Lowes Foods of Sandhill Village — Local services in Elgin

As new residents to the area, I've been dying to visit the Lowes Food Village at Sandhill. I've been receiving mailings from them announcing their grand opening, & figured I'd give them a few weeks to get everything worked out prior to visiting the establishment, and this past Sunday my partner & I decided to make the journey on over there, & we enjoyed the experience very much. The Lowes Food Village at Sandhill is very nice, the moment you enter you can tell this is a new establishment, bright & shiny & clean, the market is well lit, and the isles kept neat & clean, & one noteworthy point I'd like to make, the personnel very kind & attentive, & willing to point you in the direction of what your looking for, or in my case (inquiring about picking up a Lowes Food Discount Card) the kind gentleman who was unpacking some items right near the check out register, actually walked over to a vacant register area, & grabbed me a card , and explained the directions of activating it online once I get home to ensure I receive credit from the purchases I made that day, but assured me that any discounts available would be received, even if I didn't register the card until later.

As this was my first time in the store, I took a good amount of time perusing the aisles to see what products were available, make mental notes of prices, & see which particular creature comforts were available at this store, that I was able to locate at other stores closer, to help me gauge how often I would likely come back to pick up, and there were a lot! :) So, for sure I plan to return to pick up some of those hard to locate, more on the gourmet side types of cuts of meat, or cheeses, or appetizers which I crave every so often, and while I would say compared to some other (closer) stores to me, where the variety isn't quite what I would like, shopping at this Lowes and making the journey over to the Village at Sandhill mall would be well worth, it, with the added benefit of a variety of other stores to shop at as well, so this would be more of a journey where I would plan to spend a few hours shopping rather than just picking up a few items, or if I were to pick up just a few items, they would be for planning a special dinner or occasion where I really desired to incorporate some quality ingredients and offer some fine dining to my guests.

Really enjoyed shopping here, the other day, & very much looking forward to returning, & I would definitely recommend this Lowes Foods Village for an Amazing...

I'll admit: My first impression was not good. From the parking lot, I immediately zeroed in on the barrels being used as trash cans.

Ohhhh...ohhh, okay. I get it. This is one of those full size stores cosplaying as a "little grocery in the middle of Appalachia".

I was cross when my husband and I walked in. I don't like gimmicks. Give me a store with crisp, straight aisles and mind numbing florescent lighting. No frills! We just needed some decent coffee. I love my mother and father in law, but their coffee is clear enough to see through.

I glanced around. Hmm. Lots of interesting little bottles of juice. That's kinda neat.

Another glance. A beautiful display of flowers and square mylar balloons. I love square mylar balloons. Alright, okay.

We ventured further. Huh. Coffee beans with the type and flavor handwritten on the bags. That's kind of endearing. A local shopper told us the "Bourbon Pecan Torte" flavor was her favorite. (She pronounced it PEE-can, which was a treat. If I had a penny for each time someone corrected me with pah-CAHN, I could summer in Newport.)

We decided on the pecan and a second bag of eggnog flavor. We ground the beans in the store. How quaint!

As we headed toward the dairy section, I noticed their meat and seafood looked rather nice. There were people making sausage. Actual, real, hand ground sausage in its own area. I refused to say it outloud, but in my head, I thought, "That's the way to do it."

We moved on and retrieved a bottle of Stōk refrigerated coffee and a container of half & half. You can never have too much coffee. This place ain't so bad.

It was when we were headed to the register that I accidentally let out a squeal. Displayed in all its glory was a tin of the Royal Dansk, limited edition, winter cookie collection...as rare as a Fabergé brooch.

I walked into Lowe's Foods with a chip on my shoulder. I left...

This store has not improved since (BI-LO)! Sale items, often not available for purchase! Example: shish kabobs for grilling were not available for sale because no one prepared them, according to the meat dept! I was going to buy $30.00 worth! Attempted to get some smoked meat from the (SMOKEHOUSE), EMPLOYEE saw me and promptly went out of sight to the back! Was going to buy $30.00 worth! Then, a few days later, my son brought a sub sandwich that had the plastic still on the sliced pepperoni! My son consumed his half, I was the one who found the plastic in my half when I ate later! They were apologetic and gave me double my money back, but that's not enough! I have seen an employee direct her friend to a (special needs) cashier who failed to scan the whole bottom of the cart! Imagine using a person's (impairment) to steal from your employer! Reported it to the manager, who told me to come back tomorrow to speak to the (real) manager! Actually, called the manager, to tell me to come back tomorrow! A bunch of children running a store! Never a manager late evening or weekends! Until all (BI LO) employees are gone nothing will change! THE OTHER STORE is AMAZING, why not this one! Thought it was a big joke that my son ate plastic! I am tired of ( A COMPLETE AND TOTAL LACK OF...