Tony's Fresh Market — Attraction in Joliet

This place is a THIEF. IF U EVER NEED TO USE A SPLIT PAYMENT OPTION HERE just DO TWO DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS INSTEAD. GET TWO DIFFERENT RECEIPTS FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF PAYMENT ur using, I PROMISE U WONT REGRET IT!!

I came into the store yesterday & made a purchase of 165.88. I KNEW that i may have been over buying but i’ll rather buy MORE if need be & return than to not have enough at all. I over bought on 7/1. Today 7/2 (the very next morning) i come to return the extras. I made my original purchase in SPLIT payment. 113.00 EBT followed by $52 credit card payment to cover the remaining balance. When i arrived to RETURN i was told i could only be refunded a EBT portion & not the overpayment of CREDIT back onto my credit card. I have NEVER heard of this before. Mind you, the amount that i was returning was $60. which is ALMOST equivalent to the overpayment CREDIT card portion. The grl told me she could give me $45 in EBT & $17 back onto credit card. Like WHAT. I paid $50 CREDIT. Refund the $50 CREDIT & the remaining overpayment of $17 onto my EBT. cuz Technically i paid CREDIT for the amount thats being RETURNED. She explained that they get into trouble for returning credit. I can understand if u got in trouble for returning credit/cash for a EBT only transaction but this was NOT the case. The amount of MY transaction that I WAS RETURNING was the CREDIT AMOUNT that i had spent so i should of been REFUNDED for my freakin CREDIT PURCHASE AMOUNT. if i EVER hVe to shop here & use a split payment option im definitely doing TWO totally different transactions. Cuz if i EVER need to return i will NEVER run into being scammed out of my CREDIT AMOUNT ever. After goin back & forth with the cashier & then SETTLING because i hate to look like im “causing a scene” 🙄 im already a person of color.. i just told her to return the $50 ebt & the $17 credit. Cuz whatever 🙄 & i hate to be confrontational. However, now that i still sit here & THINK ABOUT IT, it still didn’t make sense cuz she ORIGINALLY told me, “oh the amount ur returning is $60, whichever is more than the $50 credit & i cant split return by giving u $50 credit & $17 ebt BUT u split it to give me $50 EBT & $17 credit, the opposite 😂 like WHAT?? y’all are LIARS. SCAMMERS. THIEVES. I pray i never have to stop here again if im in town for another function. Ive also included photos to show PROOF. That $44.95 should of been a CREDIT REFUND. The $16.89 should of been an EBT refund. …. IF ANYONE EVER NEED TO USE A SPLIT PAYMENT OPTION i suggest u do TWO TOTALLY different transactions so if u EVER need to return u can be sure to be refunded in the same way...

Updating review since it seems the issue has mostly been resolved. Originally I rated this location much lower because of the small amount of electronic carts made it difficult to shop if you needed one but they seem to have gotten a couple more now. So it’s now much more accessible if you need a mobile cart.

Anyway, this place is pretty great. The hot food is surprisingly good, we always walk out of here with some lunch or dinner. The free samples they sometimes have had hooked us each and every time to at least one item. Base prices are kinda high but there are regularly very nice sales especially on meat.

For me it’s also a great option for international food since we don’t have any other sort of international market around the area. There’s also produce and other ingredients that you won’t find most places or might have a hard time to find.

Ultimately this is a nice stop for grocery shopping in the area. It’s not the place I would go for the basics like milk, eggs, and a simple loaf of bread, since there is no reasonably cheap options for any of those, but if you keep an eye on the ads paper it’s absolutely worth stopping in at least...

I like coming here veggies are great however the people behind the meat department are rude I wanted fish cut like I wanted I was told we only cut it thick next time another gentleman I asked for rib tips because I didn't want the amount he put on the scale he threw them all back not discriminating his English was not great we did not understand each other I wanted the amount I just wanted to choose which ones I wanted after he said something in Spanish every one working with him laugh he still works there when I go there see him I don't purchase meat I did talk to the manager I was told they would play back the incident belive him then the fish incident happened I don't like eating thick cut cat fish I was told we only cut it thick check it out catfish cuts there are very thick now I am try to find a store that cut my fish I can pick out what meat I choose at one place and shop instead of...