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| - I went to their Henderson location on Friday night, March 09, during their grand opening week. Walking in, it reminded my wife immediately of a Food 4 Less of how the store is set up. Both of us are former retail clerks in our past lives also in another state.
We both loaded up carts with the grand opening coupon items which were loss leader items which were conveniently all located in a centralized area of the store and there were was a good supply which showed adequate planning by the store buyers or night crew guys! The store is huge and I was wondering what are they going to use all that sales floor space for once the grand opening items are off sale?
The produce items are fresh looking so far, and prices range from really good to the same as other grocery stores. I found bunches of cilantro for .33/bunch but the leaves were really small, but they were grown in Oxnard, CA. A lot of the produce, especially the mainline produce in prepackaged, like what one sees in a Walmart or Fresh and easy, but they also have a large variety of fruit and specialty vegetables in bulk or loose sale.
The store has a large meat dept and bulk dry good sales with buckets and lids for storage. A large selection of coffee beans also.
Their main line grocery selection and variety surprised me also. They has a big selection of brands and variety to choose from and their pricing was pretty cheap. I bought a 48 oz bottle of Wesson Canola oil for $2.48 for example.
Their frozen food selection was little bit less impressive with the amount of selection especially their ice cream brands and choices.
Their fresh bakery are did not impress me at all. Their bottled watter section carries no national brands except for aquafina.
Overall, I like this store, and I would shop here if I lived closer. They do not publish ads so that sucks. If I'm in the area I will stop by if I need something. Their prices are decent, but one always should know their competitor's pricing also to know if you are getting the better deal here and not just blindly believing the store's signage.
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