Prime Foods Market — Attraction in Livingston

It's my first time reviewing this place but not the first time shopping there and being stuck with some spoiled and rotten food. Mostly, it's the prepared meats and the food they cook on premises.

This had happened to me several times: rotten cold cuts, moldy feta cheese, sour smelling chicken liver salad, etc. The list goes on and on.

The deli meat I bought yesterday had a foul smell as soon as I opened the package at home. How can a person serving me could not detect the rotten smell is mind-boggling. This is just not acceptable.

I wish I could shove that piece of rotten and disgusting meat under the owner's nose but it's way too far to go back there to return.

Why do I continue to shop there, you may ask? Well, it does have some unique imported European delicacies that my family loves, and the store is located within a relatively short distance from my work.

I believe we had issues with the prepared food practically every time, either on the same day or the very next day. If I could rate this place a negative 100, I would. There, I...

I moved to North Jersey last year during the pandemic from Brooklyn, and it's been hard trying to live without Netcost or Cherry Hill nearby. This is what I was looking for when I went to Prime Foods Market. They are like a mini version of a Russian supermarket, and their food quality is great. They bake fresh black bread and it tastes amazing. I also enjoyed their beet salad with garlic, samsas, blintzes, and medovik honey cake. They have so many foods they prepare there fresh, and I was impressed. I also found a lot of candy I had been looking for for a while, like Georgian Churchkhela, and the little chocolates like mishka kosolapy. I was happy to be able to see and buy these things easily again, and I'll definitely be back. What would really round this place out is a produce area, because I miss the produce selection at Russian supermarkets, but I understand that there isn't much space and it limits the selection...

Earlier this afternoon, I went and bought some of their pastries, known as strudels. After I got home, I peeled off the crust and noticed a huge piece of mold all over the crust of the strudel. My family and I already ate 2 out of the 3 pieces there. We both had upset stomach hours later. Also I went to this market a few weeks ago and noticed one of their staff ripping off an old price tag of a food product before attaching a new price tag with a new expiration date. Another one of the staff rubbed his nose while handling the food without wearing any gloves. I wished I had remembered what I saw before deciding to buy their foods today. This market is highly unsanitary and disgusting! I hope my family and I don't need to go to ER tonight after eating...