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| - Alright, Fresh and Easy does have a great selection of organic foods for less than places like Whole Foods. They also have some great pre-made dishes that are easy to make (microwave) and taste pretty good. They also have a decent amount of vegan and gluten free products, and foreign sections (Asian, English, Indian, Kosher).
Down sides: Watch what you buy- look at the expiration date, many, MANY times we have grabbed something that was going to expire the next, or was already expired (sometimes even MONTHS over expiration date). They have sections where these items are SUPPOSE to go, at a discounted price. But they don't always make it, so you are left to check. Items we have found over expiration date: organic jam (three months expired- so expired that they had already changed the label to a different graphic) trail mix (two months expired) strawberries 1lb (one day over expiration date, and moldy). Or they have things that don't have an expiration date on it. Seriously, go to the English section and find the onion soup. No date.
Employees can be brash and may ignore you. My boyfriend has had the worst experience with many- from employees following him around the store like he was going to shop lift, to not coming to the machine when it asks for an employee. When they had the peanut butter recall he brought in his label (he'd already eaten the peanut butter by the time he found out) and asked for his refund. The employee said, "Well, I will take it, but it looks like an old label." What? What does that have to do with ANYTHING!? Is he a label connoisseur? Does he spend hours studying subtle label tellings? Their peanut butter was TAINTED and they had a RECALL! It's not like he kept the label for years, for just this moment.
The discounted items- they may not really be discounted. We have rung up items, and they would come up at the usual price, not the price they were currently labeled as.
The machines- Horrible. One machine, when my boyfriend scanned organic salad, came up with "Sensational dish" for three dollars more. Um, how did this happen? No one could tell us. The employee had to check EVERYTHING he had to make sure there were no "Sensational" items. There wasn't.
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