East West Foodmart — Local services in Bloomfield

was cooking some ox tail soup ， and out of Chinese traditional cooking wine😫 ， so drove 30 mins to the market and bought bunch of stuffs， so i went checkout ， always only 1 line when there is 4-5 or more registers， and one of the cashier Asian lady sounds Cantonese in her 50s asked for my id to buy a cooking wine ？？ first time in my life， i been going there for years ， and the guy help packing says ， if you line up on the right side you dont need id 。。 you asked a person with sleeves of tattoos for id to buy cooking wine ！？。。 what a dumbass！ ，，， and lady was very very rude ，kept saying i have no id ， no id in Cantonese ， and while waiting on line i saw all she does just collect money and say next online！！！ come on i drove 30 mins for a bottle of cooking wine ， and with traffic is more like 45 mins each way 。。 why id for cooking wine。 i didnt do anything or say anything 。would never ever go back there again...

It's small and the shelves are crowded with a big variety of Asian and Philippine food. The lighting isn't ideal and good luck getting anyone to help you find something you've bought there previously. However, the variety is good for a small store and if you remember where you found something it will be in the same place next time. I have found the check-out women to be ungracious, bordering on rude. Not sure if it's because I'm white or if they are indifferent to everyone, but since I've mostly experienced Asian and Philippine people to be very nice in other business settings, it puzzles me that this store cannot manage to hire pleasant check-out people. Maybe it's me and maybe they hate their jobs. Who knows? Don't expect much help or any interest if you ask a question. I must also mention the prices are rather high. Still, it's convenient and there's something to be...

Prices are very good here. The staff was fine. The place just looks run down and the seafood area reeks. Parking is an absolute chaos not that it's the stores fault. multiple stores jammed together in a half shopping center. Would still reccommend.

Update: changing my review from 4 to 2 stars. The place has inaccurate prices the last time I went back. Literally upcharging some of the stuff because they said there was a price increase. A lot of items this time does not have prices listed on them. You can't find prices unless you request for a staff which is annoying. Also word of caution, beware of expired goods. They occasionally have some, cans etc. Just make sure you check the...