Albertsons

I went in tonight for the third time. The first two times I put things back or didn’t even pick them up because they were just too expensive compared to the other stores in town that I like. Smith’s and Raley’s. Well I went in tonight thinking it’s close and I can just get a few things. Water and Kombucha… NOPE. Kombucha was $ 3.99 here! $ 3.99 for one bottle! When at other places I can get it 2 for $ 5? Nope.
The one time I did buy something I bought a Grapefruit. I thought the price was $ 1.50 a lb but I guess the $ 1.50 meant EACH! Wow… sticker shock for this little grapefruit… but it really did hit the spot my drink that night in my room.
The store seems to have really friendly people and that is a positive. Some long time employees and I do like that. But the layout is very dated and the place doesn’t seem to have good organization. The best section is probably the deli section up near the front of the store. Tonight I saw a bunch of chocolate covered strawberries for Easter I guess.
Anyway…even though this place is closest to the hotel I am residing in… I probably wont go back. Too bad because it’s actually within walking distance.

I love this grocery store, good prices, friendly employees, clean and not a long wait in the checkout line.

I would not normally bother to review a grocery store unless there was something that stood out about it (either good or bad.)
Stopped in to re-​stock the car with snacks, milk, trail mix fixins’ and some fresh produce, and MOST IMPORTANTLY a pint of ice cream. Apparently if you want ice cream in Elko you have to buy it at the grocery store and eat it in the car, because we searched this town high and low for an ice cream shop and came up empty-​handed. The prior night in Buhl, Idaho, we were literally minutes late rolling into town to get ice cream, because we flagged down the Cloverleaf Creamery truck and the lady driving it told us she had just closed. And boy were we in need of some ice cream. Well we got it here, and it was cold and yummy.
Got everything else on my list, although was a little sad to pay so much for dried fruits and nuts — nowhere near the selection of say, my house of worship, Trader Joe’s, at twice the price even for house brand. So basically the same as any mainstream grocery store in America.
Here’s what stood out — my cashier — she was super nice — AND she packed my bag so beautifully! I haven’t had my groceries packed so nicely in a long, long time (except at Trader Joe’s — they always so a super job) and she didn’t even abuse my produce. Come on. You know what I’m talking about — the «scan and throw» move that they all do — none of that here. I was pleased.

We got into town way too late to eat anything but fast food (which on our trip we tried to avoid for health reasons) so we decided to stop in here to get the pieces of a dinner so we could get the olé blood sugar back up to good levels.
Nothing special about this, except the goofy checker who, appropo of nothing, kept chanting «TOMATOES ARE THE EXTREME» as she was checking out the people in front of us and then while she was checking us out as well. I finally figured out that apparently there is an «X-​Treme Deal» each day or week (?) and there was a basket of little crates of tomatoes at the checkstand that we were supposed to buy out of impulse I guess.
Anyway, TOMATOES ARE THE EXTREME became one of our slogans for the trip after that.