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April 2024 by Hallie Alameda
Two stars for decent selection. That’s it and a generous rating. We were shopping early in the morning and always had to do self check out. That’s supposed to be for “express ”, not a weekly shopping with a full cart and lots of produce. Codes rarely work, constantly need to wait for assistance. We started coming later in hopes there’d be checkers. Nope. Noon time today, store was packed and again, not a single check stand open. We paid 15.00 for a single loaf of bread and they expect us to do our own checking and bagging?! Did I mention the always unpleasant and extremely slow woman at the fish counter. She wears a mask, but that does not hide her frown and poor attitude. No more for us. We’ll sit in traffic and drive to Lihue from now on, though we live just up Koloa Road. Extremely poorly run store. They used to have friendly checkers, a senior discount day if I’m remembering correctly, a Kamaaina discount as well. What happened??? Oh, don’t tell me. COVID, right? That seems to be the catch all excuse for non existent customer service.
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April 2024 by Andrea Livezey
When Lenie is there making sandwiches at lunch time, you know it's going to be a good day! ?????
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April 2024 by Chrys Suby
Great store layout, reasonable prices, friendly staff. I highly recommend Big Save
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April 2024 by Lance Yoki (Lanny)
A decent stop for most essentials while visiting the area.
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April 2024 by Patrick Sevigny
This is a great local market. I thought the prices were reasonable for the area, it was well stocked and the staff were very friendly and helpful. You can save yourself a trip to Lihue stores by shopping here which was a big plus to us on this trip while staying in Poipu. I’m glad the owners of the condo we are staying at suggested Big Save to us.
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April 2024 by Jennifer Holman
Small grocery. Pretty good for a corner maker. Has fresh sushi
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March 2024 by DJRENO77
Everybody always talks about how expensive Hawaii is. My family went shopping for breakfast and lunch items for 25 people we spent $125. Sure, there were items that our kids wanted, like a pound of bacon for $15. So you just shop for other items like a normal person. I didn't come to Hawaii to eat everything we can have on the main land. The fruits are tropical and amazingly sweet. SPRING: avocados, chocolate sapote, citrus, lychee, mangosteen, star apple. SUMMER: avocados, dragon fruit, egg fruit, jackfruit, lychee, mango, passionfruit, soursop. YEAR-ROUND: apple bananas, breadfruit, coconuts, noni, papaya, pineapple. There's no reason to feel intimidated by the exotic fruits of Hawaii. They are unique looking and amazing tasting. Lychee fruit is a small round fruit with red scaly skin, sweet juicy pulp, and one large seed. You eat the white juicy pulp. Chocolate sapote is a fruit that looks like a tomato with an inedible skin that turns from olive to a deep yellow-green when ripe and a pulp which is white and inedible when unripe but assumes a flavor, color and texture often likened to chocolate pudding when ripe. Mangosteen is purple fruit that you cut the skin off and just scoop out the white flesh with a spoon. The taste is a mix of a lychee, a strawberry, and a peach. A star apple is a deep purple fruit named for the star-shaped pattern formed by its seeds. The fruits are very sweet, with a pulpy, jelly-like texture and a taste like applesauce with hints of tropical fruits and grapes. Dragon fruit is a cactus that has a mild sweet flavor of a pear and kiwi and a soft texture similar to a ripe kiwi. Under-ripe dragon fruit, on the other hand, is basically flavorless. The egg fruit has a deep yellow flesh that is dense, smooth, and slightly dry, similar to a cooked egg yolk. It has a flavor that's often compared to pumpkin pie or a roasted sweet potato. Ripe yellow jackfruit has a subtle sweet flavor with a combination of a banana, apple, and a mango. Young green jackfruit, on the other hand, has a neutral flavor and texture similar to shredded meat, making it popular for a meat substitute. Soursop is a large green fruit that weighs 6 to 7 pounds. The white flesh tastes like a citrus, pineapple, strawberry, and a touch of creamy coconut. It also has indigestable seeds like a watermelon. Apple bananas are not a typo. This variety of yellow fruits got it's name because of their apple, like flavors of a sweet and tangy banana. Breadfruit's name is derived from the texture of the moderately ripe fruit when cooked, similar to freshly baked bread and having a potato-like flavor. Why would you not eat what the island provides instead of what they have to ship in from the main land? Just seems like the typical american train of thought. Here is a picture of a soursop. The green spikey skin and creamy citrus, pineapple, and strawberry tasting inside.
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March 2024 by R Gerber
This Big Save has the most unfriendly clerks. An observation of over10 years.We love the Ele’ele Big Save.
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March 2024 by RAMON RAMOS
First time there . We got everything we needed . We're from Toronto Ontario Canada
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February 2024 by Juliana Golden
Okay do not sleep on their breakfast. It is in a tiny corner of the store, but those ladies make that food with love!
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February 2024 by Jim Foster
Very small aisles, usually have people stocking shelves that act like you’re in their way. Very rude employees never see any of them with a smile or willing to help. I just figure it is not a good place to work. I understand you have to stock, but with it being so small, do it at night. Don’t see too many buying a weeks worth of groceries. Lots of one or two items in carry baskets. Try pushing a wagon around, it is a joke. You’ll stand waiting on people to pass than shopping. Personal I don’t like spending a hour to shop. No butcher on site, that I have seen. Usually don’t have the meat that is on sale that week. Always sold out. Very small selection of meat that is in stock. Produce is very limited. Prices are very high even for Kauai. All produce is sold by the pound. A bunch of celery cost $6.25, $3.19 per pound. Buy it at Walmart for$1.96 a bunch. Come on now, I know Times isn’t a Walmart. They aren’t a little mom and pops owned business either. That’s very out of line. This store is basically a large 7-11 store. There was no cashier on duty at 9 am. At the self check out only 3 of the 4 was working and everyone was having trouble. A line was have way down the store waiting. At 10 am one cashier opened. I have never seen more than 1 cashier however there is 3 lanes. I was taught you don’t make people wait that want to spend money! With the higher prices they can hire more cashiers. The self checkout is nice for one or two items but I needed a cashier and people do grocery shop before 10 am. I do shop here. However after today I am done. I have had enough of the employees attitudes, always out of sale item, and the high prices with no service. I will go to Walmart!
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February 2024 by Chris Houghton
A fully stocked grocery store handy to South Shore residents and visitors.
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February 2024 by Jed Prentice
Nice local grocery store. Has everything you need.
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January 2024 by Jim F.
Very small, usually out of sale items. Limited meat and vegetables. Basically an oversized convenient store, lunch counter. One cashier after 10am. Four self checkout that are usually not all working at once.
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January 2024 by Jill Lathrum
Convenient but we seem to never receive the sale price posted. Must be a locals only kind of system.
