Ferreira Foodtown

I can find a fair amount of Latin products but the lack of customer service is lacking. In the chance I can actually find someone to ask in the isles they rarely know where something might be. I almost want to bump the rating up because the buffet food is so good and everyone is so friendly there.

Good selection of grocery, produce and deli area. The aisles are narrow and watch out for on coming traffic with the carts. This is a high traffic supermarket.
–Be prepared to circle around neighborhood to find a parking spot. Metered parking outside of the store.
–Check cash register receipts, scanners will miss sale prices
–Heavy foot traffic in this store
This supermarket has been here for the longest time.
Lots of eateries and local businesses on the strip of 37^th Avenue. Walk two blocks towards 78^th street you will see the post office.

Ive been coming here since it was still met foods. Still good. Organized reasonably priced. The downside of this place is the location. It is very difficult to find parking.

For your staples, this place is more than sufficient, and there are plenty of items you’d find at Whole Foods (or its JH equivalent, Downtown Natural Market) here.
My first time here was regrettably on a Wednesday, which left a skewed impression since it was Senior Citizens Day where Seniors benefitted from a 10% discount. No disrespect, but I prefer not to be run over several times by the local seniors shuffling around their shopping carts.
I usually avoid the traditional checkouts and just go to the self-​check out, mostly to avoid the hassle of local geriatrics plug up the conveyor belt with months’ supplies of cat food (yes). Otherwise, no complaints. This is a super market.

I have been coming to this location since it was ShopWise supermarket. Even though the name changes a lot, it’s run by the same people for years. This place has your typical supermarket items and remains consistent most of the times when it comes to selection. Most of the time I have a good experience here especially with the automated pay machines, but sometimes when I notice something is off and I point it out, its disappointing. I have found moldy bread loafs amongst the bread when choosing my bread of choice, and when I present it to a staff member (usually a manager) they thank me over and over again, but what they should be doing is apologizing to me for almost paying my hard eared money for bad food. Same goes with produce, point out something moldy or rotten and they thank you instead of apologizing and trying to rectify it.

How I loathe this place.
Crappy everything: service, produce, meats and organization. For the love of god, please send in a decent grocery store.

Serves its purpose as a typical Latino owned and operated supermarket. They have a pretty decent produce section, nice variety and quite fresh. I’ve seen much worse. The cheese section is pretty impressive considering the type of supermarket it is. Their deli is also pretty good. A variety of cold cuts, salads, and olives. But their meat and seafood section is lackluster to say the least, hence the 3 stars. On a positive note, I’ve noticed they’ve added new items such as lamb and veal.
Hopefully they’ll pick up on the changing demographics of the neighborhood and add more specialty food items.

Just fine for grocery shopping if you’re geographically constrained, but nothing special.

Deli department is slow…5 workers behind the counter not doing much to help the one guy taking orders despite a long line. Checkout is a nightmare. Usually go in to just buy a few items and use the self-​checkout. When the place is packed, people don’t know if it’s one line or 2 and chaos ensues (which by the way when you ask the staff working the self-​checkout if it’s one line or two it changes all the time!?) They stand there not doing much to manage the crowds. Some of the customers are just as nasty when you tell them you are next in line… Avoid on weekends… absolutely horrible!

Tons of supermarkets in the neighborhood, but this one is the best.
Though they have a horrible selection of fish and meats.
Also one of the ladies that packs the bags is kinda sassy. I usually avoid her aisle.
Ohhhh, and they are really good with deliveries!

This supermarket is easily the busiest market in the area. Customers are always flocking in cause the selections are plenty and quite fresh.
The produces are always vibrant and priced competitively. The meats are fresh but a bit pricey. The loss leaders are usually the chicken which I tend to buy. Their seafood section is not much to speak off. Just skip that lol.
Their dairy has just about everything. I always see the workers replenishing the aisles. Milk prices are reasonable.
At the checkout each line is usually 3 deep, wait time was too long. They have workers there but they don’t help bag. The self checkout is ok but people always look lost and ask for help.

What a terrible store: crowded, disorganized, indifferently staffed and filled with mystery deals – in other words, merchandise without prices. You’ll wait a long time to get to the cashier, and when you do you’re in for a shock at the high cost of something (without a price) that you’ve chosen. On the other hand they had a great sale on ice cream today; unfortunately the brand on sale was entirely cleaned out. On top of everything else, it’s hard to imagine how this place isn’t a fire trap, given the narrow aisles, boxes everywhere, and crowding. Foodtown in JH is subpar even by the abysmal standards of New York supermarkets, which are surely the worst in North America. If it’s convenient, I suggest Mi Tierra on Northern Blvd.

I’m reviewing this store for the selection of all-​natural and organic products in addition to staples and ethnic foods. People seem to be dissatisfied with certain aspects of the store (a lot of negative reviews here) but I’m pleased to find my organic and kind of random staples in a regular neighborhood store, at decent prices, compared to the specialty stores I would normally expect to find whole grain pasta, organic salad greens, sauces and spreads, nut butters, etc. The produce is fresh and the selection is huge. If you know what you’re looking for and aren’t trying to have a spa-​day experience at the grocery store, this’ll definitely do. It’s worth checking out the stock here before going to a more expensive Bob’s Greentown Organic Corner Store and Vegan Soap Shop (or Whole Foods, you know what I mean).

The best that can be said about Foodtown — at least you don’t have to shop at the Union-​busting, non-​sale-​price-​honoring, expired-​dairy-​selling people across the street at the store-​that-​used-​to-​be-​called-​Trade-​Fair.
Met was good in all cases except on Senior Citizen Wednesdays when you could get run over by squabbling geriatrics trying to squeeze through the customer service/​express line. The prices were fair. The aisles were kept clear. Grocery shopping just worked. Why break something that works?
Last week was the last straw. After waiting 10 minutes in the express line to purchase 3 items, a 50-​something lady started standing next to me in the line. I said to her, I’m in line here. She ignored me, but left. 5 minutes later, she came back and stood on my other side. I said again, I’m in line here. She ignored me. After a total of 25 minutes in line, the counter opened up. She swooped in and dropped a handful of items on the tray. The man behind me dropped his teeth. The person in front of me, now in front of her, said, «Lady, I don’t know where you came from». The cashier, who saw everything, did nothing.
After checking out, I spoke with the manager, and described the situation. He said, «She should not do that.» Yes, I agreed, but asked him what should happen. He said, «She should not do that.» Seeing this was going nowhere, I asked what he would do if it happened to him. He refused to answer!
Then I went to the real issue, which was why the express lines included ATM, Credit cards, etc., and so were invariably as long as the regular lines. Why not make a cash only line? He declined to comment.
Why are the aisles now completely packed with boxed food to be shelved? This had never been the case before. His answer: Because now the people are stocking during regular business hours.
He was polite, and listened to me. Do I have confidence that anything will improve? No.
Also, prices on non-​sale items are notably higher now, approaching Manhattan prices.
Sadly, not recommended. Shop here only in emergencies. C-​Town is actually a better bet, as hard as that is to believe.

I like the workers here. They are nice and greet you too. I love Queens! I have bought a metal pot here and plenty of dairy products including milk and yogurt. I see they have an immense cleaning supply section. I notice they have a huge meat (chicken & beef section). I like their cold cuts, cut thinly and freshly stored and prepared. I come here often. There is also a rewards card program to get you a free turkey or ham or something vegetarian.

This was a nice alternative to the really dreadful Trade Fair across the street, as it is well-​maintained and clean. Everybody else seemed to realize that, too. Now the place is really hopelessly over-​crowded at all times, and the checkout lines are among the longest I’ve ever seen, the cashiers are really slow, and I’ve never seen so many customers take so very long to fish through their wallets to find just that one last penny to pay for their purchases…
It’s really become an ordeal to shop here.

So Foodtown bought out Met Supermarket. Met wasn’t great, but at least they had a sale now and then. This is the same market with just a new name — all of the crappy parts still here — crowded aisles, kind of dirty, workers who know nothing and don’t care — PLUS higher prices. Yippee! Guess when the Starbucks opened they set a trend. Give it a miss and go diagonally down the block to Trade Fair (or better to the Trade Fair on 37 at 89 St).