Plaid Pantry Markets

Last time I was there, a bum asked for money.

Super duper friendly staff! Would be 5 stars if it weren’t for the location. As cops with their lights flashing seem to frequent here. I imagine besides snacks, you could score drugs here as well :-p

Yeah, it’s a Plaid Pantry.
But really, my review is because of the staff. Or, at least, the day shift staff. I don’t necessarily want to get filtered, but the day and swing shift managers are some of the nicest ladies I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet and the day shift clerk is a very friendly, outgoing guy. They will shout out greetings to everyone walking in, are always pleasant, very helpful, and really respond to things.
As I work very close nearby, I stop in almost daily to pick up a drink to take home after work or during lunch. They call me by name, ask how things are going, talk about what’s going on with them, and are generally just very friendly and upbeat. When I mentioned that the particular brand of chips and flavour that I like was running out, as I steadily depleted their stock, I discovered upon returning from my days off of work that they had a whole rack loaded with them. And it’s stayed loaded since then.
They’re also quick to point out promotional sales and coupons they receive. Their back counter is full of coupons from distributors that offer money off various items. Once I was able to use coupons, with their help, to get two diet cokes, two mellow yellows and two king size Reeses candy bars, and thanks to the coupons that they leapt forward to offer, I got it all for a little over two bucks.
I doubt anyone will go out of their way to visit this store, but the people who work here, at least right now, are just really great people and they represent their company very well.
On a negative side, the parking lot –is– pretty bad, and the dry cleaner’s next door tends to garner people that use up a lot of their space. If a truck is delivering, they often block almost the complete parking lot. And because of the location of town that its in, you’ll often get people hanging out by the payphone out front, the dumpsters to the side, or just loitering against the wall like Jay and Silent Bob. While I couldn’t care less, it can be kind of skeevy.
(Reposted from a wrong address)