Friendly Grocer

This store has lovely staff working there, but the quality of the stock is very very low. All stores have some issues with not noticing that stock is past its use-by but this store must not even bother to check. More often than not the shelf items are past their use-by, they sell 'not for individual sale' items separately (you know, open up a family pack of freddos and sell for 50c each), they sell imported stock which may or may not have attracted the appropriate import duties, they sell canned goods that are so old that (after you wipe the dust off) when you open the tin all the contents taste of rust and the inside of the can is discoloured. My friend got 3 days worth of food poisoning from eating something that was out of date here. Although this location has been used as a convenience store for decades, the current management is clearly not interested in quality. If they can make more money by getting away with selling old stock, they will. There is no concern for quality, industry regulations, or the customers. I think this store should be overhauled by the franchise owner before someone gets really sick.

On the other hand, they are very conveniently located and accessed with easy parking in a quiet part of the suburb and that's very useful for getting hold of non-perishables without having to take a big trip to the shopping centre.