This is such a sad day for me and my mom, we walked into Spar Arcadia just past the entrance to start shopping. the security and car guard called us back outside and we hesitated as they were unneat and we were unsure if they even worked there. They Searched our bags as if we were potential criminals, embarrasing us infront of many shoppers, apparently it was because we didnt give them the bags when we walked in, but what can we stael at the entrance, the paint on the walls? the manager said there is nothing he can do as it is there job ? Me and my Mom have spent thousands as customers at that Spar and many others, the manager knew our faces for years! Disgusting!

Went to Westville Superspar this morning to purchase some items for our office, one of which being Baby Soft Toilet Rolls (9's). There was a banner on the shelf advertising them at a special price of R39.99, and upon getting to the till they rang up as 49.99, so I told the cashier that they were advertised as being on special, and she went up the aisle and returned saying that I was wrong and the price was 49.99. Didn't argue further with her, just paid and after taking the parcels to the car went back to check.

The banner which had the special price was removed, presumably by the cashier. Now I KNOW there was a specials 'banner' on the shelf, I never would've purchased 2 packs if they were in actual fact R49.99 - when they are normally cheaper at other stores. I bought 2 specifically because of the cheaper price.

If the special ended the day before that doesn't matter. I looked at all the other 'banners' on the shelves advertising special prices and none of them had the dates that the prices were valid for. So the advertised prices is the one that should have been paid, not simply have the cashier try and hide it!

This is the kind of service that loses customers...

Late Sunday afternoon i went to Spar to buy some fruit for my little on for school the next day. The Spar usually has the strawberries on ice as you walk in. I grabbed a pack and saw that it was full of mould! I then put it back and looked for another pack. All of the packs were full of mould, i then looked at the paw paws, grabbed the best looking pack, paid and left. When i opened the pack at home 3 out of the 5 paw paws were rotten and had to be tossed into the bin. This was the 2nd time that i have seen rotten fruit at the Ruimsig Spar. A friend of mine also shops at that Spar, she to has bought rock hard banana loaves that on the label claim to be baked the day before? What is going on?? People dont have money to waist on food! I think it is disgusting. I will never go back there again! they will start to lose customers if it carries on like this.

I had a special guests over for dinner and bought some and I quote; 'Selected, matured, premium quality South African beef' Porterhouse [TTasty DAR] steak at R89.99 per kg expecting it to be of a decent quality and taste. Well, it was not! It was of an inferior quality and tough as doornail! It left us feeling ripped-off!

In retrospect, their is no indication on the packaging as to the ageing process and~or timeline thereof. It does however have, in big bold lettering, the words TENDER and TASTY on the packaging! It actually has three different areas where the tenderness and the taste is punted! I'll just chalk it up to experience then!

I stay in Dinwiddie and usually do my grocery shopping at Spar due to the fact that the OK stores close to me sells food at ridiculous prices!!!Many a time I have been put off buying fruit at Spar simply because the fruit is ROTTEN!!!One can literally see the mould on their strawberries and guavas...This has happened so many times, I now drive all the way to Frit and Veg city in Bruma...My child loves eating fruit and i would be a fool to continue buying from Spar. Sometimes the fruits are so cleverly packed that you will only see the decay once you open the package!!! There have been many instances where I came home looking forward to a guava or strawberry only to find rhizopus mould infested fruit!! Its not like I keep the receipts to take the stuff back, but this is forcing me to get into that habit. I am very close to calling regulatory bodies to come and intervene here.