Key Foods

Its Key foods so I never expect the quality of the meats and veggies to be that great. The service here is very good though. All of the employees are extremely helpful and the managers tend to have a very hands on approach to customer service which is nice. The checkout lines are always short so it’s an easy place to run in and out of if you are in a hurry. Also it has an adjacent parking lot that is rarely full so parking is always easy.

Cheap supermarkets are pretty common in this neighborhood, and of course there is some loss of quality as a result. However, with Key Foods, I have found something that even I can’t deal with. Their onions are terrible. I’ve bought onions from them on not one, not two, but three separate occasions. And each time, they have only had those tiny onions that were all just rotten in the middle! Unacceptable.
At the end of the day, if you can’t trust the produce, it’s really less of a supermarket and more of a bodega. Go somewhere else!

Applegate turkey breast.$ 15.98 lb. it’s only $ 9.99 at Whole Foods.

UMMM it’s Key Foods — what do you expect? I came here looking for pork for my egg roll making and of course they ran out of pork. However, they did have an organic meat section where I found some ground pork.
It’s definitely the place to go if you’re looking to find some mainstream food products (i.e. lean cuisine, Lays, Pepsi) for cheap. Either way, this location is cramped like many of their other city counterparts so come when it isn’t going to be busy.

Cramped but a pretty good selection. The self serve machines are annoyingly sensitive but you never have to wait too long to pay.

This is somewhere between ‘meh’ and ‘a-​ok.’ The main good thing about Key Foods is that they’re open late. The main not so good thing about Key Foods is how resolutely mediocre the inventory is. Shop the center store here. Produce, meat, seafood… erm…there are better options.
This place exemplifies the great american supermarket, unperfected.

Works for some things not for most. As others have mentioned, stay away from most things fresh.
After shopping a few times, you’ll learn what to and not to get. I will advise to always check the expiration date on things… especially with potentially low turnover (ex: beer over two months past expiration date!)

It’s a mixed bag.
There’s not much room for larger grocery stores in Park Slope, so if you want to go for generalized grocery shopping with an O.K. selection, this is one of the few choices.
It’s got a decent variety of jarred/​boxed brands, dairy and frozen fare… the stuff larger grocers can buy in bulk and keep on the shelves for a while.
The real variable is the perishable stuff.
Produce: selection is o.k., though not unique.
Butcher: There’s not an on-​premise person but they seem to have a variety of meat, poultry, etc. But look closely at the dates. Some things need to be cooked fairly soon.
Bakery: small offerings.
Cheese: o.k. selection but mostly major labels.
Deli: Impressive looking but huge bowls of stuff with very few buying. Makes me wonder about turnover.
Cashiers: usually very quick but most are unfriendly.
Bottom line: You go here if you need hot pockets, chips, soda, foil, philly cheese, etc. in one trip. But if you want better basic fare, you’ll have to pay more (Union/​Coop) or take a trip.

An average supermarket in New York City, which is to say — fine by New York standards (which has the lowest standards for markets of _​any_​place I’ve seen in North America).
Key Food is perfectly clean. Prices are significantly lower than other markets in the area (_​especially_​the one-​off local markets in Park Slope that are typically filthy and monstrously over-​priced — the corner-​style markets that are so common in NYC and all seem like they should be condemned).
Very little higher quality food of the kind you might expect to see in an area as wealthy as Park Slope.
All-​in-​all, very average. There are now self-​serve checkouts — fast _​if_​the machines are working. Typically they are, but — wow — are they erratic.
Average… adequate for average needs. Again, if «supply and demand» works, why does such a well-​to-​do area have such crappy supply?
On 6^th Avenue at Union Street is Union Market — very nice, but small and wildly over-​priced. Further south along 7^th Avenue is another Union Market and along 9^th Street three is a C-​town. Park Slope is not strong on food markets. There is the Park Slope Food Co-​op on Union. I have been told repeatedly it is outstanding, but I haven’t the time to commit to membership — who does? And Park Slope does have a very good farmers’ market on Saturdays in Grand Army Plaza.
This Key Food is strange for simple things they rarely carry. No lamb — ever (or almost ever). Very little organic selection. If you eat red meat or fish, I would really really hesitate to get either at Key Food. There are two excellent fishmongers on 7^th, one at the northeast corner of 7^th and 3^rd Street, and another on 7^th between 4^th Street and 5^th. Fifth Avenue has some excellent butchers.

Fine. Just fine. Have a fair selection of the things you would expect from a very average grocery store. Prices are fair as well. All is fair — in food and war?