Save A Lot — Local services in Archer

Update: I'm changing my rating from 2 stars to 5 stars. Thankfully, you no longer have to pay to use a grocery cart, but you do still bag your own groceries, which I'm okay with. I don't see the store owners anymore when I go there. The staff who actually work there are cordial enough, which is also okay because I don't go in to make friends anyway. When I'm spending my money and supporting a business, it's just common courtesy for them to at least be pleasant, and the personnel that I've interacted with recently are . The quality of the meats had improved the last time I was in there also. I was pleasantly surprised by the prices of some of the meats. If you look around, you can find some good bargains on meats, though you might have to cut off some of the fat on the pork. I like to cook my meats with the fat on for more umami flavor and cut it off just before eating it. But if you like less fat, you can get the higher price per pound variety of meat, which is also available. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the variety of herbs, peppers, and fruits. And they looked as good as those in some of the more high-end grocery stores. Overall, I was very satisfied with my shopping experience this time. Original: You have to bag your own groceries and you have to pay to use a grocery cart. The meats are not always the freshest, very few brand name merchandise, and the prices aren't any better than the large supermarkets. The owners are not friendly either. In fact, they don't even acknowledge your presence in their store. Not once have they even said hello, thank you , or have a good day--not even during check out. They won't even look at you when you're standing right in front of them as they scan your groceries! When you say "Thank you," don't expect a reply even then. I've scaled down to using the store occasionally for the convenience of it being located on my way home. I now do the bulk of my...

Every time I go to save a lot the pricing is never accurate with the tags on the shelves. Id say about 30% of what I buy every week is priced wrong. Its terrible. Ive been 3 weeks in a row ( I shop here weekly) and the same product rings up $1.50 more than the tag and ive told them every week including today. They are really good about fixing it if you tell them. But thats the problem.. if you catch it to tell them. I shouldn't have to memorize every tag to make sure I'm not getting ripped off. Today I missed 3 incorrect prices that I know about and it cost me an extra $6 and I didnt notice until I got home. Thats ridiculous. Id almost rather pay a little more at publix or Walmart than have to go to all the trouble of price checking every thing thats rang up.. And this isn't a new issue. Its been this way since I moved to archer 6 years ago. The difference is now everything is going up so much in price that the tags aren't a couple pennies off. They are 50 cents, a dollar, or almost 2 dollars off which is a huge amount when every dollar counts , every day. Its pretty dishonest of the owners and almost seems like its intentional...

The friendly and fantastic Miss Dianna at the Archer Save-A-Lot has been our cashier all 3 times we have come out to this store from Gainesville. This store is clean, well-stocked and maintained and smells good. I have gotten great deals on meat and also non-perishable goods. They have great deals with their 5 for $20 too! Good selection of produce and I even found a squeezable minced garlic and ginger for that nights dinner that I didn't expect to find anywhere! What a great find! All Save-A-Lot stores are set up to bag your own groceries (like a CostCo or SamsClub or many European Countries) and for you to either buy or bring your own bags (better for the environment as well! who needs all those plastic bags anyway??) but they had bags available (I do like them to put my meat in before my bags for hygienic reasons) and boxes aplenty under the counter across from...