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| - I want this grocery store to succeed.
BUT ...
The prices are 10-25% higher (sometimes more) than Woodman's in Sun Prairie, the produce leaves much to be desired in terms of quality and the check-out lines are ridiculously long if you visit between 4-6 p.m. It's understandably a busy time of day for people to pop into the grocery store, but it seems as though this Pick 'n Save refuses to adjust its staffing needs appropriately. Like another reviewer pointed out, very basic produce (basically, anything green) is often wilty, slimey and/or brown. I pointed this out to a produce worker once and asked if they had anything more fresh and he went to the back for better lettuce ... which was only slightly better than what was out.
The prices, however, are my biggest beef. For example, an avocado at Woodman's is $.69-.79 each, whereas at Pick 'n Save, they are $1.69-1.79 each. Now and then they run a sale: 2 for $3. Whoa! The savings! HA. A 96 oz. bottle of Welch's grape juice costs $6.19 at Pick 'n Save; at Woodman's the same bottle costs about $3.59. A container of heavy whipping cream is double the cost of the same size whipping cream at Woodman's. A Palermo's Thin Crust pizza is $6-7 at Pick 'n Save; 2 for $10 at Woodman's (although they have been running an occasional sale at PNS with BOGO on the Palermo's, making them an excellent deal). Small carving pumpkins: $3.99 at Pick 'n Save, HUGE-ASS carving pumpkins at Woodman's were $3.49. And on and on. If you're on a grocery budget, Pick 'n Save makes saving money and getting good buys a major battle of the wits with its customers. You've got the Fresh Perks card, some sort of e-coupon option, etc. ... hey, how about you just lower your frickin' prices??
Despite being 5 minutes from my house, I plan my grocery shopping so that I only have to shop there in a pinch. Otherwise, I load up at Woodman's.
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