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| - From its rancid salad bar, to its out-of-stocks on advertised sale times, to its bathrooms that make you long for a truck-stop port-o-potty, South Park's Earth Fare is an embarrassment of a grocery store. The clerks are miserable (probably from long hours and low pay from what I've overheard), the place seems to be falling apart, and the overall vibe there is one of frustration and unhappiness.
I used to love the burger bar, and they did away with it to make an overpriced bakery that no one shops at. The hot bar used to serve meatloaf, sweet potatoes, grilled chicken and more. Now, when it's not just a pile of neglected, empty trays, it is a sea of dried fish and overcooked dark meat riddled with fat. Whenever I make the mistake of going there (usually to avoid the crowds at the superior Whole Foods), I end up getting pizza at an insane price out of desperation.
The shame is that this, like most Earth Fare's I have been too, USED TO be pretty good. But the cut corners and bad management is painfully obvious. Too many idiotic decisions have crumbled this company into a laughing stock among health conscious shoppers.
The nearby Harris Teeter is a far better bet for a hot bar with good selection, and Whole Foods, being the Wal-mart of the natural food industry when it comes to sheer size and dominance, can afford to buy in huge amounts to offer real savings to their customers compared to the poor selection and sky-high prices at any Earth Fare. As for supplements, I do Vitamin Shoppe which normally costs half... HALF... of what I pay at Earth Fare.
As for their bogus "declaration" and behavior overall as a company, please take a look at all the horrible feedback employees have given them on glassdoor.com.
Earth Fare is in its death throes and I for one won't be bothered with the funeral.
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