"2015-07-12T00:00:00"^^ . . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . "2"^^ . . "0"^^ . "Note that even though I give this place 2 stars, I still do my weekly shopping here. That is because of two main factors that outweigh everything I hate about this place: 1) It's close to where I live and 2) It's so cheap!\nWith that being said, this review does not apply to all Marc's stores, just the one in Lakewood. They obviously have not invested in this store in quite some time. It lacks conveyor belts at its checkouts and the counters where you place your items are so small you have to pretty much wait until the person in front of you is completely done before you can even start unloading your cart which makes checking out agonizingly slow. The freezer units are also often not lit so you can barely see what is inside. \nThey have the maddening habit of never having any carts so you should probably just grab one on your way in. They always seem to be stocking their produce (which is subpar in quality) without actually having anything on the shelves. They will literally have five giant carts full of produce just sitting there blocking everyone and everything with no one unloading them. They always stick displays in every aisle which makes it impossible to move around the place when it's busy. \nThe choice here is less than great, and I usually have to go by Giant Eagle on my way home. \nThe thing that really gets me about this place is the staff. I have had to tell the cashier on two separate occasions that they gave me the wrong change (in my favor). Once was a girl who must have just started and I suspect it was her first or second day. The other was a middle aged woman who was so busy complaining about how much she hated her job that she couldn't seem to count my money correctly. I have had to tell cashiers what my produce is and I even jumped in to help out a customer who was asking an employee about the various types of ground beef and the employee had no idea what made 80% lean ground beef different from 90%. They also tend to hire a lot of younger people who cannot ring up alcohol. If you get the one person in charge as your cashier they will constantly have to leave to go ring up alcohol or EBT transactions. The most times I've had a cashier leave to help another cashier while ringing up my groceries was 4 times. I almost just started scanning everything myself. \nSo if you are able to be patient and just go in expecting your shopping trip to be terrible, you'll be alright. At least you'll get your money's worth."^^ . .