Walmart Deli Leaves a Lot to Be Desired

As many times as my wife and I have shopped at our Super Wal-mart, we have never gotten a meal at their deli. We’ve walked past it quite a few times and have gotten a cup of popcorn chicken for our daughter several times but have largely ignored it; electing to instead get our deli items at another store.

Last night, we were running late on errands and didn’t have any plans for dinner so we thought we would give it a try. While I liked the price, I wasn’t impressed with their quality.

We ended up getting two things from the deli section. We picked up 8 pieces of their fried chicken and a serving of baked beans. Again, the price of these two items wasn’t bad. The chicken cost less than $5 and the beans were only $2.50. Compared to other stores, that’s a good value. Of course, it wasn’t until we got the food home that we discovered it really wasn’t worth the money.

I’ll start off first with the chicken. Like I said before, there were eight pieces. Normally, you would expect at least two legs and two wings. There was just one leg and one wing and the rest of the pieces were breasts. This actually wasn’t a huge deal.

What was a big deal was the taste. The chicken seemed really dry; like it had been sitting out all day. And, this is after we watched them take the chicken out of the fryer and fill the compartment so you wouldn’t expect that.

The pieces also didn’t have much meat on them. I started with the leg and I think I found maybe 4 or 5 bites worth of actual chicken. The rest was bone or batter. I’m not normally a person who will eat more than one or two pieces but I ended up eating three just because I wasn’t getting full.

As far as fried chicken goes, it was also some of the greasiest I’ve ever eaten. I needed several napkins while eating it.

The beans were also a disappointment. We kind of expected that when we opened the container and they smelled spicy. When we warmed them in the microwave and stirred them, the spicy smell only got stronger.

When we actually ate them, we found they weren’t that spicy but they also didn’t taste quite right either. I told my wife we would have been better off buying a can of them instead.

If I ever throw a party with a lot of guests and need a lot of food at an affordable price, I will likely visit the Wal-mart deli again because I’m not going to find any place cheaper. But, when it comes to family meals, I’m going to stick to the local grocery stores rather than have their food for dinner again.