Ballinger Ace Hardware - Ballinger, Texas

Tracyne Ashby

This is the first hardware grocery store that I've seen like this in my life, you walk in and the isles 3 and a half of them right in the middle of the store. They are paint supplies, plumbing supplies, and all the other hardware stuff you need the PVC pipes, gadgets and tools.

Jason Schnell

I've never been to a combo hardware / mini supermarket before very clean and was quite surprised at the selection of food and hardware they had it all and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

Dona Maldonado

Had a fantastic day volunteering for There's Hope and giving away diapers, wipes,and Easter dresses!

Anne Reeves

The clerk was very nice and helpful when checking me out. He also carried out my groceries bc the carryout employees were busy. Store was clean and prices were good. Could use better organization in the ace hardware department, but their cuts of meat and prices of more than made up for it.

Doug Bentley

Shopping Basket & Ace Hardware is a Grocery store combined with Ace Hardware store; the staff there r pretty helpful & they also have pretty good seals deals every so often

Donna Conzett

Shoppin Baskit and Ace Hardware is a smallish store, but it's a one stop shop for all your needs. The employees are friendly and it's an older store, so it's a bit worn around the edges. They do, however, keep it neat and tidy. Their prices can be a little high but, today they just happened to have just what I needed on sale! How'bout them apples? That reminds me, they have a small, but nice produce section and an on-site butcher.

Amy Raley

Better than it used to be but higher prices now too! And always missing what I really came for - ace is handy but again over priced. Way to gouge the small town.

*Update: Ace's selection is pretty good. Grocery selection better. But prices are still way too high IMO.

Normal Guy

Very high prices compared to other grocery stores in the area, even the others in small towns like this one. In the back of the store near the meat market they keep a bin marked "reduced price" where they toss things like expired lunch meats and cheese as well as beef from the meat market that has turned brown and sell at a discount. Always check dates if you shop here as I have bought expired product here several times after forgetting to check the date. The latest time I picked up 4 different flavors of dip from the dairy section for a family dinner I was hosting and much to my humiliation my grandmother noticed 3 of the 4 were out of date while we were getting everything ready. The employees know little to nothing about about the hardware portion of the store so don't shop here if you need any kind of assistance with hardware. Even if you do know exactly what you are looking for you will pay a lot more for it here than you will any other hardware store. For example I was replacing the glass in a window I broke on a Sunday morning mowing my yard and needed a tube of caulk to seal the new glass up. The tube I purchased for $3.75 here was $1.25 at the small locally owned hardware store down the street when I stopped in there a few days later to pick up something else. That is a pretty extreme mark up. The employees are hit and miss, a couple of them are very nice and kind but they do have several that are very rude and unpleasant to deal with. Always check the prices when you check out, it is not uncommon to catch the charged price being different from the advertised price. I've lived here 15 years and have shopped there since moving here and the quality of this store and staff has declined so far that after my last visit, and problem tonight, I will be taking my business elsewhere.