Grocery stores in your area

[brucelucenta]

We have a family owned store called Reasor's in quite a few areas. We also have Walmart family market, Warehouse market, Sav a Lot, Aldi's, one Trader Joes, Sprouts and Whole foods. Of course there is Walmart superstore, Target superstore, Sams and Costco too. Personally, being the cheap ass I am, I usually shop at Sav a Lot.[this post was last edited: 11/25/2016-15:07]

 

[circlew]

In my immediate area there is Kroger & Save A Lot. Within a 20 min. drive there is Meijer and several more Krogers, and not too much further, a couple Wal-Marts and Target. I occasionally go to an IGA that is about 40 mins. away if I'm in that area.

 

[jamiel]

Wow...just stopped by an amazing store in downtown Cleveland...we're taking a little road trip and the Heinen's in downtown Cleveland)(in the Cleveland Trust rotunda at 9th and Euclid. There is an amazing Art Deco rotunda which they have as an eating area and the supermarket is around the edges.

 

[tolivac]

Near me-Food Lion-use the most because its closest,Winn Dixie-closed-wished it was still here.Piggly-wiggly-only like one store here now.Publix will open in the spring.Remember them from Florida when I lived there-excellent stores.They sort of remind me of Giant in the Wash DC area.

 

[brib68]

We have a pretty nice Stop & Shop around the corner, and a second one (just average, on the border of East Hartford, which is more of a blue-collar town). We do most of our shopping at the one around the corner. Some of their people are really awesome, but they are slow to get new items that are being promoted in the coupon inserts in the paper, and they aren't great about keeping shelves full even though they do all their stocking during the day when customers are trying to get down the aisles. The meat manager is one of the great ones and knows us and what we like, but if he's not on duty, forget it. Produce quality Isn't entirely consistent. In summer we go to local farmstands a lot, and in winter we get most of our produce at Whole Foods, which is in the center of town, a dozen blocks or so further. WE also go to WF for certain special items we either can't get elsewhere or are that much better at WF.

There's also a ShopRite out by the other Stop & Shop. We rarely go there. The produce is so skeevy that we feel we can't trust the meat, and the dairy is frequentlypast its sell-by, despite how busy the store is. Highland Park market (local chain, as seen on "Family Guy") is out in East Glastonbury, but it is expensive and not convenient. South Glastonbury has an independent store called Gardner's Market-again, not convenient to us, so we never go.

We also do a lot of shopping at Costco, which isn't close to the house, but is close to my office. Almost never go to Walmart (across the bridge and down an exit) anymore. Haven't been to Trader Joe's in forever. It's about a mile from my Costco, but if you don't go first thing I the day, the shelves are empty. It's in West Hartford, across from the "good" mall.

There are Price Choppers and Big Y around the area, but not close to us. One Fresh Market, ditto. Aldo, PriceRite, and Sav-a-Lot are also around but not that close and not worth the drive ( to us anyway). Some IGA stores and small local chains scattered about, too. Shaw's pulled out of the state many years ago, as did A&P years before they went belly up.

 

[polkanut]

Forgot to include Sam's Club in my earlier list.

 

[polkanut]

Forgot to include Sam's Club in my earlier list.

 

[joeekaitis]

 

 

 

ALDI in Highland, CA on the way home from work until they open one closer to or in Rialto.

 

If, and only if, I must because ALDI doesn't have it: Walmart Neighborhood Market in Rialto or Stater Bros. in Rialto in that order of preference.  Walgreens mainly for toiletries if all else fails.

 

[drhardee]

In Columbia and Charleston, SC: Kroger,Publix, Piggly-Wiggly (it's a Southern/Midwestern thing), Aldi, Whole Paycheck [Foods],Fresh Market, Earth Fare, "El Wal Marto", IGA, Sam's Club, Trader Joe's and Costco. Nothing is walkable, we Southerners like to drive our pick 'em ups everywhere..although these days the pick 'em ups are rapidly being supplanted by SUV's and Prius'.

http://https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly

 

[perc-o-prince]

Price Chopper
Market Basket
Hannaford
Shaw's/Star Market
Stop & Shop
Roche Bros.
Trader Joe's
Whole Foods
Limited Aldi and Price Rite in this area

I do most of my "regular" shopping at Price Chopper or Market Basket. Rarely visit Shaw's, Roche or Whole. Trader has good pricing + quality on some stuff that we stock up on.

Chuck

 

[lvbearam]

Shakeup In Vegas Grocery Market

Over the past year, there has been a shakeup in the Las Vegas grocery market. Food4Less is gone, and Haggen's has come and gone over a fight with Albertsons' parent company. So here's what you'll find in "Sin City" today:

Albertsons; Vons; Smith's, WinCo (the market I shop at the most); Walmart (including Neighborhood Markets); Trader Joes; Whole Foods, Save-a-Lot; Costco; Sam's Club; Dollar General; 99 Cents Only Stores; Dollar Tree; Family Dollar; Walgreens; CVS; Kmart; Target; several Mexican supermarket chains and various international outlets. Vegas, baby!

 

[vacerator]

Von's and Smiths are

now Owned by Kroger.

 

[luxflairguy]

Von's has never been owned by Kroger.  It is part of the Safeway company which is now owned by Albertson's.  This has been discussed before.

 

[nmassman44]

Lets see, we have...
Shaws/Star Market
Market Basket
Big Y
Wegmans
Stop and Shop
Compare Supermarket
Americas Food Basket
Price Rite
Target
Walmart
Trader Joes
Whole Foods
Costco
Bjs
Aldis
We do a majority of the grocery shopping at Shaws since Scott works for them so we get the employee discount.
Market Basket I avoid since its always insanely packed with people.
Big Y is rather new here since Stop and Shop merged with Hannaford so Big Y bought the Hanford stores in my area. I go to Stop and Shop during the week for the paper and fill ins.
Wegmans I love but they are not as close as I would like ...They are in Burlington and I do make the drive on over.
Price rite has a lot of good deals but they are limited much like Aldis

 

[petek]

So anyone here use coupons and price matching?  I like looking thru the flyers every Wednesday for the specials on the stuff I like .  Then I'll go to store closest which price matches and pick everything up there. Saves the hassle of driving from one store to another.   I have an app on the Ipad where you just type in the name of what you want and it shows you the flyers and which stores have it on sale.. that's handy and I use it.. but I still like looking through the  flyers just in .  Our Walmart doesn't even ask to see the flyer or the app.. they just key in what you tell them the price is at the other store.. The other stores always want to see it.  

 

[lordkenmore]

use coupons and price matching

I SOMETIMES use coupons. It's been years, though, since I actually clipped them from a newspaper. For that matter, it's been years since I had daily delivery of a paper. I lost interest years back, because it just wasn't worth it. Coupons are "name brand" items, and the discount was so shallow most of the time that I often could still get the store brand for a few cents less...

I take the coupons they give me at checkout (printed on the spot, and keyed to something I've bought), and often think: "I'll use this!" And then later find the coupon while cleaning, and discover it expired a year before. (These items are often not something I buy that regularly, so I tend to forget the coupon.)

My most commonly used coupons are the ones Fred Meyer provides. These are ones they provide that are good only for Fred Meyer.

I don't do price matching...but it is a worthy idea. I've heard of it, and have known people who do it. But I never got around to it. Part of the problem: the really good deals seem to often be things I don't even buy. Right now, I'm eating a "real food" diet, which is mostly cooked from scratch (even though it's fast meals to prepare). So...killer sales of Marie Callendar, Coke, and the like are of zero interest to me at this time. Plus, historically, it's not been that hard getting to multiple stores.

Years back, I was more aggressive about shopping sales. It was not uncommon for me to make a 1-2 mile drive, hitting 2-4 grocery stores, each of which had things at uniquely great prices. But I lost interest, and locked in on using Fred Meyer. There might be better sales on some items elsewhere, but Fred Meyer pricing as a whole was better for me.

 

[lordkenmore]

I might as well add a couple of more grocery options I've liked.

In warmer months, I've been known to shop heavily at an open air produce market. The quality is typically better than the grocery store. (The owner of one has been in business years, and has good relationships with farmers.) I didn't do this last summer--unfortunately, the prices are higher, and my grocery budget is now seriously limited. But...I won't argue the value those markets can offer. For me, given my budget realities, I didn't just decide to start buying certain things from the grocery store. Instead, I just didn't eat those summer items as much (some cases) or at all (in most cases).

Another nice option: farmers' markets. Again, I didn't do much with those--too expensive in my general area. Next summer,if I can do it, I hope to get to other markets elsewhere where pricing might actually be good. I've certainly heard stories about people who've gotten better quality AND paid less at a farmers' market.

 

[firedome]

Wegman's...

which year after year is rated the #1 grocery chain in the US.
We also have P. Chop, Weis, Aldi, Sam's, & a few others, but why go there?
The quality and selection at Wegman's is unequaled anywhere.

 

[perc-o-prince]

I forgot- we also have Wegman's, but I find their prices higher on the "every week" things that are needed. Haven't been in one for maybe 6 months. Maybe I need to re-visit!!!

Chuck

 

[cuffs054]

I never realized how lucky I am. Instead of having to make a decision about which store to go to I get to go to the ONLY store in town (hell, the only one in the county) and it's an Ingles (and not a nice one)