I had the opportunity to visit the Downtown Farmers Market in Hopkinsville, KY. There were about 6…read moredifferent vendors selling their wares, vegetables, fruits, fresh eggs, plants, handmade soaps and candles, fresh honey, and things for children. I purchased some fresh squash and Vidalia onion, along with a few tomatoes. All were fantastic...and very fresh!

Sad. For an employee owned company, you would think there would be some pride in what it looks like…read moreinside and out. I went on Sunday March 8, 2015 as I had never been. It was several days since the blizzard and the side walk hasn't been cleared. The store is filthy - dead flies on the produce that was moldy specifically the oranges, apples, and sweet potatoes. The clientele and store leaves a lot to be desired.

Actually there's a ton of bigger, upscale Piggly Wigglys in the burbs of Chicago…read more Anyways, this particular Pig is small, very country (what do I expect, it's the South), has a limited inventory, and is particularly pricey. While they double coupons, good luck actually finding that item on your coupon. Thanks Piggly Wiggly for the experience, but I'll drive further down the road to Kroger's.

"Quality and fair pricing"…read more OK. I'm in town with the in-laws for the Christmas holiday. Yesterday we stopped at Hampton meats to get a few steaks and some hamburger, and the first thing that I noticed was that the meat is higher than Whole Foods at Whole Foods in Green Hills Nashville. But it's not grass-fed. When we got home, we fired up the grill, my father-in-law cooked some steaks, and he knows how to cook steaks. They looked great, they were tough as nails. OK. I'll let that pass because it happens sometimes. But today, when my husband went to the refrigerator to get out the hamburger, it was grey. I'm attaching a few pictures. (Please note that the iPhone doesn't truly show how gray this meat is. It seems to have added a little bit of color, but this stuff was grey ) Needless to say, the whole family was a little irked, and if I did live here, I would never go back. This meat is horrible, overpriced, and only God knows how old it really is. One more complaint is the girl at the deli counter. I don't know if she didn't wanna work on Christmas Eve day, but she had an attitude that put me right off. She acted like it was a big pain in her fat butt to slice a few pounds of cheese for me. And while she didn't throw it on the counter, she certainly didn't put it down nicely and she didn't say thank you. I was told since Hampton's changed hands, the quality and the service has been subpar. I can attest to that.

I just got an awesome 4-bone slab of beef short ribs, a well-marbled #2.25 chuck roast, and two…read morepackages of the sorriest "center-cut" pork chops I have ever seen.

This isn't my normal type of review. But I've finally had it with this store. We've been coming…read moreto this Kroger since 2006. It's this area's "best" option, but that isn't going to cut it anymore. Many of the regular full time employees have gone. There are still a couple, but most have moved on. That's the reason we kept patronizing this store in the first place. They also used to have a lot of options and fresh items. This is true less and less often now. And I gave some leeway because of COVID, but Publix has fresh items and plenty of new and interesting things in stock. So why not Kroger, one of the largest grocers in the country? First they got rid of over half the checkout lanes and replaced them with self checkout. Ok, fine. Then they had a scan, bag, and go program where you could scan your groceries as you shopped, then just do a fast checkout at the end. That was quite convenient, but then they stopped doing that. Back to the dysfunctional self checkout. Which is often understaffed, so many times only half the kiosks are open anyway. I use my own bags. The self checkout stations make it extremely difficult to use your own bags, so I generally leave my bags in the cart and then just bag my groceries by using the "skip bagging" feature. Now the software has been updated and is absolutely atrocious. Skip bagging on a few items? Not only does it take forever between items to "skip bagging," but after a few items, it flags an attendant, grinding your checkout to a halt. And the same thing happens if you are purchasing more than a few items, even if you bag them in Kroger's bags on their bag stand. I get loss prevention, but this isn't going to help. And if you're that worried about it, maybe you should've kept more human cashier lanes. The carts are always rickety with broken wheels. Publix is 30 minutes away, but they have fresh, fun, interesting products, smooth riding carts, and many kind, efficient human cashiers.

This is the only grocery store I choose to shop at all the other grocery stores are too expensive…read moreor have terrible customer service they have good food, the atmosphere is great easy to find products and they have 10% discount for veterans on Wednesdays.

Yesterday I had my pick up set between 4-5 when I got off work…read more At 3:50 I received a message saying there was a delay and it would be ready the next day. Get here between 4-5 today. Been sitting here for right over 2 HOURS! Yes I know I could have gone in by now and shopped myself. But I set up a PICK UP. This is ridiculous. I'm sure, again, it is because no one is wants to work.

Need fast help and consistently good service? This little jewel in Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a…read moretreasure trove of helpfulness. A nice man named Larry escorted my groceries to my daughter in-laws car for me.