10Box Cost Plus — Local services in Russellville

10 Box Cost Plus is a stripped-down, no-frills warehouse style grocery where you supposedly pay the store's actual cost (the price on the item) plus 10% at the checkout. Prices are good but it's a mixed bag in reality, really hit and miss.

First, the cons: Much of the produce is of mediocre quality or else not fresh, with fresh, high quality items dotted in here and there. A lot of grocery items are in boxes and bins, so the packaging gets beat up. Specialty and gourmet items are nearly non-existent, and the health and beauty aids section is tiny. There's no bakery, deli, pharmacy, health foods, organics, or real florist, and you bag your groceries yourself, all in the name of lowest price, which is good or bad depending on what you're wanting most from your grocer. Although the store appears reasonably clean, it always smells very bad, with a strong, strange chemical odor.

Now, the pros. To me, the real reason to use 10 Box is the amazingly low prices on bulk meats, such as whole pork loins and Boston butts, big bags of bulk-pack chicken, whole beef sirloins and ribeyes, etc. I buy when it's on special, cut it into meal-sized portions and freeze it.

However, that doesn't mean the overall prices store-wide aren't low as well. They generally easily beat Wal-Mart's prices, although some items here and there are slightly higher. You have to add the 10% in your head and compare prices to spot good bargains, which are plentiful.

They also have an UNBELIEVABLE variety of Hispanic spices, grocery and produce items. This 10 Box clearly caters specifically to the Latino market, and over half the customers you see in the store at any time are Latino.

I give it 4 stars for the great bulk meat prices, which though are by far still the cheapest in Russellville have recently increased sharply. Keep a close eye on the weekly specials (especially meats), and if you play your cards right you can save a fortune on certain items, though those true bargains are really the only things I...

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