What do you like best about your favorite food store?
Is it the free samples? The fancy foods? The friendly service?
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5 Comments:
Free samples don't really do it for me overall, though I think they're a nice touch. I think when they're done right, they can help a store -- as long as it's clear that the product (whatever it is) hasn't been sitting there all day, getting cold or warm, attracting flies, etc.
I like variety and hard-to-get items. I walk an extra 7 or 8 blocks to the Key Food near my house because it has a great specialty food selection and the staff is very responsive to ordering in items for customers. Even if I'm doing non-specialty shopping, I'll walk past the two other supermarkets and visit this Key Food.
I can't say too much about friendly service. I grew up in the land of friendly service (the Midwest) and then moved to New York, the land of gruff service. I've just come to expect a certain amount of 'tude at the till now. I do, however, think that friendly service is a must in the deli section or any of the departments where people have to order things custom.
Also: Short lines!
Adam Kuban at 10:22AM on 12/21/06
Just about everything! Clean, pretty, AWSOME produce, Wine selection, Coffee shop, Gourmet foods, seafood, visible butcher, sushi station, Great friendly service. I have a grocery store that is less than 2 mins from my house but I drive 20 mins to get to this one because I know that they will always have everything I need. It is a little pricey so I try not to do big shopping trips for staple foods there though I wish I could. But I always go there to buy my produce and end up with a cart full of other things.
Sindy at 10:41AM on 12/21/06
My standards are low! If it's clean and they have stuff in stock, I'm pretty happy. That and a decent selection of produce that's not all old and wilted.
megnut at 12:11PM on 12/21/06
WEGMAN'S! OMG EVERYTHING! Ask anyone who has ever been there.
JerzeeTomato at 1:25PM on 12/21/06
NYC supermarkets, IMO, suck. I usually have to hit Gristedes, D'Ag and Food Emporium to get the basic regular items I like to have on hand. There's a wonderful little place on the UWS (91 & Broadway) that I always get to when I'm in that area. It's tiny and chock full of almost any exotic ingredient you can imagine. Great pricing too.
FKC at 2:20PM on 12/21/06