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| - I'm not going to ding them for price since they are known to compete at the highest end of the local grocery stores. While AJ's will carry some "cheap" "normal" brands to balance things out, Whole Foods will have their relatively affordable 365 brand that seems to be of very good quality (at least the items I have tried). Customer service here has been professional and pleasant (employees aren't "goofing around" or ignoring customers like I've seen at the Chandler Whole Foods and Central Ave AJ's). This location is much busier than all of the other local grocery stores, with maybe the exception of the Trader Joe's next door.
I am going to lower them a star for two reasons, one of which is because they don't have a "smokehouse grill" at this location. The Chandler Whole Foods has an amazing (even when they overcooked it once) turkey burger that you can get with a huge side of tater tots, reminiscent in taste to shredded potato pancakes. They don't offer the burger or tater tots in the in-store tavern either sadly (the tots appetizer offered at the tavern is different).
This Whole Foods also doesn't have everything tagged with a price sticker (particularly seasonal items near the bakery), which is maddening, especially when the display/shelf also has no price! On a related issue, they don't seem to be marking down all of the seasonal items either (who's going to buy a full-price chocolate Santa now?), as opposed to AJ's which had everything clearly ticketed and with large signs denoting holiday merchandise was 50% off.
Overall, it's not my main grocery store (and it is a bit too far for a "quick run"), and I can go months without stepping foot inside, but it's good for specialty items, like Bubbie's Mochi ice cream made in Hawaii.
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