2/5 Kala H. 3 years ago on Google
I
grew
up
in
Topeka,
going
to
Dillon's
with
my
Mom.
At
that
time,
the
Brookwood
Dillon's
was
the
only
one.
They
had
a
great
bakery,
everything
baked
in
house.Produce
always
fresh,
prices
competitive
and
wide
variety
of
brands
for
good
selection.
As
I
got
older,
I
continued
to
shop
at
Dillon's
and
remained
a
pretty
loyal
Dillon's
shopper.
As
years
passed,
I
shopped
different
stores
but
the
large
majority
of
my
shopping
remained
with
Dillon's.
After
the
store
at
Belle
and
21st
closed
and
the
store
moved
to
the
Fairlawn
and
21st
location,
there
were
many
positive
changes.
The
bakery
once
again
resumed
baking
most
items,
adding
many
items
and
updating
items,
became
really
busy
having
to
make
sure
to
order
far
in
advance...quality
was
excellent.
The
Deli
was
fabulous,
no
longer
chicken,
chicken,
chicken
and
Chinese.
The
deli
had
handmade
to
order
sandwiches,
dinner
menus
for
each
day
of
the
week,
mexican,
pork
chops,
prime
rib
night,
Italian,
meat
loaf,
various
veggies,
potatoes,
rice,
etc.
The
Deli
was
always
busy,
lunch
and
dinner.
You
had
to
get
there
early
to
get
dinner
items
as
they
sold
out
quickly...every
night.
The
food
was
always
fresh,
never
crusty
and
dried
up.
Chinese
also
fresh
again
and
not
mushy
and
nasty.
Started
having
better
selections
in
canned
and
frozen
goods.
Then,
about
5
years
ago,
it
all
began
going
downhill.
Now,
there
are
hardly
any
onsite
bakery
items,
it's
all
frozen
warehouse
junk
that's
awful,
looks
and
tastes
cardboard
like
and
artificial.
Nasty.
The
deli
is
back
to
everything
chicken
and
mushy
Chinese.
The
store
decided
to
downsize
canned
fruits
and
veggies,
they
took
one
long,
double
sided
aisle
of
fruits
and
another
for
veggies
,
reduced
each
to
one
aisle
half
the
length.
Now,
there
are
fewer
food
selections
and
fewer
label
selections
forcing
purchase
of
Kroger
brand
and
their
higher
prices
Private
Selection
brand.
Little
to
no
brand
selection
and
many
foods
were
sply
stopped
.
Same
reductions
in
frozen
food
section
as
well.
The
other
problem
is
stocking,
no
matter
the
day
or
time,
you
will
find
many
items
throughout
the
store
are
not
on
the
shelves,
including
the
meat
department,
even
in
the
half
rotten
produce
department.
Plan
on
always
having
to
make
time
to
go
to
another
grocery
store
to
get
items
Dillon's
was
out
of...I
finally
changed
where
I
shopped
and
began
going
to
Dillon's
for
sale
items
only
and
then
asking
for
rain
checks
when
items
were
not
stocked.
I
would
suggest
you
do
the
same.
It
so
sad,
Dillon's
was
a
great
store
and
a
great
steward
for
the
community.
For
decades.
Kroger
is
systematically
destroying
Dillon's
stores.
So
very
sad.
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