Grocery Outlet

I am so over The Grocery Outlet.
When In first learned that The Grocery Outlet was coming to Ferndale, I was very excited. I visited shortly after their opening, I made my first visit.
The store is quite unorganized. There are like items in different rows, making finding the item you want quite difficult. Any clerk I came across while shopping was completely oblivious to my presence. I was underwhelmed, but figured that the store was new. I should give them another chance.
My second visit was not better. The store still seems unorganized and many of the price tags are handwritten. On my first visit I was told by an employee that I could use a manufactures coupon if they carried the exact product. For my second visit I brought a Coca Cola coupon that I received directly from the Coca cola company, they would not take it. The level of customer service has not improved.
Time to go elswhere.

Love this place! Great prices and interesting selection. Go with an open mind because everything on your list might not be available but something else might be there!

I stopped in here to pick up a couple things on the way home.
It was interesting, lots of brands that I was not familiar with.
If you remember the previous occupant (Cost Cutter), the Grocery Outlet is much smaller, perhaps using only half the space.
The parking lot appears to have been repaved lately, and it is an improvement over the previous store that was here.
Nothing special, but not bad.

A few weeks ago I had my first experience with the Grocery Outlet chain. A coworker referred me and mentioned that they had great deals on ice cream. This particular store has only been open a few months now, but I can say from my first two visits that this is my new favorite store across the border (Sorry Trader Joe’s!).
The layout of the store is clean and well thought-​out. Things are generally where you would expect them, though being new this store still has a few kinks to iron out so to speak.
There’s a reasonably small selection of produce, but what they do have is of good quality. I bought a miniscule package of three New Zealand apples for $ 1. While small in size, they packed a nice flavor. Among other things, I also bought a number of PowerBars at 3 for $ 1 — a steal if you ask me. Lastly they had some unique flavours of Lindt chocolates — 100g bars for $ 2 if I’m not mistaken.
They have a wide assortment of things here. You might not find everything on your list — lemonade for instance was curiously missing from ours — but what they do have is generally priced well below their competition. I found they have pots and pans, water bottles, laundry supplies, frozen foods and cereals among many other things.
In my few interactions, the staff were exceedingly friendly and happy to help. A nice surprise!
While I didn’t quite find the ice cream as appealing, I came away with an excellent impression of the Ferndale Grocery Outlet. I’ll definitely be back.