“Amazing store! It's very easy to get around and find what you're looking for! Wonderful customer service! When I was there, it was very busy, but the employee still helped me and made me her number one focus when I asked for help! For being a new store, they are doing a great job!”
“Very friendly. Very helpful. Stopped in for a second trip for some cold medicine and young gentleman said "not feeling too good, huh?" Pointed out a couple of products. Just had a good feeling when I left!”
“What a great grocery store. Very clean and nice wide aisles. Very well stocked. Lots of employees about picking online orders, restocking and straightening up. Excellent deli with lots of precut meats ready to go. Only in town for 5 days, staying at local campground. I was very impressed. Wish it was my local grocer.”
“The Elmore Store is great place to stop and grab a bite to eat and a beer or provisions as you make your way through Vermont. Warm and friendly staff, great food and prices. Amazing views off the back deck of Lake Elmore and the fire tower at the top of Elmore Mountain. Quick refueling stop or spend the afternoon. Worth your time.”
“It's what you expect from a community country store. We were visiting the Church Street covered bridge behind it. Grabbed some snacks and talked with the very kind owner about local restaurants.”
“Gas station staff was friendly. The guy who sells ice cream from the window of the store, though, seemed to want to start a fight for some reason. I couldn't figure out what his issue was.”
“My first time here, Martin Luther King weekend was fantastic. The country store staff was amazing. This store has everything you need!! We came right before the candlelight and the Fireworks. The staff was kind enough to allow us to watch the overtime playoff game for the bills and the Falcons. I recommend everybody stop in here when visiting.”
“I use them as my number one grocery store! Sometimes Customer Service could be a little bit better sometimes from some , but overall in general, there’s great people there”
“To be fair, when I arrived it was only my first or second time ever being there I think I've been there twice but when I arrived most recently, there was only one guy working and he was also trying to stock shelves at the same time. So the place was in disarray but I would expect it that way. He was very friendly and very nice and we had a nice conversation. He just seemed unbelievably busy because he was trying to do two jobs Is the complaints I have about the place are that some of the things they sell are way too pricey for a dollar store. And I know that's all Dollar Generals Number two, and this may impact some people but not others, you are absolutely hit with the smell of very very strong heavy chemicals the moment you walk in the door. And I think that's because they keep their heavy chemicals sort of in the center aisle towards the back. I think maybe it would be less smelly if they put them along the very very back wall? I don't know? But it's unbelievably overwhelming. I did not stay long simply for that fact. It actually was making me sick. Three, they just didn't have a very good variety of craft stuff. Which Maybe it's just not what they sell? I don't know. And there just weren't a lot of options when it comes to things like kitchenware. And Beauty accessories for the hair. That was very very limited. And I mean extensively limited. I think it has good deals on some items. Like toilet paper and paper towels and things like that. But when it comes to a lot of other things that I personally use, I just don't find anything useful in the store. I actually find a lot more at the regular dollar stores where everything is just a dollar. On top of that, the shopping center that it's in, Northgate plaza, it's just very vacant. It's a little tiny bit nerve-wracking when you go there because you feel like you're almost in a ghetto strip mall. Because there's just nothing around you. So it's just not very populated and you just kind of get a really uneasy feeling. Maybe that's just me? The reason I gave it a four-star is because it is what it is. It's a dollar general. And most people who shop at Dollar Generals know what they're getting themselves into. I really was not aware of what was in there and I expected way better deals and I guess I just expected everything to be a lot less expensive because I'm on a massive budget. And the man that was working there was very friendly and very kind and very sociable and he really was working hard. So basically the four stars are for him. And the minus one star is just for everything else.”
The Cincinnati-based supermarket giant will open about 110 new stores in fast-growing markets by 2029 and introduce three updated store formats, executives told investors Oct. 20 at the company’s Investor Update in New York. Kroger already runs about 2,700 stores in 35 states. The formats come in three sizes, a bit like small, medium and large, matched to each market. Mary Ellen Adcock, Kroger’s executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer, walked through the lineup.
Walmart shoppers want a head start on the holidays, and money explains a lot of it. Some 44% of respondents call affording the holidays their top stressor, and 61% say holiday costs shape their shopping mood. Asked what would make the season easier, 70% picked lower prices and 57% picked more deals and promotions. Convenience ranks lower: 30% want one-stop shopping across categories, and 20% want faster delivery.
Walmart wants your groceries at the door before the ice cream softens. On May 29, the retailer said its 30-minute-or-less delivery had reached 33 U.S. markets, adding a wave of new cities across the Northeast. Shoppers in those areas can order from more than 100,000 items, everything from fresh produce and baby formula to pet food, electronics, cold medicine, and prescriptions. Behind the scenes, the service leans on Walmart's store network and an algorithm that factors in order size, available drivers, and distance from the store.
Trader Joe's keeps adding stores, and shoppers keep showing up. The California grocer has marked nine more locations as "opening soon," pushing its expansion into new corners of the country. The grocer also took first place in the American Customer Satisfaction Index's 2026 supermarket rankings. It has held a spot near the top of that list for years.
Target is rolling out its most ambitious store overhaul in more than ten years, with plans to remodel over 130 locations and open 30 new stores across the country this year. The retailer is also putting money into supply chain technology upgrades to keep pace with how shoppers buy today.
