Shop & Save Market

Fresh baked bread and descent deli items and sales but the customer service on both sides suck! They act like they are being inconvenienced to WORK!
A pack of Eastern Europeans who hate Americans but like our free public aid and taking our money.
There is also a creepy tall blonde/​reddish haired manager who seems to always follow me around or is in my face every time I shop there. What is his problem? Doesn’t he think I notice him? He’s either stalking me or looking to see if I am shoplifting.
As soon as Mariano’s or caputos open I’ll be visiting them.
Also, they don’t post times on their rotisserie chicken or cooked ribs. Why? Every other store in the area does.
Bad customer service and management.
Close these people down! Shop somewhere else.

This location reeks an odd smell. The staff need to be trained how to stop customers from grabbing bread/​donuts with their bare hands. We noticed employees don’t care what the clients do. The produce here is okay. Rotation training is needed. We found ice cream and other frozen products that expired at least a month old.
The employees need to be trained where products are in the store. It seems half the employees don’t know where the products are when asked for help.

I do not use this store for weekly shopping, but it is good for Eastern European specialty items. They sure have a large selection of sausages and herring. I have not had trouble with the produce, it’s fresh and priced well. The packaged meals are tasty and convenient. I do check expiration dates on the packaged foods.

Was super excited to ha e a grocery store a walking distant from my house. When does that even happen in the suburbs?
Was so disappointed that I alms it never shop here unless I need 1 item and don’t want to make the drive an extra half a mile.
This is a polish owned store.
Pastries are bland (especially pazchki)
Most deli option are fatty and don’t look fresh
The packaged salamis I DONT TRUST. On several occasions I’ve found expired packages with mold growing inside. This NEVER happens at Fresh Farms in wheeling (where I mostly shop after work)
The meet just looks gross. All of their sausages have a huge warning on the package that they have a ton of chemicals.
Produce is not the best quality. Looks beaten up. No organic options at all!
They do have a generous hot meal option every day by the entrance — for about $ 7 you get a HUGE meal with several sides and meats. Very generous and filling. Could feed 2 people no problem. These are mostly polish dishes but they seem to change the options daily.

Fruits and veggies are about to expire all the time
Not a good quality products in general
And if u need a customer service
It doesn’t exist …

Such a great neighborhood store. Great variety and great prices!

Understand this is NOT really a place to come for a weekly stock-​up type of shopping trip. The prices for non-​food/​drink items are NOT good.
Now that we have that out of the way, you are really going to want to stop in when you are in the neighborhood for the following reasons:
1) The deli is excellent and the selection of prepared foods is almost always appealing.
2) You are almost certainly going to find some serious temptations in the bakery.
3) The produce section can be hit or miss, but seems a lot more hit to me lately on both price and quality.
4) There are several aisles of international products here, most of which are difficult or impossible to find in larger supermarkets.
Yes, the prices for packaged foods are generally higher than average, but there are sometimes bargains to be had there too. You are always going to want to check the expiration dates on these items, but honestly this is the case no matter where one shops in Chicagoland. As has been pointed out elsewhere, the customer service can leave something to be desired… but as a former longtime resident of central Europe I can assure you that it is quite culturally authentic!
Bottom line: if you know what to look for and avoid here, this is a FINE place to shop.

As I no longer think one super market will be everything to me, I recommend Shop and Save for their strengths: exception deli with wide selection of meats at reasonable prices, good produce (particularly sale items) ethnic specialties and store bagged bulk items. The customer service is as reviews state hit or miss. Once I tried to return smoked fish that was mushy and was told that I bought it too long ago, along with a recommendation to buy another brand there. Another issue: the store is inconsistent in carrying many items which disappear and then reappear later. For my sons I often buy smoked sausage, fruit syrup for home-​made soda pop and top brand European chocolate on sale that is cheaper than in Europe. I’ve recommended the store to American convenience-​oriented friends and they found it limited and expensive. Overall, Shop & Save is a staple supplier for working class Central Europeans with some other ethnic stuff and standard American products thrown in, and isn’t trying to be anything less or more than that.

Overall not a bad place to shop at, however I have to give them one star because I purchased something from their dairy department that was 2 weeks past the expiration date. Also anything that’s on sale/​clearance either has expired or expires within couple of days, so make sure you always check the dates. Disappointed might have to switch to a different store.

Shop & Save? You can certainly shop there, but you aren’t going to save. We haven’t been there for a while, and now I can see why. Their prices must have gone up even higher than I remember. Come on now. $ 5.59 for a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream? And I thought it was a rip-​off at $ 4.99 at Walgreens. Also, their frozen section is lacking in the frozen dinners.
We bought a new breakfast sandwich. Eggo has an egg, bacon, and cheese sandwich made with waffles. That sounded interesting. I tried to make some for breakfast. When I opened it the sandwiches were covered in mold. The freshness date on the package was March 2015, and the product was frozen. WTF happened to it in transit? Totally disgusting!
We were shopping at Tony’s in Niles. That place has gotten to be a dump now.
I guess it’s back to Meijer in Arlington Heights.
Can’t wait until the new Caputto’s opens where the old Dominick’s in Des Plaines
used to be.

I am always pleased with the produce and deli selection here. They have their own smokehouse and create some excellent varieties of bacon and meats. Produce is always fresh and plentiful.
They have recently added more hot prepared foods which is handy for lunch or dinner. They are also easy to get to and park (right by downtown Des Plaines).
There is also a nice selection of Polish food.

The one thing this area suffers from is a great grocery store. This place helps to somewhat help full the void. I have bought some great produce there. The mets and seafood selection is hit or miss. They do have a wide variety of foods from all over. I do enjoy being able to walk there and have a wide selection to chose from.

They have the worst service. I go there sometimes with 2 or 3 items and they have no express lines open. Their service when it comes to checking people out sucks.
They put a alcoholic beverage on sale, and when you go to the register to pay, well they charge you the full price. Then I have to go to the service desk and try to get reimbursed. And it takes 10 minutes to get reimbursed. And this is not by accident. This has happened to me at least 5 times.
The meat department sucks. The deli is nice, but the meat department sucks. I bought ground beef and it looked nice and fresh on top. When I opened the bag, and spread the ground beef apart. it was brown, dark and stale. I threw it away because those morons can get people sick.
Not a big fan of shop and save because they have horrific service. A bunch of Eastern Euro people with bad service.

We love our walking distance to this store in Des Plaines. The prices are amazing and the variety of international food options is unbeatable. We are always trying new things and save so much money on our weekly groceries. This is not the most affordable place to buy toiletry or paper product type items (eg paper towel, toilet paper, shampoo/​conditioner) though. I am so lucky to have this amazing store right around the corner.

I go there with my mother once in a while. They have good prices and great sales. I love the meat section, big variety and also international products.
They have a big alcohol section too.

A pretty decent local grocery store. Like other reviews, it really depends on what you need. Ofcourse, you can get better deals elsewhere depending on what you buy. If you stick strictly to produce, it’s pretty fresh and at a good price.
Meats can be good. You may find a great deal here and there. Bakery smells great when fresh items are being made.
Pretty decent ethnic grocery store, but if you are looking for more variety and a bigger selection, there are others. I do think this is a great local store.
I sort of hit this place up when I’m too lazy to travel too far from home. I’ll always be sure to find something fresh to cook up for dinner.

I no longer live in the area, but I still make it a point to stop here for specialty items such as Creamy Bulgarian Feta and their perfect pastries. I’m a huge fan of the European-​style layer cakes and my father raves about the kolaczky.
The nice thing about Shop ‘N Save is that they carry all of my favorite Eastern European goods and other imported items, but they’re also a grocery store that offers a wide selection of products that you’d find at a larger store like Jewel. The pre-​packaged food is about comparable, if not slightly more than a giant food store, but their fresh produce, breads, cakes, meats and cheese are where it’s at. The booze selection isn’t too shabby, either.
Get the pre-​made pierogi in the back. You won’t be sorry!

I do go to this Shop n’ Save every now and then, but I do have mixed reactions about this location. They have a pretty wide selection of processed foods, and it definitely caters to the Polish (whose food I do really like). But, I wish that they had more of a fresher organic selection. They do not, and I repeat do check the freshness labels when it comes to the organic foods. The produce workers who stock the shelves speak minimal English and can’t read the expiration dates. Keep a close eye on the dates and open up the cartons if you can to smell the food before you throw away your money.
I noticed they have a juicing station and I think it’s great to have them in grocery stores, but unless you’re juicing organic produce do not, and I repeat do not buy a smoothie. Juicing fruits and vegetables is the most powerful thing you can do for your body. If you’re juicing conventional produce (Pesticides and Chemicals) it has been sprayed numerous times with the herbicide Round-​Up, and is very dangerous when broken down into a concentration. Over-​time diseases and cancers develop in our organs. Organic Produce. Organic Produce.
Also, every grocery store I know has those half baskets at the door, and I noticed sometimes they put them up there but they dissappear fast, and more often then not they are gone! Those huge carts they have there are bulky and the wheels are in bad shape. It’s uncomfortable pushing around a big kart when you don’t need to do it. One other thing, the checkout stations these are a pain in the ass! This store is constantly busy and there are typically only 2 – 3 registers open and it sucks waiting in line because it is very narrow and you just dread it when you get up there.

agreed with other reviews saying you save on certain items.
almost always, you will save on fresh produce and have the quality surpass that of Jewel.
I wouldnt pick up items here like cereal, toiletries you can get at Walgreens, etc. but this place does have speciality items you wont find at your average Jewel or Dominicks. Namely, things like Marzettis specialty jar items. You may find 1 or 2 at Jewel, whereas a place like this has a good portion of their line.
Most often Jewel only has your basic mushroom, whereas here you will find more variety.
I have found their deli meats to be fresh and equal to if not better than Jewel at a lower price most often.
I also just cannot resist those sesame sweet crackers they often have at the register. =c)
This is a good place to come if you have to get a nice dessert for a gathering, etc. as their baked goods are fresh and delicious.
Last time I was there, I asked if they had brisket — did not which I found quite odd given their huge selection of meat you’d not find at Jewel.
I remove a star for service though. Once I was over charged, and once I didnt get an item on my reciept. When I went back the following week, because it was not listed in their master book of items left behind, the person behind the counter could not help me and took my number assuring I would be called back by a manager. I never was. Be sure you check your reciepts and make sure you get all your items.

I shopped… did I save ?? Well yea, sort of. Like others have stated, you have to pick the right things.
Fruits/​veggies/​produce are marginally cheaper than your Jewels/​Dmicks but more plentiful. Their own brand, ShurFine will defo save you $$ so be on the look out for those items.
The real draw is their ethnic/​Euro-​centric food section, esp of the Eastern Euro variety… oh, and their deli, WOW, behind the deli hangs every conceivable meat and sausage you could imagine… plus a ton of excellent cheeses. An added bonus is fresh baked Cuisine de france bread.
All in all, i’d abso take this over the aforementioned J or D, if nothing else for variety alone but it’s cheaper too, so really it’s a win win.