Grocery Stores in Hillsdale, NJ

“Far better since their remodel. It is now a competitive super market. Previously it was a tired and rundown facility. But because of the collapse of A&P, new players moved into Hillsdale and the surrounding towns, significantly upping the competition. Shoprite responded in kind. They are far better than before”

“Far better since their remodel. It is now a competitive super market. Previously it was a tired and rundown facility. But because of the collapse of A&P, new players moved into Hillsdale and the surrounding towns, significantly upping the competition. Shoprite responded in kind. They are far better than before”

“They always have what I need. My only complaint would be who designed and built their parking lot. Also I prefer the metal shopping carts rather than plastic. The plastic ones break too easy. Yes it's busy but there is a reason for that. Love the deli and fish market.”

“Full and fair disclosure: This review applies to the two Kings locations I went to (Cresskil and Hillsdale), so I will be posting the same review for both (for anyone who catches the fact that I copypasta'd).I normally shop at another grocery chain than Kings. However, I was given a $100 gift card for them. Catch me turning down free money, right?? So I went to Kings with an open mind - I'd never been in one meaningfully before this. I'd been BY them, but not in them.I'm on the fence about the stars. If I had gone here and paid using my own money, it would be 3 stars ('It's okay'). However, I was shopping with free money, so yeah, 4 stars ('I liked it'). Just know that I won't be back using my own money.The layout seemed unusual to me, but no deduction for that. After all, I'm used to a different chain entirely.The stores were clean, and the selection was reasonable. I say reasonable because even at my favored chain, there are still what I perceive to be supply chain issues. Same thing here: Some empty spots where items should be, here and there, around the store. Nowhere near the panic-buying pandemic level that every place had a few years back though.The main issue I have, the issue where 1 or 2 stars are deducted, is price. I looked at some staple items I normally buy to see how they measured up price-wise. Everything was more expensive! Plus, certain things (canned chunk light tuna springs to mind) were double in price, whether name brand or not. I'm comparing non-sales price to non-sales price here, mind you.Otherwise, I used the gift card, which almost covered the dozen eggs I bought - just a little joke. The eggs were definitely expensive, but this was at a time where eggs were expensive everywhere. I got a number of items I was running low on, like eggs, and toilet paper, and milk, etc etc. I wound up paying about 80 cents over the card, but I got restocked on some bigger ticket items that last over a longer time than, say, produce.I won't be back (why would I go there just to pay more money? I didn't see any benefit to going there other than the Hillsdale location being 1 mile away vs. the closest 'favored chain' store which is 2 miles away), but I will say, if you get a gift card for Kings market, it's definitely well worth using.”

“They always have what I need. My only complaint would be who designed and built their parking lot. Also I prefer the metal shopping carts rather than plastic. The plastic ones break too easy. Yes it's busy but there is a reason for that. Love the deli and fish market.”