Basha’s # 54

Honestly, I don’t understand the other reviews for this place. And this one is hard to write. My family has a long history with the Basha family and I used to love their stores. (Still love AJ’s though!)
We camp, A LOT, and Payson is usually our last stop before hitting the Rim or heading up through Strawberry, and Pine to head towards Flag.
We stopped in here on a Friday afternoon, thinking it would be better than the local Walmart, which we usually hit up. I was wrong. They didn’t have many brands to choose from in just about everything we were after. I figured since it was an actual grocery store, we’d have better luck. Not the case and I don’t know if its because Payson is a smaller town or what?!
The fruit selection was do-​able, not great. They had 2 brands of hash browns to choose from, lots of the eggs were cracked, and finding tortillas was more difficult than it should have been. I have other complaints but you get the idea.
We like to have munchies and food while we camp, so I anticipated a big bill. But people are right when they say Bashas is expensive. Over $ 250 for 2 days worth of food. I honestly didn’t buy THAT much.
I’d rather brave the always crowded Safeway across the street, or the dreaded Walmart any day. This Bashas definitely missed the mark.

I moved to Payson from Florida, so I am used to the high standards set by Publix, one of the highest rated grocery chains in the country. Payson has two grocery stores: Bashas and Safeway (Wallyworld does not count it is so terrible). There is NO contest! Bashas wins: for customer service, friendly and helpful staff, and selection. The items on sale are actually in stock and the meat is fresh and of high quality. Now if they only had a Starbucks too.. ..

Was in the grocery business for many many years. This place needs to be remodeled badly. Walking in to the store makes you feel like it’s 1985. (I think the only thing that has been updated since then, are the cash registers (only because they can scan bar-​codes)). Sadly, Wal-​Mart has a better meat and produce department. Only things I go in here for are the donuts (best of all the chain stores) and their krab salad…

Very nice Basha’s! Not sure the locals appreciate it as much as we do from Phoenix. This place would «rock» if it were located in the valley somewhere.
People are friendly, plenty of fresh produce and a decent wine selection. It’s a good place to get your groceries on.

Thank goodness Bashas’ had a wine department. We were out in the dark with no wine bottle opener. We walked into the store to find a huge array of wines. We found our wine bottle opener. I did notice how nice and clean the store was that hour of the night. Very well kept store.