During a routine inspection on Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health discovered major violations at the Castro grocery store located at 4201 18th St., which included a rodent infestation. Health inspectors found gnawed bags of tortillas, cookies, chips and bread in addition to “evidence of nesting at the shelves for bread, condiments, and cookies/cheese,” according to the inspection report, which was reviewed by SFGATE.
Store personnel voluntarily discarded the gnawed food items at the time of inspection, the report added. Rodent droppings were also found throughout the store with inspectors spotting droppings on retail shelves, beneath deli weighing scales and under a food prep sink and produce shelves in the warehouse, among other locations.
This is my local grocery. Anybody who's reading this, next time you visit mollie stones use your phone and compare prices against Whole Foods or delivery with Amazon Fresh. Those are both expensive options. Mollie Stones is 50% to 3x more expensive than both pretty much across the board. I don't understand why anybody shops here, perhaps they never bothered to check how much they're being gouged for? If you're looking for convenience order from Amazon Fresh. Delivery is free to 6 dollars. Pays for itself easily with the savings.
I'd happily support local business if the markup was 10%. It's not. A small box of strawberries is 15 dollars. A tub of Fage yogurt is 10 dollars (6 on Amazon fresh). A cut of salmon is 20 dollars (I paid 9 at a supermarket by my boyfriend's apartment in Oakland).
Where does the money go? Maybe real estate? If that's the case how does the Whole Foods keep their prices reasonable and make a profit? Other small local businesses with large footprints like Cliff's? This is the only local supermarket - people should be mad. I am.
