Piggly Wiggly

I needed something sweet for a thank you kind of a thing for a group of people but I didn’t want a boring box of donuts for the morning. I wanted something a little nicer and a little more special as to not be like everyone else so I came to the pig.
I have never been here but I wanted to check out what the bakery section had to see if I could find something even though I had no ideas of what I wanted because I have no sweet tooth. I looked around and when I saw the awesome looking Danish table I knew they would be just what I needed. They looked perfect for the am treat with coffee I thought.
I don’t shop the pig very much but they didn’t let me down today and I left with just what I needed, I’m sure tomorrow when I set them out they will be a hit.
I didn’t shop the whole store like the other reviewers but I did see a half empty shelf on the way to the bakery which was odd. As far a big name food store I noticed right away that there no lines at the register and the store seemed empty. As soon as I walked in something was noticeably off but I was on a mission and I got in and out with a cashier waiting for me, I even thought this might be a great pop in option and get out because the Walmart market was packed like I have never seen down the street but they are closing soon so maybe a super sale is on.
This is on my daily travels so with the Walmart market closing which was my go to place I’m going to need to pop in for odds and ends in the future so I hope it’s not as bad as it sounds like from the other reviews.

You can put lipstick on a pig but unfortunately it is still going to be a pig. One star for the outside appearance. High prices and rotted produce on the inside.

I bought some deli meat at this store. It was spoiled. When I attempted to return it, I was refused a refund because I did not have the cash register receipt. Nor could I get a merchandise credit. This was a deli item, so the store name and price and date were on the label. Too bad, no register receipt no refund or credit. (Period)
What in the world are these people all about? Not only are they totally unconcerned about selling rotten goods, (which can cause illness and death) they refuse any reasonable compensation. They spend thousands of dollars advertising, yet they lose a customer for $ 7.80!
Maybe Piggly Wiggly does not want a customer like me. Maybe they want customers who simply discard rotten food and come back to buy more of the same

This Piggly Wiggly charges high prices, has poor quality produce and meat, and is incredibly poorly organized. On top of that, the customer service is awful. So, let’s get down to business:
1) The prices. You come to Piggly Wiggly, see the half-​empty shelves and «Food Club» brand garbage and assume that it’s going to be a cheap supermarket, on par with Pick and Save, or maybe even cheaper, but nope. It’s more expensive than Target, Walmart, Pick and Save, and actually is roughly on par with Metcalfe’s or Sendik’s prices. But don’t be fooled, because Piggly Wiggly does not have nearly the same quality goods as their more expensive competitors, or even their less expensive ones. Overall, this place is expensive for what you get.
2) The food. Their deli is staffed by folks who smell of cigarette smoke — bad sign number one. Much of their produce is so shiny it looks like it was polished with automobile wax. The rest of their produce, and some of their organic produce (a very limited selection to begin with) is rotting, as are many of their onions and potatoes. The only produce that is consistently good here is asparagus. Somehow, they must have found a good asparagus supplier. If you’re grilling some asparagus, you’ll probably be fine. If you need anything else, like cilantro or basil or parsley, you are better off going to Trader Joe’s (where it will probably cost you the same amount!). The meat — it’s not great. You’ll be fine, but you’d be better off eating the mass-​produced Perdue Chicken with Rib Meat and Crushed Bone Powder Infusion than you would be getting chicken from their meat counter or from their own pre-​packaged lots — the quality is not the best and it just isn’t great meat. When it comes to the standard grocery fare (canned vegetables, pasta, etc.), they have the usual brands (which are more expensive than they are at Target), plus their own store brand («Food Club»), which offers poor quality goods for roughly the same price you pay for brand-​name goods at other stores. Overall, the quality of groceries is pretty bad at Piggly Wiggly.
3) The store. The store is horribly organized and laid out. I have never seen a supermarket with such incredible disorganization. You will get confused and lost constantly while trying to find the simplest and most common items. I was in there once, and half the store lost power (lights went out, everything). Nobody said anything — everyone just kept on shopping, like it was the zombie apocalypse and everyone was on autopilot. The cashiers didn’t even acknowledge that anything was wrong.
4) The customer service. This is by far the worst part of this store. While the produce isn’t great, and the prices are high, and the store is badly organized, the customer service is what is preventing me from ever coming back again (and I used to shop here often). I’ve had enough. For starters, the cashiers are rude and unhelpful. They usually only have 2 lines open, even on the weekends, which leads to huge delays on checkout. They also refuse to accept manufacturer’s coupons if the coupon has the logo of another company (like Target), despite the coupons being manufacturer’s, not store coupons, and being redeemable anywhere (they don’t say «redeemable ONLY at Target» or something). The actual customer service desk is more interested in selling you lottery tickets and cigarettes than helping you find something or resolving a complaint. That said, the employees who work on the floor and restock shelves are generally helpful, although they often don’t know the answer to your inevitable «where can I find X?» questions.
To summarize: don’t shop here. There’s a Target, Walmart, and Pick and Save up the road near 124^th & Capitol, and there’s a Sendik’s in Elm Grove off Watertown Plank. Go to any of those places instead. I am sick of shopping at this Piggly Wiggly and being disappointed — I won’t be back again.