Foodtown of Bayside

I’ve been living in Bayside my whole life. I worked at this location when it was C-Town and I was in High school. It’s always been your little local, a bit over priced, food market. Nothing fancy, but the foods were fresh and taken care of. FoodTown has been in its location in Bayside for a very long time now. They have a great location for walkers and for people driving. They are near a very busy bus route too. It’s a gold mine. And one thing they did was got us through a pandemic and for that the whole neighborhood is thankful, they kept the shelves stocked, how they did that was unbelievable. With that said … why are foods out of date and produce is rotten a lot of the time, if not rotten, old and dried out and favor-less? They’ve had people who have been shopping there for YEARS why serve them with this? Shouldn’t they want to give us better then this? We keep them in business. I spent a lot of money here because they are local, but almost every time I come home, something is bad. I’ve learned to check expiration dates. The owners seem like nice people, so I can’t understand this. Workers are always friendly and see the locals probably 3, if not more times a week. I know I’m in there no less then 2 times a week. Do better FoodTown in Bayside. I bit into rotten corn on the cob the other night at dinner, so did my daughter - it was gross, enough is enough!!!

The food I bought was great. This Foodtown deserves five stars.

Decent supermarket if you need to grab a few things. Staff is ALWAYS nice and courteous.

I have learned the hard way over the years to avoid produce at foodtown. (Bugs crawling out of things and almost always moldy). Their food storage is atrocious. We usually only buy dry goods or frozen. Things that are clearly sealed and dated. This year alone (its February) i have purchased a moldy kombucha (expiry date not for another year) and dishwasher detergent that had completely browned.

I dont know HOW they are shortening the shelf life on their items by so much but its honestly impressive they’re still in business. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Two days ago on 9/19, I purchased milk from this store. Expiration date was 9/28/2022..
Today it is sour. I tried to return this item but the store manager refused, asking for a store receipt. This is understandable, but , as I regular neighborhood customer, I do not keep grocery store receipts. He continued to refuse a refund or exchange. Store managers such as this one, need to consider neighborhood customers, the store’s community !
I will never shop here again. No one should buy rotten products and be expected to suffer for it, all because there is no receipt!

Be careful. Went to purchase some frozen food and was surprised to find the the package was soft. Looked at the thermometer in the freezer and it was over 40 degrees! Also bought a few pounds of meat that was over a month past the expiration date. This place is a public health hazard.

Found a bug in the watermelon last summer. Let it slide thinking okay sometimes these things happen. Just went to store yesterday and bought a red pepper. When I cut it open it was covered with mold and bugs inside.
I also bought sealed baby starter food (peas). I bought two packs. The first pack clearly showed a 2020 expiration date in black ink. The second pack had a different seal and in clear print has the expiration date 06 Jan 2019. Over a year old! Absolutely unacceptable. Had I not checked my baby would be eating overly expired food.
That’s the last straw from me. Will never have my business again. Health department has been called.