I want to start out by saying that, while I am from Uniontown, I have lived in 6 other states, all…read moreas an adult, from North to South to Midwest. I have an advanced education, and worked as a college professor before returning home to Uniontown for family reasons. While I could trash all of Uniontown for being small town, actually, stores like Walmart have come in and given Uniontown large employers it lacked after the fall of the coal & steel industry, revitalizing the area. There were no "mom-and-pop" stores for them to put out of business; there was no business to speak of here. Walmart was at the vanguard of development of the Rte. 21 corridor (now moved to a newer location across New Salem Road), which is now a hub of commercial development of all kinds. Now, for this store. It is a Walmart. As one reviewer said, take that into consideration, it has the same ups and downs as most Walmarts. However, I felt compelled to review this Walmart when I saw the other reviews which I think are unfair. I am no fan of the ownership of the chain, or the direction they took manufacturing after the passage of their patriarch. But seeing as how I am now disabled, Walmart has saved me a great deal of time, grief, and yes, money, all of which are tight right now. The staff at the pharmacy know me by name, almost down to my birthdate. I can call and tell them my name and they know the status of my prescriptions; very rarely do I have to call more than one time, but sometimes, they are unable to answer their line. That's okay for me, because I've worked retail, I know it can be hectic. They've never been discourteous to me there. I started seeing the eye doctor at the Vision Center there a few years ago, instead of the pricey independent doctor I was seeing, because there's a wider selection of frames, though there used to be more that my insurance would cover, this year, I think for the first time I will have to pay into my glasses. But that's not the fault of *this* Walmart. There are about 2 employees of the Vision Center who I feel don't do the best job they could do, and I try to avoid them; the rest are very professional, helpful, and kind. I am likely to strike up conversations with random people, much more so now that I have to shop alone, that family members have died unexpectedly. I was looking at produce one day and noticed a price discrepancy, and brought it to the attention of a young man working there. We got to chatting, and now when I see him there, we stop and talk, I know practically everything about his life, he knows a bit about mine, plus he originally offered to let me to buy my produce at the mistaken price (I didn't take him up on that offer, I had purchased that item before and knew the real price, I wasn't going to take advantage of a posting mistake). I think I've chatted up someone in almost every department, alerting them to ironies in pricing, mistaken sizing, and sales; I've never met anyone who wasn't at least professional, if not completely friendly. They've gone out of their way to try to find things for me when I wasn't even sure if I was going to buy, I just wanted to know if they had something. And, realizing that I'm a part of my community, if I'm there and a new employee can't find something for another shopper, I show them both where it is. That's just part of being in a small town. I've had only two experiences that I can remotely say were bad: one was with a self-checkout that just kept saying everything I put in my bag was "unexpected," and the person who was supposed to be overseeing those check-outs was busy and not able to override the recording, which goes on and on and on for minutes (it only needs to tell me once, not 50 times, and not hold up my shopping for 10 minutes each item, and if it goes off like that more than twice in a row, it should have some mechanism to shut that function off, it should recognize that it's the fault of the register, not the customer). I got a bit exasperated and started begging it to shut up and get on with my checking out, and then the Walmart employee thought that was a strange conversation (I've since learned I'm not alone, other people have this problem in other stores, too). And, at Christmastime, a male employee bagged my items so poorly, putting clothing in the same bag with frozen foods, not paying attention to what he was doing, I really wanted to just ask him to leave the stuff alone and let me do it myself. I did, after I walked away, redo all my bags. I avoided him after that. And I was fine. That's in over 11 years of going to this Walmart. My philosophy, as a shopper, and a person, is you get in return what you give most of the time. If you give people respect, you'll get it in return. Sometimes you won't, sometimes people will just be rude, but for the most part, these people who work at Walmart are working for minimum wage at a high-profile job with poor benefits in a small town. I give them a lot of credit. It could be worse.

Prices are low for some things, but really not too many things at all. I love some products from…read morehere, but really not a lot. I can count on my fingers the items I would actually buy from Walmart lol. Frankly, I've noticed that Walmart's prices have actually gone up, and I'm talking WAY up! I think Shop 'n Save is becoming cheaper than Walmart at this point! Walmart is definitely not my first choice for fresh produce either. One time I even saw an employee doing a delivery/pickup shop, and he dropped an apple. HE PICKED THAT APPLE RIGHT BACK UP AND PUT IT IN THE BAG ANYWAY!!! If I dropped an apple, I would give my customer a new one instead of the one I dropped. I do like the tomatoes though. I also like the bakery. The bakery is pretty good, but definitely not my first choice for a birthday cake. I also like the $1 daily fresh made bread from the bakery. That's some good bread. Watch out for the huge holes from air bubbles though. The great value canned tuna is also good. I also like the potato salad and some of the other food they make in store, or just whatever they have in market side. Rotisserie chicken is better at Giant Eagle and Shop 'n Save though. The rotisserie chicken is good here, but you gotta watch because sometimes that chicken will be burnt and dry as hell. Walmart is decent enough for maybe half your groceries, definitely not all of them. Literally every time I come here I leave with less items and less money, if not more items and even less money than at other grocery stores I shop at. I leave with more items and more money at the others. I only shop here now if I have no other choice for food, and ultimately I'll only come here for a certain item if I know the price of it is the cheapest out of all the other stores, or if I simply can't get it anywhere else. The employees aren't that bad though. They'll help you the best they can, when you're there in person. Except for one of the greeters. This greeter has long dark hair and wears glasses. In her 50s or 60s. She is incredibly rude and insufferable. One time we also had this pain in the ass trainee who looked like a dollar store Billie Eilish that once tried to accuse us of stealing, but her manager saw how upset she made us so she told her to go take a break lol. But they keep hiring people now who can't speak English. Calling up here is hit or miss too. I can count on my fingers how many times they've picked up the phone each time I've called. Most of the time they don't answer the phone. I understand that sometimes they can get really busy but can at least one person be there to pick up the phone? Loud crying kids every time you come here too, tbh I actually have not heard that in other stores. I know some of the parents try to control the crying too but others won't care to try either. I might've heard the crying a couple times in Shop 'n Save but definitely not as many times as in Walmart. I hear kids crying every single time I come to Walmart. There's also this crazy old lady who sits by the grocery entrance nearly every single day until like 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon bothering everybody, as if she's friends with everybody like she's some big shot here. She acts like she's one of the greeters. She has gray hair in what looks like a bowl cut, wears glasses and walks on a 4 legged cane. They do nothing about her even though they should. She honestly should not be allowed inside the store unless she's going to shop, because she is annoying. She and several old men are always sitting on the benches all day long until they finally get on their bus and go home, leaving other customers no place to sit inside as they wait for their own rides. They'll all sit there for hours on end until late afternoon talking. Yes, they're not bothering or hurting anybody except for the lady who bothers everyone, but if they're done shopping or haven't shopped at all they have no reason to sit there and keep on sitting there. I always do my best to avoid that woman, so I don't have to talk to her. Other reviewers are also right about the employees who block the aisles when they're shopping for deliveries or pickup. If you have to shop here, do it. But be cautious of some people here, and don't spend all your money here. Mostly not worth it.