Met Food

I live relatively close by but I only stop by when they have a sale. Everything is usually overpriced and can be found cheap at Stop n Shop and ShopRite. The cashiers are there and present but that’s about it. The store is usually clean and fully stocked, most of the times. The aisles are crowded and usually boxes of products littered throughout the aisle.

You can go after work, quickly pick your groceries and be out in under 20 minutes! Yes, it is small, but that is why you can get in and out quickly. Yes, it’s prices are higher than bigger stores, but they are offering wide selection with convenience, they cannot offer economies of scale.
Provide a little bit of everything.
Good sales. Look for the flyer online and in the store.
No store coupons or cards needed. If item is on sale you get the sale price. No need to buy extra. If item is 2 for x $, they sell it 1 for half the twofer price.
Busy deli department means fresh food.
Fresh seafood department.
Great for single and couples.
Offer home delivery.
Also provide service to call in and have your groceries selected and delivered which is fabulous for seniors, the disabled and in bad weather!
Yes, the cashiers could use customer service training and not have their cell phones at the register, but this is now a common problem in retail, not just Met Food.
Managers vary in customer service attitude. Some are great, others not so much.

This is the only supermarket in the Grasmere area. Therefore, it is convenient. Small in size and a bit cramped. Service is very good, and it meets by basic grocery needs. Also they have an excellent order by phone with delivery for those customers who live in the area. Worth a try.

5 stars because I bring my bottle deposits there an the young men count for me as I hold the bag. 5 bucks I usually get goes to my son for his chores of the week. Hey something is something. Also good seafood an their deli department is always fresh an clean.

This market is smaller than others on Staten Island, but living in Manhattan I am used to the aisle size.
Prices are reasonable though dairy items are slightly more expensive here than in larger supermarkets around the borough.
The deli offers a decent selection meats, cheeses, olives, and other antipasti.
A separate fish counter sells fresh fish, shrimp, scallops, and lobster. These items must be paid for at this counter and not the regular checkout lines.
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices are cheap — even when not on sale.
The snack section is severely lacking. Look elsewhere for junk food.
I’ve only been here a few times, but the checkout people have been friendly.

This is the place to go for expensive meats and «luxury» groceries that you won’t find at Waulbaums or Pathmark. Anything not on sale is overpriced and the parking lot is crazy small for Staten Island.

My experience at this store is regularly terrible so now I have decided to no longer support them. The guys working in the aisle have typically all been considerate and friendly (though I have to ask, why oh why do you stock your shelves during the busiest part of the day. the aisles are already too small to comfortably move through them).The cashiers however, are w/​o a doubt, some of the absolute worst employees I hope to never hire in my small business. Rarely have I been met with eye contact or a, «hello, did you find everything you needed today»; nor have I been told, «thank you, have a nice day.» What I do find, 9 out of 10 times is a continuous gossip fest going on between the cashiers (and why are they all teen aged or barely 20 females?) who don’t acknowledge me since I suppose it would interrupt their trash talking a fellow employee or some other, poor unsuspecting person, or they are texting on their cell phones or using the internet on their cell phones and did I mention that they use their cell phones while they are working and, not strictly for work purposes (although I did see a young lady use it to aide her in doing her job in weighing my produce). It is upsetting for me stand in line listening to mindless, mean spirited gossip or feeling as though I have somehow been rude to them when I ask a question that relates to my shopping needs! I hold the Owner/​Manager responsible for the environment that his/​her employees create. The majority of these young girls behave as though they hate their job, would rather be doing anything else besides being there providing quality customer service for which they are being paid (hopefully a fair wage) and I’m tired of feeling as though I am bothering them when it’s time for me to checkout!
Lastly, why AREN’T there males AND females, young AND old, working AT the cash register and, do you TRAIN people in customer service, at all?

This place is close to where I live and I go there only in emergency cases like I really need something real quick that I can not find at the delis cross the street.
— over priced grocery
— cashiers look like they cant live without texting while customes are at register.
— You have to pay for fish at the place where you get the fish. and the rest at front registers

The store can feel a little cramped. They do have a pretty good selection, but some prices are a little higher than your regular supermarket. Aisles and parking lot are narrow and small. All workers are friendly. My main reason for shopping here is the fish department. Everything is fresh & nicely cut. What I like about the fish department is you can pay there, without waiting on the regular checkout line.

As Met Foods vary by area, this is the good one. I have to admit tho, I don’t go here for general groceries, but for fresh products mostly…
The best things here are the seafood by Fisherman’s Cove and bread from Brooklyn company who’s name escapes me right now. Both delivered fresh daily and both as good as you can get. (Wild salmon is to die for!)
Produce is decent, and deli has great selection as well.
The only department that needs improvement is meat, hence one star down.

The cashiers in this store are unfriendly, they are always texting when you come to their lane they put the phone down a fly through the process, they don’t make eye contact and they make you feel like your disturbing them. Hate this store! Not to mention everything is over priced and the music they play should be soothing not annoying. Enough Frank Sinatra!

All of the meat that they sell has a «lemony cleaner» taste to it. The refrigerated area where they keep the meat is cleaned with heavy duty cleaners and the meat absorbs the smell. Otherwise, many of their products are over priced. I like the fresh fish store (separate owners) that’s inside. This place is pretty much just ok for a quick milk or bread run. Speaking of milk, they are horribly overpriced on the organic milk! $ 5.29 for ½ gal.

You know, when I lived in the East Village, I never liked the Met near my house, and now that I’m in Staten Island I still don’t like the Met near my house.
It’s always overpriced. In the village, I just didn’t go in after a while (their abbreviated hours made that easy). Now, I get the circular, so every so often an advertised sale tempts me in. However, Without Fail, they do not have the advertised sale item in stock, and if you ask about it, they try to upsell you to some other, more expensive item. It’s annoying.
They also have a ridiculously small selection. Yesterday, I went in there because I wanted some limes. They had none. That’s right, a «supermarket» with no limes. I ended up getting some peaches, but they weren’t very tasty.
One star added, just for being closer than ShopRite. But actually, the little bodega across the street is more likely to have a good deal on what you’re looking for.

Met Foods are the only supermarket on Staten Island to carry organic grass fed Chicken and beef.

this is where i get my Iron Chef on.
it has the basics… but not essentials.
lots of Italian and Jewish products. has a small dinky section for the «International Foods» and Mexican food. lame. the aisles are small and annoying to shop through with people bumping into you constantly. their produce is OOookay, but not pleasing. the lettuce is always soggy and faded colors– their milk/​cheese section never seems to change expiration dates, and the meats are ick.
i only go there for canned soup, milk, eggs, fresh mozzarella, bread, and cold cuts. everything else is not worth the money. i’d rather take the bus to Pathmark or Shoprite a few blocks down.