Weis Markets — Local services in Town of Chenango

If I could leave zero stars, I would. My husband and I have been shopping at Weis on front Street in Binghamton for several years now because the Weis market on Robinson Street which is closer to where we live is just a disgusting disaster. I don’t know if this store has a new manager or what the issue is but they’re letting dogs in the store that are not service dogs. I was in there today and saw a dog in the shopping cart then there was another lady that had two dogs with her that were sniffing the produce! These clearly are not service dogs. I spoke to a cashier, she did absolutely nothing. I spoke to someone else and they contacted the manager. He looked at me like a deer in headlights . He said to me it’s not us it’s the state. This guys managerial skills are clearly lacking to say the least. Since when is it OK to put animals in shopping carts where people put their food? That is not sanitary and Weis market needs to do better. Giant market would never have allowed that , they ran a tight ship but Weis market is unbelievably lax. Then I was pretty much ridiculed by an employee when I told the woman who had her dog and dog bed in the shopping cart that it was unsanitary to do that. This employee laughed and then petted the dog! I just don’t understand it. So if I go into Weis and I see non service dogs in the store and or in shopping carts, I guess I can sue because it’s going to give me anxiety? Or I can sue because I could have an allergic reaction from using a shopping cart that a dog was in prior to me using it? Thats considered detrimental to me correct? They don’t want to be sued by somebody being told they can’t bring their dog into the store but they’d rather be sued by somebody who could be potentially petrified of dogs and have a full-blown panic attack in the store, or allergic to dogs and have an allergic reaction to a dog in their store and possibly have to go to the hospital . Which is more important? I guess the people that just want to bring their family pet to the store are more important than people who could be physically or emotionally affected by these dogs being in the store or in shopping carts. They lost long time customers because I will not go back to that store again. Wegmans only...

According to some of the other reviews it seems like this store was converted from a different supermarket. Which is why I'll relinquish and give it 3 stars instead of two.

It's hard to explain but this place gives off chaotic energy. The store itself is set up very strangely. The layout is confusing. Some of the aisles are narrow and then obnoxiously filled with displays that further block any kind of cart traffic. If I have to shimmy around somebody else and we are the only two there, that is a problem.

For the produce area? Firstly, most of it seemed kinda icky or undesirable. Secondly, they had displays of multiple types of fruit. I do not want to touch 10 peaches to get to the plums in the same cardboard box. Strange call.

Lastly, my biggest gripe with the store and the produce section...

Two employees were just chattering on. Totally normal. Networking and getting along with your coworkers is important so I want to stress that isn't the issue. The issue was the seemingly homeless man who stopped me (in the fresh produce area) and asked if I wanted to see a mouse he found in the parking lot. In his hand. Sadly, the mouse looked dead and I can only assume the man was mentally ill. HOWEVER, the employees heard and saw everything and did NOTHING. Nothing to address the random grown man approaching young women, the fact he had a mouse in his bare hands, or the fact he wanted to show it off in the produce area. I know for a fact they heard and saw. So shame on them for letting such an awkward and strange interaction happen and literally turning the other way.

You couldn't pay me to do my shopping here again. I'm new to the area and rather pay the extra 5% price hike at a...

I wish there was a way of rating lower than one star but, sadly, there isn't. This store franchises is not all that its cracked up to be, especially at this location. The management at their Front Street location is poor mannered and very judgmental. I walked into the store in some work clothes (I was painting) to get something refreshing to drink and one of the store employees, I assumed to be the manager or one of the assistant managers, walked up to me on his phone gave me a dirty look and very pompously asked if I needed any help finding anything, I told him no, I was just wandering around. He then walked away and rounded the isle and he assumed I was out of hearing distance, I clearly wasn't. I overheard him tell the other person on the line that there was no sign of me stealing but to keep an eye on me on the camera. I immediately put the things that I was holding down and walked out the store the whole time being followed by the individual who was on the phone. I have been a patron at this location for years and I'm just awestruck at the audacity of these people to assume that because I wasn't in the best looking clothes that I was stealing. I will NEVER return to this location again, or any other Weis markets for that matter and I suggest you...