Pick N Save

After several visits to this store, I’ve decided I’ll avoid this place at all costs. The number of basic items out of stock at any given time is ridiculous. Entire sections of the shelves are bare. The produce section looks like a hurricane came through every-​single-​time I’ve been here. When the shelves are stocked they are often not aligned with the price stickers and I’ve had several surprises at the register. Went to customer service asking for a weekly flyer (why these would be BEHIND the desk is beyond me) and the woman sighed, looked away, and reluctantly handed me a flyer. For groceries, every other experience in the north shore is better.

I give this Pick n Save 2 stars for convenient location. If they weren’t 3 minutes from home and if I wasn’t trying to squeeze too many errands into the weekend I would not shop here. Sale items are always out of stock, they consistently make mistakes during checkout (Check your receipt!), management and service desk personnel are unfriendly, there is a lack of variety, and expired items are on the shelf. I usually end up mumbling to myself «I hate this store» as I shop. I shop at Sendik’s for specialty items and whatever I couldn’t get at Pick n Save. Woodman’s the Northshore needs you!

It’s Pick n Save. It’s fine. Meh.
My regular Pick n Save was the one on Oakland that currently has about one semi-​demolished wall left standing, so I’ve navigated to this northern location instead. Maybe I’m just too much of a glass-​half-​full gal or maybe it’s improved since many of the reviews on this page, but it’s not awful. It’s just nothing special.
I can generally find most of what I’m looking for here. Oddly enough, the frozen vegetables section is what I’ve found to be the worst. Many of the shelves in that area just tend to be empty. I thought I was just catching it on re-​stocking day, but I’ve seen that a few times now.
I’ve been overcharged/​mischarged for things on two separate trips now. The first time I didn’t catch it until I got home, but the second time I noticed at the register. The cashier said she couldn’t override the system, but thankfully the customer service person was able to quickly refund the price differences onto my card and I was on my way. Like I said, meh.

I shop here for the convenience & sale items. Although, sometimes the sale items are no deal at all. Prices are comparable to Sendik’s, but the quality is more on par with Wal Mart.
I prefer to pick up the basics at Woodman’s. For meat & produce I shop Sendik’s.
This Pick & Save location is small & outdated. A poorly laid out parking lot creates a bottle neck getting in or out. Peak hours overwhelm the store leaving long lines at the registers.
The store ialways seems to be well organized & clean, staff is always friendly.
A lack of local competition leaves Pick & Save the only grocery store in the Bayside /​Fox Point area.

Unfortunately it seems that the level of service and quality of bakery has declined. When the store first opened it was impressive how the staff, checkers, etc greeted customers and were so helpful, now they are non-​chalant and the appearance of the checkers is often «rolled out of bed» sloppy. Last week I picked up a variety of bakery for a party and the carrot cake was SO DRY I could not eat it and told my friends not to eat it either. This was very disappointing. I would love to see them re-​group and turn the store back to its Grand Opening days.

The review is for their BAKERY only. I cannot even express how thrilled and impressed I am with their cake designers. I have seen many cakes they have done and I have used them twice now for my daughter’s parties. Last year was so wonderful that we brought in her invitation and let them be creative. The cake was stunning and a perfect match to her invitations and other paper goods. Do not hesitate to use them for custom cakes.

What happened to this location? I used to go here a lot when it first opened, then I mostly switched to Sendik’s. Lately I’ve preferred Woodmans and Outpost. We went here tonight because it is close to home and we only needed a few things. Wow! Barren selection. There were no green onions to be had. The meat selection looked «old». And, for the most part, the prices are really high. $ 4.75 for four pretzel rolls? Methinks not. One pound of stem on strawberries was $ 9. What world do they live in? Lastly, the store isn’t fresh feeling anymore. They removed some of the produce section. This store is going the way of the store located on Silver Spring near Green Bay Rd. I don’t think I will be back for anything but flowers and cheese.

Words cannot express my hatred for Pick’n’Save in general, and this location in particular. You’d think that since it’s in a pretty nice area, it’d be one of the better ones, but you’d be way wrong.
This place is tiny. And they keep adding all that «fancy» new stuff, like the bulk grains and «gourmet» cheese cases, but there’s no place to put them. So they bunch together those islands of produce and bakery so that only one cart can pass through them at once. Couple that with the large percentage of customers who seem completely oblivious to any other lowly form of life around them and you have a recipe for disaster.
The management at this location is terrible. Is there a sale or a coupon on an item? It will be out of stock 60% of the time you want it. Rotisserie chickens? Good luck getting one after 4:45 on a weekday. The ad says small packs of Roundy’s chicken is on sale, but the signage in the store says family packs only? CHECK THOSE LABELS. Because it may actually be the Perdue brand small packs that have the sale price. This exact thing happened to me today. I swear they do it to confuse customers and hopefully get them to buy the more expensive stuff that the ad shows is actually on sale.
Need to talk to someone at the service desk? You may be out of luck at any given time of day. The desk just closes a lot. Lights off, no one home, no one to help you at 6 pm. The sign states the service desk is open later, of course.
This is the closest location to my house, but 80% of the time I drive to the one on 76^th and Good Hope because it’s so much larger and run much better than this craphole.

Seemingly always busy, this Pick N Save in Glendale on Port Washington Road you would think would be a showcase Roundy’s location. Unfortunately it is not and I still can’t figure out its audience. When it comes to Pick N Save, it seems I’m not alone.
I’ve done reviews on Cermak, Sendik’s, Woodman’s and now I’m going to do a further sampling on the Milwaukee marketplace, after all we have to eat.
I’ve been an avid coupon shopper since my college days in Missouri when I first started carrying a filed basket of newspaper coupons with me to the stores. It has
paid off handsomely and subscribing to two Sunday Chicago Tribunes (.99 each a week) and the Journal Sentinel, many times I have my work «cut out» for me that night. I call it my weekly therapy with sissors in hand.
Where there may be just one coupon insert in the Journal, the Tribune can have as many as four. This past Sunday it was 3 to 1 and many excellent coupons. You can also go online.
Coupons are actually found money and when doubled they can really add up to savings on the right products. At Pick N Save, Wednesdays and Saturdays feature five doubled coupons up to $ 1 face value ($ 2) when you purchase $ 25 «shelve» list
prices. This can save you an extra $ 5 for five $ 1 coupons. You have to use the Fresh Perks card when checking out.
I have had a long problem with Roundy’s NOT doubling some of these coupons despite no double doubling restrictions. So far this year it has now been nine times and I got hit for another dollar, meaning another trip with my receipt to the Service Desk next time in the store. Last year it was 16 and that was $ 14.50 I almost lost.
To save even more money, split your order up into two to take advantage of up to another $ 5 in doubled coupons. This is what I did Saturday and added greatly to my total savings. I purchased $ 102.43 in original priced groceries, saved $ 59.63 with coupons and the Fresh Perks card and actually paid just $ 42.80 just 43%, leaving the store, a 57% savings! However, you must know what you are buying and have the right coupons and sale items.
The trouble with this and almost every Pick N Save seems to be a lack of consistent quality in produce, meat and inventory. Worst yet, there is little attention given to customer service. When I went to checkout, there was only three registers opened at 8 p.m. and 11 people in line. Forget self-​service.
Maybe these issues are the prime reason why Roundy’s and Pick N Save ranked 5^th worst Supermarket Chain in America according to a recent Consumers Report survey. Anyone listening at Corporate?

I was faced with having to stop at Pick and Save to buy Halloween candy or go to (dare-​I-​say-​it) Walmart. I chose Walmart. (A mistake in and of itself).
Pick and Save certainly doesn’t live up to the «SAVE» part of their name. They are over-​priced on most items but their produce, if it’s not in high-​season and on sale, is very expensive. Sendiks is expensive but their quality is excellent so you expect to pay a premium for the quality you are buying. During the summer, Cermak on Miller Park way had Mangoes for about $ 0.59 each. Pick and Save had similar-​sized Mangoes for $ 1.59 each. Same for Avocados.
I go to Pick and Save to buy something very specific. Something I need at the spur of the moment and do not have for a specific recipe. I’ll also buy items that are buy one get one free, like their Italian ices. Those are nice and turn out to be reasonably priced when you factor in your free box. Other then that, I generally avoid going to Pick and save.
Oh, and the one in Brown Deer is even worse. Their prices are high but the have employees with terrible attitudes. That’s for another review.

I wish this place wasn’t a rotting hole of disaster in progress.
Expensive. Extremely bad produce (though, not as bad as the one on Miller Parkway), and bad customer service.
I have definitely seen a decline in the quality of Pick-​n-​Save in general since Roundy’s purchased it. I worked at PNS 15 years ago when it was owned by a local Wisconsin man. While I don’t know that I agreed with some of the business practices, at least they had decent food.
I can’t even imagine how much produce they have to scrap because it is moldy. I also can’t imagine how much money customers waste.

Horrible service, was waiting at the service counter, this lady came in slammed the door and cursed. I later noticed the counter was not open. I would of just walked away, but cursing isn’t exactly good customer service to let me know that it’s closed.

Absolutely rude disrespectful employees will NEVER shop here again!

Oh YES! I have experienced better. Its not awful in any way but, This is a smaller Pick N Save. Some of the produce is OK many of the fruits and vegetables can not compare to Pete’s market. It’s close by but there is no competition in the area?!? So prices and selection are not too good.
This municipality makes you shop twice if you want beer or wine because they have a separate door and sales person for some strange reason. The staff are nice and store looked clean. And it’s on the way home. They had one express lane and 4 self check outs. The wait was not too bad even shopping around 6:30 — 7:00. some times people tend to drive way to fast on Port Washington road so be careful out there. Warning I had the grocery store Sushi. I didn’t get sick but I regret overpaying for refrigerator sushi that was looks like it was painfully extruded by a mechano robot-​O. I was informed that these were made by human hands earlier in the day. If you are in the area I do recommend Samurai. It is just North in the same shopping center well worth the money.

One of the worst grocery stores I’ve had the displeasure to tangle with.
List of transgressions that make my blood pressure rise just thinking of it:
Poorly laid out parking lot. Impossible to get in. Impossible to get out. Every time I go there, I almost get into a vehicular altercation.
Poorly laid out interior. Holy sh*t does this place piss me off. I get having the patrons enter through the produce section, I do. But then have several different routes you can take through so everyone doesn’t bottleneck when trying to weave their way through your stupid little David Bowie Labyrinth era maze. Are you trying on purpose to trap me in the produce section so I buy more? If so that pisses me off too because…
YOUR PRODUCE SUCKS. Every damn time I have bought produce from you it rots within 2 days. Where on earth are you getting your produce from? Sendick’s dumpsters? Speaking of rotting…
Ditto that for your luncheon meats. We bought ham and liver sausage on a Sunday and by Tuesday the smell that was wafting from the liver sausage was so rank I retched. The ham also developed an unpleasant scent.
You’re aisles are too narrow and over stuffed with crap and makes it impossible to navigate even after you leave the produce section.
The selection here is terrible and there is no rhyme or reason as to where product is placed.
As for your deli staff, did you pilfer the work release program for violent and angry offenders? Actually no, I take that back, that is an insult to violent and angry offenders on work release.
The clearance between the aisles and the checkout lanes is negligible and causes chaos the way the fricken Joker from Batman does.
This is why instead of doing my grocery shopping less than a ½ mile from my home, I pony up and drive to Mequon to do my grocery shopping there.