Kroger Food Stores

This is a much better store than the one on dexter. Don’t go to the one on dexter. Go to this one.

With all of the major renovations Kroger is doing — they do not care enough to consider our children. Buy a changing station! Have it safely assembled and installed. Keep in clean, for the love!!!
I spend hundreds of dollars a month at your store MOST ON PRODUCTS FOR MY CHILD!
Changing my son on the dirty bathroom counter was not what I had in mind for the #1 grocery store in this area.

I truly feel that the management at his Kroger could not care any less about the customers. I have on several occasions spoken directly to various managers and they have done absolutely nothing to improve and have not taken my criticism seriously. A few weeks ago I spoke with a very young man who was one of the Assistant Managers of the store and I spoke with him in reference the cleanliness and the produce. As we spoke he explained that they have a new store manager and that he is taking bringing up the standards very seriously. The entire store was working feverishly on cleaning and setting up. This was on a Wednesday and I came to find out that the regional manager or someone even higher was someone for a visit and that is why they were cleaning up so much. I have spoken to no less than 4 different managers on several occasions and I kept getting the same response, «We will look into that, thank you.» Yeah, right. They have removed items from their inventory and replaced it with items that are of a far less quality even though I have asked them to keep those items in stock repeatedly, to no avail. I went in a couple days ago as I had decided I was going to make Mexican food for dinner and needed some items quickly. As Kroger is the only Grocery store in the area, I went there. As I looked through the cilantro there was not a single bunch that did not have a lot of black rotted goo all over it. Yes, I checked the ENTIRE pile. I also checked the peppers and there were none that were not wrinkly and old. Furthermore, as I was leaving the produce department I noticed that the stock cart was on the far isle and decided to look at it. I noticed there was a stack of cilantro there, all of it in the same condition as the stuff on display.
This store is perpetually filthy, all the trash is constantly over flowing, and the floors are disgusting. I used to praise the employees because of how polite and nice they all were, but even that seems to have changed and in most cases you are lucky if you can get a returned «Good Morning.» There is only one reason I will come back to this store and that is to get milk. Other than that, I will be driving to the farmers market, Sprouts, or whatever other location I can find besides a Kroger. Even the full points are not worth coming into this store. I highly doubt anyone from Krogers will even acknowledge there is a problem in their filty store.

This Kroger has become our favorite grocery store — mainly due to the customer service whether it is help at the Customer Service counter to any department in the store.
They have a great variety of international foods and a big, beautiful produce department where everything is fresh and appealing.
In addition, they have a great pharmacy staff who are always ready to help you. They are happy to comparison check on prescription prices which is a great help and they carry many with the lowest prices around. This is especially helpful if you do not have insurance!
All employees on the floor are happy to help you find what you need and they don’t just tell you, they take you to it! Thanks to the Co-​Manager, Josh, he has helped us numerous times and will make sure that the item will be in stock by the next time you shop.

Better than some Krogers but not all. Certainly better than their sister brand in PHX called Frys.
The produce selection requires a close inspection anymore before hitting my cart. Management doesn’t seem to do a great job with training anymore either. Most checkers cannot recognize some of the produce, so I have learned to memorize some of the codes for them. And what ever happened to the art of bagging?
Do not ever, ever put chemicals in with my foodstuffs. No canned goods with my bread. Lay my bread flat in the bag because when you stand it on end and it gets to my house, it looks like it has been wearing a girdle.
Have asked them why they don’t stock a certain brand of a particular item I’m looking for anymore and the manager says we will look into it and sometimes say they will order it. Hasn’t happened in 4.5 years.
But they do have the best 2% milk. Keep those Kroeger cows happy, please.

I live in South Florida and my local grocery store (Publix and also Walmart) had great smoked meats and for about a year now they have switched over to Roger Wood. Last year I bought the smoked turkey wings and made a pot of Collards. I had to throw the whole thing out as it was so salty and it tasted horrible. Today I decided to try it again and bought Roger Wood smoked turkey necks in Walmart. I rinsed them in warm water for a long time and made a pot of white bean soup. It ruined the taste of my soup. It was not only too salty, the turkey had a wild funky off taste to it and I am very disappointed. Not sure where else I can buy smoked meats. I’ll just stick to Oscar Myer bacon and ham for my soups and greens from now on. Roger Wood smoked turkey is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! and I will never buy it ever again.

Phew! If you read my review of Kroger Dexter, you’ll know I’m not a fan of it. This one is way better out of the two in the area. Just trust me.
Let’s see… there are employees freaking everywhere. I come shopping here at random hours and I can always find someone without much difficulty, should I need help finding something. Although since it’s been a long time since the layout was changed, I’m pretty familiar with where everything is. I’m just saying, if you need help, you can find it.
They have a lot of little goodies. I mean yeah they have stuff like an olive bar which Dexter has added too, but they’ve also got stuff like an Icee machine… how wonderfully random. And a cheese station. So much cheese. I never seem to go when someone’s actually there, but I’ve been told you can ask for samples? So that’s something to keep in mind if you’ve lived a life of American and Cheddar and want to see if you like something else. Even if you know what you like, here’s the great thing. The cheese is wrapped in various sizes from teensy tiny to moderately sized. Usually if you’re at the store, you’re stuck with maybe a pound of cheese. Uhh… I just wanted a little bit to snack on. So that’s groovy.
The bakery is very diverse. They even sell individual cupcakes. Everyone does now, but it’s the only Kroger I’ve been to that does. They’ve got little tarts and stuff too. They’ve got a decently sized organic section too, including frozen stuff. It’s all in its own little section, so if you want to shop solely organic you don’t have to go throughout the entire store to get your milk, frozen dinner, etc. Lots of different bottles of water too, which sounds… weird, I know. But usually it’s like Dasani (eww), Aquafina (no), store brand, Fiji, one or two brands I can’t remember, and that’s all. They even have their own brand of artesian water. So it’s like getting Fiji water on the cheap.
All of the other stuff is kind of pointless to mention, like wow they stock Hamburger Helper! Duh. But they have a huge international food section. I can finally get my curry sauces which makes me happy. There’s stuff from… everywhere. England, Mexico (yep, even soda), you name it. They even stock candy so I can get the occasional bag of Maltesers (way better than Whoppers, guys).
Oh, and the aforementioned bakery, olive bar, etc. They sell sushi and stuff like that too. And guess what? There’s even a decent sized area to sit down and chill and eat your food. I mean it doesn’t have the ambiance of a restaurant, you’re clearly in a grocery store, but if you don’t wanna schlep your stuff home, it’s an option.
Some people I know claim the fried chicken at Kroger is legendary. I’ve tried it and it’s not the best in town (ahem, Gus’s), but it’s not terrible. So there’s another option for take-​home food.
Basically, if you live in Cordova, in my opinion, you have two choices for grocery shopping: here, or Target. They’re both great choices, it’s just up to you as to where you go.

You really have to love Kroger if you live in Memphis… there’s hardly any other grocery stores. Compared to whole foods, their organic department is way more affordable. I hate going to Wal-​Mart and they’re really no need because they have everything here… minus clothing and electronics. ha. (They should think about adding that.) The service is always great at this location. I get lunch here on a regular basis. On average, I spend $ 3 – 4 on their salad bar… you just can’t beat that.

Oh gosh — I bought the «Roger Wood» smoked turkey wings from the meat section — price was great. There are other parts as well. The 2-​bone wing part was good, but the drummy was so salty I couldn’t eat it — it had been injected with brine to keep the weight up, I guess. Totally awful — avoid. Bad news!

Dirty however sushi is great

$ 1.09 Busch Ice 24oz. What else can you say?

The service is above average for Memphis area standards. I like their sushi area. The men who make the sushi are really friendly and offer suggestions for you if you look lost. I like the sushi at Krogers WAY better than Target and Trader Joe’s. (Don’t ever buy sushi from Target or Trader Joe’s, who knows how long it’s been sitting on that shelf, it comes prepackaged at a factory and shipped to the store and the rice is drenched in rice vinegar. It’s terrible.) The sushi at Kroger is made fresh every day, through out the day.
I also enjoy their International section as the previous poster said, it has an interesting variety of foods.
Their pastry case is full of beautiful tarts, cheesecakes and other adorable miniature «goodies». I bought a Strawberry cheese cake and a Baklava from the case once. Both were terrible, I’m sorry to say. Too bad they don’t taste as good as they look :/

RS’s review of the sushi here caught my eye. «My» Kroger has sushi, but not a sushi bar — it’s in the deli & pretty yuck — like it’s been there a few days. Today at lunch I decided to go Krogering at this store and pick up some sushi while I was at it.
First of all, I’m totally jealous of this Kroger. Mine is a dump in comparison. It’s well lit and clean. I especially like the international section — There’s a great offering of Thai, Indian, Kosher, Japanese, and even Caribbean items. I had fun just looking at everything.
The sushi is, as RS said, not the best in the world, but it was good. The rice wasn’t all hard and the fish tasted fresh. The 2 guys working behind the counter were friendly enough. — All in all, this is one of the nicer Krogers that I’ve been to… worthy of going out of my way if I’m in need of more selection.