Kroger

I have never had a bad experience! The deli wireless always make my 4 year old son a special cupcake and take the time to show him how they do ir. The meat market workers are THE BEST! The staff will always help you and Always Go above and beyond! !!

Ummmm I feel like I should write a 5-​star review on my birthday… but it is my 30^th birthday and I’m a little depressed so I’ll tell the story of how I got dragged off a very comfy cough to go get a Corky’s brownie pie at 11 last night.
Well, that is kinda the entire story, but I’ll make it a bit longer. We were watching Varsity Blues (my choice) and he decided at 10:30 pm that he could not continue living without a brownie pie. Specifically Corky’s. So we went to the nearest Kroger, which happened to be this one. Ugh.
I mean, I’m a Whole Foods girl to begin with… but this Kroger is NOT in a good part of town. And I really didn’t want to be here at 11 at night… but I had a guy with me and I’m pretty street smart, so I lived. Wouldn’t come here alone though… especially at night.
The selection isn’t huge because this isn’t a large store… and unless I have to come here out of necessity, you won’t find me here.

Definitely not the best Kroger to go to but which one is really better? Union or Poplar? Their both about the same.

If you haven’t been back to this Kroger on Poplar and Cleveland since the remodel, it’s worth giving it another look. It’s been given a much needed facelift, cleaned up, and is way more organized than the store on Union. There’s also been a noticeable increase in variety of selection, including organic items. It’s very rare that I can’t find what I need here now. They’ve added a gate around the parking lot perimeter which has seemed to help with the panhandling problem other reviewers have mentioned in the past. This is now the best Kroger between downtown and the one in Poplar Plaza. As a downtowner, I’d much rather shop here than drive 20 – 30 minutes to Poplar Plaza as many people I know do.

Unfortunately this is the closest Kroger for the downtown folks. Not in the best area, but as long as you stay smart, you’ll be fine.
However, it’s not a bad Kroger. It’s relatively clean, most of the produce is fresh and I usually find what I need. It has a nice organic foods section as well. I can’t comment on the deli or bakery, but it looks decent.
Overall, it’s good place for all your grocery needs.

This is the worst Kroger I have ever been to. It’s generally dirty, the produce is absolutely disgusting, and it’s pretty sketch. The employees are friendly for the most part, although if I had to deal with the drunk, rude customers that I’ve come across in this store I certainly wouldn’t be so nice.

Shop here because it is close. If not for convenience, I might look elsewhere. There is an exterior makeover going on right now but it is not getting in the way of entering/​exiting the building.
The interior is typical Kroger. Fairly well organized and easy to locate items if you’ve ever shopped in a Kroger before. The parking lot is a reflection of the surrounding neighborhood. For most of the time, it is probably OK but there seems to be a slightly higher risk of an incident due to the larger numbers of homeless and loiterers in the parking lot.

The infamous Stab n grab. 3.5 stars because they get the job done, but nothing fancy. I wouldn’t go here expecting like the world’s bougiest kroger with parking valets for you. They have the typical Kroger sales. They’re actually in the process of remodeling so I’m expecting a newer and better Kroger in the new few months! Will update my review then.
This is the closest kroger to the Island and to downtown Memphis, so I always take advantage of that. Parking lot is kind of shady; so just be aware of that. Besides that, its fine for groceries.

I go here because it’s close to home. I hate going here because their security driving the parking lot doesn’t keep the homeless people from approaching you at your car. I’m honestly not sure what they pay him to do. However, the Kroger itself is decent enough. It’s a pretty good sized store, and gives you a fairly good selection. It’s clean and has pretty friendly staff. I never have had to wait in line to check out. But, it’s a Kroger. You probably pay too much if you don’t hit their sales.
This location, specifically, just needs to get rid of the panhandlers. They aren’t just asking… they’re demanding, and will follow you almost all the way to the doors. Surely they pay the man in the golf cart to do SOMETHING productive.

Though I’m still not a Kroger fan, I have to give them props as they have totally upped the ante at this location. Perhaps they have at all of their locations– but this is the only one I’ve been to in quite some time. Since implementing the «faster checkout» marketing campaign there seems to have been big improvements.
The few times I’ve had to stop here against my will, I’ve been in and out in a flash. So quick in fact, I’ve felt it necessary to ding the «if you had great service today, ring this bell» bell. I actually had the manager approach me on two separate occasions, pull me from the back of a longer line and personally escort me to a brand new line she opened specifically to alleviate the congestion. Kroger fan or not– more grocery stores should adopt this practice. Waiting in line is the worst part of any grocery shopping experience.

I definitely agree with Erica, this Kroger isn’t the best one. This Kroger has prices that are standard Kroger prices but it just doesn’t have the greatest selection; somehow it’s always busy though. There also is a lot of panhandling that goes on in the parking lot, however, that seems to be the case around Midtown from what I’ve experienced so far.
I do give it to Kroger, when they do have sales they typically are good. I only stop in at this one because it’s the closest grocery store from me. I wouldn’t go out of my way to come to this Kroger.

With Kroger being near my home, I shop there often for groceries and other things I need. I rarely get anything from the deli because for the most part, nothing that the deli offers is fresh. However, because of decent dining experiences that I’ve had at other Kroger stores, I decided to give Kroger Midtown Café a try, hoping that my doubts would be proven wrong. Based on what I had so far, I can’t say those doubts have been completely eased.
The meal that I had was the scrambled eggs with sides of hash browns and sausage patties. The scrambled eggs were some of the saltiest that I ever tasted, and it was so bad that I couldn’t finish eating the small portion that I ordered. Besides being salty, the eggs were also watery, maybe the result of being on the serving table a bit too long. The hash browns and sausage patties were okay, but if the eggs aren’t good, then why bother with the rest? It’ll be like eating a Big Mac with the special sauce and cheese, but with ratty-​tasting meat.
I wanted to try something from the lunch/​dinner menu, but when I arrived there at about 6:50 PM on a Wednesday, there was very little left to be had. Judging from what I saw, even if the deli had any food left, I might not have eaten it because, in my opinion, everything looked stale and unappealing. Compared to other supermarket delis like Schnucks and Piggly Wiggly (whose Midtown store will soon become a «CashSaver») that usually have fresh food right up to their closing time (7:00 PM), Kroger seems to stop preparing meals well before then. The next time, I made sure I got there at an earlier time, which was about 1:15 PM on a Friday afternoon.
When I got there, the serving table was nearly filled to capacity, even though the selection was limited. Basically, it mostly consisted of chicken (both baked and fried), along with a pan each of fried catfish, spaghetti and mashed potatoes. In order to make an even-​Steven comparison to places like the nearby Rudabagas and my personal favorite, the much maligned Amoco Food Express, I ordered the two-​piece chicken combo (costing $ 5.45 with tax) with baked chicken. Even though the combo comes with two sides of vegetables, the only vegetable that was available was the mashed potatoes, so the woman who served me substituted the spaghetti for one of the veggies (the combo also includes a roll). Because nearly all the tables were taken, I decided to opt for take-​out and ate the combo at home.
In eating the combo meal, I wasn’t expecting much from it, so I was pleased that it was a decent meal. The baked chicken had a nice grilled flavor, with the skin slightly charred in a good way. The chicken was tender and seasoned, and was by far the best part of the meal. The spaghetti, mixed with a gritty meat sauce, had a cheesy and spicy flavor that one would likely find in a school cafeteria. The mashed potatoes weren’t anything more than typical, but it complemented everything else nicely. Overall, the meal was about a «6» on a ten-​point scale, which isn’t terrible but not exactly an endorsement.
In closing, I will say that after a couple of visits, I can only say a few good things about the Kroger Midtown Café. Other than the baked chicken, most of the food was about average (with the breakfast I had being terrible), and I can’t see myself going there on a consistent basis, especially if I can get better quality and variety of food for about the same price. I hope that future meals will change my opinion, for as I said earlier, the grocery store is convenient for me as far as my shopping needs are concerned, and it would be nice to grab a bite to eat while on the go. It would be cool if Kroger meets this need, but based on what I have seen and eaten so for, I’m not optimistic that it will happen.

Inside is clean, has what you need in a Kroger and has Uscan. Outside is somewhat trashy but goes with the territory of the neighborhood; lots of vagabonds. Still don’t get why the ‘hood’ Krogers like this one and the one on 3^rd Street don’t get the modernization and updates the other area Krogers get (for example: the one on Mendenhall just got an overhaul) and they’re getting ready to build a new one at Poplar/​Prescott

It has basically what you need, but it is not anywhere near as well kept as the Krogers in East Memphis.