Harps Food Stores — Local services in Poteau

I like shopping at Harps Food Store for two reasons. My only option of comparison is Walmart. First, it is much smaller and less congestion in parking lot, very few customers at one time. Second, Nice staff. Those are positives. I had a negative experience with this store. The manager couldn’t figure out the math to refund me for cucumbers I purchased two, so she charged me $2.50 each. They were 4/$5. Quite simple math, and for this to be a manager, I was not impressed at all!! Next time, I will just purchase 4 and relieve me of the stress! Make sure you check your receipt before leaving the store! I was also charged for lettuce instead of the cabbage I purchased. My checker was young and totally focused on watching her fellow employees at the same time! Prices are much higher there, but I don’t have to deal with...

The good reviews must be very old, I was shocked walking into this Harps grocery store (August 2025) after going to the locations in Ft. Smith, AR!! The employees are very polite in Poteau ,Ok BUT the dept for fruit and vegetables are non existent and what was available is rotting or starting to rot ! This Harps charges more for the same products than other Harp locations and so poorly stocked it looked like they were closing the store.! From bare shelves to a very dirty and poorly maintained building I'd stay away from shopping at this one!! The customers employees deserve...

We drove from Wilburton to Poteau to go grocery shopping at WM. We really didn't want to spend our money there, so we went to Harps instead. 1st time ever going. Prices are competitive with WM. The meats & vegetables look way better than what WM has. The store is amazingly clean, and the isles are wide. My teenager didn't complain after using the bathroom, so I can only guess that it was clean too.

The only thing I didn't find was the large can of generic decaf coffee my husband drinks. They had small cans but not the large.

I'm sure we'll be...