Pathmark

This Pathmark has been in a downward spiral for years, I returned today after several months and fear it has hit rock bottom. First of all, the smell of something «off» hits you in the face when you walk in. Produce was overpriced (more expensive than Rittenhouse Square prices) and near spoiled. Selection of other groceries is extremely limited.

I’m unfortunately at this location twice a week as it is on my way home and nothing else is, but today I’ve had it with this place. Not once in my 2 years of shopping there has there been shopping baskets waiting for me. Not once. I’ve had to go in and get one from the checkout lines everytime. Both times I’ve chosen complained about this I’ve met met with indifference. I know it’s not a huge deal, so have shrugged it off, but the other issues with today’s trip took me over the edge. No lettuce except 3 heads of wilty green leaf and bagged lettuce. No iceberg, no romaine, nothing. Surreal. Worse than that, the seafood counter was totally closed with only a sign that read «closing at 4 today for lack of help». Long lines at the checkout and I choose the one where the woman with the screaming child in front of me paid with a million WIC checks that took forever to process… well, you get the idea. Avoid this place if you can. I sure wish this part of town had an alternative.

This pathmark is the closest grocery store to my house, and I’m glad it’s here because it saves me a lot of trips to Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. However, I’m always slightly annoyed when I leave here. I swear the selection of some products changes weekly. For example, I bought a fantastic vanilla almond milk here that had 5x the normal amount of protein. 1 week later when I returned to purchase the same thing it was nowhere to be found. Other times I came looking for some greek yogurt and was pretty disappointed with the selection, and noticed that the organization was pretty bad too. They had brands of cottage cheese that divided sections of yogurt. (a side note: they do stock kefir cultures [for now], which is a new favorite of mine)
Other items like fresh produce and nuts can be ridiculously expensive – watch out or you could end up paying more money here than at Whole Foods for lower quality ingredients (like an $ 8 tiny can of walnuts)!

this market is ok. it’s an ok distance from where i live. it’s usually pretty clean and organized. the staff has always been friendly. love that they have a parking lot! the reason for the three stars is for the lack of cashiers during peak days/​times.

Since Bottom Dollar has closed I thought I stop by, while the store has gone down the last time I was here.
It’s still big and bright but their prices are incredibly high and his selection is very low. Hopefully it will get better, maybe.

Extremely Racist Staff!
If I could rate lower than one I would. The Asian store manager followed a young black man around the store for nearly ten mins and then pretended to ask «Do you need any help». It was a total BS move. I will never shop here again.

Prices on canned goods such as Tuttorossa crushed tomatoes, Goya kidney beans, etc are more expensive here than at Shoprite or Superfresh. Can’t do pantry bulk stock up like with ShopRite’s can-​can sale.
Produce selection is horrible with sticky containers of berries, dirty garlic and a poor selection of lettuce offering only Dole prepackaged mixes, no arugula ever either. Never any good mushrooms either.

This Pathmark is WAY better than it used to be. Mind you im giving it 4 stars in comparison to similar stores (it’s no whole foods). I noticed that were making changes a few months ago… went in the other day and the produce seemed fresher and they now offer way more healthy alternatives and international foods (more than before).

This place is gross. But it’s a cheap decent alternative to the insanely overpriced fresh grocer when you don’t feel like driving into center city at a rush hour time. The staff seems completely inadequate and for some reason they always seem to have system failures resulting in me waiting in line just to not be able to purchase things. Ugh. Get it together!

Not the best grocery store in the world but the prices are reasonable. My cashier kept literally screaming for help. Apparently her registers food stamp capabilities were down and her manager didn’t her and no, I wasn’t paying with food stamps it was was the woman in front of me.

I live in West Philly and don’t have easy access to good grocery stores. The stores here are also either very dirty, or crowded, or expensive, or all three, so I’m always looking for something else sort of nearby that just needs to be decent.
I stumbled upon this Pathmark and decided to go in and grab some apples. I was very impressed and decided to do all my shopping there that day.
This place is clean, not crowded, produce OK, lighting good, and no long wait in the checkout line. Staff was also friendly.
A little out of my way, but for me definitely worth making the trip.

I live pretty close to this store so here goes:
Quality Selection Price
Deli **** ** ***
Meat *** *** ***
Seafood *** ** ***
Bakery *** ** ***
Dairy **** **** ***
I’ve found the people working here to be good to excellent with the possible exception of Customer Service. As for positive standouts and after shopping here weekly for about four years now, I can say that the food here is always fresh but you should shop for produce the way you would anyplace. Before anything perishable goes bad they put a «50% off» (or other) coupon on it so you can save money buying these items and I’ve not had any problems with them so far. And in the dairy department their store brand is outstanding — even better than some raw milk brands I’ve had.
This is a good store if you’re looking for an old-​fashioned, full-​service kind of place. You won’t find a lunch spot or a Starbucks style coffee bar inside, so you might actually save a few bucks shopping here since you won’t be tempted to stop and have that latte and slice of pizza along the way. In addition, the 12 and 64 bus routes pass by here.

I live in W. Philly with no bicycle, which presents a serious problem for my grocery-​shopping ways. Despite being LITERALLY THE BROKEST, I demand fresh veggies and decent-​enough meat.
I went into this Pathmark gratefully and with open arms; it’s a very convenient 64 ride away. However!
Everything is weirdly more expensive than it should be? Examples:
Can of black beans at Target — 69c
” «– 89c
Pound of green peppers at Fresh Grocer in UCity (which should be outrageous) — 99c
» «– 1.30 $
The meats were more expensive, too.
I honestly just can’t come back here when I can be saving money more conveniently.
However, customer service was fantastic! Multiple people dropped everything to try and find me some quinoa. They were apparently totally out …

Ook! I am close to giving it 1 star only.
Dirty, nasty store. Dairy is unreliable.
Produce is Questionable.
Cashiers? What Cashiers? When yo9u can get a register open there is a huge line and the lady looks pissed off. (I would be too if i had to work here.)
YUCK.
Packaged goods only.
I would never buy veggies, meat or dairy here.
And it’s a shame — bordering on a sin. This area of Philly NEEDS viable grocery stores — and this is all we’ve got.
SAD, SAD, SAD.

At first, I defended this store because it’s the only affordable grocery option for anyone south of South/​north of Broad. But after several visits, I’ve realized it’s okay for picking up a few items, but not a replacement for my regular stores (Shop Rite in South Philly/​Jersey or Wegmans in Jersey). Yes, I still make regular grocery runs to Jersey, because the quality of the stores is so much better. I digress.
The guy who works the seafood area seems to hate life and he takes it out on the crustaceans he haphazardly throws around. My first and only encounter with him was when he made me feel as if he was doing me a favor by using the same gloved hands he used to slop around a bunch of fish guts to handle the cooked shrimp I requested. (I ended up not purchasing them.)
Panhandlers set up camp outside the store and though there are security guards just inside the doors, no one does anything.
On the bright side, mostly everything is priced competitively and I can generally find what I need (though it takes some searching since I never remember the layout of the store). The rotisserie chickens are tasty as well. I’ll return if I’m too lazy to drive all the way down to Shop Rite, but I’ll try my hardest not to be that lazy.

This is my regular supermarket. It’s actually one of the perks of being on the southside of Graduate Hospital — this is WAY more affordable than South Square, it’s on a few buslines (walk there and bus back. OH HAI planet Earth, you’re welcome). I’ve seen bikes and such before, and everyone is nice. When I’m stumped for something, I just walk up to the Customer Service (usually no line) and ask my goofy question.
Sure, it’s a little rough around the edges, but what are you gonna do, go to Whole Paycheck instead? Just be happy that the place is fairly well stocked (produce a little lacking sometimes) and I never stand in line for long AT ALL. Cheers to the Grays Ferry Pathmark.

This is a really good supermarket if you live in the Grad Hop area and are not a flaming racist.
I’ve never seen anything moldy or past its expiration date, and the produce we picked up on our last haul there rivals what we bought at the Italian Market. Seriously, I don’t know where they get their corn, but it is delish. Good sales on meats and household items, too.
The deals are always really good if you have a club card, and everyone that works there is helpful and nice. It’s also never crowded, and you can be in and out in under an hour (which is good when you are a slave to Philly Car Share).
I like Pathmark and I don’t care who knows it!

This Pathmark is just bad for produce, meats & seafood. Really bad. Go elsewhere, please.
If you need the basic staples for your pantry & you live in the neighborhood & you don’t drive, work it out as best you can.

Convenient grocery store. A bit ghetto, and not because of it’s location at all. Just a little dirty and weird. But so much better than the horrible South Square which is closer to me but so damn expensive.
Prices are good, good selection of stuff.

A good grocery store, just requires a car to get to (or bus). This used to be somewhere they shuttled local university students from Penn to come get groceries; not sure if they still do that.
There’s almost always a good deal to be had, fresh produce and meat, and feels like a truly suburban grocery store. Lines are long at times, but the only real problem is the distance from the city if you don’t have a car. Not as much in the way of organic or specialty foods, but anything basic can be found here for a good deal.