Apple Farm

Boars head is considerably cheaper than Stop & Shop.
This place is INSANITY, unless you get there within the first hour of opening or last hour before closing. If you MUST go during peak time, try to use a basket instead of shopping cart. Otherwise it’s like bumper cars and will EASILY add another 10 minutes to your shopping time. I SWEAR a bus must come and drop off a LOAD of senior citizens several times a day.
I also recommend parking FAR FAR away… like the LAST row. The parking lot is even MORE insane. I feel like every crappy car you can imagine is in this lot and they won’t think TWICE about smacking the door of their wood paneled grocery getter into your shiny new car. Pick a spot where you can pull through too and don’t have to back up, so you can avoid getting hit by GRANDMA, who can’t see her own dashboard, let alone YOU.
They now accept credit cards, which is a HUGE plus!

First, I wanted to report that they now take credit cards (Visa and Mastercard), since that seemed to be a big negative in a few reviews.
I really like Apple Farm. Yes, their produce isn’t always the best quality, but it’s good enough for my needs and the price is usually very good. I’m not buying as much there as I used to now that H-​Mart is open, but between the two stores I can get everything I need at very good prices.
Their fish market is excellent, you can get fresh cut tuna steaks for a great price (no skin, either). Haven’t used the deli so I cannot speak to that.

HORRIBLE PLACE! STAY AWAY!
These people know NOTHING about customer service. The entire staff is unfriendly — with the DELI being the WORST part. every one of the guys are downright nasty!
As far as the products for sale, everything is old and on the way to spoiling… This place is not worth going to for the few items that are decent deal.

I was in the meat deli today (¹²⁄₂₃ at 6pm) trying to get some help. I’d been in twice before and got okay service. This time man behind the counter decided to actively ignore me. First I tried to catch his eye, but he kept ignoring me. Then I tried to ask him for help. I was roundly ignored. I started to get angry and walk away when my husband walked over and asked the guy if he was going to help anybody. The man’s reply was that he was helping Ticket Number 8. Since we were soundly into the 50’s ticket-​wise, this was an obvious lie. After he was called out on his lie by another angry customer, he decided to deem to help us.
Because I’m not a person that likes to leave complaints online if I can talk to management, I quickly went home and tried to call the store. After ten rings I hung up because nobody was answering. My husband also tried calling a few minutes later and got a recorded message, but no way to leave a message.
Because their service seems to fluctuate between okay and awful, I don’t think I’ll be back.

If you’re going to run a cash only business these days, you should really put up a sign.

I shop at the Port Chester Apple Farm location. I just moved to the area from out of state and have been searching around for the best prices when it comes to my staples, which are fresh fruits and vegetables. I went to several places around town and was shocked by the high prices. I heard about Apple Farm and decided to stop in, the store is very quaint and is by no means a full grocery store but it serves it’s purpose. What you will mostly find is fresh fruit and vegetables with a small selection of pasta, sauces other staples and fridge items. They have a great selection of fresh herbs and fresh tofu as well! Apple Farm is seriously ¹⁄₃ the price of all of the stores I have been to so far in the area. When I arrived I was one of 3 people in the store so there was plenty of room to get around and shop leisurely.
If you are trying to save some $$$$ I highly recommend checking out Apple Farm.

I agree with almost all the pros and cons in most of these reviews. Prices are generally very good, and as long as you realize that the produce is «B Stock», you’ll do very well. My biggest complaint about Apple Farms is the staff at their Deli counter. While the food is very good, excellent mozzarella, sausages, salads and sopresatta, nearly every time I’ve shopped there I’ve had a negative experience with the deli clerks. They’re rude, nasty and less than cooperative, look for any reason to create a conflict, and generally put everyone in a bad mood when they leave. I’ve stopped shopping at the deli as a rule, but every once in a while I make the mistake of going back. I’m never surprised at how I’m treated, and my neighbors tell me their experiences are the same. I’ve also talked to other customers in Apple who say they stay away from the deli because the staff is just so unpleasant. There are several other authentic Italian delis within a few miles (Dante’s on Central Ave, and A&S in Thornwood), all with friendly staff. So stick with Apple for fruits and veggies, breads, fish and the rest, but be prepared for rough waters at the deli.

Very good deli like legit good priced fairly, fresh sausage, the softest mozzarella balls. .99 Arthur avenue pizza dough, Very nice flower bouquet’s, Fresh made tofu. An amazing selection of fish like 12 – 15 types. Bread there are like 30 options A lot of local bakery stuff like Portuguese rolls, naan, french, Italian, cheese bread things all kind’s of stuff from different cultures. They sell juice oranges 3 for a dollar very juicy delicious glass of fresh squeeze. cash only, but there is a atm. Loose mixed greens salad that is all not at all rotten like you find in the pre-​bagged stuff. I got some awesome small melons called yellow melons they where so sweet. They sell the sausages you see hanging cut up into containers on the deli counter so good! Fresh ricotta. A lot of what I consider table cheese’s hard Italian types. Like any store you have to see what seems ripe and smells sweet when it comes to produce. Imported Italian dry good’s canned tomatoes from Italy very cheap like 2 $.

I really like this place. The food turnover is phenomenal so stuff has never been sitting around long. It is not slick or stylish but the produce is very fresh and prices extremely low. The fish market is a separate concession with a broad selection, again at excellent prices. Bakery products are brought in from local Portuguese, Italian and other ethnic bakeries and prices are half what they are elsewhere. The Italian deli has great quality, low prices and a very wide variety, including quite the cheese selection. I go here often and there is ample parking and you can be in and out very quickly.

Shopping organic is the new craze, but I’ve been shopping farmers’ produce for years by coming here. My mom use to bring me here when I was younger for the fish market and fresh fruit and vegetables. Though it can be a bit pricey compared to larger grocers, this is the place to get the items that taste fresh from the garden.

Good prices for only some items. Like 99 cent pomegrenates. Not everything is cheap here or of good quality. Sweet potatoes and other items much cheaper at Shoprite… Will give it other tries but so far not impressed.

Frozen fruit that appears fresh in the store (hopefully) and will have significant mold on your counter the very next day.
I don’t care how cheap it is, you’re honestly better off going to Shop Rite or Trader Joe’s.
Parking is great — huge lot. Store can be a bit of a pain to maneuver around. Floor staff/​cashiers are very friendly.
Eh.

We go here every week still like it but at times hit or miss on some fruit. Tonight had to pass on strawberries on sale just couldn’t find good looking ones, this happens to me at supermarkets a lot too. Bananas recently crazy good! Fresh right away & I have to buy 2 packs since eating one or two on the car ride home!

I love love love this place. Everything is cheap and fresh. The produce here is significantly cheaper than buying at the local food stores.
They also have a great selection of fish/​deli meats/​cheeses. The only thing that stinks is that they only take cash, but they do have an ATM in the store.
Try and avoid on the weekends unless you can get there when they open. The place gets very busy and crowded.

Prices are affordable but the place didn’t look that clean.
The fruit looked old and moldy,
I went to Hmart and stop and shop after coming here and the fruit had a whole different appearance.
The old man in the seafood section was mean and nasty.
The deli guy was alot nicer.

Everywhere I turn in this store someone runs into me. Even when I am the only one in the store. How does that happen?
But seriously, as Unilocaler Jeff S states the place is a zoo. No matter what day of week, or what time of day, there are always people in here, and when they go down the aisles it is as if your cart has a magnet on it and they head right into you. If you don’t have a cart, they head to your heavy metal crotch.
Aside from people aiming their shopping carts at my boizos, I really do like the seafood here. I’ve gotten snapper, salmon, tuna and sea bass as well as shrimps, scallops, and other here and they’ve always been fresh as far as I can tell. Except for the frozen, which I can tell is frozen from the ice and rigor mortis. They will clean, gut and half the whole frozen fishies for you.
The fruits and vegetable selections are pretty decent. They have such a high turnover of everything I don’t think much gets a chance to get stale or rotten.

This place is a zoo, but their produce is pretty cheap. Some things are even cheaper than at my supermarket of choice, H Mart. However, there’s a trade off: not everything is great quality. I bought some grapes here and even though they looked good, they tasted terrible. And, the green peppers which were an amazing 69 cents a pound were rotting inside. Most things were fine, but not all.
Oh yeah, they also only take cash, something I didn’t realize until I got to the register. Some clear sinage would be helpful.

I dig it.
When the local supermarkets are selling eggs for $ 2 – 3 a dozen Apple Farms has JUMBO eggs at $ 1.59 per. Generally their prices are on fresh produce are very good, and they have plenty of stock. Fresh fish counter in the back that sells live crabs (in season), and whole fish (which they will clean and filet for you). Pretty good little deli counter. Picked up some nice hot sauseeeegggee today.
Cash only

dropping my rating to 2 stars because of what I saw a few days ago.
— Lady drops a container of strawberries onto the floor
— She doesn’t pick them up and walks away
— Foot traffic continues around/​very close to the strawberries
— A worker comes by puts the strawberries back into the container, and places it back on the shelf (GROSS!)
That’s not OK in my book. I don’t want to buy stuff that’s been on the floor, especially my strawberries. I wash everything before I eat it anyway, but that’s just not right.

I love this place! Excellent prices on produce and fair prices on everything else. Not to mention FRESH. Lots of seasonal stuff placed out front. Turnover is high here. Seafood area has lots of fresh options, and the fish guy is great at cleaning and cutting for you. Milk is also better priced here than at most supermarkets. Do note that they are a cash only place.