Bales Thriftway

When walking up to the store, you notice the sidewalk in front is stained from spilled drinks, and littered with garbage.\r Before going into the store, you select a shopping cart that will be dirt stained, and probably have garbage in it.\r You toss the garbage either on the ground or try to push it into a nearby over flowing garbage can. Why don't they have the\r one who rounds up the carts make sure they are clean?\r Why don't they buy a pressure washer and wash the sidewalk and carts once a week?\r As you walk into the store you look down at the stains and filth covering the floor and ask yourself how come the health dept doesn't\r close this place down. Why don't they mop down the floors every night?\r Walking past the produce department, you will notice the very high prices, with a few really good lost litter deals.\r I don't buy from their meat dept because of poor quality. Some really weird tasting beef. Past the meat dept, you\r walk past the bottle return, that reeks of old beer, you will have to fight back the gag response from the reek,\r most of the bottle return machines don't work. Most of the prices\r in the store are on the high side. Be sure to check the expiration dates on everything you buy there to make sure its not\r expired. They have some friendly clerks, and some bad clerks. Its a mix. Its clear the owners of this store do not respect\r their customers enough to keep the place clean. You may feel like you need to take a shower after taking a bath from\r shopping at this store. On the positive side, they are open 24 hours a day. It's my hope the management of this store\r will read this, and clean up their act!\r Pros: Open 24 hours a day. Cons: Very High prices, and Very Dirty. more

Every single time I go to this store its usually for a couple random items I forgot when grocery shopping at a different establishment and every single time I go to Thriftway, I can never find what I want and can never find an employee around to ask for help. \r EVERYTHING in this store is so overpriced. I bought 12 miniature two bite cupcakes the other day for $5.49. I don't know what this store is trying to prove by upping the prices on everything...I get that they need to make a profit, but really? $50.00 for two bags of groceries? Get real!\r Also....EVERY SINGLE time I go in the check out lines are so long and the checkers are VERY slow. There is an older lady in particular I am not fond of. She is VERY rude and VERY slow and makes it a point to tell everyone in line that she'll lose her job if she doesn't do it right and thats why its taking so long. So ridiculous! I will go to a convenience store before going to Thriftway again. Pros: parking Cons: long lines, very expensive, rude checkers more

Great produce and meat department and terrific customer service. I'll be back! Pros: Fresh Foods more