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    Olalla Food Center

    4.8 (4 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Food Market At Lake Kathryn

    Food Market At Lake Kathryn

    2.5(6 reviews)
    5.1 mi

    This is a good little Market with nice people working there. It has a real butcher who can…read moreactually cut meat. It is small, so somewhat limited, but they have most of what you might need except things like gyoza wrappers or fresh vanilla beans. They certainly serve the nearby community well enough.

    As I assume, most know that the supermarkets in Key Center, Lake Kathrine, and also the Bridgeway…read moremarket in Purdy are all owned and operated by the same people, as I was told... If not I surely apologize. I almost never use the Bridgeway market, but the other two I use "as needed" and no more. They are kind of a convenience store for me. From home, it's about 3 miles vs. 8 or 12, depending on where you want to go in Gig Harbor. I promised myself I would not go on a rant here, and I won't. I have been using these markets for about 10 years, the employees are great, friendly, helpful, just about like any business in the Gig Harbor Area. What I cannot understand is why the hell do they have to charge so much! I have not ever calculated, but I can get the point across without being exact! I do swear, their prices are about 25-40% higher than other markets in town. I have asked a few times over the years why so expensive and the answer is, that is the price of convenience. So I come back with "this is not 7/eleven, this is a community supermarket where there are many elderly people on a fixed income who cannot afford your prices, hell, if I had to do all of my shopping there, I would go broke with my family of 4, and I'm not joking. I think if they would price match with other markets, they would probably triple their business and still come way ahead on profit. Prices are my only issue with them, I use them as I said, like a convenient store, on a nice note, Key Center usually has very nice looking produce, it's too expensive most of the time, but it is nice. Ill finish on that.

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    Safeway - Birthday cake.

    Safeway

    3.7(20 reviews)
    5.7 mi
    $$

    This store has been totally remodeled, updated, and rebranded as Safeway Sidney Meadows. Corporate…read moreheadquarters in Idaho (perhaps with its corporate owner in Florida who's trying to unload Albertson's/Safeway in a merger deal with Kroger) were given the go ahead. Out of the three Safeway/Albertson's stores in Port Orchard alone, this store is clearly meant to be the crown jewel. It looks like one of the other two stores is intentionally being starved to kill it off. That's my opinion from how it looks to me. 'm impressed. The corporate powers took a middling store with no identity and transformed it into an openly-inviting grocery store that's pretty well-stocked with many items--with some glaring omissions. More on that later. I've talked to a few employees and they're very happy with the new look and feel of the store. Things just seem easier and it's a better place to work. I can feel that vibe when shopping there. But the big problem with Albertson's/Safeway remains that all store orders are handled at the corporate level. Store managers have told me they can request certain items be sent to the store, but outside of that, regional management determines what items are shipped to each store. Some of my favorite products are omitted. One example is my beloved Philadelphia Salmon Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Spread. Safeway/Alberton's carries a bunch of flavors EXCEPT for the smoked salmon. Why? I don't know. The Fred Meyer/Kroger store in town has plenty on its shelf. What about Alden's Organic Ice Cream (out of Oregon)? Safeway/Albertson's closed out the entire line. But again, Fred Meyer carries it. So, while SW is my preferred store, I have to shop at FM occasionally to buy the items that my favorite grocery store chain refuses to carry. Why? I don't know--ask them. Maybe it has something to do with cost control prior to closing the merger deal? Which the federal government may not allow to BE closed. If Kroger buys Albertson's, it will have a monopoly on the four supermarkets in town, leaving only Wal-Mart as the non-Kroger option--and I never shop at Wal-Mart. But the bottom line is that this Safeway has become a really nice store to shop in. Many of the employees are happy and friendly. There are still empty shelves in some areas which could be corporate-caused or supply-chain issues--who knows? To summarize, for my rating three stars goes to the store itself, the fourth star is for the cashiers and courtesy clerks who've made the checkout process actually fun.

    Closest grocery shop to where we were staying. Super convenient to pull in and pick up groceries. I…read moredidn't see curbside pickup option available. There were more than enough parking stalls whenever we came down to shop. I loved the Valentines pampas they were selling but could not get myself to pack that home to Hawaii. I didn't run into any workers but it was fairly easy finding the ingredients I needed with my cousin who's local. We seemed to always be in a rush so I didn't have a thorough shopping experience. They have Starbucks tumblers available for purchase near the front. There are self checkout lanes that we utilized the most.

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    Hi-Way Market

    Hi-Way Market

    3.0(2 reviews)
    4.9 mi

    I'm just trying to support our many businesses impacted so badly by Covid-19 and just wanted to put…read morea "shout out" to Hi-Way market. They continue to bring in stock on "essential items" (the beer I like - Miller 64 - the only store that stocks it around here - and meat sticks LOL!) The young tall Asian owner guy keeps a smile going behind his n95 mask, as does the delightful Scottish gal with whom I've yakked a zillion times but never learned her name. They are SO nice and friendly and I hope things keep going for them. It's mostly a "beverage store" but in these times, it's easy to "socially distance" and they remain as friendly as ever. Don't be afraid to buy from them during these times - they wear their masks, and have a plexi screen in place at the checkout. Dave

    My husband has been going into this store almost every day for the last few months to get his…read moreMonster and 5-Hour Energy drinks, mostly after his early morning shifts at UPS in Fife. In fact, he drives about 10 minutes past our house to give him business as we like to support our local stores. This morning, hubby bought 4 Monster drinks, has his usual pleasant exchange with the owner, then went back to the car to have one of the drinks explode. He went back into the store to let the owner know and ask to have it replaced. The manager immediately accused him of doing something to the product instead of replacing it in good faith or even telling him that they don't replace items. Naturally, this didn't settle well with my husband, who was going to simply buy a replacement and not go back in again. The owner was going to grudgingly give him the replacement, but his attitude was so irksome that he told the owner he wasn't going to be back again. At that point, the owner demanded that he hand the drink to him and refused to let him have it afterall, telling him he could have the one that burst. When he got back to the car, a second drink burst. It makes no good business sense to accuse a customer of damaging something intentionally to get a "free" one. What does he gain from doing that? It's not like he can consume a can of drink that's burst. Replacing defective product is the customary way that businesses show good faith to their customers, that we can trust them and continue to do business with them. We won't be giving him business any longer, and neither will our family. And you can bet that as with any other customer treated in this manner, we'll be telling this story to others. Do better. Don't be insulting on top of cheap. If you just had a bad day, everyone has them. Just apologize.

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