Ica Supermarket Folkungagatan

Modern, fancy supermarket! They stock everything you could possibly want. A lot of fresh pre-made and pre-packed snacks and meals. V impressed by this shop, and its design, fish and meat counters, and fridges. Also by the incredibly friendly shop assistant who helped me with the self-checkout.

So the supermarket is nice, big and has a wide range of products. The staff tend to be very friendly and customer oriented. The problem, the big problem, very serious, is the expiration date that they put on chicken packages. I bought 3 packages 3 different days, and every time the chicken was expired 2 days before what showed on the package. The matter is very serious. Even eating the chicken (2 days before the expiration date) smelled bad, like rotten. I couldn't believe that the same thing had happened 3 times. So once, I decided to eat a piece thinking that maybe it was a problem with my smell, etc. And I ended up going thru digestive problems and gastritis for several days (food poisoning). Be careful when buying chicken in ICA!!!

What a lovely experience it was, I remains open till 23:45. I was looking to buy grocery in the Kate hours and found this store open, the staff was really nice and helped me locate items since it was too big. They also have a small cafe I believe which was closed that time.

Variety is insane: millions of cheese-types, meats, puddings, yoghurts and other goodies. Prices are reasonable, but Swedish-high, of course. Staff is super-friendly and helpful too. Navigation is intuitive: didn’t have to look for long. Totally recommended.

The premises are much fresher and shopping experience is better after the renovation. Supermarket is bright, has a security guard at the entrance, food is displayed in a more eye-catching manner. High traffic. Long lines at cashier but for those willing to do a self-serviced checkout, it helps that there are many self-checkout kiosks.