River Pointe Center — Local services in Madison

After my husband and I arrived, we simply wanted to buy a money order and a few bottles for f juice. We waited for 10 minutes for an employee to come to customer service. She had been in the back room of the customer service area. When she initially spoke to us, I heard a small noise but I could not make out what she was saying. Her blue hair and large ear gauges were a little distracting for me. We got what was needed at customer service and proceeded to head for the juice section. My husband asked a pharmacy technician for a manager. We waited another 12 minutes for a manager to come speak with us. The manager was polite when we explained our frustration, however, after wasting close to 20 minutes with most of the employees who walked past us ignoring us, we explained to the manager that we would not be shopping at that location. We wanted him to be aware as to why. He understood and apologized for the negative experience. We thanked him for his time and left. With 12 employees in the front of the store and half a dozen who walked past us and ignored us, neither of us want to spend our hard earned money where the employees are...

Kroger is the best grocery store in my opinion, they have weekly specials and digital coupons for amazing prices. It's also a one stop shop with pharmacy, money center, flower dept, butcher for the cut of meat you like,and the bakery is a personal favorite of mine because I like the sweet icing and cream horns they make. It is great to grab everyday household necessities (cleaning agents, personal hygiene, hair and makeup items,or whatever you need. The clearance isle has great deals and the Yankee candles are pretty affordable. You can get baby or pet necessities also, so I can shop for hours in here and then you can go to all the different shop's sling the strip of the mini mall so it's located at the best place to get customers in the store and to have friendly staff. Kroger, Kroger gas station, Shoe Sensation, 88 King Buffett, GNC, Goodwill, Sally's Beauty Supply, Smokers Shop, Little Caesars Pizza, Great Clips, Maurice's,...

For a small town we do have a few very nice shopping centers around here. Riverpoint Mall is a strip mall with Krogers at one end and Tractor Supply at the other. In between we have a JCPenney, which survived several rounds of closings by its parent company. We did lose RadioShack. There's a popular Chinese restaurant, a Bob Evans restaurant, a fitness center, which seems to be much too nice for the community, so I doubt it's future. We are losing our Hallmark store, The Nearness of Clarksville hurts any of our shopping ventures around here. I fear Madison's shopping future is mirrored in the empty concrete slab on Michigan Road, that was a similar strip mall in the...