The Peanut Shoppe — Local services in Columbus

Three of my co-workers/friends went to the store today at lunch. The store clerk was disrespectful toward two of them; she was rude towards them and polite toward the third. Guess what? The two being rude to are African Americans, while the one treated with politeness is White! They did nothing wrong, just waited in line for the person in front of them to complete his order. One asked if the store has a certain type of candy and was rudely told the correct name of the candy.. The other asked if debit cards can be used as payment or if it was cash only. She got a rude response to her question. To top it off, the white guy who came in clearly after them was politely asked how he could be helped; this was before the clerk started her rudeness. She had at first acknowledged my friends by telling them she could help them after she was done with the first customer, so it wasn't like she thought my friends were ditching the line. The last customer was nice enough to let the store clerk know he was not next in line and she should help my friends first. That is when the rudeness began. I am so mad and upset for my friends that I don't ever want to patronize...

I wish I could give them 0 stars. Today was my first day ever coming into this store and it was the worse experience that I have ever had. I will never return no matter how good the candy looks and smells. My co-workers and I visited with the intent of getting some candy but we left out with nothing. The young worker was very rude from the time we walked into the store. We asked questions regarding the candy options and only received rude responses. She then told us she would help us next after the customer she was currently helping. Once she finished helping that customer another customer had walked in behind us and she completely ignored us and asked the customer if he was next. After I stated a few times that we were next, and even the other customer behind us responded and said he wasn't next she still ignored me. Myself and my co worker walked out. I will never spend my money here again as long as they continue to treat...

Witnessed a very disturbing incident in the store today. One of the employees refused to serve a Black man and called security to have him removed. He hadn't done anything to deserve this treatment that I saw. He calmly repeated that all he wanted to do was purchase candy. He was much calmer than I would have been in the same situation. When he was with security, his wife and daughter were still in the store. His daughter touched a piece of equipment that was on display that obviously was not used any longer and the same employee harshly told the young girl not to touch it, and that it must now be washed due to the "health code". I am a white woman and have never seen first-hand something like this. The owner of the store needs...