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| - I have to laugh when I see someone reviewing Walmart on prices and complain that the prices are too high. It makes me wonder if someone else may have been too high considering that the same item at a non Walmart is $5.59, as opposed to the $2.49 at a Walmart Super Store or $2.99 at the Neighborhood Store (I checked the prices he complained about, what a laugh.) But then again, the Neighborhood Store are about food shopping and not much else. But anyway...
The Neighborhood Walmart Market is great for all your in between food shopping or even regular food shopping if you are not a stickler for selection. You will find everything here to stock just about any pantry, but if you are looking for something exotic (oh how about spiney-Kiwi-fruit-melon) you are out of luck. The prices are generally the same as the big Walmart without the crowds and parking hassles. This means your food bill will be quite a bit less than if you shopped at a premium grocer.
There is one other factor at work here however, this is a Neighborhood Store, and if you go there enough it is amazing how well you get to know the staff. We seem to know just about everyone there including both Pharmacists (Sol and Tracie). My wife and I also have a standing bet when they will call a "5269" for the employees, which they seem to do whenever we are in the store. (A "5269" in Walmart speak is a "Cart Round-up".)
The store is laid out rather traditionally which is just fine and it is clean. I have never once gone there and questioned the sanitation conditions of the store (I can't say that about some of the other supermarkets around). Since the whole staff seems to know us we get great service.
The store looses on star simply because of the lack of selection, but then again it was never designed to have a huge selection, so I guess it was doomed to 4 stars from the start. Also, the meat is all pre-pack and so cuts I would like can't be gotten, but again, the store was not designed for that so it is hard to fault them for it.
What my wife and I do is shop at WNS for all out pantry goods and then go over to Vons or Albertsons for the specialty Items we want. It's a good solution, and in the end we save a ton of cash.
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