Albertsons on Essen - wtf is going on?

Go elsewhere

That's the closest grocery to me, you are right about the lines. I did stop by today around 7:30 and only had one person in front of me. Freak occurence.

Go early on a Sunday morn or late afternoon. A lot less people. Buy all your "what nots" and 2 cases of beer. Now you won't have to

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stop in this albertsons daily

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I shop at that same store, and I agree with you. I do my shopping on Sundays and the lines are unbelievable. This wasn't always the case. In fact, I didn't notice it until after the flood. Though I wouldn't go on the record saying they're correlated.

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I also hate that the one on Essen/Perkins is now out of hand baskets

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Holy frick, yes. I went in for ~10 items a couple days ago and had to use a giant cart.


Also agree about the smell. Albertsons stores have smelled awful since I was a child. I can't figure out why.

All of this piling on, but it is still my go-to store. It is the closest to where I live. Only other in the vicinity is Robert's, which is nice but expensive and lacks a lot of the regular items I buy.

Maybe we should just start a thread on Albertsons, but anyway...

I've been pondering if the one at Highland/Airline will make it. It seems like a nice store, and I've never noticed a bad smell, but mostly just use the bank on the front wall.

But something has to give... Since it's opened, WalMart has opened which steals their price-conscious shoppers, Alexander's on Old Perkins steal a lot of their "upper tier" shoppers, and now Rouses on Airline about a mile north. And everyone seems enamored with Rouses.

I hope they make it, primarily because the vacuum created by those large stores usually isn't a good thing. (and where would they put my bank?)

They usually do get my beer/liquor dollars.