Foodland Pupukea — Attraction in Oʻahu

Foodland Pupukea is a lot larger than our Wahiawa home store so we like to stop here when we are on the North Shore. You will find a wider variety of canned, bottled, packaged items, as well as liquor, beach supplies like boogie boards, etc.

While walking around the store I noticed their liquor department is at least 50% larger than the one in Wahiawa. Maybe even more than that. They even carry Angel's Envy bourbon whiskey which I haven't seen at any market beside this one. Of course, I didn't look for it either. It just happened to catch my eye while making a video of the store. I did 3 videos and none of them will download. Oh well. I would have taken more stills had I known that would happen.

Anyway, this store is located at the corner of Pupukea Road and Kam. Highway. There are two entrances. One is on Pupukea Road and the other on Kam Highway. If you need to take a left turn on Kam Highway you have a stop light at the corner that will make it very easy to do just that. This area tends to have a lot of traffic so the stop light is very convenient.

This store is clean, country friendly, busy, and well stocked. Do stop in when you are in need of a few groceries or maybe some ready made food from the...

Sales clerk who has one too many shifts at this establishment continues to make foodland experiences negative. The prices alone here make it hard to shop, the least they could do is hire pleasant people to check you out. (Unaware of name so here’s description) mid height white man going bald, patchy facial hair probably 30 looks 40 does not 1. Greet me 2. Doesn’t respond AFTER I engage the conversation 3. Mumbles whole time about payment and unclear instructions and gets frustrated when I didn’t hear him clearly. On top of that wanted to ID THE ENTIRE GROUP for the one friend who wanted a bottle, after making the 25 min drive to the grocery store he refused to let my friend walk out with her product because I, WHO DID NOT BUY THE PRODUCT, didn’t have my drivers license. I offered to show him photo ID as I did not have physical copy and he still presumed to wave me off and yell “next” to the next person in line. I wasn’t heard, I wasn’t acknowledged; and he’s been unpleasant in less intense circumstances but this all adds up for me to leave a review....

Went to get some poke bowls & drinks for lunch. Pros: the poke bowl was incredibly delicious Cons: the people working behind the poke counter and at the register were in such a foul mood and clearly had much disdain for customers! Never go to this location. One of the things we love the most about Hawaii (aside from gorgeous weather & sites) is how friendly and chill the people are. NOT HERE! The lady just looked at us in disgust & annoyance whenever we asked for anything (like napkins) and at one point looked like she rolled her eyes when we weren't sure how to order.

And it's not just us! As we walked out, I said something to my husband about how rude the workers were and another customer exiting overheard me and chimed in about how his experience was the same and how incredulous it was that they're like that!

Yes, their food is good but there are plenty of other...