Key Food
“One of the young cashiers noticed my dilemma and helped me through the self checkout swiftly.”
“I LOVE THIS PLACE
Reminds me of suburbia supermarkets
You can actually stroll around with a shopping cart and they have a biiiiig parking spot.”
“You wouldn't expect that since it's sitting in a strip mall next to Taco Bell, but it's true!”
Key Food
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
7 reviews
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Before we discovered there's a Pathmark just 3/4 of a mile from our apartment, we started going to this Key Food because our neighborhood Fine Fare is so awful (we used to be in this neighborhood about twice/month). This store is very nice, indeed; it's clean, the selection is good and the cashiers are pleasant.
Stepping into this supermarket I almost felt like I was down south. This supermarket is super clean and well organized.
I purchased from fruits and vegetables, they were fresh and were a great price.
The cashiers were nice and friendly.
I've been shopping here for quite a few years since living in this vicinity of Brooklyn. They recently changed owners and I'm not sure if it's convenient or not. It seems that they are just additions to the people traffic going on in the store. They do a lot of their inventory stuff during busy shopping hours which is a huge inconvenience if you have a cart rolling around. It's a battle ground with the carts of consumers and the inventory carts of the employees.
Their produce is between bad and mediocre. It's never fresh enough. The vegetables are always bruised, soft, overgrown, etc. I always struggle with finding good fruits and veggies and because it's a large part of what I eat, I often end up going to a market to get my fresh ingredients.
The meats is also questionable. I've gotten sick far too many times from bad chicken, bad pork, or bad beef. I would never even DARE venturing towards their seafood as that too, looks suspect. When buying ground beef here, one should poke at it (I know that's terrible, but don't poke a hole!) and see if it is truly red all around. Many times I've bought ground beef from there and the entire thing would just smell awful and be all brown inside. So you ask, why do I still shop there? Well, it's the closest grocery store to my house. With my hectic schedule, I often don't have time to go elsewhere. And I only do my shopping every so often therefore I usually have my large "granny-cart" with me which is difficult enough to maneuver alone rather more with groceries in there. I have to make compromises.
For the good side, their prices are usually really fair. They always have such great sales and perfect to take advantage of for the not-so-rich Brooklyn dweller.
If they would just adjust the integrity of their fresh produce and meats, I would be more than three stars.
I don't like their prices I find they are a bit more expensive then most chain grocery stores. This place is good for people who don't own a car and who live in the area. Needless to say I only come here if I need to.
Not being from or having lived in New York long, I'm used to having my fair share of beautifully big wide aisled grocery stores but Key Food is not that. However, from what I've seen in the city this place is big and clean
Overall the prices are pretty good and they are generally well stocked.
It does always seem like there are 35 people "working" and only 8 actually working so that's annoying.
I will compliment the manager of the deli, he's amazing and maybe the nicest person I've encountered in the city.
It's a good place to get groceries and I will definitely continue to shop here.
But…buy your fruits/veggies at Mr. Berry!
Seriously, this is like the best Key Food market I've ever seen in my life! They have self-checkouts, Coinstar machines, etc. Very well organized and very comfortable place.
JUICE! This Key Food has like the best deals on juice. There's always a 2 for $5 deal on orange juice and 2 for $3 on Ssips iced tea, lemonade. Tropicana's fruit punch, orangeade, tropical punch, and more area always on sale here! If you wanna rack up on juice, this is your spot! They also have a decent beer selection for a supermarket. They carry some IPA's, stouts, molsons, dogfish, and few other decent ones. This supermarket is really well organized and it's very clean. The best part about coming here is their parking lot. It's huge and KFC/Taco Bell is right next door.