Cousin’s Fresh Market — Attraction in Chester

This place charges way too much for common items for where they are located. The prices are much higher compared to Walmart, Shop Rite and even Giant! The selection is low, but it’s a smaller store. I’m amazed they keep it clean in here. Produce section is okay. The overall food selection is not that healthy. The employees absolutely refuse to bag my groceries when I bring my reusable cloth/poly shopping bags from home, and this is important because plastic bags are the bane of society. Plastic bags are made from petroleum and are a major source of pollution in this area. Cousin’s Fresh Market SELLS EXPIRED FOOD. I have to constantly check the dates on everything I pick up! If you attempt to do a bunch of shopping here, good luck because they only have two carts. The store that was formally here (Fare & Square, and they were no angels) had very nice hand baskets, the new hand baskets now are smaller and of inferior quality. They’re getting one star not because it’s the lowest that I can give, but they do deserve at least one star for their meat selection. It looks great and everything appears to be fresh. BTW, I love all these fake reviews with five stars that don’t say anything about the store. If you can, you should avoid this place. I guess if you need meat or eggs it’s “okay”. The bagels here are an absolute joke, some of them in the bags are hard as a rock and there is no expiration date, I think they’ve been there for months. Certainly a place that does not believe in FIFO and if you have to ask what that is, well you’re already not doing well. Watch for expired bags of potato chips and expired cereal. I feel like companies should stop dealing with them because they’re misrepresenting the products by letting them go bad. Place is a rip off. I hate going in there. It’s a problem every single time. Hope this place closes down and another better business takes it over because we’re just getting worse than fare and square...

This place is disgusting.

I went here because it was advertised as a low budget grocery option for low income households, sponsored by the non profit Philabundance, with a focus on healthful eating.

You're supposed to sign up and if you qualify in a low income bracket, you get 3% back in "carrot cash" to spend on future visits, and you have access to fresh, free produce.

I got there and there was no one staffing the front desk/membership area. I stood there for nearly ten minutes. I tried to get the attention of some of the women working in the checkout aisle and they were completely ambivalent. They just shrugged me off.

Finally a man who appeared to be a manager happened to come by, and I told him I'd been waiting. He tracked down a woman who was very nice, but basically said their computer system was malfunctioning. They could sign me up but my card wouldn't work so I wouldn't get my 3% back that day. She did sign me up, but it took absolutely forever.

Then I went shopping, and it was just pathetic. 50% of what they have is off brand, and 75% of what they have is just garbage food. Nothing healthy or fresh about it.

On top of that, the prices are outrageous. Everything is full manufacturer retail price, with VERY FEW exceptions.

I wound up spending just over $91 for a few bags of groceries. If I had gone to WalMart or Grocery Outlet, I would have gotten 3X the items for less money.

On top of that, the free "fresh" produce was disgusting. I had a choice of rotting zucchinis, cucumbers that were just BARELY serviceable, some individual serving baggies of baby carrots, or kale that looked like it was ready to liquefy. Oh, and boxes of apples that HAD turned liquid. Literally, the apple peel was just holding in liquid content. You could squeeze the apples like a wet sponge.

This place is no service to people who are desperate for accessible, healthy, inexpensive groceries. It should...

July 2023 update: PRICES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. My original review still stands. Great products but they are over priced and you could spend your whole EBT allowance here in one trip.

3 years later..STILL PRICE GAUGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. EGGS? $4 STYROMFOAM CUPS?(THAT ARE $1.00 EVERYWHERE ELSE) $3.99 RIDICULOUS! I go in when I absolutely have to because I can't find something somewhere else. I don't care even if you have Ebt, SPEND IT ELSEWHERE. This place will cost you. Don't let the reviews fool you. They are for the old FARE & SQUARE STORE which was amazing for the neighborhood! The old store had free veggies at times and great sales! Cousins took over and got rid of loyalty points! And now there's a lady in the front of the store who watches ppl as if someone is going to steal something. Smh. And let me not get on the meat! I wouldn't trust it! Go to Sam & Sams for meat. This place is only open due to folk who have no...