Carolina Town and Country

710 E. Main St

919-776-2790

9am-7pm Mon-Sat

 10am-5am Sun

Quick Look

Customer Service                           Good             

Cleanliness                                     Average

Organization                                   Average

Price                                              Good

The Full Run Down

This is a family run pet and feed store. The employees are friendly and helpful and will answer all your questions. They have all types of animals for sale, from the barn yard to the household pet. They also have some animals that are for display only. Like their two marmosets and Charlie the parrot. It is a fun place to take my daughter just to look around. They take in unwanted animals to resell, also.
This store has kids workshops, flock swaps and low cost vet clinics on the weekends.
I love this store and I buy all my feed and most of my animals from this store. That being said, animals bought there should be brought to the vet to be wormed as soon as possible.

Links

Carolina Town and Country Website

Reviews on Citysearch

K-Mart

2515 S. Horner Blvd

919-775-7901
8am to 10pm

Quick Look

Customer Service                   Poor

Cleanliness                             Good

Organization                           Good

Price                                      Average

The Full Run Down

This K-Mart is fairly big but it does not have many grocery items. This makes it aggravating if you need to one stop shop. The store is bright and clean and well organized. The prices are higher than Walmart by quite a bit. One benefit of shopping here is they have awesome clearance. The customer service is terrible. When I ask questions I am likely to get an eye roll before a response. Returning merchandise is easy. The lines tend to be long and slow. Still, there are times when I just want to avoid all the people at Wal-mart which is when I usually stop here.

Links

Kmart website

My Store Ad Listings

PTO Thrift Store

303 S. Steele St

919-776-4142
9am-5pm Tues-Sat

Quick Look

Customer Service                        Average

Cleanliness                                  Great

Organization                                Great

Prices                                          High

The Full Run Down

This thrift store raises money for Lee County Schools. The volunteers working here are generally parents of school children. This store is very clean and organized. They have a Facebook page that highlights some of their stuff. PTO thrift store carries a varied selection of donated items. This is my favorite thrift store for uniform shirts for my daughter.  The prices are high in my opinion.  Also, there is one employee I have seen being abrupt with customers. I do not buy from them often.

Links

PTO Thrift on Facebook

Lee County Schools 

Volunteer Lee County Website- This site will help you find any volunteer opportunities you might be looking for in Lee county.

Salvation Army

305 S. Steele St

919-776-2769

Quick Look

Customer Service                      Average
Cleanliness                                Good
Organization                              Average
Prices                                        Great

The Full Run Down

This thrift store has good prices. They generally  have the most furniture. The store could be better organized and the employees could be more helpful helpful. This is my favorite thrift store to find good books. I have made a quite a few surprise finds there. This is my favorite thrift store in Sanford.

Links

Carolina Division Website

Salvation Army Organization
Volunteer Lee County- This site can connect you with volunteer opportunities in Lee County.

Divine Finds Thrift store

511 Wicker Street

919-718-0446

Quick Look

Customer Service                         Excellent
Cleanliness                                   Excellent
Organized                                    Great
Price                                            Average

The Full Run Down

Divine finds is a clean and well organized thrift store. The volunteers working here are friendly and helpful. They have a nice selection of donated goods. This is my favorite thrift store for clothing. I like that they have a Facebook page where they list daily deals and show pictures of the store for a little pre-shopping at home.  I think their prices are on the high side but not outrageous. They just recently added credit cards to their payment options. The profits are used to help Lee County's only no kill animal shelter CARA.

Links

Facebook Page
Volunteer Lee County This page will connect you with volunteer opportunities in Lee County.

Walmart

3310 NC Highway 87

919-776-9388
24 hours

Quick Look 

Customer Service                   Below Average

Cleanliness                             Below Average

Organized                               Average

Prices                                     Good

The Full Rundown

This is a small Walmart. I can usually find what I am looking for but not a lot of selection . The customer service is almost non existent on the floor. While stocking during night hours the employees can be down right rude.  The cashiers do their jobs with an efficient lack of enthusiasm. I have found it very easy to return merchandise. 

The Walmart Deli has a hot bar with very good food. Fried chicken and shrimp and other picnic type foods. The prices are great making this a wonderful carry out option for busy families.

Inside of the store is a pharmacy, vision center, bank, hair and nail salon, and a Subway Restaurant. I am not including them as part of this review.

Links

Walmart website

The Steele Pig

133 S Steele Street
Sanford, NC 27330
(919) 777-9963

                                                       

   Tuesdays – Saturdays 5:00pm to 9:00pm

Quick Look

Atmosphere                                Nice
Service                                       Great
Food                                          Great
Child Friendly                             No
Romantic                                    Yes
Price                                          $27 a person

The Full Run Down

This was a surprisingly upscale restaurant for Sanford. Great food and attentive service. Food came out quickly. I had calamari as an appetizer, it was very fresh. My entree was the flounder special. It was as beautiful as it was tasty. There is no kids menu, so my daughter, age 9, ordered the hamburger special. There is a new special burger every day. She loved it but it was huge. My husband ordered the shrimp and grits. It looked fantastic. It tasted wonderful. The portion was on the small side. They had a great selection of beers. They have a full bar.

Links

Steele Pig Website

Steele Pig Menu

Tarheel Eater Review

Deep River Park and Camelback Bridge

Take Cumnock Road North from US421

Park is on Deep River and on the left

Quick Look

Beautiful                             Yes
Romantic                            Yes
Playground                         Small Swingset
Picnic Tables                      Covered and Uncovered
Child Friendly                     7 and up
Busy                                   No
Price                                   Free

The Full Rundown

This is a park built to showcase a historic bridge, Camel Back bridge, built in 1910. The bridge is closed to vehicles. Walking out on it gives an amazing view of Deep River. There is also a boat ramp for canoes. There is a covered picnic area on both sides of the bridge. This park is beautiful and serene. 

Links

Wikipedia

Another Review by, Mom in Chapel Hill,and where the picture of the playground came from.

Bridge Hunter

Another Review by, Active Rain

The playground at deep river park.

Lowe's Home Improvement

315 S. Horner Blvd

919-776-5644

Mon-Sat: 7am - 9pm

Sun: 8am-7pm

Quick Look

Customer Service                   Great

Cleanliness                             Great

Organized                               Good

Prices                                     Average

The Full Run Down

This store was almost completely demolished by a tornado in 2011. This happened while the store was open for business, resulting in some crazy footage. Luckily, no was was killed. They rebuilt and reopened the same year. This is a nice place to shop. They have good prices and friendly service.  It is organized and well stocked. I love that they offer a military discount.
I have had appliances delivered a few times. They can usually deliver within 48 hours. I was happy with the service. Especially since it is free.

Links

Lowe's Website

You Tube Video taken during tornado.