Bell&#x27;s Iga

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Visiting Old Town Hannaford is painful in many ways, all of which imply a negative leadership or…read morecorporate attitude towards customers. Some things that make patronizing this business a poor experience: -Navigating the aisles and accessing food is CHALLENGING due to pallets waiting to be stocked and the stockers blocking the aisles and/or access to products. It is rare for them to notice customers trying to get to products. This is true at peak hours and in high traffic aisles (dairy case). One might surmise that they don't care. -There is no easy way to get help, especially help finding things. There is no customer service desk. Stockers are not helpful beyond saying " I think that might be in aisle 5". The Website is not accurate. -The pharmacy is SLOW. It is not uncommon for you to be ignored at the window while staff chats. The pharmacy also closes mid-afternoon, apparently for lunch. Imagine the implications for some people.... -Check out lines are long, long, long. Checkers are often slow. -When I took the opportunity to tell the store manager about the difficulty I had accessing products because of pallets blocking access he said "That ain't gonna change". No empathy, no apology, nothing.

Pharmacy is terrible in all respects. Unreliable, uninformative, lazy (as in "we don't order…read morerefills" despite being in the Refills Made Simple (RMS) program), terrible user experience on the pharmacy website, auto-filling controlled sleep med without me enrolling it in RMS while not auto-filling drugs I've enrolled numerous time both online and in person, drugs are rarely ready when they're supposed to be and they often wait until you arrive to fill them; RMS caller bot says they will call if there are changes to your meds but they never do (2.5 years in!), caller bot also rarely calls when RMS refills are ready despite saying they will we only get called when we're LATE picking up drugs they never told us were ready... It's been very difficult to get my list of allergies (most of which are ANAPHYLAXIS) right. There's probably more I'm forgetting. Attempts to contact the parent company about issues lead nowhere. We just don't know where else to go. So many local (Old Town/Orono/Bangor/Veazie) pharmacies have really bad reviews.

Orono Thriftway Food Center

4.0(3 reviews)

It's exactly what you'd expect for a laundromat/convenience store…read more Store: a variety of shelf stable foods, halal meats, alcohol, laundry products (in case you forgot them), ice cream, and candy Laundromat: A good amount of machines. $3 per wash, 25¢/6 min. on a dryer They are always willing to help you get quarters in the store, if you need it.

This place is convenient if you need to do some laundry, but that's about it. If you can't spend…read more$10 with your credit card you have to pay a fee. They have a small selection of most everything (alcohol aside). The place is also sort of dirty. If you need quarters for laundry, they will hook you up.

Hannaford Supermarkets

5.0(2 reviews)

58.1 mi

We go to Madison alot for weekly things such as bread and milk, always very friendly and helpfulread more

I went in a few days after Halloween looking for small pumpkins. The manager let me know that they…read morehad none left. When he found out they were for a school project, he offered to give me as many decorative guards as I could use. How kind!

Walmart Supercenter

2.5(21 reviews)

5.4 mi

This is a very stoppable Wallly Mart, I find. Store isn't bombed out, not a lot of open packages…read morelike in other stores and the staff were friendly to me. I don't love close to this one but I am in town enough I would stop in again.

Had my nails done by Jerry in the nail salon. He argued with me for 5 minutes saying that my nails…read morewere artificial. I told him that I had never had artificial nails and hadn't had tips since Christmas. He said he would show me and started grinding my nails. He ground them down so far that 2 of my nails are now broken way down into the nail bed! Run, don't walk away from this salon!!

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Natural Living Center

4.0(33 reviews)

4.8 mi

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Natural Living Center in Bangor is a top-spot for plant-based eaters like us. (I can't speak for…read moretheir non-vegan produce; but, they seem to carry a lot of local meats, dairy and such.) Their products run the gamut, including a large Asian section. Aisles are nice and wide; lots of refrigerators. Overall, it's clean, bright, and well-stocked. Produce section is, overall, good with a lot of local goods. That said, they sometimes tend to leave withering and browning veggies out on display WAY beyond attractiveness going into decay. (Our last visit had the same rotting celery on display/sale from a visit several days earlier! It was pretty gross-looking. Thus, 4 instead of 5 stars.) Other than that one glaring negative, customer service can be spotty and downright oblivious (but, it's status quo for much of today's young workforce). And, too, expect maximum pricing on, at least, plant-based/vegan products. (Can rival Brewer's Tiller & Rye for outrageous pricing!) These negatives aside, NLC offers a great variety for vegans in Bangor that can't be overlooked! (But, in all honesty, living in Bucksport, we tend to head to Belfast to shop plant-based. However, Natural Living Center recently started carrying a good number of locally-made Midcoast Vegan products (which we LOVE!), so that looks to be a lure for our steady return, for now. And the Asian section....)

The environment is organic and not stiff. Much better than T&R in Brewer - It has wonderful,…read morehelpful, knowledgeable staff that are always around to help. The prices are a little higher than my husband would like to pay, but I don't feel like I am being stolen from as in many other natural food stores. They've been around forever, and I will continue to take my family here as long as they are! My son & daughter have both looked forward to our weekly trips for 15 years

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Ellsworth Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy

4.1(18 reviews)

29.2 mi

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Nice full service grocery with bakery, olive bar, butcher counter and deli. We were able to stock…read moreup for our remote coastal rental

Honestly, we stoped here because I really needed to use the bathroom. Even so, I wanted to check…read moreout a Hannaford Supermarket. It's a supermarket chain founded in Portland, Maine in 1883. I spotted quite a few around Maine. We picked up some groceries, but I mostly wanted something that's from Maine. I was able to find some Fox Family brand potato chips that met my criteria. My bf was also able to find some good beer that's from Maine- Bissell Brothers and Mast Landing. It was a successful stop.

Hannaford, Ellsworth ME

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The irony is overwhelming.

Damon’s Beverage

3.6(9 reviews)

This review is for the bottle return center. This is by far the nicest and cleanest bottle return…read morecenter I've ever seen. Very organized, they even have gloves and sanitary equipment for you to use. Best part is there's always a friendly, helpful employee that will help you scan your bottle returns if you have a lot. I really appreciate the work that went into making the return process so easy. Thank you! I'll have to see what the liquor store is like once I'm 21!

They require masks selectively. I walked in to make a purchase without a mask. The man behind the…read morecounter said to me, "You need a mask, ma'am." I went back out to my car and got one. Before I went back in a man went in without a mask and proceeded to select and pay for his purchase. So I got my item and went to the counter. I said to the cashier, "So that guy didn't need a mask?" He replied, "Well, I know he's vaccinated." So I said, "Well, so am I" and showed him my vaccination card. I have no problem complying with mask requirements for local businesses, but If you are going to require masks, then make it mandatory for all patrons. I won't be shopping there anymore.

Orono Pharmacy

3.0(2 reviews)

Incredibly frustrating. Please think before you fill your medication here, or send them to be…read morefilled here. A cute family owned pharmacy, however, they don't consider their customers. I waited on a prescription here for 2 1/2 weeks!! Every time I came in, I received a different reason as to why the medication had not been filed. At the 2 1/2 week mark, the pharmacy told me that I should drive back to my home state (5 hours away!!) to fill it, as there was no way he could. Same prescription was filled in 10 minutes at hannafords in Old Town. Think twice friends.

What great small town pharmacy... I'm not kidding, think Norman Rockwell…read more This place had everything you could need from Tylenol (no-name too) to ice cream... daily paper to birthday cards... Prices... oh holy smokes, this place is cheaper than Big Pharmacy. I'm not kidding, I have spent a good portion of my day ranting about pharmacy prices put this way. I spent $1.75 on calamine lotion that Big Pharmacy wanted $6.59 for! The staff (a young kid) was great. And when he didn't know, he had the pharmacist come and show me what I was looking for... BUT the pharmacist even when the extra mile of recommending a home remedy since the pharmaceutical way was working for me... This is downtown Orono, college and yuppie central... so parking can be a bit hard, but I lucked out. Very impressed with this place.... as for the home remedy, it's working!

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Phamacist

Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy

3.9(53 reviews)

42.8 mi

I was unfamiliar with this local grocery brand but stopped in for a few necessities. It was a more…read moresizable, clean, and better stocked store than I expected, given the size of the town. I found some local goods that I wanted to get a flavor of the region, but there was also plenty of fresh produce and basic essentials. The parking lot was crowded, and parking in this town is a tad dicey, but I walked in and out okay.

I was in town to run the Mount Desert Island Marathon. I stopped by here to pick up some drinks for…read morethe race weekend. The store was clean and well-organized with each aisle labeled so it was easy for me to find what I wanted. For the area, I thought that the prices were good and quite reasonable. I was able to pay for my items while using one of the self-checkout kiosks.