For those of you in Arizona, California and Nevada, Fresh & Easy stores are opening all over the place! Watch for them in your neighborhood and stop by – I think it’s worth the trip.
In our area there are several new stores getting ready to open so I had to drive about 15 min NE to find one that was already open.
Fresh & Easy has been blitzing the area with coupons by mail and I had 4 of them to use so I went last week to get milk and check it out!
The store has a no-frills, warehouse feel to it. The floors are concrete, the shelves are stocked with boxes of goods vs having them all unpacked.
The selection is pretty good even thought the stores are much smaller than your average grocery store. I wasn’t looking for anything too specific so I’m not sure what I might not be able to find.
I liked the selection of organic and all natural foods. Fresh & Easy also has their own private label for organics which is nice.
They have a great produce and line of prepared foods section. They seem to cater to singles and those with not a lot of time by offering an extensive selection of healthy prepared entrees and packaged fruits, vegetables, meats etc. The best thing about this is that as they near the sell by date they mark them down 50%! I was able to pick up a package of rosemary garlic new potatoes (already to cook) and sugar snap peas for dinner that night for only $1.58. Both fed 4 of us for dinner plus leftovers! The best part was that they are in steamable packaging you can just pop in the microwave!
They have LOW LOW prices on milk! Their store brand milk is the same price per gallon as Costco ($2.88)!!
They have self checkout and accept coupons – with friendly assistance from the staff. Plus I was given another coupon to use the following week! NOTE: Thanks to Melissa for pointing our that Fresh & Easy only accepts their own STORE issued coupons!
The #1 reason for you to check out the new Fresh & Easy store….they have special up front parking for shoppers with young children!!
Overall this store is great for bargain shopping. I wouldn’t make it my only stop though. Some things are priced a little higher than they ought to be.
Have you checked out a Fresh & Easy lately? Share your opinions and experience!
