Dominick’s

It has been finally baught good news. Joe Caputos and Sons is cooming in. Never been to a caputos so I hope its good.

This review is specifically for the floral department at this specific location. I’ve never seen a better one at any Dominick’s — or any grocery store for that matter. They obviously don’t care about waste because on any given day they will have a hundred or more fresh flower arrangements, and you won’t find bouquets of wilted and dead flowers. The arrangements are always full and well put together.
Any occasion where I need flowers, I always come to this specific Dominick’s and I’m never disappointed.
Bakery is pretty decent. They make pretty good cookies. I’d never do my grocery shopping here though. Prices aren’t competitive enough.

I live less than 2 miles from this place. I almost never shop here, though. The pizza by the slice is always dried out and looks like it sat out all day. Their liquor is the most expensive around. I’ve tried 2 of their premade sandwiches. I was disappointed in them both. They charge you to cash a check (Sunset does it for free). I only go here if it’s an emergency, like if I need tampons. Seriously. The area has better options.

I patronize a few different Dominick’s in the area and this was really falls short in product quality compared to the others and after my last couple of trips here I’m absolutely taking my grocery shopping somewhere else.
My biggest complaints are about the meat and seafood department. The key highlights:
1. Choice of meat cuts are below average
2. The butcher at this specific location is really subpar. The so called ranchers reserve filet mignons for example are poorly cut with quite a bit of inedible parts left on.
3. The seafood stays on the shelf too long and my last experience was a disaster. Bought some shrimps for dinner and I ended up trashing them when I got home after opening the package: dead fish smell, slimy texture, obvious meat decay already started. Even a few hours later after opening all the windows and recirculating fresh air, the entire house still smells awful.
Bottom-​line, staying away from this Dominick’s from now on as I have wasted enough money on subpar and even spoiled products.

I usually shop at Trader Joe’s but wasn’t feeling up for the longer drive so I dropped into our neighboring Dominick’s. I’ve been here before but now I know what my wife and I always shop at places other than here… As I walked through the fresh produce, the smell was as if everything was spoiled.

They had supposedly remodled this not too long ago… nice service, friendly… even the guy at the self checkout was cool.
Parking was huge and is shared with other businesses in the mall (a couple I have reviewed.) Watch for the pedestrians.

I used to work for a different Dominick’s, at the Bakery department. When we got cake orders, it didn’t matter if it was for two hours from now, or two months from now, we would get it done. Well, Dominick’s is a terrible place to work at, but they do have yummy tasting cakes. So I called this store in Northbrook and asked for a cake to be picked up at 5 pm (an 8 hour notice). They said they couldn’t do it and needed at least 24 hours in advance. So I hung up and called the Dominick’s in Buffalo Grove, with the same order. They said my cake would be ready at 4 pm and I could pick it up whenever after that. So I’m guessing the people from the Northbrook Dominick’s are just plain lazy. If they told me they had too many orders for today already (which I doubt), and really couldn’t do it, I’d understand it. But don’t tell me you need a 24 hour notice, because that’s just not true.

I come here when I’m desperate for some goods and I need something quick and convenient (it’s the closest grocery store to me). Otherwise, if I have the time I drive elsewhere. Dominick’s is always SOOOOO expensive! Even their sales are jank! And the Dominick’s card doesn’t even save that much money. The staff here has never been that friendly, and I don’t think their selection is all that great either. Needless to say, I would shop elsewhere.

Sorry, Dominick’s. After being a loyal customer of yours for more than 15 years, I have to call it quits with you. Why are you charging SO MUCH more than your competitor down the street? Why has the quality of your produce deteriorated so much? Could it be because your store is unionized and your competitor is open shop? Could it be that you advertise too much on TV and your competitor doesn’t? You used to have a nice variety of brands to choose from… but now it’s your store brand and MAYBE one or two other brand names. Your competitor down the street has a much better variety of products and brands to choose from.
In these tough economic times, I’m watching my spending more and now I have no other choice but to go to your competitor down the street. Sorry.

Clean store. There’s a Starbucks inside, there might be another one just outside too. The Deli ladies making sandwiches for lunch aren’t exactly friendly, but they get the job done. The self check-​out is always fast/​empty, and the one attendant there is always nice. It’s good for lunch because your 8^th sandwich is free when you have a Dominick’s card. Their tomato soup and italian wedding soup are very good.
Sandwiches:
Good — big easy, the pub
Ok — great western
Bad — bistro club, tuscan chicken, philly cheesesteak
You can have them make your own sandwiches too.

$.25 for a roll of quarters? Really? No sign, no notice.
Since I had already stopped, I paid the labor cost for someone to open a cash register drawer and exchange my $ 10 for a roll of quarters. Never again.

Stopped through for some road trip items, my first time to this location. Definitely a north suburban location, an upgraded stylish look to this Dominick’s not typically found in Chicago. Throughout the store there were live food and product demonstrations, I’ve never seen so many at any Dominick’s locations before this one. The sheik atmosphere coupled with the friendly, helpful and product knowledgeable customer service associates who were handing out sample after sample, really made for a warm memorable visit. Not only were they handing out the samples but also giving you unique tips on serving and prep. I could genuinely feel that these store associates cared about the product they were trying to get you to consider. After two free shots of margarita mix and a trial of a Tuscan style tomato soup, I can say that their product marketing worked and I plan to go back to Dominick’s soon to purchase soup and martini mix!

I go here for essentials since it’s a 9-​iron from my house. For larger shopping trips, I take the drive to the east side of town and buy from Sunset. They’ve renovated recently but the same rude people work there, (try the deli counter).
You can’t polish a turd.

I am always lamenting on how this grocery store, which even though it’s in Northbrook, is really a below average «supermarket». Not a great variety of stuff, not many specialty items, and a bitchy meat-​woman named Kim who always seems to want to be anywhere but at work. I try to shop at Sunset, which has a great selection of EVERYTHING along with wonderful service and quality of goods.
Tonight I wanted to bake some chicken, so I ran over to Dominick’s ’cause it’s the closest store to my home. I searched the meat department for a cut-​up whole chicken. They had plenty of whole chickens, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, chicken wings, and chicken legs. No cut-​up whole chickens. I asked good ol’ Kim who, aggravated as always, told me that they rarely carry whole cut-​up chickens. She said that nobody buys them. I asked if she could cut up one of the INTACT whole chickens. She told me that it was against store policy to actually cut a chicken in the meat department. Begrudgingly, I picked up a whole chicken to take home and cut-​up myself.
I grabbed some veggies to complete my meal and headed for the checkout line. There I encountered Randy, a «challenged» adult who is a bagger. Now, I’ve had a few previous conversations with him. Being the nice guy that I try to be with service people, I said «Hi, Randy! How are you today?» He replied, «I’m deeply troubled, I made a bad decision this weekend.» I responded, «We all make bad decisions from time to time, don’t beat yourself up over it.» I turned to pay the cashier as I heard him say, «I am going to Hell, I am a Fornicator!» I almost dropped my cash and noticed an older woman, behind me in line, almost choke.
I guess I’ll try to go elsewhere for my groceries in the future. Anywhere but to this Dominick’s…apparently the «Home of the Fornicators»!