Jewel-Osco

Came here for afternoon snacks and I got the dark chocolate shortbread cookies. They were awesome with a cup of milk :)

Well, I have only been to grab a few things while in town for a conference. As mentioned in other reviews, there was a homeless man outside when we walked up, but he was nonthreatening. I am quite used to this as I currently live in Atlanta. We grab some drinks (didn’t want to pay outrageous hotel prices) and some snacks. I recall purchasing some croissants, which were OK, and some dates. The dates were a good price according to my mom. They were also very fresh; nice and moist! Freshest dates ever. Yum. A great stop for quick groceries in the Magnificent Mile area.

They have the worst lines. If you want 1 – 2 things, which is probably the case since you are in the middle of downtown, be prepared to wait in line. Sometimes I wonder if 7 – 11 is a better choice

This is a terrible store. You’ll turn down an aisle and suddenly see a huge hole in the shelves and random boxes on the floor. Earthquake? Zombie-​invasion-​induced panic buying? No, one variety of a certain brand of pasta is on sale for a whole 10 cents off, and no one has cleaned up after what was apparently a mass rush. When it comes to an actual deal, there will be no sign of the item on the shelves. Or it will not ring up at the sales price when you make it to the register.
Which leads me to my real complaint. You have to watch like an absolute hawk when you finally make it through the long lines and general chaos and reach the check-​out counter. You’ll probably be at one of the tiny little ones where there won’t be enough space to put your stuff, so you’ll you need to be feeding stuff to the clerk while trying to watch. Then there’s the hassle over the shopping bag: the 10-​cent bags are gone, as are the 39-​cent ones, but would you like to purchase the special Gucci Jewel-​Osco Fashion Tote for $ 3.99 or whatever? You’ll be distracted. And when you finally escape and get home, you’ll notice on your receipt that several sales items rang up at full price, the clerk forgot to scan your coupons, and that you have been robbed of $ 6 – 8 bucks. No major deal? Well, it adds up…

Go elsewhere
I have tried and tried and tried to like this location since it is a 3 minute walk from my condo. But I can’t. It’s just an awful place and I avoid it like the plague, because honestly, you’ll probably get the plague if you eat anything from here.
The place is woefully understaffed, always. There are never enough check-​out clerks, and there’s no one in the aisles to assist you with finding anything. The employees have this malaise of job security with no sense of urgency or care in the world. They’ll haul out scores of merchandise carts and block all the aisles and access to product particularly in the dairy section in the back where the milk is.
If cleanliness is next to godliness, then you’ve entered Stalin’s godless paradise here!
The place just isn’t that clean. Shelves are always in disarray, never fully stocked, aisles are dirty, and the produce section? Well, just buy yourself a pith-​helmet and pretend you’re Lewis and Clark trudging through across the union.
Fresh is in the eye of the beholder… I guess. I went to buy some guacamole two nights ago. This is the guac made by Jewell in a plastic container. The guacamole was brown inside, it was clearly visible and the expiration date was June 15… do the math. ALL of them were like that. Instead of paying $ 5.75 or so for a one pound container, I gladly paid $ 2 for a 2−3oz container at Chipotle.
I realize this is a downtown urban store with a smaller footprint, but how about carrying more of the basics? Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods seem to do ok. Why are the basics eluding Jewel?

This is a useful little grocery store for us when we stay at one of the hotel that are located within a block. The essentials are there and a bit more. The selection of fruit is decent, and fresh. I rarely see any employees on the floor, but the cashiers are friendly, but the lines are often long. As stated in a number of reviews, there’s typically homeless people milling outside, but this is Chicago.

This little grocer is good for its location. I mean it’s in a busy downtown section of Chicago mostly catering to travelers staying in nearby hotels, M-​F business people and beggars.
The produce looked pretty fresh but I was in for eggs and water. The prices were comparable to a CVS but the had a much larger supply of grocery items.
Checkout was fast and friendly. Next time I’m in Chicago I’d stop in to wander around a bit more. It was conveniently located across from my Hilton Garden Inn hotel.

I tried to take the online survey but the link www.
didn’t seem to really take my to the right place… pehaps a computer glitch.
I wanted to comment on my experience with the deli department and Hanna specifically. I used the deli for an event with a large group (50 people) I had last Monday and pre-​ordered the food the prior Friday. She assured me everything would be ready on time and she delivered on her promised. She was nice enough to box up and help me out to the car with a large order. She was very friendly and I would recommend her and the deli to anyone seeking to take care of a large group short notice.

When I lived in my hometown of Memphis, TN, I remember as a kid when we had the Jewel-​Osco stores all over the city, but then all of a sudden, they closed them all, that was over 20 years ago. So now, we fast forward to today; Jewel-​Osco is a supermarket with a little «umph» added to it, as I like to call it. Yeah, you can things here just like you can at any other supermarket, but their bakery and deli is definitely a class above, in my opinion. Their deli food is always fresh and the people working behind the counter are always friendly. Their bakery has items that I cannot even find at other supermarkets and stores; that is what makes them so amazing! Is it bad that I actually look forward to visiting this supermarket when I visit Chicago!!! LOL

Grocery store is small, but has a nice selection. The employees are great! They were all really helpful and friendly. They even watched my groceries as I got my car and then helped me to load. In case you are like me and need to drive, they validate parking for the attached hotel.

This Jewel location is just «Meh». The layout is unusual so it is hard to find things. There isn’t a huge selection, and parking is in a garage that is not attached so on one of those frigid winter mornings I had to pull the big door open to get outside into the wind and then another door open to get inside the parking garage entrance.
Since my first unpleasant experience with driving, I only come here if I am on foot. If I have my car I go to a nicer location a little further away.

Still so very much in love with the customer service here. Upon my visit this afternoon Bjorn (the friendly man behind the deli counter) helped me right away and recommended a few new choices of meat to add to my list. My visit today was such a delight I just had to write about how much I enjoy coming here and Id recommend it to anyone.

This jewel is the worse one that I have seen that includes south side and west side locations.
The aisles are very tight and the new update does nothing to help the situation.
There were self checkout lanes and now those are gone
so if you are in a hurry don’t go here.
They have a huge wine section which makes no sense because there are high quality wine stores in walking distance of this store.
Tons of bums asking for change and getting crazy with you
as enter and leave the store.

At first, I considered calling this Jewel outpost a hot mess express. I then realized that hot mess suffices, since attaching any connotation of efficiency to this location is beyond incorrect.
Do you like crowded aisles with an inferior selection of products?
Do you like TERRIBLE produce, where nearly everything is bruised and past its prime (example: portobello mushrooms in a stack where each one was decaying)?
Do you like waiting in absurdly long checkout lines, regardless of when you go?
Do you like a disgusting meat and seafood counter (which’ll likely make you sick or at least «not taste right,» e.g. its burger patties)?
Then this is the place for youuuuuu!
I’m gonna hazard a guess here in saying most of the customers here do not go because they choose it. Rather, it’s convenient. If its produce and meat/​seafood were in any way decent, I’d come here for one-​stop shopping, easily. Instead, I use a combination of Trader Joe’s, Mariano’s, Whole Foods, and (occasionally) Peapod. It’s a better alternative.

Whoa. Best bet: don’t go here– find another grocery mart– ANY other grocery mart.
In a word: gross

Jewel-​Osco is a supermarket chain in Illinois which I’ve never heard of, having grown up in Southern California. We came here twice to pick up groceries during my long weekend in Chicago, and I found it to be quite nice. But perhaps it’s just a standard American grocery store, and I’ve just missed visiting an American-​style store since I’ve been living in Switzerland the past 5 years… :P
There is large selection of prepackaged fruits and vegetables in the front, and we found it quite convenient to pick up a bag of tortilla chips and 7-​layer dip and a fruit tray to bring to a party. The tortilla chips ended up being way too salty for my taste though.
I liked looking at all the fresh fruits and bought a couple of pluots to try for the first time. They were juicy and sweet, kind of like a plum but without the tartness.
The large selection of prepackaged bagels and English muffins also looked really enticing… but I decided to put a hold on my gluttony and not buy any on this trip.

I only come here when I need items that Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods won’t have (e.g., Charmin Mega Roll 12-​pack and Redbox). Last year’s remodel had some upsides and some downsides. The upside is the new door at the corner of Ohio and State – much needed. You still have to walk past the very well-​fed dude asking, «Got any spare change, something to eat?» but at least you don’t have to walk so far. The liquor layout itself is more accessible. The salad/​wing bar is nice.
The downsides, however, are numerous. The produce area is a hot mess. WTF kind of drunk-​designed maze is this? The entry aisles, where you actually get IN from the front door to the main part of the store are still woefully tight. Thanks to that disastrous layout and the general self-​absorbed nature of most shoppers with carts, it’s a damned nightmare getting down the tight areas by either the produce or the liquor sections.
Removing the self-​checkout lines was a huge mistake. Now, you absolutely will be confronted with Disney-​length lines whether it’s Tuesday morning or Thursday night at 11pm. Couple that with the jam-​packed area in between the deli and registers, forget trying to get a cart through that area. BRING BACK SELF CHECKOUT. Sacrifice two registers if you need to. No express lane?!
It’s a good thing this Jewel has a huge liquor section. It’s a bad thing they don’t let you pop open a bottle and drink while waiting to pay.

It’s a Jewel so you know what you’re going to get. I’ve shopped here a couple times of late because a friend of mine lives in the highrise above. I’ve never had to wait in line too long here even though the checkout lanes can get crazy. I don’t really like how all the panhandlers sit out front, but I suppose that goes with the territory.

I would rather not come here for groceries because it’s such a madhouse, but when they’re renovating your local Dominick’s into a Mariano’s, you don’t have much choice.
I like that they have a generous alcohol section with its own chiller. The layout could be more open. But I do like that you don’t need a Jewel’s preferred card anymore.

Store Update:
With the grand reopening after decorations, I came by to make some purchases with the coupon including trying their new fresh squeeze OJ station. The person manning the station appeared to be lost waiting to get new containers for the OJ which were being brought up. The store is very busy, but overall the check out lines are quite fast. The only downside is Jewel no longer has a savings card and the prices are easily beat elsewhere.

Un supermarché à taille humaine où l’on trouve tout. Ce magasin est très bien tenu.
Le plus, l’alimentaire qui est très présent, en particulier le service traiteur à emporter où à consommer sur place. Grand choix de viandes, salades, plats cuisinés, fromages et gâteaux.Très beaux rayons produits frais.
C’est très pratique, pas cher, frais et bon.