FoodWorks
79 reviews
Foodworks is HORRIBLE! Just payed $7 for a small thing of rasberries that turned out to be MOLDY! No even kidding - every single one was moldy!!! The only people they can afford to hire are 14 year olds and their prices are 5 times what ANY other grocery shop has. I don't know how they get any customers, but my buisness with THEM is DONE. Show details
Terrible manager – Witnessed the lady manager today verbally assaulting a customer, screaming at the top of her voice because she had parked a little incorrectly. I’ve never been so disgusted in this mangers words and actions. Other Customers left the store disgusted. A terrible example being set for the other young workers
Look at the packaging date and expiry - esp takeaway foods before buying!! Several times I've visited here (as a regular) I've noticed 2-3 day old sandwiches and cold takeaways in the fridge sitting at full price!? I questioned the young guy over the weekday and he agreed that the items should be marked half price (or lower) the following day.… Read more
However the past two recent weekends this has not been the case when other staff are on. One example an $8 salad roll (2 days old) that I very rightfully requested a mark down on. The young lass offered only half, but I refused, given that would only be OK if it was 1 day old. I pushed for $3, but claimed she could only offer $3.50 - which I wouldn't accept. So despite her hesitations and me stating $3 isn't a tough bargain to ask for, she caved.
It's [Content Removed] ridiculous that one has to go these lengths for something that should have otherwise been binned - its a roll, not bargaining for a refrigerator!!
Seriously these Foodworks stores on the whole are overall crap. I even experienced the same issue with Redcliffe before they went gangbusters due to poor performance and financial instability.
Seasons IGA were the best - this lot are a pale dog turd imitation by comparison!
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Positive reviews
Great supermarket – Love this supermarket! Keep the hawkers away from front door it is very annoying puts people off! Don’t mind RSL or the Ike but not the two who were there on 7/2/23
Kuranda Foodworks -Little treasure shop – Kuranda Foodworks is a little treasure box. They have improved so much and offer a great variety of local products. Its Quality not Quantity. Especially in this special time, they try hard to keep the shelfs packed. Thanks Team Show details
Great place to to Shop at and nice and cheap and friendly – Great place to shop at and nice and cheap and friendly staff and helpful I'm a local in Kapunda a small town and cheap and a bit expensive but still Shop there. Show details
Negative reviews
Price gouging – This is price gouging at it's best. 3kg of prawns $176. That works out at double the rrp. Shame on you woodworks moora. No wonder I shop in Perth.
Man behind the counter screaming at customer at Roxburgh Park Foodworks – Saw a worker at the sweet shop in Roxburgh Park Foodworks screaming at a female customer. I found this behaviour to be very threatening and was shocked to see a worker yelling like this at a customer. This is not acceptable. Show details
FoodWorks in Miles They are a con – FoodWorks in Miles on the 14th off this month I ordered two cartons off Tru Blu La Ice Cola Maxi Carbonated 2L the price was $1.99 each per bottle but today 18/03/2023 I picked up the two cartons and when I got home I looked at the receipt and I was charged 2.13 each. I Phone FoodWorks in Miles as I understand it is because I bought in bulk Show details
Recent reviews
Foodworks Derby Rd, Pascoe Vale – I ordered some groceries though Uber Eats from there. One of the items was chicken thighs. When they arrived the plastic package was all bloated and sweaty, so I checked the use by date and they were due to expire tomorrow. There was no way you could safely eat them, and it was obvious they had gone off already. I feel like I Foodworks gave me chicken that they were going to have to throw out anyway
Selling expired products. Horrible – Manager should be very strict on checking the product on their shelves to make sure all the item that they are selling are not expired. It will cause food poisoning. And the lady at the counter with a fake long lashes is telling me that I should check it, it’s their job to check and disposed all the expired items. Show details
Purchased Chicken which had distinct smell & was nothing more than scraps. Not edible – Purchased Chicken from Lakes Entrance store. Sold in a sealed tray which appeared to be OK when viewed from the top. No way of telling what was underneath until I got it home. It was nothing but scraps (absolutely disgusting). The way the Chicken was folded in the packaging, there was no way of telling. There was no Chicken to be salvaged and… Read more
further to this, it had a distinct odour. It had to be thrown out. This is the first time I have purchased meat from Foodworks; never again.
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Foodworks Woodridge.. Horrible, Horrible, Horrible! – This was the single most awful shopping experience I have ever had. Firstly, no bakery section.. then as I was trying to shop down these incredibly narrow aisles, stock trolleys were blocking the shelves & staff, all of which were teenagers kept making me move out of the way to constantly move MORE stock trolleys. This happened to me SIX TIMES! … Read more
Went to get chips.. they were all out of date.. asked a staff member to check if they had more.. he wouldn't.. plus he didn't remove the out of stock off the shelf. Went to get dip.. AGAIN, out of date. Called the manager.. a teenager rocks up.. makes me walk with him to the chip aisle when he had no intention of looking for more stock. Went to checkout.. it states they accept all major credit cards, yet I was told I couldn't use American Express. Got charged for cucumbers TWICE when one lot were zucchinis. Tried to get a refund.. the manager STILL didn't know what he was doing; asking me what I wanted. I asked what he did know & he said he only started one week prior.. yet he was a teenager in charge of the entire store! He then threw the bag of zucchinis at me & called them "avocados".. (like who thinks a zucchini is an avocado?) .. THEN he refused to give me back my receipt.
I will never, EVER shop in this store again.
Full of maggot in unopened rice package – Bought packet of rice from roxburgh park food works took it home without checking inside. Expected to be as fresh as it can be. Full of maggots and returned today and they ignored me didn't offer to replace or refund. Don't go and buy full of maggot yourselves. Don't buy from FoodWorks Show details
Balwyn North Store – Have been shopping here for 8 years for convenience to my home. I find the staff here always happy and smiling (unlike previous owners) and very helpful, willing to carry your goods to the car or fulfill any request. They have good bargains too. I look forward to going to shop there as I know it will be a pleasant experience and I always leave smiling. Show details
Hardly any stock on shelves, fridge and freezers – I asked staff why so empty and I was told they were waiting for a load. By the looks of things they have been waiting for years, what a joke Show details
Basil and Penne Past Salad Review - Valley Foodworks – I'm flabbergasted at how amazing the basil and penne pasta salad is at the Fortitude Valley FoodWorks! Its a taste sensation. Mix it into your favourite salad from their salad bar and your onto your way to heaven. THE MASTER PASTA - Who says you can't make friends with salad , I did! :) Show details
Foodworks Inverloch – I bought a small jar of Vegemite in February when we were holidaying in Inverloch we did not open the jar until a week later in Melbourne and found it tasted awful. Reason being it was more than twelve months out of date! Show details
Impressed with more stock – So glad there is more stock at the Bradbury, now it has new owners, please keep the same staff as we have got to know them and they know us ,they are always friendly
Eerie – Walking through the horrible and shockingly depleated stock aisles of Bradbury Foodworks is akin to wandering through a ghost town. The only thing missing are the tumble weeds ! - but these will come as locals (including myself) travel to other convenient and properly stocked shopping alternatives in the area.
Where is all the stock – Cant run a store this way no stock shelves and fridges empty stopped shopping there until they can keep shelves stocked its depressing walking through there its a shame cause the staff are allways happy and polite foodworks get your act together or sell to someone who can.
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Empty shelves – Local food works is bradbury nsw one of the worst stores ever they never have any stock many empty shelves even isles this has been going on for 2 years now it looks like the end of the word is coming how can foodworks let this happen for so long they are affecting business around them and destroying our shopping centre I would be ashamed to associate my brand-name with this store. Foodworks you are a joke.
Love this store ! – Went into this Lismore Foodworks last week and what a lovely surprise to be greeted with a smile and happy staff. Good fresh produce brought in daily from local farmers and some great specials to be had ! I’ll be a regular from now on .. love it !
Bangalow – The store in Bangalow is disgusting and a blot on the town. Store is filthy, the trolley's are never ever have been cleaned, there are no use by dates or known by the staff on the Deli section. Outside the Store has never been cleaned. The Store is the talk of the Town and people can't wait until a opposition opens up. I would think that someone from Foodworks would do inspection's of Stores that are carrying their brand.
So happy – I have found Foodworks Sunbury to be a really great place to shop. The staff are very friendly and ready to have a chat. The main reason I shop there is because they have a great range of G.F. products. Usually find what I am after. Saving me a lot of wear and tear on the old legs.
Horrible – The shops are disgusting, always dirty. Staff/management are horrible. Food is always out of date. Fruit and vegetables are always rotten. Not happy at all.
Brilliant help for a difficult situation – The wonderful staff at Foodworks Diggers Rest went above & beyond with their service.I made a phone request for them to hold a product for me although I am not a regular customer. They had taken the product off the shelf & stored it in the cool room until I arrived. They had no way of knowing if I was genuine until I arrived at the store,pretty cool & trusting in their assistance,such a refreshing level of service should be commended.
Would not recommend – Dallas Foodworks fridges and freezers aren’t even cold, the products in the fridge area are all warm and they go out of date because they’re not at the right temperature, and the ice cream isn’t even frozen properly, it’s stale.
Shame – I know Foodworks Preston Gilbert Rd Melbourne also have China people running the shop and there's two old couple who cannot speak or understand English. How can they serve n sell alcohol and also serve deli if they don't even hold certificates for the two important sections in the shop. Since they can't speak or understand English, no way they can sit for any tests to qualify them for a certificate. Disgusting!
Rip off. Charged me double – I bought grocery $20 worth from Newtown food works ( next to the train startion) but they charged me $52 I didn’t realise until I got home and I didn’t have the receipt to prove it. This happened Twice. At least $30 rip off each time. It happened to my friend too the product was advertised for $15 but they charged him $50. He had a receipt so he got his Money back.
Discrimination – I was in fresh fields foodworks last week in bundaberg, I bought a cooked pizza with my mate after that we grabbed some drinks and my friend took them to the register while I held the pizza while I was standing there with it the other worker asked me if I need help I told her no I'm with my friend she then said excuse me what about the pizza I… Read more
told her I bought it as you can't grab them only workers could as there behind glass she then asked the worker we bought the pizza off if we had bought it or not after she heard that we did she rudely just said RIGHTO to me, she didn't treat nobody else like that in the shop and I was the only black person there
Foodworks Carlton dont stand by their products – I bought a bar of chocolate at this shop. the chocolate had spoiled and tasted awful. I came back the next day and asked for a refund and they told me to contact the manufacturer! Then when I pointed out that this was against consumer law, they said they wouldnt refund as I didnt have a receipt. Like many people who use Paywave I often dont bother… Read more
taking a receipt, mostly because I trust that the store would stand by their loyal customers and the products that they sell. But not this one. For the sake of a $6 sale you have lost a lot more as I wont be back
What a circus – Since the new people have taken over Foodworks Sunnybank, staff can't speak English and a lot of items no prices, i take groceries to check out and they ask me what the price is, how would i know, so they can't scan bottle of soft drink so they take a photo and send to the owner for price, unbelievable, i feel sorry for the staff there.
Great service – Great service very helpful and nice Calum was great Great service
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