Jewel-Osco

I’ve been shopping here a lot over the past year for work related ‘things.’ I’ve never had a bad experience and I can typically find everything I need.
I don’t shop at Jewel for home/​personal groceries, as they’re far too pricey for me. For picking up a could of items though, it’s worth a stop.
Staff here is friendly and parking is never an issue.

This is a standard Jewel, which is to say sort of adequate most of the time. I’m sorry to say that I have been totally spoiled to live two blocks from a palatial new Mariano’s for over a year. After that, normal grocery stores just seem dingy and pedestrian.
Anyway, this Jewel is acceptable for staples and short-​notice needs. They have a woefully small green cleaning/​household products section. HOWEVER – and this is a big deal – they must be one of the last Jewels with self-​checkout. It’s such a beautiful thing to see those signs again. I had thought that this was an extinct species in Chicagoland. Self-​checkout alone is worth a third star.

BAKERY STAFF SUCKS!!!
I ordered a fresh fruit cake and a dozen cupcakes for my son’s first birthday and when I went to pick it up the manager told me they never received the order!
She didnt apologize at all and she just told me to pick a cake they had on display.
I was so sad at first but I got angry seeing that she didnt even care they didnt have my order.
I got the managers name as Jose V. and since I cant make a complaint through the Jewel website (how convenient) I want others to know this store does not care about customer satisfaction and Jewel will never get my business again!!!

Advertised jenny o turkey for .49 a pound… the store had a computer printed sign indicating you had to make a $ 25.00 purchase to get the sale price… NOT in this lifetime, scammers, I would not spend another penny at Jewel… There was no mention of additional purchases printed in the sale flyer…

The staff at this location is really nice. Overall it’s a typical Jewel — Osco so nothing new should really be expected.

I’m writing this review for all those retail workers who have stocked and sh one, elves at one time in their lives and who may have an appreciation of a job well done.
Facing ailse after aisle is a mindnumbing and tedious job that really tightens one sphincter. I remember Friday and Saturday nights going up and down each aisle as my friends waited in the car until I was finished. It sucked big-​time.
Facing requires one to organize and bring each product to the very edge of the shelf so that all the products along that shelf form one unbroken line. It supposed to be pleasing to the eye of the customer.
This store was spectacular. Box after box, can after can, bottle after bottle and then bag after bag formed an unbroken line up and down each aisle of the store. Everything was clean and shiny. Down from the floor to every glass door in the freezer section.
Don’t know why I haven’t mentioned this in previous reviews. Maybe it was my attempt to suppress bad memories.
Well done to whomever.

I like this particular Jewel Osco since the one about 2 miles south on Greenwood is not as large and does not have a 24-​hour pharmacy. We all know Jewel already, so I won’t go there.
Overall, the store is easy to navigate. Being an efficiency freak and a part-​time OCD nut-​case, I make up my grocery list using my mental GPS of the store that allows me to list the items sequentially in the order of the aisles. This keeps me moving onward rather than backtracking. Unlike other stores that «hide» their sale items to separate display areas, you can find everything here in its usual place.
A few pointers for this particular store.
1. If you’re an early AM shopper like me, make sure when start shopping so that you will be ready to check out at 7 AM or a little later. Otherwise, you’ll be stuck doing the self-​checkout with 20 items or more in your cart and the inevitable «Unexpected item in bagging area». At least you’ll have a cashier, but you need to bag it yourself.
2. By the magazines and restrooms located in back of the store, there’s a couple close-​out/​discount item carts. I stop by there every time. It’s really hit or miss, but over the past couple years I’ve found some great deals on colorful pasta, fruit cups, assorted juices, baby foods, candy, post-​Passover matzo 5 packs for $ 1, and (ahem) even an orgy-​sized 36-​pack condom box for $ 2.50. But some of the stuff is dented, damaged or downright disgusting too. There’s a 3-​foot long chewy Gummy Snake lingering in the bottom of the cart for a few months that’s now become petrified, for example.
3. The 2^nd discount cart is by the liquor/​photo area. That’s where you buy can find seasonal items like Class of 2007 napkins in October and next year’s paper plates for Thanksgiving in December.
4. They have all sorts of magenta, blue and red kids oversized riding carts with butterfly or fire truck themes to keep your kids in the store from driving you nuts. Navigating those Hummer-​like carts through the store is no easy task, though.
5. Don’t try buying liquor before 7 AM.
True story: A construction worker type with a quart-​sized bottle of Old Style was hanging around the checkout area since you can’t buy it any sooner, by law. I was about to check out at 7 AM, with an older woman in front of me already. I let him cut ahead, and she proceeded to let him cut ahead of her too. After he left, the cashier said to the older woman in front of me, «He comes here every day. Some people need their coffee in the morning and he needs a beer to start his day.»