Auchan (Sokolniki) in Krasnoselskaya is another best hypermarket with a huge selection. It is located in the shopping complex "Troika". Getting to it is very convenient. It is in the Troyka shopping center that there is Auchan Sad.
Walk down the floor
In the Troyka shopping center, the Auchan hypermarket on Krasnoselskaya is located on two floors. On the lower floor you can buy various food products. It is possible to find almost any desired product of one brand. Unfortunately, for example, Polet factory oatmeal cookies are not there, and puffs of sugar from the same confectionery are always available. Product prices are much lower than in other stores. It is advisable to walk along the path between the racks, and not along the edge along the ticket office or wall to see signs indicating the departments.
There is a huge selection of cookies, sweets, marmalade. Scales are located in convenient places - no need to go far and wait for a long line. By weight, you can take nuts, dried fruits, chips, spices. Nearby are shelves with packaged products. You can find seeds and nuts of those manufacturers that are rarely found in other stores. There is even a Brazil nut.
Dairy and meat departments are conveniently located: no need to circle in search and run in all four directions. The dairy department and frozen products are located closer to the cash desks, which is very convenient for those who bought ice cream - it will not melt along the way.
Upper floor "Auchan"
Near the meat department there is a travelator (the escalator is not with steps, but with a walkway). On the second floor, the goods are, so to speak, inedible: household, hygiene, care, seeds. Hypermarket "Auchan" on Krasnoselskaya differs from others in its huge selection of bath accessories, such as shower gel, liquid soap, shampoos, creams, lotions and the like. Such a department is allocated a huge area with low racks.
Anyone can see where to look for the desired item. Household goods are located on high racks. And at the entrance on the top floor there are departments with electronics, books, electrics, seeds. The choice of such things is not very large. The department with clothes and shoes is small, but there is something to see. The department with underwear, clothes for sleeping and at home is next to the cosmetic department. Everything is conveniently located.
How to get and working hours
When is the best time to visit Auchan (Krasnoselskaya)? Opening hours are as follows: every day from 8.00 to 23.00. It is best to come not immediately to the opening, but about 10 hours, when the goods will be laid out in most departments. From the shelves, especially on weekends, they sweep everything away quickly.
Address of Auchan hypermarket: Upper Krasnoselskaya street, 3A. If you leave the metro at the Krasnoselskaya station, you need to turn right: a bridge will be visible behind the metro. You need to go under this bridge through both traffic lights at the ground crossing, then left along Verkhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street. On the way you will meet the All Saints Church with a red brick wall. Behind it will be visible TC "Troika". By car, you need to drive directly from the TTK to the parking lot, also driving past the All Saints Church.
Special cash desks
New customers will be very surprised. In appearance everything looks as usual: a huge number of cash desks. People put products on tape, the cashier scans and puts them in bags. The wallet here can not be reached. Hypermarket employees issue a primary check-direction to the terminal. Such a piece of paper indicates the total amount in rubles for purchases and a barcode of a new sample. "Auchan" on Krasnoselskaya is probably the only one of its kind where all the ticket offices are non-standard.
The buyer approaches any terminal, applies a barcode to the scanner, the entire product list and the final price are displayed. You can pay in cash or by credit card. In the second option, you must first select on the "Payment by card" screen. But if there is only cash, then you can pay both with the expectation of both change and without change. The terminal accepts a trifle and returns the desired change. It is convenient in this case to watch on the screen for the line "It remains to pay extra ..." when you throw the next coin, the balance for payment changes in a smaller direction. When fully paid, the terminal will issue a secondary check to the exit. The primary one is no longer needed, and the secondary one should never be lost. Without it, one cannot get out of Auchan.
In case of jamming of the tape in the terminal, you need to call the cashier or administrator for help. The primary check will help out. But such disasters do not happen often. Upon exit, you need to "show" (and not apply) the check to the scanner near the automatic gate.
Visitors reviews
The impressions of visitors are different. Better to start with the bad, to warn people. Own products under the brand name "Every Day" (meat, fish) are most often expired. The label may simply have a new date, but in fact it turns out stale goods. You also need to be careful with such products from other manufacturers. Buyers can send all claims and complaints about the purchase to Auchan (Verkhnyaya Krasnoselskaya). There are also reviews not in favor of the hypermarket for another reason: they punch goods at the checkout twice or a problem at the terminal. With this you need to be careful, and it is better to pay in cash, not a card. On the "otzoviks" they write that they are debiting from the card, and the terminal stubbornly writes: "Payment failed. Error." And to solve such a problem with the administration especially failed.
There are also good points about the Auchan store on Krasnoselskaya. As mentioned above, a large assortment and convenient location of departments are pleasing. It only remains to add that before visiting the hypermarket or after you can relax in any cafe on the 3rd floor, take a walk along the Leroy Merlin and boutiques.