Kroger

Nice big store. I called my wife in it once today, to ask what aisle she had disappeared to with the cart.
I give em a four and a half overall.

This is definitely not your Mom’s Kroger. You’ll quickly notice that its much bigger and «fancier» than the other ones around town. They have big, wide, clean isles so its really easy to get around (especially if you use one of their awesome mini carts…). They have a wide selection of pretty much anything you could need. Be sure you stop at the customer service counter if you don’t already have a Kroger Plus card… it will save you a good bit of dough. They have weekly online coupons that you can also add to your Kroger Plus card. They automatically count towards the applicable items as you check out… no coupons needed.

It’s a great place to shop! The Starbucks that is inside is great and makes the shopping experience that much better! It did recently however stop becoming a 24hr supermarket. However I don’t believe this will be a problem, who shops at 2 o’clock in the morning?
The store is always clean and the staff (for the most part) is nice and helpful! I would recommend shopping here if you live in the area.

This is a solid supermarket. It is massive but well-​kept and clean.
I normally do my shopping on Sunday morning because it is less crowded. Judge me for not going to church if you want, but my personal sanity is at stake because people annoy the crap out of me.
This Kroger probably has the best variety of items out of any other grocery store in town. They have a robust cheese section, a decent selection of fresh meats, a large veggie/​fruit section, and even an organic/​health food section. I’ve found things here that I haven’t been able to find anywhere else. For instance. I had a recipe that called for queso fresco. This was the only place I could find it around town. So thanks for that, Kroger!
The thing that bothers me is, out of three separate trips here, one specific item has consistently lacked in quality; avocados. Every time hit up the avocado basket, they’re always extremely over-​ripe. Just handing the things will sink in the sides. Avocados should give a little when gentle squeezed, but not like these. If it happens once, ok that’s cool, but for nearly every avocado to be that unusable each time I’ve been there, well that’s a problem that needs to be solved, my friends!
Also, over $ 4 for a dozen free-​range organic eggs? That seems a bit ridiculous but I haven’t comparison shopped so I don’t know if the price is competitive. Just be warned.
Without the couple of problems this is easily a 4-​star place. Fix the avocados and we’ll talk. Otherwise, this is still easily one of the best grocery choices in the Valley. The collocated gas station is nice, too.

i do enjoy going to this kroger, but it could be a little bit better. i like that they had eggplants, meyer lemons, and pine nuts (although they were like $ 6 for a small bag which makes me want to just not make pesto from scratch)
i like that the store is so huge. i found the tongs that i have been looking for on sale– unexpected, but nice. i also snagged manager special roses– a dozen for $ 3.25.

This is a BIG Kroger with lots of fresh vegetable and fruit options. They also have a small international foods section, kosher section, and other specialty sections that you wouldn’t normally find in every grocery store. I like the idea of the Kroger card, but I’ll have to crunch some numbers to see if it’s really saving me that much money.
There are a few specific items that I can’t find here that are staples in my house, so I would actually have to also go to Publix to get those. They are things I would assume that every grocery would offer but apparently not.
It will take me some time to get used to the layout (which doesn’t fully make sense to me right now — like the bread in the middle of the store) but I will write an update once I get more familiar with things.

This Kroger just opened recently, and I was much dismayed that when we visited it on opening day I could not «Check in» because it was not yet added.
This Kroger seems much nicer than the ones we’ve visited on Oakwood or Memorial, and hopefully that feeling lasts. When you walk in, it has a feel a bit more like Fresh Market or Earth Fare, but once you start going down the aisles it is a bit more like a normal Kroger.
Their grand opening sale was awesome, and I stocked up on 60% off cereal. That was good in itself, but it also means that their normal price is too high.
What my wife and I are looking forward to, though, is having fresh fruits, vegetables, a bakery, and a Starbucks within walking distance of our home! They run good sales, so we will go for the sales, but this probably won’t replace Target as our main grocery stop due to the price discrepancy.
Also, we were super depressed at how quickly the gas prices climbed here. They started off at 2.739 per gallon while the BP near it was showing 2.839 per gallon, but now they’re pretty close in price.
The only other thing taking away from the rating is the traffic. They installed a traffic light FAR too close to the Slaughter/​Jeff/​72 intersection, and I think everyone knows the traffic here is already bad without another light for incompetent drivers to randomly run or stall at. Also, the turn into Kroger from 72 is probably going to cause problems. It’s a straight/​right turn lane with two right turns into Kroger that are also exits onto 72. I’ve already been cut off by people leaving Kroger who assumed I was turning right when I didn’t have my blinker on. I see nothing good coming from this traffic pattern, at least not for a while.