Leevers Foods - Valley City North

Dewain Crim Jr

2023-10

Just moved here from NJ on a 3 month work contract. This grocery store is nice. Fair prices, clean, helpful associates. 2 registers open at 7:20 PM, not really a line, I was third. Overall, it was a great experience.

the doll channel

2024-02

The manager was sitting behind the glass not helping when there only 2 checkers and at least 6 people in each line. My cheacker was obviously new and needed help. I had 1 thing I lost money cuz I’m late getting back from lunch should of been 5 minutes Nora half hour

GunRunner808

2023-08

The absolute most highest prices imaginable! They are they only game in town, as well they paid for a three year lease on the only other property that can hold competition. I have lived here for two years and watched as the prices go up more and more. Unfortunately Jamestown is everybody's best bet to get groceries at decent prices, but some people can't make it out there for various reasons. Be warned, the ownership of this store could care less about disabled and elderly and it's clear by the constant price gouging! Shame on them!

Troy Carlson

2023-07

Once they got a monopoly in town, the prices have went disproportionately high vs the higher prices other stores have. I get that everyone's prices have went up. But if "Store X" prices have went up 10%, Leevers has went up over 20%. I think its because "they can". We now travel to Jamestown once weekly for our groceries. Our household goes through a lot of cereal. On the cereals we buy most often, there is about a $4.00 difference PER BOX (yes, same size boxes, same brand) on these cereals. So on a trip to Jamestown, if we buy 4 boxes of cereal, 2 gallons of milk and 2 cases of purified water---JUST those items pays for our gas. Everything after that is profit in my pocket. (yes, it's profit. "money saved is money earned") I'd say we roughly pay overall 35-40% less for groceries vs shopping here. The problem is that many families are doing this now...and its a growing number all the time. So that effectively lowers Leever's profits... so they look for ways to make up for the decrease. So they do it by raising prices even more. Which....doesn't hurt those of us that go out of town, it hurts those that are FORCED to shop at Leevers because they can't get out of town for whatever reason. Now here's where someone may feel like saying "Well then you should shop at Leevers so that doesn't happen to others that are forced to shop here". So you want me to give some of my money away (waste it), so that the prices stay lower for others? That's called socialism. I won't participate in that. The problem is the monopoly.

Casey Martin

2023-07

Typical grocery store, nothing stand outish. I have yet to try the new amenities though. Sometimes the food is still out too close or past dates. Service can be great or meh.

Wayne Fiebiger

2023-05

They have electric handicap carts which I need. The store is arranged very nice. The meat dept is very nice as is the rest of the store. It's very clean. It also has a deli with lots of food already made for a meal. Plus a good bakery. I liked the store more than some others I've been in.

Dan Wieland

2023-05

Outrageous prices and a sever lack of items, especially in the frozen foods section. Milk usually has a short expiration date. It's more worth while to drive 30 miles west to some good grocery stores.

Ray

2023-05

Levers foods price gouges the remote customer base. Valley City N.D. is the perfect example. The vendors are allowed to run free and no one checks their work. The day milk is placed in the cooler the expiration date is typically within three to four days. I check dates on everything I buy here and that has led me to plan trips I don't want to make to a larger market area so I can get fresh products instead of the left overs the vendors are swapping out to the smaller market areas.

Justin Howard

2022-05

Okay so this is definitely the best place in town to get groceries. The food is always fresh! You do have to stand in line for a bit to be checked out. But that explains why this is the best grocery store in town always busy. I do wish they carried more different kinds of meat though. But overall 5 Stars from me.

Tammy Katuin

2020-05

This location is locally known as "the good Leevers" as opposed the the other location in town. Leevers had a monopoly on groceries in Valley City and the prices reflect that. I stopped in to grab a couple of items and during check out I noticed the checker in the next aisle over (Dempsey) was very friendly and chatty with the customers as he checked them. This is what you would expect from a local small town store. The checker I had never welcomed me or asked if I found everything. Didn't say thank you or even if I wanted my receipt. No smoke, no interaction at all. Leevers lacks in training as this is typical of my experience there. They should put Dempsey in charge of training for customer service. Next time I will wait in a longer line if I have to to check out with a checker like him that makes you feel like you are an appreciated customer.

Robin Rainer

2023-08

I enjoyed working they really care about their employees . Its also a very nice to place to shop at for your grocery.I really miss working for them

Delores Johnson

2022-05

I give it four stars for this young gentelman,named Zach. I've never been to Leevers before. He was just so focused at his task at hand. But,took the time to help me,find this and find that,literally...So,hats off to him.. Thank you Zach and Lee very it was most pleasant grocery store,that I've been in..

PapaNMama Bearz

2023-05

Updated with the one store closing this is now the ONLY grocery store in town. They raised the prices 3 times the amount of what is needed with lowered quality of fresh goods. The stocking staff stand around talking about weed all day and shun the customers but the cashiers are still the friendliest in town.

Rae Ann Rizzo

2018-05

I am feeling gracious that the things on my list were on sale. I am well aware that I pay extra for living in a small town. But, I can't remember the last time I passed up buying something because it was way over priced even for the convince. Although the produce was much better than Marketplace down the street. I definitely denied myself if several impulse buys. Honestly, paying the extra for customer service didn't make up the difference. Definitely clean, produce wasn't wrinkled and self wrapped like the other.

sally piper

2023-05

Expensive go off the weekly add. Most all hamburger is rotten. And most fruit is moldy.If i shop here i only go off the weekly add. South central bus can take people to jamestown or fargo for cheap. Jamestown is cheaper.Its just a store. Nothing fancy. Only store in town besides family dollar and dollar general. Prices could go way down . and it would be better...Its a store . ? God bless everyone!

Stephen Cunningham

2023-06

The worst grocery chain. Over priced, low quality. The only good thing is the bakery. Unfortunately they become easily overwhelmed.

Amber Jrau

2023-06

Only grocery store in a town of about 6,000 people. Poor quality of fruit and veggies with that high of a asking price.Ridiculously high prices. Leevers continues to price gouge because they have no competition in town and put in another three year lease on the marketplace building to avoid competition.We need a Aldi's or something. I rather drive to Fargo or Jamestown to get groceries.

Scott Wright

2023-11

A good selection of foods and drinks for a price that equals most others

Shirley Starke (Valkyrie Publications)

2022-05

I regret that I can't leave my old reviews up because it would exceed the character limit; it would be good if people could see how Leevers has changed! This store has plummeted in quality since they bought and closed their only local competitor, Marketplace Foods. I just got home after an ordeal at Leevers that no innocent customer should have to endure - let alone one in poor health, who will take at least a week to recover from the over-exertion a simple visit required and may miss 1)a visit tomorrow by a dear friend from the other side of North Dakota, 2)Mass the evening before Divine Mercy Sunday, followed by supper at Pizza Ranch, and 3)Divine Mercy Sunday itself, which I have looked forward to all winter. But the lack of basic understanding of the values people like me hold as Catholics is yet another reason I am giving the store one star (more about that later).Shopping for tomatoes and peppers today, I ran across shrimp, one of the few things (all festive luxury foods) the store offered in place of meat for Lent, marked down to $4 and took them along to the checkout counter. The checker rang it up correctly, but the man at the discourtesy counter came over and apparently accused me of putting the $4 label on the package myself - something I would not do in a thousand years! (It was a label with bar codes that they could have verified - it they had to - by scanning it.) He went to look for the shrimp on the shelves *in the wrong place*, and after 10 or 15 minutes I went all through the store to find him and show him where they were. I was already completely worn out, and he had come back to the counter without locating them.They called a woman over who was apparently a manager, who acted friendly but was as bad as the man. (Hamlet was right: one can "smile and smile and be a villain"!) I had to make another long trip across the store to show HER where they were, and she wasn't satisfied until she saw other packages of shrimp marked the same as mine. Smiles but no apology, and no courtesy refund (the $7 for my groceries would have been a very poor exchange for my health anyway, but most stores would at least have given one to show they were sorry).Besides assuming that a proclaimer, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (a position open only to the most trustworthy) and longtime musician from the church a block away must be dishonest, Leevers has offended me and others in many ways since the departure of the good people who merited the good review two years ago. I have already pointed out that the only offerings for the Fridays of Lent were luxury foods suitable only for festive occasions: lobster tails, $8/lb salmon, and so many kinds of shrimp that I didn't try to count the brands because it would have taken too long. No longer did they have the simple, humble, small packages of pollock that have gotten us through so many Lents. To get this simple fish you had to buy ten pounds of it! (We don't have to eat fish, just not eat other meat, and it should be humble fare because those Fridays commemorate the Crucifixion. I had a boiled egg or shared the vegetable soup at church.) Even the UCCB website tells us not to eat lobster or other festive foods on the Fridays of Lent! But if we bought it at Leevers we would have no choice but to disobey the Bishops' Conference.Then there are the prices, most of which have increased by at least 50% and up to 500% because of 7.9% inflation. (500%? Yes, the "bargain brand" oyster crackers that used to be $1 were marked up to $5.00! Five dollars for a small package of the cheapest kind of oyster crackers. That is almost as bad as the $6 eggs they were selling to profiteer from the early days of the pandemic.)There are a few good people left, and a few decent buys. There are are still reasonable-sized packages of pork chops at reasonable prices, and this week, $1 peppers. For most things, though, my advice is to join the many, many people who are doing their grocery shopping 40 miles away in Jamestown. Since killing off the competition, most of this store has run amok.

Renee Aarseth

2019-05

Was there this afternoon, Sunday, the 1st. Couldn't find 2 items on my list. I interrupted 2 young men who were stocking a veggie bun, they were so kind, each one directed me one item and the items were exactly where they told me they would be. I thanked them and they replied "your welcome, that's what we're here for. Their thoughtfulness and help was wonderful. Leever's has some very nice employees, I will shop there again. Renee.

James Hanse

2017-05

Small an medium sized towns should all have grocery stores like Leavers. It is bright, really bright in there with a nice layout for shopping. The shelves are well stocked, the meat case is kept fresh and the carryout service is part of the experience.

Nicole S

2020-05

Good selection for a small town, but on the spendy side. This is why people drive to the cheaper grocery stores in the larger cities. What you get at Leever's North and South stores cost wise is $50-100+ than you would spend in the larger cities for grocery shopping. Those on a budget have to really buckle down on food choices, and, that's very limiting. Not a good thing.

Margem Okalwa

2022-05

For a medium sized town, this grocery store is decently proportional. Frozen foods are lacking a variety in vegetarian cuisine and dairy doesn't have non-dairy products (i.e. yogurt) but everything else is good.

Dustin Anderson

2019-05

It does what any grocery store does is clean has the products I am looking for and is usually well staffed. I have not had a bad experience here but there really is no competition for them in town so they can charge what they want so it is a little more pricey then the stores in fargo.

Jade B

2023-08

An employee came up to me and my 2 year old to tell us they sell banana toys shaped like a pen*is….I swear I can’t make this up

Kathy Phelan

2021-05

Very disappointed with customer service. One on your regular customers came in today with a gift card and the receipt and were told it had zero value. They would not honor it and accused them of already using it. This is disturbing as these are the most honest people I know.

Jennifer Exner

2022-05

Nice clean, well stocked store. Friendly, helpful staff. My first visit there, will have to stop again when in Valley City.

Steven Berntson

2022-05

Hate even having to step foot in their valley city store... Everything is so outrageously over priced... The only thing the owners in Devils Lake is taking advantage of the elderly that can't go to Jamestown or Fargo...

Robert Askew

2017-05

There are yellow onions, white onions, and red onions. It's easy to tell them apart. The red ones are red, the yellow ones are yellow, and the white ones are white. Not obvious enough for the millenial cashier. If they had a self check out I could have paid the proper price. Would have saved me $1.50. When will Leevers get in the 21st century. Check dates on all dry goods. The raisin bran got older the further I went back. Hormel "Natural Choice" pork cuts on sale turns out to be just a piece of generic pork re packaged in house and priced the same. Who could know what brand pork it is outside of Leevers. No wonder I've always felt I should go to walmart to get a fair deal. Even when there's a sale at Leevers you have to be a private investigator to make sure you paid the advertised price. Also 3 sale items were out of stock on a thursday?

Mike W

2022-05

Prices are extremely high! They are holding the seniors hostage because they cant drive to Jamestown or Fargo. Lower your prices so the people of VC don't have to go out of town to shop!