Harding's Market — Local services in Thornapple Township

Tonight I went in to get a few groceries ($91.44) and it was a complete joke! No milk stocked but you could see cases of it behind the cooler. Three cashiers and a couple stockers and no one could stock the milk. Guess they were trying to sell the few gallons of almost $6 Country Fresh milk vs the Our Family brand for $3.79. Ridiculous! Finally got a young girl to get some of us what we needed and when we asked why it wasn't stocked she said she was going on break so who knows. Prices are a complete joke and even tho some of their sales are good the other items are so high priced who can afford them! Maxwell House ground coffee $14 something for instance, $ 7.98 anywhere else. Bacon $10. Price gouging for sure! No manager around. Then I get to checkout and just because I jokingly told the cashier after she bagged two big glass spaghetti sauces and a 64 fl.oz creamer together in a thin bag that she didn't know me and I would likely break them before I tried to get them inside. Me trying to be nice about it, she then becomes rude and says really loud "Yes I don't know you" and precedes to pack the next bag so full of different items in a thin bag that there is no way of it making it inside my house as it was way too heavy. I was nice until then and I asked her why she had to be so rude when as an old person it is hard for us to carry heavy bags. She told me I could bag my own things. Her name is Amy. Also a bagger just standing around. It was like the employees were all mad and taking it out on customers. Last few times I have been there they have multiple cashiers even when it's not busy. Stockers or baggers walking around doing nothing and no one to bag at checkout or help take groceries out. When customers are spending this much on food in this store the least they can do is have decent employees and if they are that hard to find maybe pay more. Most of the time I like the employees but Amy obviously needs a different job. Customers shouldn't have to put up with rude employees with no common sense. UPDATE on 1/29/2024 I purchased chicken legs that were rotten and bacon also rotten. Store director does not care that they are selling bad food and employees have no say in anything so I will be contacting the Health Dept. Not the first time getting...

This is silly, but it totally ruined my day. So here's your warning to stay away from this place. I returned bottles here with my husband, but I sent him to the car before I checked out. We even chatted with the bottle return lady. I was told at the check out-- by that same lady that if we're in the same HOUSEHOLD they will only allow $25 for payout from returns, it's not per person. I had $26.40. Funny, the conversation we had with this lady in the bottle room was about how someone put a bottle full of ** in their return machine recently. I WONDER WHY! This is not the first time I've encountered an employee like this at this Hardings store. It's too bad because it's one of the last old school grocery stores in the area. They obviously haven't kept the old school family manners that Hardings claims they will extend to you. To the bottle return lady: I hope that $1.40 was worth it to you. I'm pretty sure you deserved that special bottle that ended up in your machine....

I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN HERE AGAIN! I was babysitting a 13 month old baby girl and her mother wanted me to run a few errands to the store to get some things that she needed. As I proceeded into the store one of the workers had stopped me to tell me how adorable the child was and asked me what gender he was. Of course I told them she was a girl with a smile on my face. He proceeded to tell me that I shouldn’t decide the gender until they can comprehend and pick for themselves I WAS APPALLED!!! WHAT KIND IF STORE IS THIS!!! It is disgusting and after telling my family annd the mother of this child about the situation; they too have had negative encounters. As a Christian woman, they didn’t like me wearing my cross necklace. I turned around and walked out of the store. DO. NOT....