Glenn Herman was in the store early Wednesday morning when another customer noticed the little rat.
"The gentleman who pointed it out to me, an older gentleman, looked like someone had tazed him," Herman said. And when Eyewitness News started looking online, we saw other videos taken by customers at the store and some still pictures as well."Oh, don't show me that," one customer said.
"Where was this?" a man wanted to know.
The store is aware of the problem.
Eyewitness News saw rat traps set both outside and inside the store.
"The manager there did tell me that it is kind of difficult to wipe out the rat problem when they are basically walking through the front door from the subways," Herman said.
Supermarkets like Fairway are inspected by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, just once a year "unless there's something critical to cause reinspection."
In a statement Wednesday night, Fairway said, "We believe the incident was caused by the massive construction that is happening throughout the immediate vicinity of the store. We are now taking comprehensive measures to remedy the situation so that it doesn't happen again."
Joanne Grossman and her husband have seen some of the videos online.
"I said disgusting, but I didn't stop shopping here. But I guess now that I hear they were up on the olives, I'll think about it a little bit more," Grossman said.
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