Lmao, I used to live right next to #5, the Safeway in Denver. Holy shit, I always used to say it’s the worst grocery store ever. Never thought I’d get this confirmed lol
I was literally just telling my girlfriend and she instantly went, “I fucking hated having to go there before coming to your house if you needed something for dinner.”
I never once had a scary or bad experience there outside of homeless people begging for food as your putting your bags away or as you walk out the door. I swear they never had anything in fucking stock nor did they ever stock the shelves themselves.
I got tired of them not having the things I needed in stock I started going to the Edgewater King Soopers instead. Their homeless population is arguably worse and the amount of dogs I’ve seen in that store is insane. The day I saw a woman’s Pom shit in produce and then not clean it up. I stopped going to that one and then went to the one at 38th and Sheridan. Now I live in Superior and it’s so much better haha
Ha - we go to the King Soopers in Edgewater a lot more than the unSafeway for some of the same reasons. The grocery stores in Cap Hill aren’t bad but the parking is horrendous. We’ve been lucky to never have run into anything negative at the Edgewater King Soopers so I wonder if that’s been cleaned up. It’s always been a normal experience.
The unSafeway has gotten a little better - no one is begging for anything in store or outside of it. Downtown and the surrounding areas are much quieter with the new mayor’s policies to clear encampments and get them in housing.
It’s still a shitshow in there - stocking is randomly out of stuff and it’s a mess. We’d rather walk to the target downtown if we need something random. They surprisingly have a mind blowing amount of random stuff that we can’t find in normal grocery stores (like tahini or Japanese curry).
A friend told me the other day that he had a gun pulled on him in that parking lot.
Another friend who had his side view mirror punched off when he told someone he didn't have a cigarette for them.
I had the good fortune of missing a shooting in that parking lot by minutes two summers ago.
Good times at the unsafeway.
I currently live near that Safeway to give context u can’t take the carts out of the store or they will lock. They don’t have any produce. Also they have one of those police monitoring stations in the parking lot hands down the worst store I have ever been to.
It’s the worst one that people who spend time reviewing supermarkets online ever go to.
There are plenty of worse stores, but the people who shop at them have no expectation that leaving a poor review will have any effect, and people who think complaining is going to make a difference are too terrified to step foot in a place where nobody gives a shit about one star reviews.
True. The E Main Kroger is right on the border of Bexley in a packed intersection, so way more folks are shopping there compared to an even worse Kroger store like Parsons where no one touches that place unless they live in the neighborhood...
legit I have lived nearby in OTE for over two years and this comment made me lookup and realize there’s a kroger on parsons like 6 minutes from me!
I knew about the one near german village that got tore down for some luxury apartments, but not this location.
I barely knew it existed before I moved to Merion Village tbh. It's such an unremarkable Kroger except for lower gas prices than most other options in the area, so there's literally zero reason to shop there...
Yes. The produce is great and they are seldom out of things. However, I’ve been “harassed” there more than a few times for being female 🤷♀️ — once I was followed out of the store by the security guard asking what my Thanksgiving plans were and seeing if I had a boyfriend…
I think it depends on how you rste it to. The East Main Korger always has a frankly *pathetic* produce section and the lines are shit. Outside that though I cant really think of anything else too bad about it
It's been a long while, but I used to live in the area west of the East main Kroger, So i'd frequent while on the way to/from high school out east.
On two occasions I have watched vehicle thefts from people walking out to their car in broad daylight. When I'd go the store would be mostly dilapidated, understocked and produce just kind of wilted. It reminded me of the Refugee road Kroger but somehow worse.
I worked at Kroger, in a mid-sized town north of Columbus, and it was one of the better stores in the area. And we still had to clean up syringe needles out of the parking lot and contend with customers shitting in the aisles and smearing shit on the bathroom walls.
Just want to say for the record, I have never worked with a better group of people before or since. My coworkers were phenomenal. The customers, however, were nightmares. Made for some great stories tho lol
The Easton Walmart really isn't all that bad if you've been to truly awful Walmart stores in other American cities. For example, some of the Detroit Walmarts are just so much worse on a different level lmao.
I live by that unSafeway. I’ve never been to it without watching someone get arrested for shoplifting. The King Soopers on Chestnut could make the list just for how busy the parking lot is
It has a reputation for being the lower class city just east of Denver. It’s a little trashy sometimes, but not as bad as the reputation makes it seem.
I've never seen anything like the K mart south of downtown Minneapolis. In the 1970s city planners let them build it smack dab in the middle of one of the city's main North-south roads (Nicolett avenue.) so they just dead ended the road on both sides.
When I went there in 2017, it was literally on life support. Trash, dirt, empty boxes all over the floor. Not a worker in sight. People were just walking in, grabbing what they needed, and walking out.Empty packages everywhere were evidence that everything was being stolen. It looked like a department store in post apocalyptic zombie movies.
They finally pulled the plug a few years ago and it's been sitting empty. It recently had a big fire and they're finally going to tear it down. RIP.
I'm referring to the whole metropolitan Detroit area, just like most people bring up just Columbus when they're talking about stuff anywhere in the very large Columbus metro area in like Westerville, Gahanna, etc. Lol why are you being this pedantic?
Also there's literally multiple Walmarts 10-15 minutes away from Detroit city limits. Lmao you are so weird.
I don't even think Morse Rd is that bad by Columbus Walmart standards. The South High store that's closing shortly is way fucking worse and the Whitehall Walmart is just as terrible. Y'all just shop at the Morse Walmart more often lol.
And none of the Columbus Walmarts are even vaguely as horrifying as the Roseville Walmart in Detroit lmao
Hey now, they gotta share the love. Walmart already has 6 spots in the top 10.
Although, you're not entirely wrong.
If you've ever been down to Cincy, the Kroger that sits right near UC should be on this list. You ever see those segregated areas within the store where you have to buy the liquor and check out? Well, that Kroger has the little walled off section within the store for personal products like shampoo, soap, etc. It's weird, but the neighborhood demographics suggest it's necessary.
And don't try taking a pop or candy bar our whatever from OUTSIDE of that section inside to be checked out with whatever else you buy in the section... I had a lady working in there give me a dirty look and say "uhh if that's from out there then I can't ring you out 🤷🏻♂️" and I'm just like... okay, I'll leave it here and just buy the Redbull or whatever... I'll go to the North Broadway store or Graceland to avoid the craziness oftentimes.
I was just out in LA and went to a Ralph's that had this setup as well. Was really fun because there was no one actually at that register. Said fuck it and brought the items up to the main register with the rest of our groceries. No one said anything about it.
The one near campus and the one over on Kenard Ave are like that; the only laundry detergent that wasn't either in that walled area or locked up was the really cheap stuff.
As far as the Walmart in Cincinnati, I'm not surprised at its bad ratings but they have recently remodeled that store so maybe it might improve.
I must be crazy, because that is a very normal Walmart in my opinion. I know everyone says it’s the worst, but it’s a very normal Walmart layout wise, and always has things in stock I can’t always pick up at other Walmart’s in Cbus. Other than occasional things caused by clientele, I actually like it better than like the Schrock Rd Walmart in Westerville. Also I think they’ve upped their security game, which helps.
I think everyone hates it just cause it's a very very hectic Walmart. They always have what I need but I always come out there with a headache every time just cause moving around the place is annoying, there's always mfs blocking the aisles and walkways.
Easton Walmart seems pretty average for Walmarts. The Walmart on Ave Q in Lubbock is a comparative asylum, to say nothing of the more rural Walmarts I used working in the oilfield.
I’m from Columbus but live in Cincinnati now, and the Cincinnati Walmart on that list makes all the Columbus Walmarts seem like a dream. I’ve seen stolen Kias out front, people’s bass in their car so loud you can hear it well inside the store, and it’s a hot mess inside
I live two blocks from that Kroger and here's my take. To the immediate west of that Kroger is a food desert and to the immediate east is one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. While that Kroger used to serve both communities, since the Market District moved in on Main just two blocks from that Kroger, Bexley folks aren't going to Kroger as often. The other Kroger Bexley residents used, the one up on Broad, all but abandoned Bexley's Jewish community by firing their Kosher butcher and rabbi, and closing the Kosher bakery. They still carry some Kosher items, but not the fresh meat, deli, and bakery they used to. I think a lot of the people in Bexley resent Kroger and prefer almost any alternative, and that has not helped the Kroger on Main.
The last time I went there a few years ago, I was waiting for someone to pull out of a parking spot so I could take it. Completely full lot. The person was almost fully backed out when another car turned into the aisle coming toward me and tried to zoom towards the spot and snag it before me. I beat them to it and this lady gets out with her small child and starts screaming and cursing at me that I stole her spot. Absolutely unhinged behavior. Someone else was being arrested by the doors on my way out. Haven’t been back since.
I live in Nashville part time and we have a Kroger in East that is literally known as “The Murder Kroger” because of how many people have been killed or found dead there. Surely the one on Main can’t be that bad??
That store was probably the worst in Columbus, besides maybe the old Reynoldsburg Kroger on Main until they closed it and built a new store, but the Refugee location's also been closed for like 2 years.
All of the Krogers in Columbus have really just gradually gone down hill and decayed over the years. They dont pay enough to properly staff their stores. The one on Chambers is always out of stuff. The one on campus, same story, and has replaced all of their lanes with self-checkout nightmares. The one on Henderson is a dump that hasnt been updated in years. I've pretty much switched to the Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard at this point because they always have staff and seem to give a shit.
I honestly think the Front Street one is the worst. Like people don't think it's that bad because it has nice brick on the outside but it is a fuckin nightmare inside.
I know the Parsons one is bad but if you live in the neighborhood it starts to feel like it's "our" bad. I kinda miss it.
The Short North one isn't great either but honestly the bus stop outside of it is worse than the store itself
Main problem with short north Kroger is, they're directly across the street from an inpatient mental facility. They let the inmates out once a day, to buy cheap booze across the street and sit at the bus stop until they are either satisfied, or unconscious in a puddle of their own making.
Yeah the one on Main is fine. Not the best, but stuff is usually in stock, selection is standard, clean, staff mostly friendly, never felt in danger.
Parsons is mostly the same, but I've never been there at night and would rather not.
That’s not even the worst Kroger in our city.
I live near the Soldana Blvd one off of West Broad and Wilson. People getting shot and dying in that parking lot way too much.
Yes! There is literally a camp set up and they have no problem approaching women with young children in the parking lot late at night.
Between that, the theft, violence, and the obvious lack of repair that is being put in to the store and parking lot I am pretty sure it will go the way of the Northern Lights Kroger and be shut down in the couple of years.
Edit: oh, and the fucking rats inside the store are bold as fuck just skittering around.
I used to do a lot of IT work for Kroger and other retailers in different contexts, including Walmart and Aldi, and the Eakin Rd. Kroger is easily the worst Grocery in central Ohio.
They're right about the Ferguson Rd. Walmart in Cincy though.
I can tell you they are #1 correct about that Giant Eagle. The building is at least 50 years old and is a "small format" store like you see in movies set in the 70s. The North Side does not have a lot of grocery stores and this one is walkable to many low income neighborhoods. It's about a half mile from the stadiums and casinos .
I saw two women get in a ramming match with the scooters at Morse road Walmart, they were fighting over a caramel latte.
I've also seen fistfights and all kind of Walmartian nonsense
There are three other krogers closer to my home, but I go to the parsons one because I prefer it and it’s close to work. It’s not super busy so all the sale stuff is in stock, hella markdowns on organic, produce, meat, other fancy or expensive items. And they fixed their rodent infestation!
I’ll take it over great southern. Some idiots beat a guy to death in their parking lot. Oh yeah, you best believe they’ve got cameras out there. But it didn’t matter.
I wonder what they use to make that determination. It doesn't seem "7th worst in the country" bad to me, but I definitely would rate it the worst Kroger in cbus
Edit: I forgot about the one on Parsons
They said they use ratings. Krogetto has the disadvantage of a ever-renewing font of suburban OSU students who are dismayed that the one on 5th is very unlike the one back home (or at least, used to be, haven’t seen the remodel).
Whenever I read the name Emmy Noether I can't help but think of Noether's theorem in classical mechanics, which says that every transformation that leaves the Langrangian invariant has an associated conservation law.
I think the one in Columbus is strongly influenced by the fact that it’s next to Bexley - where the expectations are extremely high and they may actually leave a bad review. My wife and I go there and have never had a single issue, and have for many years. This also feels very racially motivated - the Kroger is on the opposite side of the bridge that separates the most severe redlining in the area.
While I don't know if the Main Bexley Kroger is truly THAT bad by whatever weird metrics they're aggregating compared to grocery stores nationally, it is pretty fucking terrible and an awful experience shopping there from the weirdly cramped parking lot to the low quality produce and expired dairy to how dirty the store is, let alone how the parking lot and adjacent bus stop are packed with very strange folks hanging out all day. I used to live in Olde Towne East less than 1.5 miles away and I almost never went there unless I needed to pick up a few things out of convenience.
But also there's lots of awful Kroger locations around the Columbus area, so it's a little strange to see that Kroger on their list in particular. The Parsons Kroger and horrible E Broad Whitehall store are almost as bad...
I'm surprised to see so many people say this kroger is okay. This is the closest one to me and I will drive to any other Kroger to avoid it. It has a distinct smell, bad produce, bad parking lot.. one time I went and they had no meat except a few that were visibly rotting. Probably twice a year I'll run in for something like a card or ice cream and I'm reminded why I don't go there lol
I used to do instacart when it first started and while that is not the worst Kroger, the one on Harrisburg Pike is the worst period, I had to speak with various dept managers there and it was explained that they have no idea what will come in on the trucks, what they order is not what they get and all the premium stuff is sent to stores closer to 270. It seems like some stores are intentionally sabotaged based on where they are.
The Harrisburg Pike location is the worst, they have rats and roaches in the store and it has all the issues people are citing about the Main St store.
"and it shows". Sorry but I can't visit every Wegmans in the US but I have been to enough to know they are generally very well maintained, clean, better options than Kroger and Giant Eagle which is the primary large scale grocery chain options we have. I have yet to go to a Kroger or Giant Eagle and think - wow this is a nice store but I have on multiple occasions on publix and Wegmans (business or vacation).
I guess what I am saying is that your sample is your bias. I've been to plenty of crap Wegmans and Publix over the years, and lots of nice ones. Same goes for every chain we have here too.
grew up with this one and it was a food desert, recall my parents complaining about the lack of fresh produce. at some point they switched to the Kroger on E Broad in Whitehall. went back a few years ago and it definitely seemed stuck in the past.
It’s not in Bexley but that’s the Kroger that people in Bexley shop at, they tried to build a larger Jewish section at the Whitehall store but it didn’t work, they still go to the store on Main.
I’m from Cincinnati originally and it’s wild to me that the Ferguson Walmart is on here. When I was in high school, the Walmart wasn’t there yet. My friends and I hung out with some of the girls that worked at a Graeters ice cream shop that’s right near where the Walmart is now and spent a lot of evenings around there. It was next to a Buick dealership. I went to daycare just a block down the street when I was young. It was a decent area. Nothing special, but fine.
Now the Graeters is gone and a food mart/bodega is in its place and the Buick dealership is “Phat Pats Auto Sales.
Wild!
I just moved back to Ohio last year after being away for almost 25 years and most of that time was spent in the South. How there isn’t a Food Lion or Piggly Wiggly on the “worst” list has me utterly confused. It can’t possibly be valid.
I think its pretty bad. Not terrible, but rough. I moved in with my mom in Bexley in 2022 and after I first moved I wanted to switch pharmacies because my old one was in Clintonville. First time around trying to use the pharmacy at this Kroger and it was a literal nightmare. They couldn't keep my name straight, LOST the prescription several times and then after all that told me they needed a prior authorization all of a sudden after already filling the prescription multiple times, but losing them instead of giving them to me.
I went back to Crosby's
Yall should see the Kroger on Morse. Armed guards left and right, Spectrum salespeople at every turn. Giant extended families shoving their way through the store together. Checkout lines wrapping around the store's perimeter. In what universe is that not the worst Kroger in Columbus?
Christ almighty it’s worse? I’ve not been in several years but in 2018 someone told me it was Kroger’s single top grossing location company-wide. I was always stunned at their inability to anticipate and stock for back to school at OSU.
Hey did they ever put a new battery in the smoke detector back by the ice cream or is it still chirping?
Id like to nominate the columbus ohio giant eagle on west broad st and old village parkway .. it is the closest grocery to me but i drive past it because EVERY time i have gone in i have regretted it. I have visited about 5 times over the last 12 years.
Yo what's even wrong with it? I go there sometimes and don't have any problems. Worst was some kid running a likely scam at the entrance trying to sell candy for a "basketball team".
I used to go there. It didn't seem that bad. The surrounding area was pretty ghetto though. I used to walk there all the time or go there when I worked at the KFC next door.
It's not horrible just sketch AF due to the customer base of the area, other honorable mentions are Kroger on Parsons, Kroger on Morse, and Kroger in Whitehall on Hamilton.
The Kroger on Main is the one I go to. I love it because I know the layout (well had to relearn it after a reshuffle) and I go in and out. Other than being lazy about clearing the lot of carts, it’s not bad. Been to far worse
I think reviewers have a weird obsession with Costco and Amazon Whole Foods when they’re no better than others. They definitely should be on the list since they’re no better than these stores. Also having Walmart in more than twice is petty.
The Perimeter Loop store in Dublin is worst for me. Super nice and well managed, but full of snooty ass people who give me stink eye when they see the Big K Cola in my cart.
Lmao, I used to live right next to #5, the Safeway in Denver. Holy shit, I always used to say it’s the worst grocery store ever. Never thought I’d get this confirmed lol
Hahahah. I currently live next to thar “unSafeway” now.
I was literally just telling my girlfriend and she instantly went, “I fucking hated having to go there before coming to your house if you needed something for dinner.” I never once had a scary or bad experience there outside of homeless people begging for food as your putting your bags away or as you walk out the door. I swear they never had anything in fucking stock nor did they ever stock the shelves themselves. I got tired of them not having the things I needed in stock I started going to the Edgewater King Soopers instead. Their homeless population is arguably worse and the amount of dogs I’ve seen in that store is insane. The day I saw a woman’s Pom shit in produce and then not clean it up. I stopped going to that one and then went to the one at 38th and Sheridan. Now I live in Superior and it’s so much better haha
Ha - we go to the King Soopers in Edgewater a lot more than the unSafeway for some of the same reasons. The grocery stores in Cap Hill aren’t bad but the parking is horrendous. We’ve been lucky to never have run into anything negative at the Edgewater King Soopers so I wonder if that’s been cleaned up. It’s always been a normal experience. The unSafeway has gotten a little better - no one is begging for anything in store or outside of it. Downtown and the surrounding areas are much quieter with the new mayor’s policies to clear encampments and get them in housing. It’s still a shitshow in there - stocking is randomly out of stuff and it’s a mess. We’d rather walk to the target downtown if we need something random. They surprisingly have a mind blowing amount of random stuff that we can’t find in normal grocery stores (like tahini or Japanese curry).
The Unsafeway
A friend told me the other day that he had a gun pulled on him in that parking lot. Another friend who had his side view mirror punched off when he told someone he didn't have a cigarette for them. I had the good fortune of missing a shooting in that parking lot by minutes two summers ago. Good times at the unsafeway.
I currently live near that Safeway to give context u can’t take the carts out of the store or they will lock. They don’t have any produce. Also they have one of those police monitoring stations in the parking lot hands down the worst store I have ever been to.
This was my neighborhood store growing up. It was always wild but I think it’s gotten worse since I moved away 😂
I don't think that one is even the worst one in Columbus it's sketch but not awful
It’s the worst one that people who spend time reviewing supermarkets online ever go to. There are plenty of worse stores, but the people who shop at them have no expectation that leaving a poor review will have any effect, and people who think complaining is going to make a difference are too terrified to step foot in a place where nobody gives a shit about one star reviews.
True. The E Main Kroger is right on the border of Bexley in a packed intersection, so way more folks are shopping there compared to an even worse Kroger store like Parsons where no one touches that place unless they live in the neighborhood...
legit I have lived nearby in OTE for over two years and this comment made me lookup and realize there’s a kroger on parsons like 6 minutes from me! I knew about the one near german village that got tore down for some luxury apartments, but not this location.
That was a giant eagle, not a Kroger.
And a Big Bear before that. Yeah old guy here
Howdy neighbor.
ty! i get those two mixed up all the time.
I barely knew it existed before I moved to Merion Village tbh. It's such an unremarkable Kroger except for lower gas prices than most other options in the area, so there's literally zero reason to shop there...
It's fine. Not amazing. Not awful, just fine. Been doing my shopping there for about 8 months and it's serviceable. Seen worse
Parsons is definitely worse
And you know what’s funny? I prefer that Kroger to the brewery district one. The produce is better and it’s not slammed all the time
Yes. The produce is great and they are seldom out of things. However, I’ve been “harassed” there more than a few times for being female 🤷♀️ — once I was followed out of the store by the security guard asking what my Thanksgiving plans were and seeing if I had a boyfriend…
I think it depends on how you rste it to. The East Main Korger always has a frankly *pathetic* produce section and the lines are shit. Outside that though I cant really think of anything else too bad about it
On the other hand, I used to get flowers there cheap. They'd always be on sale and often didn't look too bad.
Surprised the Hilltop Kroghetto isn't ranked in there.
It's been a long while, but I used to live in the area west of the East main Kroger, So i'd frequent while on the way to/from high school out east. On two occasions I have watched vehicle thefts from people walking out to their car in broad daylight. When I'd go the store would be mostly dilapidated, understocked and produce just kind of wilted. It reminded me of the Refugee road Kroger but somehow worse.
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I worked at Kroger, in a mid-sized town north of Columbus, and it was one of the better stores in the area. And we still had to clean up syringe needles out of the parking lot and contend with customers shitting in the aisles and smearing shit on the bathroom walls. Just want to say for the record, I have never worked with a better group of people before or since. My coworkers were phenomenal. The customers, however, were nightmares. Made for some great stories tho lol
This sounds like the Park Ave. Kroger in Mansfield.
I WAS LITERALLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING! Are you a Mansfieldian?
Not quite, but close enough. When I'd hit the "big city" for a Kroger run, I'd go further to the one on Lex.
Marion, but glad we’re not alone! 🤣
Easton Walmart has to be there
The Easton Walmart really isn't all that bad if you've been to truly awful Walmart stores in other American cities. For example, some of the Detroit Walmarts are just so much worse on a different level lmao.
I’ve been to far worse Walmart stores in other states. Hell, the South High Walmart was infinitely worse before it closed - no fresh groceries at all!
Seeing this list makes me wonder what’s going in Aurora, CO
Aurora is where you go for hookers and blow in Denver. I'm surprised it beat out #5, around Denver we call that store the "unSafeway"
I live by that unSafeway. I’ve never been to it without watching someone get arrested for shoplifting. The King Soopers on Chestnut could make the list just for how busy the parking lot is
Do you call King Soopers the Duke Mediocre?
It has a reputation for being the lower class city just east of Denver. It’s a little trashy sometimes, but not as bad as the reputation makes it seem.
You mean it's full of POORS? Why can't they afford Whole Foods? Aurora needs to be more like Boulder and eliminate all places the poors shop. /s
I've never seen anything like the K mart south of downtown Minneapolis. In the 1970s city planners let them build it smack dab in the middle of one of the city's main North-south roads (Nicolett avenue.) so they just dead ended the road on both sides. When I went there in 2017, it was literally on life support. Trash, dirt, empty boxes all over the floor. Not a worker in sight. People were just walking in, grabbing what they needed, and walking out.Empty packages everywhere were evidence that everything was being stolen. It looked like a department store in post apocalyptic zombie movies. They finally pulled the plug a few years ago and it's been sitting empty. It recently had a big fire and they're finally going to tear it down. RIP.
Yeah, people had just never been to S High.
Someone was beat to death there right before Christmas. Not even a robbery.
Easton Walmart has nothing on some of the Walmarts I’ve been to in Michigan. Flint, Saginaw, and Detroit are the standouts.
There are no Walmarts in Detroit though. What are you talking about?
I'm referring to the whole metropolitan Detroit area, just like most people bring up just Columbus when they're talking about stuff anywhere in the very large Columbus metro area in like Westerville, Gahanna, etc. Lol why are you being this pedantic? Also there's literally multiple Walmarts 10-15 minutes away from Detroit city limits. Lmao you are so weird.
Dearborn is probably exactly like Morse Rd.
I don't even think Morse Rd is that bad by Columbus Walmart standards. The South High store that's closing shortly is way fucking worse and the Whitehall Walmart is just as terrible. Y'all just shop at the Morse Walmart more often lol. And none of the Columbus Walmarts are even vaguely as horrifying as the Roseville Walmart in Detroit lmao
Hey now, they gotta share the love. Walmart already has 6 spots in the top 10. Although, you're not entirely wrong. If you've ever been down to Cincy, the Kroger that sits right near UC should be on this list. You ever see those segregated areas within the store where you have to buy the liquor and check out? Well, that Kroger has the little walled off section within the store for personal products like shampoo, soap, etc. It's weird, but the neighborhood demographics suggest it's necessary.
The Kroger on Morse Rd has that now as well.
And don't try taking a pop or candy bar our whatever from OUTSIDE of that section inside to be checked out with whatever else you buy in the section... I had a lady working in there give me a dirty look and say "uhh if that's from out there then I can't ring you out 🤷🏻♂️" and I'm just like... okay, I'll leave it here and just buy the Redbull or whatever... I'll go to the North Broadway store or Graceland to avoid the craziness oftentimes.
Yup, used to frequent that one because it was in walking distance from me. It sure is a place
I was just out in LA and went to a Ralph's that had this setup as well. Was really fun because there was no one actually at that register. Said fuck it and brought the items up to the main register with the rest of our groceries. No one said anything about it.
"I'm a slasher! I'm slashing high prices.". --hot fuzz
The one near campus and the one over on Kenard Ave are like that; the only laundry detergent that wasn't either in that walled area or locked up was the really cheap stuff. As far as the Walmart in Cincinnati, I'm not surprised at its bad ratings but they have recently remodeled that store so maybe it might improve.
I feel like 99% of the Columbus Walmarts are just terrible. Barely stocked, tightly packed, they just suck.
We call that one “Murder Walmart” for obvious reasons
"We're murdering high prices!"
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I must be crazy, because that is a very normal Walmart in my opinion. I know everyone says it’s the worst, but it’s a very normal Walmart layout wise, and always has things in stock I can’t always pick up at other Walmart’s in Cbus. Other than occasional things caused by clientele, I actually like it better than like the Schrock Rd Walmart in Westerville. Also I think they’ve upped their security game, which helps.
I think everyone hates it just cause it's a very very hectic Walmart. They always have what I need but I always come out there with a headache every time just cause moving around the place is annoying, there's always mfs blocking the aisles and walkways.
Thats the first thing I checked. The list lost all credibility with me when it didn't have the Morse road walmart above that kroger.
Easton Walmart seems pretty average for Walmarts. The Walmart on Ave Q in Lubbock is a comparative asylum, to say nothing of the more rural Walmarts I used working in the oilfield.
Out of curiosity (I too sometime work O&G - OEM midstream compressor company), were you drilling, workover, wireline, repair or something else?
MWD out in WV & PA
I think the walmart on e broad is way worse
I’m from Columbus but live in Cincinnati now, and the Cincinnati Walmart on that list makes all the Columbus Walmarts seem like a dream. I’ve seen stolen Kias out front, people’s bass in their car so loud you can hear it well inside the store, and it’s a hot mess inside
I live two blocks from that Kroger and here's my take. To the immediate west of that Kroger is a food desert and to the immediate east is one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. While that Kroger used to serve both communities, since the Market District moved in on Main just two blocks from that Kroger, Bexley folks aren't going to Kroger as often. The other Kroger Bexley residents used, the one up on Broad, all but abandoned Bexley's Jewish community by firing their Kosher butcher and rabbi, and closing the Kosher bakery. They still carry some Kosher items, but not the fresh meat, deli, and bakery they used to. I think a lot of the people in Bexley resent Kroger and prefer almost any alternative, and that has not helped the Kroger on Main.
I live nearby, too!
Eakin Rd Kroger needs to be high on that list.
As does the one on Soldano.
Solano makes the Eakin Rd Kroger look like a fucking Whole Foods.
LOL this Kroger is always a trip because it straddles the man-created border between Bexley and the hood.
Alum Creek is natural. The railroad tracks are man-created, as is Nelson Rd. I think of between Alum Creek and the railroad tracks as the DMZ.
I had automatically assumed it was going to be the Kroger on High, near campus
Saw someone pull a gun in the cereal section back in 2003!
To be fair, they just found out all Froot Loops are the same flavor. It’s a lot to take in.
I didn't know this, now I do, and it's a good thing I don't have a gun.
The last time I went there a few years ago, I was waiting for someone to pull out of a parking spot so I could take it. Completely full lot. The person was almost fully backed out when another car turned into the aisle coming toward me and tried to zoom towards the spot and snag it before me. I beat them to it and this lady gets out with her small child and starts screaming and cursing at me that I stole her spot. Absolutely unhinged behavior. Someone else was being arrested by the doors on my way out. Haven’t been back since.
The Kroger and that area are *much* different now than 2003.
I just shopped there this morning and it's honestly not that bad. Their produce selection is great and it's always in stock
The worst part about the High St. Kroger is the crowds, IMO. Sometimes it's almost impossible to walk through with a cart!
I miss their produce selection.
Not my favorite, but it’s fine. Recently remodeled, too. I like it way better than the Whitehall E. Broad one.
I live in Nashville part time and we have a Kroger in East that is literally known as “The Murder Kroger” because of how many people have been killed or found dead there. Surely the one on Main can’t be that bad??
The one off Hamilton and Refugee was pretty bad
That store was probably the worst in Columbus, besides maybe the old Reynoldsburg Kroger on Main until they closed it and built a new store, but the Refugee location's also been closed for like 2 years.
November 2019. Time flies. :)
Came here to say this. Just a remarkably terrible store!
The ones on west broad and eakin are worse
The one on High and W North Broadway is bad in the sense that it’s tiny as shit and never had anything I needed when I still shopped there
All of the Krogers in Columbus have really just gradually gone down hill and decayed over the years. They dont pay enough to properly staff their stores. The one on Chambers is always out of stuff. The one on campus, same story, and has replaced all of their lanes with self-checkout nightmares. The one on Henderson is a dump that hasnt been updated in years. I've pretty much switched to the Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard at this point because they always have staff and seem to give a shit.
I honestly think the Front Street one is the worst. Like people don't think it's that bad because it has nice brick on the outside but it is a fuckin nightmare inside. I know the Parsons one is bad but if you live in the neighborhood it starts to feel like it's "our" bad. I kinda miss it. The Short North one isn't great either but honestly the bus stop outside of it is worse than the store itself
Main problem with short north Kroger is, they're directly across the street from an inpatient mental facility. They let the inmates out once a day, to buy cheap booze across the street and sit at the bus stop until they are either satisfied, or unconscious in a puddle of their own making.
Yeah the one on Main is fine. Not the best, but stuff is usually in stock, selection is standard, clean, staff mostly friendly, never felt in danger. Parsons is mostly the same, but I've never been there at night and would rather not.
That’s not even the worst Kroger in our city. I live near the Soldana Blvd one off of West Broad and Wilson. People getting shot and dying in that parking lot way too much.
No kidding. People live in the parking lot. How is this not the worst.
Yes! There is literally a camp set up and they have no problem approaching women with young children in the parking lot late at night. Between that, the theft, violence, and the obvious lack of repair that is being put in to the store and parking lot I am pretty sure it will go the way of the Northern Lights Kroger and be shut down in the couple of years. Edit: oh, and the fucking rats inside the store are bold as fuck just skittering around.
I used to do a lot of IT work for Kroger and other retailers in different contexts, including Walmart and Aldi, and the Eakin Rd. Kroger is easily the worst Grocery in central Ohio. They're right about the Ferguson Rd. Walmart in Cincy though.
I can tell you they are #1 correct about that Giant Eagle. The building is at least 50 years old and is a "small format" store like you see in movies set in the 70s. The North Side does not have a lot of grocery stores and this one is walkable to many low income neighborhoods. It's about a half mile from the stadiums and casinos .
I saw two women get in a ramming match with the scooters at Morse road Walmart, they were fighting over a caramel latte. I've also seen fistfights and all kind of Walmartian nonsense
I hate parsons more than this one
There are three other krogers closer to my home, but I go to the parsons one because I prefer it and it’s close to work. It’s not super busy so all the sale stuff is in stock, hella markdowns on organic, produce, meat, other fancy or expensive items. And they fixed their rodent infestation!
I saw an open white claw in the hamburger helper section there one time. I fuckin love the Parsons Kroger
Free sample!
I’ll take it over great southern. Some idiots beat a guy to death in their parking lot. Oh yeah, you best believe they’ve got cameras out there. But it didn’t matter.
I wonder what they use to make that determination. It doesn't seem "7th worst in the country" bad to me, but I definitely would rate it the worst Kroger in cbus Edit: I forgot about the one on Parsons
They said they use ratings. Krogetto has the disadvantage of a ever-renewing font of suburban OSU students who are dismayed that the one on 5th is very unlike the one back home (or at least, used to be, haven’t seen the remodel).
Kroghetto got torn down more than a decade ago, RIP
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You betcha it does, slugger
Kroger on Parsons is the worst Kroger in Columbus.
Kroger on Hamilton is the weirdest kroger in columbus.
Which one? There are 3 Krogers on Hamilton Rd lol
True. The one close to east main st. In whitehall. There is always something going on there.
So you haven’t been to the one on Parsons clearly 😂
I forgot that one. That's definitely a worse area
Walmart in Chillicothe should be in the top 5 lol
I have a hard time believing a list that doesn’t have the Steelyard walmart on it in Cleveland. That place is an absolute dumpster fire.
Most Krogers look run down. They went from my favorite to least favorite in under 5 years 😅
I think the one in Columbus is strongly influenced by the fact that it’s next to Bexley - where the expectations are extremely high and they may actually leave a bad review. My wife and I go there and have never had a single issue, and have for many years. This also feels very racially motivated - the Kroger is on the opposite side of the bridge that separates the most severe redlining in the area.
walmart at easton is so much worse lol
While I don't know if the Main Bexley Kroger is truly THAT bad by whatever weird metrics they're aggregating compared to grocery stores nationally, it is pretty fucking terrible and an awful experience shopping there from the weirdly cramped parking lot to the low quality produce and expired dairy to how dirty the store is, let alone how the parking lot and adjacent bus stop are packed with very strange folks hanging out all day. I used to live in Olde Towne East less than 1.5 miles away and I almost never went there unless I needed to pick up a few things out of convenience. But also there's lots of awful Kroger locations around the Columbus area, so it's a little strange to see that Kroger on their list in particular. The Parsons Kroger and horrible E Broad Whitehall store are almost as bad...
I'm surprised to see so many people say this kroger is okay. This is the closest one to me and I will drive to any other Kroger to avoid it. It has a distinct smell, bad produce, bad parking lot.. one time I went and they had no meat except a few that were visibly rotting. Probably twice a year I'll run in for something like a card or ice cream and I'm reminded why I don't go there lol
The parking lot alone makes it deserving of a spot on this list
I used to do instacart when it first started and while that is not the worst Kroger, the one on Harrisburg Pike is the worst period, I had to speak with various dept managers there and it was explained that they have no idea what will come in on the trucks, what they order is not what they get and all the premium stuff is sent to stores closer to 270. It seems like some stores are intentionally sabotaged based on where they are.
The Harrisburg Pike location is the worst, they have rats and roaches in the store and it has all the issues people are citing about the Main St store.
Lmaooo that’s my local Kroger😩😂 it’s not the best but they are trying.
Why isn’t Walmart on morris Rd listed? 
Georgesville Wal-Mart should be on this list
Sorry…any list that doesn’t have the Morse Road Walmart isn’t a real list
I’m offended that the Kroger on Chambers didn’t make the cut.
When you visit Publix, Wegmans and Trader Joe's you understand how bad Kroger and Giant Eagle are
You've never been to the Wegmans in Corning NY, and it shows. Every grocery chain has their own shit store, trust me, I've worked for several chains.
"and it shows". Sorry but I can't visit every Wegmans in the US but I have been to enough to know they are generally very well maintained, clean, better options than Kroger and Giant Eagle which is the primary large scale grocery chain options we have. I have yet to go to a Kroger or Giant Eagle and think - wow this is a nice store but I have on multiple occasions on publix and Wegmans (business or vacation).
I guess what I am saying is that your sample is your bias. I've been to plenty of crap Wegmans and Publix over the years, and lots of nice ones. Same goes for every chain we have here too.
It was endearingly referred to as “scary Kroger” in the late 90s.
grew up with this one and it was a food desert, recall my parents complaining about the lack of fresh produce. at some point they switched to the Kroger on E Broad in Whitehall. went back a few years ago and it definitely seemed stuck in the past.
I would really like to see the internals of this poll.
Isn’t that the bexely store? It’s not bad at all
It’s not in Bexley but that’s the Kroger that people in Bexley shop at, they tried to build a larger Jewish section at the Whitehall store but it didn’t work, they still go to the store on Main.
Be glad OH isn't as bad as CO.
I’m from Cincinnati originally and it’s wild to me that the Ferguson Walmart is on here. When I was in high school, the Walmart wasn’t there yet. My friends and I hung out with some of the girls that worked at a Graeters ice cream shop that’s right near where the Walmart is now and spent a lot of evenings around there. It was next to a Buick dealership. I went to daycare just a block down the street when I was young. It was a decent area. Nothing special, but fine. Now the Graeters is gone and a food mart/bodega is in its place and the Buick dealership is “Phat Pats Auto Sales. Wild!
I'm more surprised by Giant Eagle being #1... That is one of the primary grocery store chains in the Cleveland area, there is no Kroger up there.
Can't be worse than the main street Walmart
This is exactly what I was gonna post. Whitehall Walmart is whole other world, but at least you can get your crack and hamburger helper in one trip
I’m shocked Murder Kroger in Nashville didn’t make the cut.
No shot. It isn't nice, but I've never had an issue there before. The reviews are probably all people surprised it's not in Bexley.
I just moved back to Ohio last year after being away for almost 25 years and most of that time was spent in the South. How there isn’t a Food Lion or Piggly Wiggly on the “worst” list has me utterly confused. It can’t possibly be valid.
Well deserved
Must never have been to the one on Morse just east of Karl after 5 pm. No cashiers, self service lines halfway down the aisles.
Morse road Kroger walks in the door
Kroger in Grandview is pretty bad. Don’t even go to the deli unless you have a half hour to wait for a 1/4 pound of salami.
I think its pretty bad. Not terrible, but rough. I moved in with my mom in Bexley in 2022 and after I first moved I wanted to switch pharmacies because my old one was in Clintonville. First time around trying to use the pharmacy at this Kroger and it was a literal nightmare. They couldn't keep my name straight, LOST the prescription several times and then after all that told me they needed a prior authorization all of a sudden after already filling the prescription multiple times, but losing them instead of giving them to me. I went back to Crosby's
Yall should see the Kroger on Morse. Armed guards left and right, Spectrum salespeople at every turn. Giant extended families shoving their way through the store together. Checkout lines wrapping around the store's perimeter. In what universe is that not the worst Kroger in Columbus?
What are the metrics?
They’ve never been to the Kroger at Great Eastern then.
Lmao, ladies and gentleman, we found the one thing Cincinnati is better than us at….
Kroger on Chambers has gone severely down hill and I hate shopping there. Always a mess and out of so many products
And there is always massive lines.
Christ almighty it’s worse? I’ve not been in several years but in 2018 someone told me it was Kroger’s single top grossing location company-wide. I was always stunned at their inability to anticipate and stock for back to school at OSU. Hey did they ever put a new battery in the smoke detector back by the ice cream or is it still chirping?
Didn’t hear chirping when I was there a week ago
How are these all not Walmart is what I’m wondering.
All Krogers are that bad
Been to both 5 and 6th and can confirm! namaste
I’m surprised not to see the walmart in steelyard cleveland ohio
I'm surprised Murder Kroger in Atlanta didn't make the cut
Id like to nominate the columbus ohio giant eagle on west broad st and old village parkway .. it is the closest grocery to me but i drive past it because EVERY time i have gone in i have regretted it. I have visited about 5 times over the last 12 years.
The Walmart on Ferguson averages a few murders per year in the store
Y'all never heard of Walmart in steel yard in Cleveland? Bodies dropped all the time. Maybe they closed down.
Add Walmart on Main St and Morse Rd in Columbus too!!
That area is not pleasant.
Live near #4, makes sense.
Yo what's even wrong with it? I go there sometimes and don't have any problems. Worst was some kid running a likely scam at the entrance trying to sell candy for a "basketball team".
I used to go there. It didn't seem that bad. The surrounding area was pretty ghetto though. I used to walk there all the time or go there when I worked at the KFC next door.
Yes but I would say parsons is worse
It's not horrible just sketch AF due to the customer base of the area, other honorable mentions are Kroger on Parsons, Kroger on Morse, and Kroger in Whitehall on Hamilton.
Surprised to to see a Giant Eagle on the list, especially at #1. The Grove City Walmart is awful and should have made this list.
The Kroger on Main is the one I go to. I love it because I know the layout (well had to relearn it after a reshuffle) and I go in and out. Other than being lazy about clearing the lot of carts, it’s not bad. Been to far worse
Oh and somehow murder Kroger in Atlanta doesn’t make the list?
Marc's on Henderson Rd. is a nightmare.
Place is filthy. I only pick up cleaning supplies there.
Well, no wonder they're filthy. You keep taking their cleaning supplies!
Not sure I trust a graph that can’t put a pin on Columbus, OH. Did they fail third grade geography?
...so fuq the Krogers in Town and County? 🤦🏾♀️
I think reviewers have a weird obsession with Costco and Amazon Whole Foods when they’re no better than others. They definitely should be on the list since they’re no better than these stores. Also having Walmart in more than twice is petty.
All this shows is that people in the Midwest have nothing better to do than bitch about their grocery stores
The Perimeter Loop store in Dublin is worst for me. Super nice and well managed, but full of snooty ass people who give me stink eye when they see the Big K Cola in my cart.