Sam’s grocery carries frozen Udi’s gluten free breads, blueberry, and English muffins, as well as spring water, organic mixed greens, spinach and Romaine lettuces, several different oat and Silk almond milks plus locally butchered meats. Sam’s serves the school district, hunters, fishermen, home canning community and gardeners seasonally! You may buy Lake McBride and Spartan clothing as well as seasonal necessities. Sam’s also serves the boating and snowmobiling community! He stocks Iowa made laundry detergents, and quite a few UNscented products, too! You may buy homemade breads straight out of the oven and all of the locals newspapers. UPS and dry-cleaning drop off is convenient there! Enjoy a fresh-brewed cup of coffee while you shop mornings! Sam will also order anything that his suppliers can obtain. There is a large selection of sodas, beer, and bottles of alcohol, plus bagged ice, fire ring wood, and propane tanks. The varieties of fresh and frozen foods, deli foods, prepared foods, pantry items, toiletries, cleaning items and a little bit of everything for everyone makes an impressive small town grocery store! You CAN buy lobster tails, buffalo and elk meat, local eggs and have choices in every category of...
Read moreThe staff were friendly and they had a good variety of items one would need. We were visiting from out of town and were able to find everything on our list of needs.
However, there were two packages of bread rolls that had completely molded inside the bag, with several more that had spores just settling in. The produce area badly needed to be culled, with many of the apples in one basket having large, soft areas that had started to rot. A couple sausage packages in the cooler area had started to turn the sort of grayish-brown color that would indicate that meat is ready to be thrown out.
If I were in the area again, I would be very selective about what food items...
Read moreI would give them no stars if I could. We are a year into the pandemic and NONE of the people stocking the shelves were wearing masks. The people behind the prepared foods counter were not wearing masks and one even coughed as I walked by. The cashier was wearing a mask, but under her nose so basically why wear one? Thankfully I walked in double masked but even so the stench of what I assume was rotting food was palpable through them both. I've seen rotting food on their produce shelves in the past. The staff was also rude. I'll never be giving my money to this establishment again.
[EDIT] Got home and realized the large jar of mayonnaise I bought expires...
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