Music Selection: inconclusive (can’t remember if TJ’s plays music in their stores)
Customer Service: 5/5 (we’ve all seen the tiktok!)
Floor Stickiness: 0/5 (never once encountered a sticky floor here!)
Product Selection: 5/5 (this is contigent on if the chili & lime chips are in stock)
Parking: 3/5 (honestly Joe it could be better!)
Overall: 4.75/5 (all in all, a good grocery store!)
kroger
Music Selection: 2/5 (very hit or miss..but mostly miss)
Customer Service: 5/5 (will only be giving this rating out bc regardless of service, grocery store workers are underpaid and overworked — signed, a former stressed out grocery store worker)
Product Selection: 4.5/5 (I can usually find what I need, no complaints)
Parking: 4/5
Overall: 4/5 (I shop here the most, don’t tell Joe!)
publix
Music Selection: 3/5 (sometimes you might catch me humming along to a song or two)
Customer Service: 5/5
Floor Stickiness: 0/5
Product Selection: 3.75/5 (could be better, could be worse)
Parking: 4/5 (was there today and yep, you guessed it, I found a space)
Overall: 3.75/5 (yes, it’s lower than Kroger — I may regret this later on)
Whole Foods
Music Selection: inconclusive (cannot recall what type of music was played, it’s been a year since I’ve last been in a WF — thanks to COVID and distance!)
Customer Service: 5/5
Floor Stickiness: 0/5 (would go against their brand to have a sticky floor, so I get it)
Product Selection: 4/5 (would kill to get something from their hot bar right about now)
Parking: 5/5
Overall: 4.5/5 (petition to bring WF to Athens! give the people what they want and so rightfully deserve!)
Ingles
Music Selection: 0/5 (worked here so I heard the same playlist over and over and over again — very unpleasant!)
Customer Service: 5/5
Floor Stickiness: 4/5 (I cleaned bathrooms often so the floor was always sticky in my opinion)
Product Selection: 3/5
Parking: 2/5 (yes there is always somewhere to park BUT the parking lot is so ominous and scary — as is the rest of the store — at night)
Overall: 2.75/5
The Fresh Market
Music Selection: inconclusive
Customer Service: 5/5
Floor Stickiness: 0/5 (would also be very off-brand to have sticky floors here)
Product Selection: 3/5 (yes they sell some very high brow foods befitting those with refined palates but it's all too much!)
