Compare Foods

This used to be a Lowes food store. There is no wasted space year. All of the space is used in a half everything you can imagine. It’s a very clean store and even has restaurants and another business outside apparently. Go, you won’t be disappointed. He has a very nice parking lot and the store is kept up very well. Service is very good too.

What an ethnic experience! This place is a wonderful place where you can find all sorts of things. From fruits & veggies, meats, Mexican sodas, & more! I will say that if you go on a Monday the meat will be the freshest. That is when they get their meat trucks in. Also, we were able to find three liter drinks. I haven’t seen one of those in a hot minute! There is an extremely large selection of Mexican cheeses, which to me is amazing. They have specials on certain products, as well as offering certain products for a much lower price than regular supermarkets.
There was also a hot deli section. The food looked really good and hot, but we were not really in the market for food at that moment. I will probably be back to try it. The Spanish rice looked amazing! Near the deli there is also a place for bakery items. The cookies were HUGE! The store also offers many Asian items, & has a Asian frozen section.
Outside of the market sits a food truck that serves churros and snow cones. Both a good choice, but the churros are stuffed with strawberries, chocolate, or caramel. Delicious! We also bought a bag of Mexican pinwheels, which are chip-​like and also delicious.

Holly B. had recommended Compare Foods and I am glad I checked it out. It is not fancy like other stores but you can get some great ethnic groceries. The produce looked great and the prices were very low. They have a small bakery with a self serve area. I got a little cake that was suggested by an employee and it was very yummy. I also bought some marinated meat for tacos from the counter. I would come back and get seafood since the prices were good. Other things I bought were a great deal like sesame seeds and oil. You can even buy homemade tortillas. If you like to try new ingredients or save money on produce I would check it out.

I liked this place! I came in search of Mexican candy and Mexican soda, I left with Mexican candy and Mexican soda. This is a hispanic grocery store and I guess if you weren’t expecting that when you walked in the place would throw you off a bit. I liked that all the announcements were in Spanish I felt like I was like on vacation somewhere grocery shopping for a minute or two. The bakery and deli section looked pretty tasty but I didn’t get anything on this trip. If you are looking for specific spices this is definitely the place to go, they have a huge section devoted to it. Besides the announcements this place is pretty similar to any grocery store, all the aisles are clearly marked and you can get all your staples here.

Great store if you are accustomed to Hispanic grocery stores. Isles are always blocked by employees parking flats in the middle of the isles. You also better know what you are looking for and where it is. Most of the employees just give you a blank stare when you speak english. A lot of the check out clerks cant speak english either. I recently asked a question at the checkout and the girl had to find an employee that spoke english. I feel like a grocery store in America should at least hire checkout clerks that speak english.
I recently went in looking for salsa… figuring that would be a great place to find authentic salsa. The checkout clerk gave me a blank look and asked me what salsa was. Finally she found an employee who had a five year old in the store with her and the five year old was the only one of all the employees that could lead me to the salsa.
Its not a great experience… shopping there if you are an anglo.

I’m biased because I just moved from NY with the Cadillac of all grocery stores, WEGMANS… this place was pretty sketchy. This store seemed to be a Latino grocer.
The meat department was huge and had some pretty unique «meats»… BUT, after seeing a few shopping carts full of packages of raw chicken sitting in the middle of the isle (near) the meat coolers, I am quite concerned with the food practices here. I purchased some ground beef and ground pork and PRAY TO GOD they didn’t sit in some non-​refrigerated area or worse. I just ate the beef so let’s hope my husband and I don’t get violently ill.
The produce dept seemed pretty safe. They had a good selection of fruits and veggies, some that I have never seen before.
I did see the police officer that other Unilocalers mentioned… Made me feel a (little) safer…
Maybe it’s just my sheltered life, but this place wasn’t really my «cup of tea». This was the closest grocery store to us but I highly doubt I’ll return. :-/

Great store for all those ingredients for those tasty Mexican dishes. I was all over town looking for Cotija cheese and had no luck. Found it here along with fresh, warm corn tortillas. I will be back to sample authentic chorizo, fajitas and other things I saw in the meat case.

Having experienced the old store I have to say the NEW redone Super Compare is FANTASTIC! My husband and I have been going to their hot deli about once a week since last spring and hands down it is the best authentic Mexican food we have ever had. The family that runs the deli is extremely nice and helpful in trying to explain each dish and/​or letting you sample things.
I can’t say enough, especially about the deli, but the new store is really awesome. I hope everyone will give it a try, you won’t believe it compared to the old one! BEST & FRESHEST produce in town!
Oh and someone that works there said the parking lot is slated to be completely redone this spring, no more giant potholes soon!

Two stars because it’s fun to walk around in and see the different ethnic and cultural items but minus because there is literally bird poop all over the signs over the aisles telling you what’s under it. No joke, go in and you’ll see it. I also saw a ginormous rat out front once. There’s also always a police officer in the front which sketches me out. I live in the Washington Park neighborhood which is nice and only a stone’s throw away there’s need for law enforcement at the grocery store… really? There’s also people ALL over the parking lot that don’t know how to look for cars.

This location used to be a really rundown Lowes Foods; ya know the kind that seems to sell only white bread and a huge stack of gallon jugs of «mystery beverages» that seem to glow bright green and nuclear orange? Still, it was on my way home, so I’d stop in occasionally, if only to get good and depressed.
Now, I LOVE Super Compare Foods! They specialize in authentic Latino products. Need plantains? Jicima? Dried Ancho, Serrano or Morita peppers? Votive candles for luck, love or money? They’ve got ‘em! Heaps of fresh-​baked Latino pastries, too.
The also have a very «meat-​centric» hot lunch counter that usually features some form of plantain, a rice dish or two, and an assortment of chicken, beef and pork dishes, and sundry other items, all for under $ 6. Sometimes, if I ask in my halting Spanish, they’ll even make fresh jalapeño salsa verde that’s killer!
Oh, and the produce! Great prices and excellent FRESH selection. Eclectic selection of beers from Mexico, Honduras, and other South and Central American countries, too. Store Hours: Mon — Sat. 8 AM to 10 PM, Sunday & Holidays. 8 AM to 10 PM.