It's happened twice now where we've bought off Seafood from the Freville Store - Oysters and Prawns. Disappointingly staff could not care less either. Made a comment about it on the Foodland Facebook page and it was deleted.

i stopped shopping at the local butcher because our Foodland was far superior - however meat quality is slipping - so disappointed to find 2 disgusting gristle filled neck chops hidden under the 4 quarter that I paid for! Don't be like Coles
And Woolies please!!

I loved the opportunity to shop locally until now! Management at the Cleve store has changed and it it super bad!! Shelves are empty - bread is being sold whilst stale - but the most unforgivable error is for the basic staple of potatoes to be out of stock for 5 days! Please do a quality control check of the Cleve store - the staff are awesome as u will see - but to be expected to pay full price for stock that is obviously out of date is wrong!! Everyone in town is talking about travelling 300kms round trip to get decent supplies! PS The meat section is usually bloody great!!
Meat section
Specials run out the morning they are posted

I recently purchased steak from the salisbury north drake foodland store and when I opened it, it was full of water and I also saw a mud cake on the shelf with no lid, I informed one of the staff but they didn't do much about it, they seemed too busy to care! Ridiculous!
it's close to home
customer service

I have always shopped at Foodland as I truly beleive in supporting local South Aussie business. recently however I had decided to change due to being sold some meat that when I got home I found out was inedible. It was actually green.

I had photos and receipts. I tried contacting the specific store number of times and was never called back, I also emailed them but the email address listed on the official foodland website bounced. I then emailed the foodland head office with all the information and they too have ignored my complaint.

No customer service

I love shopping at Foodland. A different feel to "Big Two" and diverse products. The best shops are the recently revamped Drake stores with their fresh bakeries and upgraded fruit and veggie section. My most favourite would be the fantastic Henley Beach supermarket? What a joy to shop there. The Norwood shop is great also and not to forget the recently renovated North Haven shop. Well done!
Drakes Foodlands are Clean, great product range, friendly staff and well priced
Some Romeo Foodlands can do with a revamp.

This shop may be a little outdated but I love it as the staff are always helpful pack your things well and will always open another checkout if busy. You never have to spend long waiting. Parking is good too. The meat is excellent quality and cheap. The only reason why I give it 4 stars is the variety isn't as vast as some other places.
Great service
They don't have enough pet variety otherwise would only shop here

I do my shopping at foodland Munno Para shopping centre Main north road smithfield sa for the last six seven months the quality of the beef chop packs have been over priced and packed with mostly bone and not much meat on most of the chops and a few very big ones full of fat. I also have a big complaint about the quality of the steak it is always full of water and very tough. I cook all my meat on a goerge foreman griller plate and the drip tray is always quarter to a half full of water. The rest of the meat in the store is good and I have no other complaints about the food. The staff are always nice and polite and the weekly specials and the prices of the new products are excellent . I hope my complaint can be rectified.

My sister and l live in wallaroo and gawler. we both prefer to shop foodland and enjoy the good honest approach to prices and variety, especially when australian made produce is highlighted. however, even foodland slips up with smallgoods - a plentiful display of sliced meats, chicken pieces, fish and others sometimes means the product is stale or 'off'
staff are helpful and busy but checkouts run efficiently
the deli sections seem under pressure to put copious amounts of smallgoods out for appearance but at the end of the day, we have had products that are stale or even 'off'

We are so lucky where we live - we have a Drake, IGA and Romeo's all within 5+ minutes drive of our home (Happy Valley, O'Halloran Hill, Old Reynella, Hallett Cove). Most of the stores have been re-vamped and are super-easy to get around. The variety is excellent, especially for speciality gluten-free goods; continental cheeses etc. Some prices are more expensive than Coles and Woolies but I would rather shop with a South Australian company than those conglomerates who are taking over the food, alcohol and pub markets and provide year old deep storage produce!
Friendly, close to home, good service, good variety.

I love my mighty south aussies! I save money, they supply a great range of products and support a lot of local family owned SA businesses just like them! Some stores do need upgrades otherwise overall well equipped stores with all necessary amenities. Staff could use better and more training in certain stores even is its up to individual to use comnon sense i think lack of training and supervision is a great contributor to overall complacency
Save money, great range, local, supports local

Foodland is in my opinion, the best supermarket around. Not only can you easily find all the groceries you need, if you need help there is always someone around to lend you a helping hand and a smile. With cheap prices like Coles and Woolworths but the comforting feel of a small, family market, you really can't go wrong.
Excellent service, positive atmosphere, inexpensive, friendly staff
Differs from store to store

I no longer shop at Foodland after purchasing a potato salad from their deli that was anything but freshly made.

When the lid was removed from the product on our arrival home, we gagged from the foul stench. I have no idea how their staff managed to keep straight faces while they sold it to all and sundry.

No, we didn't bother lodging a complaint. The best form of customer revenge is word of mouth, and taking your custom elsewhere.

On other counts, range of products are appallingly limited, advertised prices (in the junk mail variety) are inaccurate and not displayed in store.

Staff (mostly teens) tend to look as miserable as a wet weekend.

I used to go to Foodland near my house nearly every two days and there was an special offer which you could get a free stuff toy every time you spend 30 dollars o more. When I went there the last time the cashier did not want to give me the toy because I mentioned at the end.Since then I decided to drive a bit far but not to go there ever again.

bad service

They promote themselves as a store that has local produce and that is a store that supports buy Australian but i have noticed that they are starting to sell a lot of foreign foods and they are putting them on special and promoting them in there weekly catalogues that you get in the post box. The stores seem very crowded and disorganised and there is always stuff on the floor and the staff are nit that helpful but in the plus side they do have great specials that save me a lot of money sometimes. They are locally owned which makes it better then giving your money to faceless suits.

My local foodland is amazing! It is one of the gourmet ones and I genuinely love shopping there.

It has a good range of food and always good quality. The staff are friendly and helpful. I also like that they dont push the bulk-buy thing like the big supermarkets do. I live alone, I dont need a kilo of mince!! Foodland often have one-person sized quantities rather than big lots.

It is a bit more expensive than other supermarkets but I think they are worth it.
Single serves of meat
Expensive