Walmart Supercenter

no Bueno

In the last two years, there have been vast improvement at this Walmart specifically in the fresh produce section (fruits & veggies, but I still double check) and the gluten free section (mainly in isle 11 and the rest sprinkled in here and there throughout the rest of the grocery isles). The gluten free section in isle 11 is twice as small as the Cajun spice section, but it really is a decent start. I grab my gluten free pretzels by Glutino, and there are a variety of gluten free flour and baking mixes. Just recently they added pre-​made gluten free cookie dough in the refrigerator section by all the Pillsbury biscuits and croissants. It’s an easy scoop and bake and they taste pretty delish.
That aside, this Walmart is by far more organized than the one on Tchoup. It also doesn’t remind me of the repetitive song lyrics by Mr Ghetto (Wally World) or put image flashes in my head of girls booty popping their way through the parking lot or the interior of Walmart itself. The song is fucking annoying, never ending, and gives me bubble butt envy. So, I avoid the Walmart on Tchoup. Another plus is that even though many families shop together at this Walmart, they do not leave their kids in the toy isles by themselves while they continue shopping. Every time I walked passed the toy isles at the Tchoup Walmart, there would be a gang of kids, unsupervised.
It’s a good mix of ppl that shop here, young & old couples, families, students and everyone in between, but Whole Foods on Magazine still has the best ppl watching and the hottest ppl working there & shopping there.
Parking lot: always full.
I’m used to parking pretty far from the entrance, which, after checkout, gives me the chance to jump on my cart and race back down the entire parking isle, to my parked car. It’s kind of my thing.
It’s worth coming here for me, bc the closest Rouses is too far away, too small, and much more expensive; and the nearest Winn-​Dixie is tiny and kind of depressing.

This is my least hated Walmart in all the land, if that makes sense. It’s out in Elmwood, and I hit it up usually mid-​day so it’s never über-​crazy. If you’re facing it, I either park wide left on the side or wide right near the gardening stuff.
I like to go to this Walmart when I’ve got a huge list of totally random things I need to get, i.e. dog harness, trash bin, craft containers, the randomest of the random. I’ve also scooped up some great starter plants (that haven’t died) for super cheap here though their garden section will always leave something to be desired…
I don’t really shop for food at this Walmart since it’s usually hit up in an epic errand sesh, and my car is not a moving refrigerator. They recently installed self-​checkout and today was my most stress-​free buying process ever at a Walmart. It’s so hard to describe because it’s never ever ever ever this easy to checkout at a Walmart… and now it is. I used to sneak on over to the Garden Center and check out there, but the last few times my plan was foiled due to all their Christmas decorations being in that section as well.
The only time this Walmart had me near-​tantrum was when I was returning some Halloween makeup I didn’t end up using (I guess I really wanted that $ 9 back), and there was a woman returning an entire cart of items. I couldn’t understand how you could decide that an entire cart was deemed returnable if not for some shady practice, alas, this wasn’t Walmart’s fault, but they should’ve brought another person on to do Customer Service. One for ridiculousness and another for real returns.

I usually have a hard time finding an employee here for help or one that’s overly friendly during check-​out, BUT…
I drive out to this WalMart in Harahan from the Uptown area. I make this concious decision and put in the extra effort/​drive time because in comparison to the Tchop WalMart, this one is 2 394 829 337 stars! There aren’t a billion ignorant individuals running amok. Only a fraction of that! I’m able to navigate my cart with ease, find what I need in a more organized environment, and food seems to be more fresh (still have to double-​check though). I’ve also spent significantly less time waiting in line here.

Bargain, cheap, sales!
People don’t come for the people or quality of service. But the prices are so low that it is hard to resist buying daily necessities here.
Price: affordable even on my minimum wage or student loan salary. The price of bananas as a reference is 59 cents a pound! While elsewhere it is usually 79 cents.
Service: everyone seems too busy to help which makes it difficult because this place is huge. However it is a great place to discover things you didn’t even know you needed!
Ambience: not what you ideally want for ambience. It’s warehouse feel. Lighting is good a lot of natural sun.
All in all I would say come for the bargains but don’t come for luxury.

Like everyone else has said… It’s Walmart. Don’t make the same mistake as me and come at night when little to no employees are around.
Yay! That they have fabric here, but mega boo that no one is around to cut it for you once you’ve picked out your rolls :(
Took us 30 minutes to get someone paged and even then another 30 of us wandering on our own to find an employee that was able to literally use a pair scissors. Golly if I had known it was all in that cabinet, I woulda done it myself!
But hey, that’s what you get for going to Walmart. At least the prices are dirt cheap…

The worst Walmart EVER! There were only three checkout lanes open when I went buy a few things on New Year’s Day. Only one Express Lane and there were at least 20 people lined up. I came very close to leaving, but I wanted to cook a gumbo and I needed the groceries that I had spent 30 minutes selecting. There were no managers available. Totally unacceptable.

Eh what can I say its walmart.
This walmart has lots of parking spots available. But I will be quick to point out that all the best ones are usually taken. Oh yeah, try and avoid parking in the parking spots right by the highway. That way nobody will be tempted to key the side of your car while your in the store.
Their prices here tend to be cheaper than most other businesses. But they are NOT the cheapest store around.
The customer service is lousy but what do you expect. The biggest problem with the service is that they got 35 registers and only 6 cashiers. Whats wrong with this picture? I just wish walmart would hire more cashiers that way you won’t be waiting an hour in line.
In short unsafe parking, understaffed, and bad attitudes. Is it really worth dealing with all that just to save a few dollars?

Produce looks like a third-​world country. Bugs and all. Disgusting.

Walmart is not my one of my favorite places to go. I however, don’t mind going to «make groceries» if I can manage to get up early in the morning and get there as soon as they open. The lines are always long and it’s just an interesting place to be. I will usually resort to Walmart when there are last minute items that I have to buy and I don’t want to pay a lot for them.
I’ve heard people say that the prices at Walmart aren’t as low as they used to be. I’m not sure about that because when I go for specific items that I believe to be priced lower, as I expect, they usually are.
Walmart can often be a circus, but there are times when I’m willing to deal with it to pay a lower price.

Slow service at site to store dept! Waited 20mins just to be assisted and then another 20 for the associate to retrieve the package! Awful!

This Walmart and I have a «Love Hate» relationship. I love the fact that it’s close to the shipyard where my ship is docked, but I hate the fact that their customer service is horrible.
The perfect example of this is about two weeks ago when the cashier was attempting to scan my items while she showed her friend a YouTube video. Her friend actually left her register to look at it, letting my line suddenly double in size. At no point did she ever make any eye contact or even acknowledge my presence. She actually kept holding her phone and talking as she tore of my receipt and handed it to the empty air in front of her.
Their parking lot is horrible with carts sitting everywhere. I have never seen anyone out getting the carts and usually there is only 2 or 3 sitting inside for customers to grab.
The manager here should definitely be fired.

I just can’t bring myself to give Wally World anything higher than a 2.
Yes they have the lowest prices
But that’s it, you also get what you pay for. You get non-​existent Customer Service. and the «experts» they put in certain departments are a joke. Go to the electronics section and ask the worker there where the HDMI cords are and prepare for the «I have no idea what you’re talking about stare».
Also why does Wal Mart have 30 check out lines, yet only 4 are open and each one has like 20 people waiting?
Why are all the self checkout machines turned off?
Why is the fruit going bad?

To quote Mr. Ghetto, «He go to Walmart, she go to Walmart, they go to Wally Wally Wally Wally Wallyworld»
Many will tell you about how Walmart is the Evil Empire™ that drives out local stores and crushes competition. And yes, that’s true. But the bottom line is they have unbeatable prices which is attractive for people on a budget in these troubling financial times.
I have the luxury of working a block from Walmart so I can stop by during lunch when it’s not crowded and get some shopping done. My only real complaint is that if I go for something specific that almost guarantees that it will not be in stock. I also pop in during lunch and get one of their prepared sandwiches from time to time, or I hit up Voodoo BBQ Express.

It’s a WalMart and I’m not really a fan, but it’s near my parents house and someone had given me a gift card and I needed cereal. Bleh.
The best thing about going to WalMart is the people watching: I saw a child get hit with a shoe because he had lost the other one somewhere in the store. I saw 2 other children pretending to get shot and roll around in the aisles, challenging all the basket pushers. And, of course, there was the incredibly stoned couple who couldn’t comprehend anything the cashier told them. Good times.
For some reason, this store had an insane number of liquor displays this weekend. Who knew they still made Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill (I immediately texted a friend to inform him it was still being made… good times at 14) or grape vodka.

Oh Good God! Run, don’t walk the other way. Do not go to this store unless you are a glutton for punishment. This store is absolutely, unequivocally the worst Walmart I have ever seen. It’s disgustingly dirty all the time. It’s as if no one has EVER cleaned it… ever. The produce selection is shameful with bugs (not just fruit flies) all over everything and no one that works there seems to care at all. The workers here seem to all be from some type of project housing development being that they speak loudly about inappropriate stories and racist comments are made very loudly within ear shot of the type of people they are bashing, they go out of their way to be rude to certain types of people and pretty much all they do all day long is ride the clock and avoid doing any real work. Even the Managers are pitiful. They stand around and look useless with the rest of the employees there. They all run in the same circle it seems. This is the #1 place in the area that you can see the highest number of unattended children running wild all over the store… and when I say unattended, I truly mean unattended… as in no parent or guardian anywhere in sight at all. I guess the kids, who typically range in age from 3 – 10, are used to being by themselves and running a muck. They seem to be very practiced at that. All in all, this Walmart has made an art out of being trashy. They are by far the trashiest bunch of people I’ve ever seen, this is by far the most disgusting facility I have ever seen in my life and good luck trying to check out being that the people that are there to «work» never seem to be doing so.

Oh, this is the best Wal Mart can attain to in the metro area. The customer service here is very good, selection is either great, or picked through, and prices are better than the one on Tchops. The cashiers are a lot nicer, and make you feel good about spending money there. I have had better service in Wal Marts in Tennessee and Wisconsin, but that there is just the curve «work ethic» at work. I don’t necessarily like shopping at Wal Marts, but they are a necessary evil.

I’ve kind of made it one of my goals to spend as little time grocery shopping as possible. Not just Walmart or in an «avoid it all together/​empty pantry» way but get in and out quickly so I can get on to doing other things.
Everyone knows the secret is to shop off peak times. Fortunately, I visit this Walmart after work and I’m usually off work by 2:30. For the most part people are at work and kids in school. It’s still a busy store but I have better luck getting out quickly through the express line for a small run, or walking up and being next in line for the regular checkout lines.
Parking can be an issue but I don’t try for a close spot or mind the walk. Also I avoid the bottleneck at the Jefferson Highway entrance by avoiding Jefferson altogether and using River Road to Plantation then turning into the first entrance by the tire center. Going to the back entrance eliminates the need to make that left turn into the lot from Plantation if you approach from Jeff Highway. (Traffic waiting to turn left on to Jefferson always backs up because of the shopping traffic, Rally’s, Intralox, etc.)
Btw, when leaving go out the Plantation exit in the back by the tire center. If you need to make the left on Jefferson, you won’t be fighting trying to cross the right turning traffic and everyone else already in the turning lane. And if turning left on Plantation it’s not too bad. (Why people try to make the left to Plantation from that exit behind the Rally’s I will never know.)
Baskets get scooped up and don’t usually litter the lot. Every once and a while I get a bum basket but the second pick is usually alright.
Once inside it’s one of the standard Walmart setups. Market on the eastern side of the store, home then garden flanking the front end on the west side in the front. Then home improvement, automotive, toys, electronics, shoes, and baby/​infant moving counterclockwise around the perimeter. The center has clothing on one side, seasonal, and the rest of home small appliances, school supplies & office, etc. I may be off a bit, because at some point they all kind of run together in my head until I’m inside then I run on autopilot. I can usually find everything without too much difficulty.
So far I have been pretty lucky as far as interacting with staff goes and haven’t had any unpleasant encounters. Cashiers always say hello and while many are not talkative that’s not necessarily a big deal.
I don’t buy much here as far as refrigerated or frozen goods goes since it may still be a couple hours before I actually get home for the day, but if I need anything else especially baby food & supplies, I’ll try and hit this store since I get in and out before it gets too busy and it’s near my office.
There is one thing about this store that I’ve completely given up on: Buying brown rice. I don’t know why, but they always seem to be out when I’m in there. Other than that, I find what I need and they have plenty of everything else.
Overall, it’s Walmart. It’s there for the stuff you need, and a lot of stuff you may not. Hopefully the tips I use will help you get in and out quickly if you don’t want to meander.

Why do we shop at Wal-​Mart? Because we have to. Because they’ve eliminated competitors and beat up their vendors on pricing. Wal-​Mart is a bully, but you can get «fresh» green beans, an Elmo doll, underwear, and an oil change all under one roof. So that’s good, right? Not so much. And this one is dirty and unkept. Not as atrocious as the sister site on Tchoupitoulas but a close 2^nd.
I’ve traveled around the country and visited numerous Wal-​Marts and fail to understand in all of its bloated glory why the shopping experience here can’t be more consistent.

Voodoo BBQ express located inside.
This WalMart is very clean, well organized, has grocery and regular store, and is surprisingly nice to shop in.
It is difficult to park and takes FOREVER to check out.