Ray's Food Place — Local services in Fortuna

The staff seemed over worked and grumpy. The food was a bit high and the fresh produce wasn't so fresh. We sat out in the parking lot for an hour before going in, so that my wife who has a traumatic brain injury could remember everything she needed to purchase. On the way out of our car and into the store a very angry looking employee agressively told me we had to "leave the parking lot" because we had been there for so long. When she saw that we were there to spend money she backed off in embarrassment. My wife is getting very tired of having to explain her perceived very "un-normal" behavior due to her usage of her very intelligent & creative integrative coping skills she has implemented as part of her recovery from a t.b.i. The employee who followed us around playing "catch a shoplifter" was the same aggressive staff member who rudely commented on our "unusual" amount of parking lot time. I thought shopping was supposed to be fun and exciting not stressful and uncomfortable. For being a "small town" store with supposed "small town" etiquette, we were left feeling angered and anxious. I feel that a vast number of retailers need to address empathy, manners and how "the customer is always right", is the best way to interact with the people who are basically the guarantors of...

Ray's Food Place is the center of village life in the small town of Garbersville. The store has a relatively high end deli area with fresh sandwiches and a full hot meal section. I was able to find everything I needed. The produce area was excellent, but like many grocery stores lacking high volume, the tomatoes were refrigerated. I am a bicycle tourist making my way down the west coast. I drink a lot of water and I was delighted that Ray's had a Glacier water dispensing machine outside the store. Apparently, there is a problem with homeless people loitering outside the store. All the outside electrical outlets were locked so I was unable to charge my electrical devices. I jokingly told the checkout clerk to tell the manager that customers were complaining and that he needed to unlock the electrical outlets! Fortunately, the public square just down the street from Ray's has electrical outlets for "homeless"...

I called to ask if they cashed checks and they said yes as long as it's under $1000 and you have to spend 10% of the checks amount, which in itself is outrageous. So we got there, did our shopping and then they decided to tell me that they only cash checks within a 20 mile radius and they couldn't take it. How ridiculous! It was a retirement check from my old job and they sent it from corporate in Chicago. I have never heard of such ridiculous policies and I've cashed checks everywhere! I'm only here to work for the season so I don't have a local bank account anywhere. This on top of the prices being sky high and that was before inflation, I'd much rather take my business elsewhere. What is this place...