Festival Foods — Local services in De Pere

Update 9/2024 Stopped quick to pick up some things for my wife. Saw flowers for $12.99 a bunch (a big sign). I grab one and get to self checkout and they are $19.00! They barely filled half of the vase. Come on FESTIVAL!!!! DO BETTER!!!

Update 4/24: ran there to get some juices my wife likes. They charge $4.99 for the cold pressed juice. Pick n Save charges $4.49. It is also mind boggling to me that you can get a half gallon of milk cheaper at Kwik Trip than you can at Festival. Price gouging at its finest.

Update: 11/2022 My wife asked me if I checked the expiration date on her cottage cheese when I put it in her lunch. I guess I didn't. I bought it a few days ago. Wouldn't you believe it had expired over 2 weeks ago. I went there today and would you believe they were selling the same cottage cheese that was expired for over 2 weeks. That's throwing time and money away! When I told two people that I bought product that was expired and we had to throw it away they were kind enough to say "sorry". And I am very curious why they lay their sliced deli meats out like that to dry out.

update: I went there last week (1st week in April 2022) to grab some items including lunch meat. They had bags of sliced lunchmeat ready for the taking. I grabbed three bags (hard salami, Cajun turkey, and sundried tomato turkey). To my surprise when I got home and started unpacking one of my bags of lunchmeat sated best used by tomorrow's date. The other two bags' best used by date was 4 days from when I purchased them. To me, that isn't a very decent.

They have a good selection, but have you seen the prices they charge for things? Look at this rotisserie chicken that is smaller than my hand. It is $7.99. Costco sells a rotisserie chicken that is at least 50%...

I’m extremely frustrated with shopping at the De Pere location. Every time I shop I noticed the dates in the dairy department are always very close to expiring or have already. There have been so many times I’ve come home with yogurt or sour cream that is already past due and have to throw it away. The baggers that I’ve dealt with continuously put the items in the bags as if it was all tossed in there. Nothings separate anymore (meat or frozen from boxed items) or handled with care like it was in the past. I ask for paper bags every time I shop and I always end up getting plastic and one or two paper with some excuse as to why. Today I waited in line for quite sometime during check out and noticed they had only one bagger for 5pm. I try to be patient and understanding especially with customer service workers but I just don’t get it. I’ve always felt Festival did a good job training their staff and aimed to hire friendly people in the past but I don’t feel it’s like that anymore. Despite Festival overcharging for everything, it used to be my favorite place to grocery shop because of the quality products and friendly staff they had. I just don’t feel Festival still holds those same values. I’m extremely...

I just had to throw out food that should have lasted almost a month that I bought last Thursday because the expiration date was yesterday. This has been a recurring pattern at this location as it's quality has dropped drastically in the last few years.

I have been shopping at this Festival at least once a week for the last 8 years and I will be stopping soon if quality does not improve dramatically. Items that other grocery stores keep good stock of are left with empty shelves for weeks. The liquid flavoring I get has not been restocked for months!

Almost everything that has a shelf life is sold at nearly the end of the expiration date. It's a coin flip on whether or not the spring mix they are selling I buy on a Thursday will last the weekend. I like the cookies, but I can't eat an entire dozen in one day like how they sell it. Even if it's within the expiration date, I've gotten food poisoning from their bagged lettuce twice this year.

It's a shame as this location is on my way home from work and is very convenient, but the reduced quality and low stock is making me frustrated and I will recommend going to other stores unless the...