I'm not sure I will be coming back here or maybe I should come earlier in the day because they…read moreseemed to not have much of anything. The store was really messy and for some odd reason they didn't sale green onions. So again it might be because it was later in the day (4pm)...but damn it should have still been better stocked and cleaner than it was since they don't close until 10pm. If you don't have that rewards card the prices are expensive so make sure your rewards card is working because I made that mistake...Smdh Again...I'll give them a try during the morning to see if anything changes. If not I'm going to have to find another grocery store to shop.

What an extremely embarrassing experience!! Tried to use the Scan It! device to speed up the…read morecheckout process but the employees at this location don't understand how it works. Some of them don't even know it exists! I followed all the directions but they still treated me like a thief when I tried to leave the store. Paid nearly $200 for groceries only to have them make a huge scene and put me on display in front of the store while they verified video footage of me while they had both the receipt and all of the merchandise right in front of them. At that point, I just wanted a refund. I paid for everything, never left the store, all the merchandise was still in the cart, and they still detained me like a criminal. When it was over, out of the four or five employees involved, not one apologized for the misunderstanding. I like shopping at Giant but it's a shame you have to drive out to suburbia to be treated with respect. If they are going to treat people like this, they should just take the Scan It! out of the store. Wasted my time and ruined my day.

Did not like that common household items were locked, it seemed like EVERYTHING was behind locked…read moreglass doors. All health and beauty products, laundry detergents, baby formula . . . Understaffing to assist in opening and getting selections was also a problem. Yet, security guards were standing around chatting. This location also had an electronic gate at end of self check out isles where patrons had to show receipts to be scanned by staff to be let out!! Fortress shopping not for me!

I'm giving this store its only five star rating bc after living in this area for more than a decade…read moreit has been the only place to get fresh fruits and vegetables in a food desert. The things that you hear about the environment are relatively accurate but it's not bc the people in the store who work there don't care, it's simply a lack of resources being distributed to this community. This store serves thousands of residents daily without fail.

Compare food is close in my area People complain about this…read morestory,but it's was convenient

THE WORST! (profiling, price inflation, expiring food)…read more It takes a lot to get a "1" star out of me, but Compare Foods succeeded with flying colors. Strike 1: I use reusable grocery bags to cut down on the avalanche of plastic bags in my house. As I walk in with my shopping bag, the security guard gets my attention (had in wireless earbuds) and tells me that they do not allow bags and I had to check-in my bag. Fair enough... Not a fan of that policy, but I acquiesce nonetheless. Strike 2: After about ten minutes of shopping, an older black lady, in plainclothes, gets my attention from far down the isle and begins interrogating me. She asks me if I am looking for something, if I am lost, or need help finding something. I told the lady that I was not lost and just shopping (you know... like normal humans). Basically, the lady was profiling me to ensure I wasn't stealing. She was rushing me out of the store through intimidation and probably trying to win employee of the month. Give me a break! Listen... I'm a guy, so grocery shopping for me consists of roaming around aimlessly until I see a bright color tags. This was my second visit, so I am not familiar with the layout. That said, I was taking my time and enjoying my shopping experience and had only gotten through produce and a couple of isles. However, this lady was treating me like I was walking around like The Repo Man from WWF for 2 hours trying to case the joint. I don't know if it's the fact that I wore my New Balance's today or because my facemask covers up these "non-threatening black male" cheeks. Perhaps I look like someone that has robbed the store before. Or, maybe it was my crime of bringing a grocery bag into a GROCERY store. Either way, profiling and pressuring customers is not the way to execute loss prevention, but it is a great way to lose a customer. (bravo) Listen... I totally understand that Compare Foods is the hood and there will certainly be people that steal. However, the owner should have factored that in when he acquired the location (formerly Shoppers). There has to be more sophisticated ways of loss prevention because I frequently shopped at the Shoppers that was here and never had this issue. Strike 3: As I was checking out, the cashier needed to pull out the book to figure out the code for kale. She arbitrarily puts in the code for grapes (which were more expensive than kale). I pointed this out and she eventually charged me for kale and voided my grapes (after me asking that as well). I'm not sure if this was laziness, maliciousness, or incompetence, but make sure you pay attention to what's being rung up. A lot of the food is overpriced and expiring. If an item is on sale, it may be because it's expiring. I bought some Snickers that are Best Before 9/2020 and today is 9-30-20. I've only got one day to eat a whole bag of snickers! Here are some examples of price inflation: Wings are about $2.99/lb at a nice grocery store and about $2.29 at a budget store. Compare Foods wings here were $3.69/lb. Salmon is about $9.99/lb at a nice grocery store and 7.99/lb at a budget grocery store. CF had salmon for $10.99/lb. Another example is potato chips. You can almost always find chips on at 2 for $5. At CF, the chips were the retail price on the bag. Seriously...who does that?! You're Out (Conclusion): This is the only time that I have been [knowingly] profiled at a store in my life and it came from a black security guard and a black lady. Most of the other workers are Latino, so my theory is that the owner probably uses his black employees as the muscle of the operation. Needless to say, I will not be returning here. I started to leave after the lady harassed me, but I didn't want to leave empty handed and validate their suspicions. Now, imagine if I loved my experience and made CF my primary grocery store (it is the closest to me). If I spent $100 here every two weeks. That's $2,600 they missed out on because of me potentially stealing maybe $20 worth of stuff (?). Compare Foods has a really bad vibe and few customers. I don't expect them to last long and good riddance once they go out of business.

I give such a love review not because of the workers that's in the store mainly because shoppers an…read morea company. The shoppers and low income neighborhoods does not have anything compared to the other shoppers. All they give you is the basic I don't know if they think we don't want more or if we are too poor to afford more but we're not. But I will say to the workers take care of the little produce that they do give you make sure that it's fresh and maybe you'll get more customers and maybe they'll add more to your store later.

I just had a ratchet troll deliver my mother's food and sat it behind her car, out back, MAKE IT…read moreMAKE SENSE. She told me it said leave at back door, and I said, "well this is a fence not a door" and she looked at me like "well"...no apology NOTHING. Shopper's take some accountability and screen your drivers and stop hiring to fill openings. My Mom is in a wheelchair and if I was not here, her delivery would still be outside.

SCAMMERS! STAY FAR AWAY…read more On May 19, 2022 before going home, I decided to stop at this market and play $4 worth of number, which is all I had on me. After pulling up, I sat in the car and wrote down 4 numbers on a neon sticky sheet I had in car. I, entered the store and approached the window where you play numbers. First impression and instinct is a fact. Unfortunately, I didn't follow neither one. As I approached the window, the Asian male act as if I didn't exist and continued looking at his cell phone. After being patient and placing my neon paper and $4 in the window slot, I said "Hello, I'm ready", which is when he took the paper and money. Unfortunately, I just took the lottery tickets and didn't check them, which is totally my fault. Instead, I just placed them in my wallet. On May 20, I arrived home at around 3:30pm, after getting settled I decided to check the Md Lottery for 5/19. Afterwards, I went and got my wallet where I placed the tickets and the neon sticky the day before and realized that ticket 9011 wasn't included, which means the store clerk didn't play my number and kept $1or played the number and kept the ticket. There's only one of those reason because I gave him $4 and I wrote down 9011 on the sticky. Ironically, 9011 was written under 1127 and I have the tickets for the other 3 numbers and not for 9011, which came out on 5/20 in the evening. I don't often play numbers and didn't realize how important it is to double check your lottery tickets for accuracy, which is something I will forever regret because of shady and fraudulent activity at this market. For me, it's not moreso about the money it's the principle and the fact that the store clerk did an fraudulent act by keeping my $1 or playing my number and withholding the ticket, in hopes that I don't notice it, which I didn't until the next day. I will never go to this store again. I will be contacting the Better Business Bureau and Md Lottery for a check of their machine because I won, not him.

This store overcharges customers because they think people aren't smart enough to notice. I came in…read moreto buy a 50 cent cake. As I tried to leave, they stopped me and said I owed an extra 5 cent. I asked why, and he replied "taxes" But the state of MD tax rate is 6 percent. 6 percent of .50 is .03. So not only did you stop me for 5 cent you weren't owed, you're overcharging me and being petty by counting pennies. After I informed him of his mathematical error, he refused to sell me the 50 cent cake. Over 5 cents. That I didn't even owe. Keep in mind - I had 5 cent. Just the fact that I told the man that his math was incorrect made him refuse service. If that's how they handle 3 pennies, just imagine how they charge other items? I watched them charge a kid $1.25 for a .99 cent soda. They're leeches. Never ever go here. Unless you want to pay more than you owe!

ALDI came through!!! I had to unexpectedly pick up some quick items for a friend, and this location…read morewas on the way. It's located at Ritchie Station right next to TJ Maxx, so there's a massive parking lot. But on a weekend, you still may not be able to park close. It's a busy plaza! Upon entering, the aisles are easily labeled and the shelves were quite stocked. I found the juices I came for with no problems at all. Staff were super nice at the register and everything was seamless. There's nothing about this location that makes it stand out from the others -- I do wish that they, like the locations closer to me, had self-checkout. I'm a self-checkout king and I miss it when I don't have it, lol!

I started coming to this Aldi location after being disappointed with the one closer to me, which…read moreoften had issues with fruit flies and less-than-fresh produce. This location has been a pleasant surprise! The produce is always fresh, clean, and I rarely, if ever, encounter any problems. I also love how quick and efficient the pickup service is--perfect for when I'm in a hurry. It's definitely worth the slightly longer drive for the quality and convenience.

I purchased a Big Back Honeybun from the brand RapSnacks.I took a bite and something told me to…read morelook down.On the side of it was mold.The products need to be check on a regular basis so something like this doesn't happen again.I have been coming here for quite sometime seeing as though I work within the plaza.I will not be purchasing anything else from this store.

The store has been cleaned up and now it's well lit. The new ownership has raised prices by more…read morethen 30%. They have no idea that the pandemic era of prices has almost come to a stop. It seems to me that they are not looking at the neighborhood demographic and pricing accordingly. They have very little respect for anyone who walks in. So to whomever reads this review please use this as a last resort place to do any shopping

I have been a consumer of Lidl since first day of opening. Sometimes trhey don't have enough…read morecashiers for the long lines, but I am pleased with the items I enjoy having. I go to several different Lidl stores. They have items I can't find elsewhere. The employees are very nice and always helpful.

Never had a such a disappointing experience until today Not…read moremany people on duty and it showed. Sure wish more people would commit to working weekends (especially on a Sunday). The 2 cashiers did their best to get patrons out quickly while one staff person was diligent to stock the shelves with a full pallet. The ambiance of the store showed obvious signs of attention while; the stocked items needed restocking. For a Sunday, the store was short staffed.