Foodland

The people working there are very nice, but the produce is more often than not old. Their seafood is good though!

There is a significant difference in the level of service at this Foodland. Normally I go to the Ewa Beach or Kapolei ones. I actually came in for a simple poke bowl. Only 1 person working the counter. Should have an extra person for the dinner rush. There were no stanchions like Ewa Beach/​Kapolei, so the line very disorganized. The poke bowl made only had rice, furikake, and poke. I had to request for garnish, however they only had white onions and sriracha. Hopefully this difference in service is due to staff shortage? Maybe it’s better during the AM shift?

We are currently shopping in Foodland and my friend and I just witnessed a young woman eating gapes from several packages of seedless red grapes at around 9:30pm. We were stunned when after I told the other young female employees of the grapes being eaten by the young woman, went over to her and laughed with her calling her what sounded like «fetish!» as if it were a joke. I will no longer buy grapes from Foodland especially at this location.

Sometimes the best part of my job is leaving it for the day and heading over to Foodland to pick up lots of poke, shoyu garlic soybeans, wine and a Netflix DVD to try to recover my brain cells and sanity. Foodland provides my fiancé and I with very discounted wine selections and every time I take my first sip at home I think, that work would be so much less stressful for everyone if we were just all drunk. I love this Foodland as its 30 seconds away from my house, and its too bad its not that close to where I work.
Getting through the workday can be like entering into the hunger games, and we all don’t need more stress or lost time after it. This location doesn’t suffer from the after work rush that other grocery stores do and parking has NEVER been a problem here in the 30 years my family and I have been shopping at this location.
This is also our family’s get out of jail card when we have no idea of what’s for dinner. Their ready to eat just pop it in the oven for a fake it gourmet meal always wins and on some days when work really sucks and I’m stuck there late, I know I can grab something quick and that they have severely discounted their bento boxes, salads, sushi, and deli sandwich stuff.
What would my family and I do without Foodland being so close and awesome like they are? Probably eat at McDonalds and Burger King everyday and weigh 300 pounds.

This review is only for this Foodland’s poke bowls. I go on poke bowl lunch runs about once every other week, both for myself and for coworkers. The spicy ahi is to date, the best I’ve tried. The cubes sizes are fairly consistent and the mayo does not overwhelm the fish. One of my coworkers always gets the ahi limu poke, which she also swears by.
Quantity depends on the server. Some workers give EXACTLY one scoop and nothing more. Some put a little extra to cover up the rice. Can’t beat the price at $ 7 per bowl. Check out is usually quick so I’m in and out of there in 8 – 10 minutes. Not bad for a lunch line in Kalihi!

Gotta love when management is standing around talking story with the customer service desk while the poor girl in seafood is all by herself with a line of people 10 deep! Asked the manager to send someone to help the poor girl and her response «Oh someone should be there soon!» No wonder Foodland can’t compete with Safeway!

All I can say is Garlic Clam Poke… mmmmmmmm! I really enjoy Foodland’s high level of quality customer service and the variety of foods they have. Thank you Foodland for having high quality and fresh poke and vegetables. They have started a nice little variety of organics too, causing me to sometimes shop here instead of Safeway or come here for things Safeway doesn’t have. They are very customer first and reliable. Mahalo

One of the reasons why i wish no stars is an option.
This place is a disaster. When you enter you notice every worker looks like they have an attitude. Well, you’re correct. So much attitude was given to me that day. Asked a worker for help then she redirected me to another worker who redirected me to yet ANOTHER worker who ended up ignoring me.
When my 2 friends and i were about ready to check out, the cashier (Ella) was RUDE. Before she ended the transaction prior to ours she looked at my friend and asked if she was over 21, She’s 24, but looks 18, due to the fact that we were buying beer and the person pushing the cart needed to be 21. Ok? Was it necessary to «out» her before our turn? No. Ella dropped our change and didn’t even say sorry, bye, thank you. NOTHING. i recommend just going to Times or any other grocery store.

This place deserves no stars at all. I went to the deli to order and I wanted more stuff but the lady totally cut me off and offered to help the next person right away I wasn’t even done ordering.
Then I checked out on the express lane. I had formula for my baby the boxed one that had total 6 inside already (which I would think would be one item because when you scan it, it should tell you the price of 6 formulas) and the meat from the deli but the lady said next time don’t stand in this line because you have more than 8 items. Uhm I don’t know if she knows how to count or what but that wasn’t 8. Oh cashier name was yoiji? Something like that. Really rude.

This Foodland has much to be desired. Freshly prepared, ready to eat variety of food that meets your pocketbook. Staff appears to be knowledgeable and friendly, although do not walk you to the aisle for the products that you are seeking. Management needs to do a better job to see that suppliers do not hog the walkways/​aisle when stocking goods. This presented a problem for me as I am a walking disabled and had to go around several aisles. There was a produce (male) stocking vegetables in the area and I informed him that he had dropped a head of lettuce, no smile, no thank you, just a sour face as he had to go and pick it up. A smile would have gone a long way towards a five star experience today.
IMHO (In My Honest Opinion) this Foodland needs some serious updating, I trust that Foodland will bring in some of their dollars into fixing up this store. Happy to see the cart wipes at the entrance.
There is a bench outside of Foodland, the area needs someone to hose it down! There are what appears to be massive amounts of liquids which have spilled over or are just left there. Power washing would be a great alternative.
Some carts need to be cleaned as well.

This Foodland seems to do a reasonably good job of keeping their items in stock, as opposed to other places that’s always out of stock. Either that or I’ve been fairly lucky when I shop here.
Their poke station can get pretty busy especially around dinner time. Lots of people don’t like to cook after a long hard day of work (yep, that’s me).
Try to do your shopping before it gets dark because I have been told some strange-​looking people come out of the woodwork at night.
Overall this Foodland gets a 3.25 Stars from me.
I’m grading it up to Four Stars because I finally found Malolo’s Lemon Lime Syrup in the 32oz. size after looking all over the place for it. Just in time for the summer heat, Green River hits the spot!

Wow. 12 people in line for poke and one person working behind the counter. No one has come to help the busy gal. Loooong wait for poke!

Already did a review for this. Went to have their Hawaiian plate special. It failed me on so many points.
1. The Lau lau had so much luau, the pork had too much fat. No flavor.
2. Kalua pork and cabbage tasted like it was boiled, not simmered. Again watery, not juicy, no flavor. Almost like a salt free meal.
3. This part was the worst. They put the lomi lomi, in a small portion cup and stuck it in the middle of the plate. Hot lomi lomi anyone? No thanks. Couldn’t eat it, just toss it. Yuck. Should have stayed with the poke bowl.

Good place to get fried chicken, 8 pieces for $ 9.49. Good deal. The butter mochi and the teds bakery pies are good too. If you go shopping here, don’t forget to use your maikai card for the points and discounts.

I like to shop at this Foodland, it’s right down the street from where I live. Except soon as I grab a 12 of Heineken that’s when I am always followed around the store by the Security. It makes me feel like a criminal.

Dirty, disgusting location.
I came here last night for the first and last time.
I bought cremini mushrooms that were moldy. The produce section in general looked very very very sad. Everything was wilted and rotting.
I bought poke with limu that tasted like the entire container of salt was poured into it.
The selection in the refrigerated meat section was of low quality and variety. Mostly frozen chicken and pork.
I usually frequent the Market City Foodland. I’ve decided that it’s the only one I’ll go to ever, even though it’s all the way across town in my old neighborhood.
What I don’t understand is that how is there such a huge disparity in quality from one location to another? Is there not a set standard across this chain for each store?

Descent place to shop despite the vagrants who hang around outside. Nice selection of vegetables and meets… Everything is always fresh. They lock all doors except one at 6pm because the zombies come out at night!

Do 90% of my grocery shopping here even though there are closer places. The deli is a great place to get ready made hot food from sandwiches to salads to plate lunch type foods. Then there is the poke section which is awesome. Get the poke bowl! If you have their rewards card (Maikai Card) then you can save a lot.
There’s also an ATM from American Savings Bank if you need cash. Just no depositing.

I just came here to take out money from my bank account from American Savings Bank, but I’m a supporter for any Foodland because they support local!
They also have the coin stuff where you can bring all your coins and redeem the voucher at the register. Which is awesomeeee.
–So/​So Parking
–In the middle of Kalihi
–Friendly Staff
–ASB Bank Machine
–Coin Redeemer Machine
Don’t forget to bring your maikai card! haha

I only go here for poke and liquor or if I absolutely have to get something. Otherwise I will go out of my way to go to Times or Safeway. Their produce section frickin sucks. So does the deli. The customer service is roll of the dice.
Dont bother to getting a punch card at the deli if you buy a regular meal. It expires in six months. If you dont fill it, you lose it and start again. Unless you regularly buy your lunches here, by all means, punch away. Mini plates dont count either. This is the only place I know that your punch card expires. I have a Lions Coffee, Island Snow, Local Cravings and Romeys in Kahuku punch card and none of them have expiration dates. It should be at your convenience. Not give you an x amount of time to do it.
Dont forget to bring your news paper to line the shopping basket. Honestly, some of those wagons are the most pilau I have ever seen.