ShopRite of Livingston

This is one of the filthiest most disgusting supermarkets I have ever been to. The only decent part of the store is the produce section. As I walked to the back of the store to the deli counter the stench was so foul and strong that I had to cover my nose with my sweater. I could not even stand there long enough to buy cold cuts. If that was not bad enough, something was definitely spoiled in the dairy case and when I said something to someone working there I was basically ignored. I just moved here and will now look for another supermarket. I will never shop there again.

I can pretty much find what I need in this store. Love the bakery, they have been making my kids’ birthday cakes for years. What the store lacks is a good deli counter. The choices are adequate but the service is terrible. There could be ten people waiting at the deli counter and only two people behind the counter. Lunch is the time where more employees should be added. The precut deli is fine but I do not always need a pound of coldcuts.

ON TBE FOOD COURT: The food looks amazing but when you go to eat some of it, very disappointing. The meatloaf is WAAAAAy too salty and the general tsao’s inedibly spicy. I’ve personally talked to the court manager before about the meatloaf as I would be a regular customer if it was good. He assured me they would fix it. But it wasn’t fixed when I tried again six months later. They don’t have clear marked recycle bins even though they use thick plastic food containers that are very environmentally unfriendly. The cashiers there look at you like an alien when you ask a question. I don’t go there that much because of these things. Wish the food was better for the price they are charging. YOU NEED TO TASTE THE FOOD YOU’RE MAKING PROPLE!

Good store for the most part. Bakery items are very good and their pizzas are good. A whole cheese pizza is about $ 10. The store is well stocked and has most of the sale items available. The kosher deli has some hard-​to-​find-​items. Parking lot can get crazy so be careful there. There never seem to be enough cashier lanes open for large purchases, but the express lines move well.
What I absolutely hate is their service deli dept. The clerks have a sour face on and do not say, please, thank you, have a nice day, etc. Aren’t they given any customer service training? They aren’t familiar with the inventory and are often out of items, For this reason I am boycotting their deli. The ShopRite on Route 46 in Parsippany has a fantastic deli dept. and I often shop there.

Been living in town for over 6 years and just recently this store has made it’s way into my rounds. I always look though the circular the week before and check for deals. It’s not the most organized market, but once you get to know where they hide all the goodies, it makes it easier to shop there. I’m giving it 4-​stars because the staff out of sorts.

this store is going down hill. fruit is old and their meat is not the best
the deli is dirty. needa new store or new owner…

You will be ok here if you follow a few simple rules: First of all, make sure you wear your tiara, pearls, and Louis Vuitton handbag to make sure they know you deserve special treatment. In the parking lot, discard all known rules such as yielding to pedestrians, stopping at stop signs, slowing down at speedbumps, and generally being polite.
Don’t expect any kind of help from anyone who works there. You’re on your own when it comes to finding out prices of items with no tags, finding the location of an item, and asking questions about out of stock items, even if there is an employee in the aisle. They will mumble something about it ‘not being their job’, or throw a hand in a general direction and quickly disappear. And WHAT EVER YOU DO, FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE DON’T TALK TO THE CASHIERS! Asking them a question or throwing out a friendly greeting is a direct ticket to hell.
In order to accommodate the people who shop there, make sure you bring your red carpet and confetti for their ticker tape parade as they pompously stroll past you after barking at you for stopping for five seconds to pick up a toy your toddler dropped. If it’s beneath them to even yell at you, they will simply bump your cart with theirs until it’s moved, even if it means pushing your cart INTO YOU while you are trying to find your Russian imported caviar for your dog’s evening meal.
The one star is for their prepared foods and bakery. Everything I’ve had is good so far. There’s even a place there for you to sit down and eat your freshly steamed lobster with their plastic utensils.

I’ve had Cheeseburgers not cooked to my liking. But I cannot ever recall a place actually burning the burger. Hmmm! I could be looking at this the wrong way. Maybe it’s feature; not a flaw.

This ShopRite is just ok. As I’ve mentioned in a different review, I am spoiled by having gone to the Nutley ShopRite for years. This location is clean and well organized, and has a nice prepared foods section. The sushi bar is also always well stocked and the deli makes good sandwiches. For those reasons I give it the third star. Other than that, this location really doesn’t do a whole lot for me. I would have to concur with other Unilocalers who make note of how the employees for the most part seem beyond miserable. Also, the prices are definitely not as good as other locations. Yes, I know. It’s Livingston after all, but still, I find myself spending noticeably more than at other locations. Again, not as bad as Kings, per se but I wouldn’t say you’d come to this location if you’re a bargain shopper. I could see how this location could be appealing to many since they have such an extensive Kosher section, but this doesn’t do anything for me.
Not the best ShopRite by any stretch but better than other pricier grocery stores in the area. Oh yes. One more thing. The parking situation is an absolute nightmare. Ugh.

This is a pretty decent store. they have a great selection of everything you might need in terms of groceries. they have ample parking and the location is very close to the place where I work, so this makes it very convenient for me to shop there. I usually get my weekly supply of groceries from here along with pet supplies.

This place does so much right but even more wrong, hence Two Stars. Selection and layout are great. Excellent bakery and produce. Well stocked shelves. But where they TOTALLY drop the ball is service. We were on line to check out last night. Waited about 10 minutes for it to be our turn when the friendly (not) cashier looked at us and said «closed». That was it. No apology, no explanation, no more words. My first inclination was to get angry but then I remembered all the suffering in the world which greatly outweighed the line closing incident so I remained silent.
Next line was open but the cashier was beyond slow. She methodically scanned each item and sorted coupons, taking frequent pauses to check her finger nails which, to me at least, appeared lovely. Then she bagged each of my predecessor’s items which took her an additional 10 minutes. Clearly, she was in no hurry. I honestly think a blind man wearing boxing gloves would have moved faster. When it was our turn to be checked out, she didn’t acknowledge us at all or utter a single word, despite my obvious bagging prowess. She did, however continue to check her finger nails. No change there.
When there is expectation of an impending storm, people flock to supermarkets. It’s a known fact to just about everyone except, as it would seem, Shop Rite who was ill prepared to handle the traffic. Lines were long, cashiers were slow. Bad combination.
Everyone in Shop Rite also appears to hate their job. Despite their employees’ reluctance to utter any verbiage the customers’ way, they do appear to speak with their coworkers, usually asking when they can take their break. The break discussion is huge at Shop Rite in Livingston. Matter of fact, I think it may be the only thing they discuss. Parking also sucks.
Businesses in this country spend millions of dollars every year paying for studies that rate customer satisfaction. JD Power has a thriving business concentrating on this one area. Something that they stress is the over all consumer experience. If shopping is a breeze but check out is horrendous, then the entire experience is tarnished and the business has failed. Shop Rite in Livingston has failed miserably in this area. Management needs to assess their staff and make appropriate changes if not be changed themselves. Epic failure, my friends. Go to King’s.

Hate it here. Bad parking, rude customers and the cashiers are even ruder than the customers. Not really worth the aggravation. I live in town, but 90% of the time I will go to the West Caldwell store.

Hate it here. Bad parking, rude customers and the cashiers are even ruder than the customers. Not really worth the aggravation. I live in town, but 90% of the tine I will go to the West Caldwell store.

No different from my other ShopRite review except the parking at this particular one is horrible and if you park on the side lot, you can’t really exit on that side… definitely can’t if you have a cart. I do appreciate their abundance of quick checkout options though and this one is large and has a lot of variety. Very clean and a quick in-​and-​out.

Fair prices, exceptionally clean, great selection.
They tend to leave too many stocking carts blocking the aisles and it can be difficult to maneuver at times.
On top of the usual meats, deli dairy and produce they offer sushi, made-​to order deli sandwiches, kosher, fresh salads, catering, fresh coffee, hot/​cold buffet, fresh soups and in-​store seating for dining. In addition, their baking section – led by Robert is better than you’d imagine, and better than most of the local bakeries, especially when it comes to custom cakes.
The parking situation can be very difficult during peak hours. In fact it can be difficult simply to get in/​out of the lot.
The shelves can be a little scattered at times making finding items difficult at times, and the staff is not usually so helpful, especially when it gets just a little crowded.
Whenever possible I go at off-​peak hours. When it’s partially filled it’s very doable. When the crowd builds up, it quickly turns into a nightmare.

It is rare to find a for-​profit business so inapt or indifferent to the needs of its customers. If you, dear reader, are an executive from a competing company, you must, absolutely must, open a location nearby. It boggles the mind that an affluent town such as this, due to lack of viable alternatives, must put up with such mediocrity.

My friend and I had a lot of trouble finding a place to park when we came here on our lunch hour.
The lot was totally filled and also large banks of snow and ice made it even more difficult to get around.
When we entered the store, we found that it was VERY crowded and the aisles were very cramped and hard to navigate. (An impending snow storm did not help, I’m sure.)
On the plus side, there are a large variety of products offered for sale and the prices were good… but the lines at checkout were long and it was just too stressful a place to deal with at lunch hour.
I didn’t care for this Shop Rite really.

If you like your raw pork room temp and your cashiers on a spectrum beginning at dismissive and ending at downright rude, this is the joint for you!

This is the worst Shop Rite in their system. Bar none.
I have spent years as a grocery broker and have been in independent grocery operations in the WORST neighborhoods all over the country — and I would much prefer to shop at many of them than here.
1) Parking — forget about it. If you’re not there by 730am — it’s a joke
2) They have ¹⁄₁₀ of the typical SR core selections on the shelves
3) They run out of things more frequently than any Wakefern distributed store I have ever seen — which is the STORE’S FAULT — order what you need on your gun
4) The shelves are a mess — nothing is faced — if they’re out of a product, you cannot tell as they’ll allow a different one to take it’s slot
5) Good luck finding anything — if you want to find chips — look next to the air fresheners — makes sense, right???
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A huge Shop-​Rite in Livingston with a massive parking lot. Store has everything you could ever want in a supermarket from sushi bar, fresh fish, deli, bakery, and for those who keep kosher the best kosher selection in New Jersey. The only negative here is checkout sucks and the parking lot is impossibkle to get out of Livingston Avenue.

This place is so amazing now. If they had a salon and shoe store, I’d never leave.
Seriously.
They have so many vegan options, I was so giddy! Daiya, gardein, So Delicious. ! It’s just heavenly. And they have self dispensers now (kind of like Whole Foods) so that really made my day.
The fresh marketplace is to-​die-​for. Seriously, any kind of food you need — they have it! Bring the whole family for dinner because it’s affordable and everyone can get what they want.
The bakery is outstanding. I really think it rivals any local bakery — everything is delicious and well made.
It’s crowded, it’s BIG and it’s overwhelming. If you’re just running in, they have a really efficient check out section in the front of the store for less than 10(?) items. It moves quickly.

PIZZA review!
I came here to pick up some forgotten ingredients for thanksgiving dinner and needed a quick bite to eat for lunch prior to feasting and came across THE BEST GROCERY store PiZZA: many pizzerias would be put to shame as well.
Pizza: we ordered a Meat Lover’s Pie.
— it’s huge, maybe 18 or 20″
— made to order in 15 minutes
— sauce and meat toppings were generous and delicious
— thin crust is what’d u’d expect from a well established pizzeria
— CHEAP, only $ 12 for the MEAT LOVER’s
Overall:
come grab a slice. SHOPRITE, don’t SHOP-​Wrong.