Grocery Store Review

So I went to Macey's the other day and was reminded again how much I hate shopping at Wal-Mart, my usual grocery store. Here is a side-by-side comparison of my local grocery stores that will tell you exactly why. I've given each store a score on a scale of 1 to 10 in several categories: Location, Prices, Selection, Quality/Overall Feel, Checkout experience, and Service.

#1 Location
Wal-Mart- 8 this is the main reason why I shop here. It's only 5 miles from my house, right off the freeway in Payson.
Macey's- 3 the closest one is in Spanish Fork, this is why I never get to go there. :( I save myself at least $16.50 in gas per month by not driving all the way there to shop.
Smith's- 7 it's a couple miles farther than Wal-Mart.
Payson Market- 6 it's a couple of miles farther than Smith's.

#2 Prices
Wal-Mart- 8 they are cheap in general, and Wal-Mart brand stuff is usually a few cents cheaper than generic brand anywhere else. But they have NO SALES! Or fake sales, like "look these Oreo's are 17 cents on sale and they have been for the last 8 months!!"
Macey's- 9 cheap prices and great sales all the time.
Smith's- 5 definitely more expensive, but they do have some good sales. I HATE having to be a "member" though.
Payson Market- 8 they're pretty cheap.

#3 Selection
Here they're all about the same, except Payson Market has less. and Wal-Mart's candy selection stinks.

#4 Quality/Overall Feel
Wal-Mart- 5 We all know Wal-Mart is ghetto. Payson's isn't too bad, but I've still had a cashier tell me a dirty joke, and it's not always real clean in there. Mainly I have a problem with service there(we'll get to that category!!) and the very low quality produce at Wal-Mart. You have to pick through the fruit and vegetables to find good ones. Not cool.
Maceys- 10!!! First of all, they have car carts, big shopping carts that look like cars and your child can sit facing forward and drive them... the coolest thing ever! They have GREAT quality produce and the store is clean and organized... ahhhh, I love Maceys... Also at our old Macey's in Provo I lost things in the store several times (wallet, shoes, etc.) (we used to go there like every day) and they were always at the service desk by the time I got there to ask for them.
Smith's 7 It's pretty nice, no car carts though :)
Payson Market- 5 a little dingy and ghetto.

#5 Checkout experience
Wal-Mart- 1 this is the main reason I hate shopping here. Every time, EVERY time I go there I end up waiting for like 5 hours in the checkout line. Why do they even have all those other lanes if they NEVER use them?? But the problem isn't that the store's so busy, usually there's only one, maybe two people in front of me in line, but the cashiers are purposely trained to be slow, I swear. They take their sweet time, chatting away about their lives (always), or one time I got this kid who was getting ready to leave on a mission and he was practicing his "building a relationship of trust" or something, he would ask a question and then stop checking items to listen and respond! Ridiculous. So finally it's your turn, and you have to watch the screen for each item because somehting is ALWAYS the wrong price, seriously Kristi warned me about this and she was RIGHT. So you have to correct them, and then you have to be trying to hurry and put your own bags in your cart, while you pay, oh my. Terrible. And don't even get me started on self-checkout.
Macey's- 10!! completely opposite experience. They always have plenty of lanes open, the checkers are FAST and so nice, they actually have baggers, who will run and switch something for you if you accidently got the wrong thing, put your bags in a new cart if yours is full of a baby carrier, and push that extra cart out to your car for you!! And they give your child a free piece of candy, so nice.
Smith's 6- they're not super fast or helpful, just okay.
Payson Market- 6- fine.

#6 Service
Wal-Mart- 2 Boo. I have waited way too long at numerous counters in that store for an employee to show up. And when they do, half the time they're incompetent. And most employees (except the nice greeters) treat you like a nuissance. Not helpful or friendly. The Pharmacy's decent, that's what the 2 points are for.
Maceys- 9 All of their many employees are helpful and friendly. There's ALWAYS at least one person stocking produce, and everywhere you look there are employees around checking on things, ready and willing to assist you. And THEY ask if you need help! Also, a couple of Macey's trips ago, Katelyn was crying for some reason when we were in the produce section, and the nice man there gave her some smarties and a banana for free and talked to her so nicely and she was happy the rest of the trip.
SMith's and Payson Market get a 5. Average.

So there you go. Maceys, please PLEASE come build a store in Santaquin! We will all shop there, no one likes Wal-Mart! Please.....