:
1. Produce: very good quality and pretty good selection. No strawberries that taste like styrofoam, ever.
2. Sales: Overall this is a pricey store, but when things go on sale you can get some very good deals.
3. Bulk goods: There are some good deals here, too, though they keep reducing the selection of certain items to make room for yet another flavor of granola or candy.
Three least favorite things:
1. Unpredictability: Maybe there's some way to plan your life around their deli and bakery schedules in order to get the stuff you want, but I haven't found it. Why are there near-empty bakery racks at nine in the morning?
2. Rude staff: Not all of them, but enough. And boy, does it irk me to have front end clerks ignore me while yakking over my head about their weekend plans. Sometimes I get a straight answer to questions, but other times I get the run-around.
3. The prices: Very few people could afford to do all their shopping at a place like this, and I try to train myself to only buy certain things. Still, the final total can come as a shock.
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