Champion Food Supermarket

This place stinks of you would need an oxygen tank to shop, its invested in roaches and rats and to top it off the staff suck, they have NO people or customer service skills what so ever!!! And the management team WELL where do I start they are a lot to be desired for!!! PLEASE PEOPLE FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS AND AMONG OTHER THINGS DO NOT SHOP IN THIS STORE

Eh, really underwhelming selection and prices.

Terrible service. People that check you out never even look at you.
Prices on sale never come up at the register, so you have to tell them the correct price and they get mad. Manager always has to be called to double check the prices that are clearly marked on the wall outside and on the shelves. Things on sale on the wall outside are usually out of stock, if they were ever in stock to begin with.
I bought a Nutella jar on sale and came home and realized it was 4 months expired. I had to fight with the manager who told me that I didn’t buy it there because he orders every week while he was holding my RECEIPT.
Better luck at Jin’s down the street.

Not great selection, but I suspect they are carrying what they sell most around this area. Unfortunately for me, I seem to be the odd man out here as most things I am hoping to find aren’t in this store. Prices aren’t bad for the basics, though. But if you want veggies/​fruits, head further up the avenue to a little stand that’s super cheap and has quite a selection.
Otherwise, maybe head to sunnyside to the Stop & Shop.

I come here all the time. It’s fine for the basics and also has an interesting variety of Peruvian and other Latin American foodstuffs, but almost every time there is something wrong with the pricing. Often the item rings up higher than the shelf tag (especially if it’s supposed to be on sale), and many items in the store aren’t even marked, so you don’t know what they’ll cost until you get to the register. And then when you try to discuss either situation with the cashiers, you find that they barely speak English. It all makes what should be an in-​and-​out errand into an annoyance, but they’ve got the only game for a regular supermarket in this part of the neighborhood.
Go to Jin’s for produce instead.

I didn’t experience a Champion.
Produce was there, but that doesn’t mean much.
I was uncomfortable, and didn’t enjoy my stay. I couldn’t find certain items in stock, decided to leave, and saved my money.

This is a perfectly serviceable neighborhood grocery store. It hasn’t stopped me from wishing there was a Steve’s Ctown, Fairway, or 3 Guys around but Champion gets the job done in workmanlike fashion. Prices are pretty fair and they have a really good selection of items given the space. Plenty of craft beers too, which has really surprised me. Flying Dog, Riverhorse, Sierra Nevada, Blue Point, and Brooklyn Brewery are well represented and fairly priced.

Champion Food Supermarket is one of the larger grocery stores in the Woodside area. As far as accessibility, it is located within two-block’s walking distance of the 61^st/​Woodside Ave. stop off the 7 Train; this makes the store a nice choice if looking your own local grocery store seems to lack variety.
Generally speaking, the layout of the store is very straight-​forward; you will not find yourself wandering around trying to find a specific item (as is the case occasionally with large super-​stores.). The price-​range is very reasonable, and they always are running several weekly specials.
The only downsides to Champion is how quickly they seem to run out of the items they have on special; especially frozen items. There have been several occasions when i visit the store to find ice creams, frozen vegetable, and/​or other cold items completely out of stock way-​before closing time. I suppose this is good for the company, but as for customer relations I would think not.
Recently, they have had a few instances of miss-​pricing within their weekly flyers; and on one particular occasion, the cashiers had a bit of an attitude with a customer in line ahead of me over a pricing error and in dealing with my purchases became more uncooperative whenever I brought up the fact she had just over-​charged me for two items that were supposedly on sale. However, her attitude is not a fault of the supermarket; but, I would suggest someone at the supermarket either double check their pricing or have their employees take a «chill-​pill.»
Check it out, if you’re ever in the area; especially if you are as I am, and enjoy seeing what some place new has to offer!

Extremely gritty with absurd lines

This place still has a distinct smell from back when i was a kid.
it’s not necessarily an unpleasant smell but i wouldn’t say it’s nice either.
it’s kinda hard to describe… maybe like refrigeration? ok that sounds just crazy.
but that’s what it smells like to me.
anyway this place is pretty good for local Supermarket.
it’s not one of those HUGE markets but it really does cram a lot into this small space.
they have a designated deli area, in the front which is nice.
also they have their meat section in the rear right corner.
their selection is actually surprisingly good and their prices are fair.
Although they usually don’t have all the sales that the bigger markets
do on occasion you can find something in sale.
I got pasta sauce the other day buy 1 get 1 free…
not bad if i say so myself.

I remember when it use to be Key Food back in the 90s, use to be bigger to. But anyways this place is alright in my opinion I find most of what i need and the prices are fair not great, the cashiers are friendly. any bags or shopping cart u bring in from outside have to be check in at the front.

Just because I am here regularly, doesnt make me bias with this review. Ive been to a lot of groceries around my area, and this one tops them all, just because it is very well stocked and clean.
The staff are very attentive towards its clients needs, and the cashiers are friendly too.
They take your extra bags at front, carts on the sides, Veggies on the first aisle, then cereals & juices, 3^rd aisle holds household stuff, 4^th aisle has the pastas, cooking oils & canned goods, the last one has the dairy sections, bread & on the far back holds the meats & frozen foods.
They offer free delivery if you buy stuff over $ 50, which I think is a really good incentive since you dont have to carry the load all the way home, for the price of a $ 5 tip.

Somehow I confused this local supermarket with the giant French chain «Champion» that has been sprouting up locations all over the world (
). «Why Woodside?» was the first question I asked myself before coming here. Then the inevitable irony could not be more obvious when I came in, it’s a Latin supermarket.
But a good one. One that I could count on for all of the regional Latin goodies I would never find in the standard convenience /​grocery stores in the area. They cater to their clientele well, always stocked with everything from specific produce to Mexican snacks I haven’t seen since I lived in Mexico.
The prices here are pretty standard for the area, reasonable and affordable. I hate the lines during the night time rush hour and when it gets crowded, the place is unbelievably stuffy. But do a good job of stocking their items frequently, which means I can have as many Don Jose horchata pints as I want.
And like many Latin supermarkets, cash is easier here than credit cards. A big fat boo to the credit card minimum ($ 10).

They REFUSE to take coupons if the item is on sale. Even when it’s a manufacturer’s coupon and doesn’t cost the store a dime– they refuse. The owner Antonio Coya doesn’t post this information anywhere– he just tells you when you try to check out. So– even if you see «save $ 1 on this purchase». Make sure you don’t try because they won’t even budge.

Medium sized market with fair prices and an appropriate selection of produce, freezer, dairy & dry goods for it’s size. They even have a deli counter, and the freezer section includes Morningstar and Amy’s products.
Best to check at the other nearby grocers for produce first.
$ 10 credit card minimum.