Where Do You Buy Most Of Your Groceries

[arwalden]

[GOPisEvil]

1. Split between Texas chain H-E-B and Randall's (owned by Safeway).

[grannylib]

2. Cub Foods - is that a national chain, or just Minnesota??

[Left Is Write]

13. It's not national, but it's not just Minnesota either.

It's my favorite grocery store. Wish they had one out here.

[grannylib]

19. I hated it when they first built it, and now it's my favorite.

My only peeve is people who call it "Cub's."
Makes me crazy!!!!

[Left Is Write]

20. That drives me nuts too.

My mother has shopped at Cub as long as I can remember, at least 30 years.

[RebelOne]

35. There was a Cub Foods right near my house,

but they closed it a few years ago. I think all the Cub Foods were closed here in North Georgia. It was the only place I would shop. Luckily, a Target opened close by, so I do all my shopping there.

[arwalden]

3. Safeway & Giant...

... and sometimes Farm Fresh.

[seemunkee]

4. Used to shop exclusively at Giant

Now that Stop and Shop has been put in charge the store sucks. Not enough checkers so they expect you to use the self check. Shelves are poorly stocked.
We're splitting between shoppers food warehouse, Costco, and Whole foods now.

[cmf]

5. DeCA

Defense Commissary Agency - home of the fugliest produce in America. But the groceries are cheap, and you can even get organic stuff there.

[asjr]

6. The only grocery store in town. Family owned and a

fairly decent place. Prices are actually pretty much in line with other larger stores in adjoining towns. They are friendly and helpful there.

[arwalden]

7. I Really Hate Those Shopper Discount Cards! I Mean... I Really REALLY Hate

them.

The only place around here that DOES NOT have them is SFW (Shoppers Food Warehouse)... but unfortunately, the SFW that's closest to me is a really CRAPPY store.

[2bfree]

8. HEB

:(

[maveric]

9. A split between Vons and Costco.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. Whole Foods (aka Whole Paycheck), Trader Joes, Stop & Shop, Shaw's

[Lori Price CLG]

29. OMG, we call it the 'Whole Paycheck' too (Pittsburgh), but it's better...

than the Giant Eagle ('Giant Ripoff').

:)-Lori Price

[rstlne]

11. Aldi

the best place to get most of what you need. Milk, flour, eggs, cheese, rice, pasta, bread, chips, paper products, canned goods... all of the basics.
Anything else, (wine, meat, stupid name brand shit), I get at Kroger.

[Beware the Beast Man]

42. Aldi rules.

Have you tried the Grandessa salsa? Best. Salsa. Ever.

[rstlne]

52. Yes, love the salsa

the Grandess three cheese vinaigrette is delicious too, I think all the stuff at Aldi is great, 'cept the cat food, the cat's say it sucks, go to Kroger for that. hehehe.

[TheDebbieDee]

12. Other big chain - PriceChopper's

[GirlinContempt]

14. None of the above

I go to the market

[Left Is Write]

15. Albertsons.

[gardenista]

16. Trader Joe's, and then blow the money I saved at Whole Wallet. nt

[AgadorSparticus]

17. Costco, Trader Joe's, and Fry's

[LeftyMom]

18. Sacramento Natural Foods Coop

I guess it's a small local chain now, they're about to open thier second location.

The rest is a mix of Costco, Trader Joe's and Whole (lotta money) Foods

Oh, and Raley's sometimes.

[tarkus]

21. Does anyone else have a Meijer in their town?

This might just be a Louisville area thing. It is huge though. Like Sam's or Costco

Edit: typo on Costco

[Pool Hall Ace]

43. My husband has relatives in Springfield, Ohio.

On my first visit there, his aunt said she was going to take us to breakfast at Meijer's. That morning I was asking his cousin if she would like to go with us, and she says, "Oh, you're going to Meijer's? I can't go, but could you pick me up some eggs?"

I remember thinking, "She wants me to buy eggs from the restaurant???"

I didn't realize that Meijer's is a store that has a small restaurant area. That store is HUUUUUGE. I think they sell everything!

[GiovanniC]

44. I Grew Up in Michigan

Meijer is based there, in Grand Rapids. There are Meijer stores all over Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and now in Kentucky also.

And by the way, :hi:, I'm a Louisville transplant!

[Robeson]

22. Wild Oats and a local organic grocer.

[HeeBGBz]

23. Local no-chain

Single store owned by locals.

[mitchtv]

24. Stater Brothers, Vons, Food for less

and TJ's. I get the throw aways and buy all the loss leaders on sale. I'm retired I have the time.

[Radical Activist]

25. local co-op. Whole Foods before I moved.

[nykiera]

26. Other-P&C

[samplegirl]

27. Was just talking about this today

I shop at the Local Sparkle family owned store. We are soon to get
a Super Walmart in place of the Walmart we already have.
Its not bad enough but now there plan is for us to have no grocery
stores either. Evil Bastards!

[Lauri16]

28. Other - Tops

I work there. :)

[Terran]

30. It was Kroger (knwn here as Gerbes)

but since I moved it's, get this, Schnuck's. Don't klnow if the exist outsida Missouri, but I always get a smile out of that name.

[48pan]

31. Shaws and Market Basket here in New England

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. About half at my local food co-op

(a block from my apartment) and the rest divided between an individually owned medium-sized market and a locally-owned chain (Lund's).

[rexcat]

33. Other - Bigg's and Jungle Jim's

in the Cincinnati metro area. Bigg's has great prices and no discount card.

Jungle Jim's for anything you could possibly want. One of the best produce departments in the country. The ethnic section is huge. The Asian department covers almost every country. Fresh fish (salt water and fresh) in tanks. You pick they kill and wrap for you. Also great wine selection from several dollars to thousands of dollars. If you can't find it at Jungle Jim's you probably can't get it in the US.

[RebelOne]

34. Target Superstore

Their prices are the best in my neighborhood. A Kroger is just down the road, but they are too expensive. And there is an Ingles practically around the corner, but they don't carry a lot of my favorite foods. And then there is a Publix a couple of miles away, but their prices are higher than Kroger.

[Magrittes Pipe]

36. Pick-n-Save

[LaurenG]

37. Wild Oats

The organic food store.

[liontamer]

51. I went to one when I was in Nashville

it's an awesome store! Lucky you.

[NashVegas]

38. Wild Oats & Harris Teeter

But I may be about to leave Wild Oats in the dust; there's a new outlet in town that delivers organic foods. Prices are comparable, and I don't have to go to the other side of town and deal with all the parking hassles.

Whole Foods will soon be moving into the Nashville market, BUT they're setting up shop about 500 yards from Wild Oats. It's bullshit, IMO, that they're going to go head to head in one location in the oh-so fashionable part of town when there are plenty of us elsewhere who want the goods without having to deal with Green Hills traffic.

[Trigger Hippie]

39. Shaw's (n/t)

[bleedingheart]

40. Giggle....

Giant Eagle for those not from Pittsburgh..

[Beware the Beast Man]

41. Costco, Tops, Aldi and Heinen's.

[NewJeffCT]

45. Usually Stop & Shop, sometimes Price Chopper

I think Stop & Shop is primarily in the Northeast, but they are pretty big.

[eyesroll]

46. Jewel-Osco (part of the Albertson's chain); Pick 'n Save (big local chain)

Sendik's (small local chain), Koppa's (indie market two blocks from my place). Occasionally Outpost (local organic co-op).

In the next couple of years, we're getting a Whole Foods (which I probably won't visit very often) and a Trader Joe's (the rumors have finally been confirmed!), which I will visit frequently.

[underpants]

47. Kroger-my wife's family has shopped there for years

Union shop too

[Bridget Burke]

48. Kroger, Fiesta, Central Market.

Fiesta is a local chain with large selections of "ethnic" foods--depending on the neighborhood. There's a small one near my house.

Central Market is owned by HEB. A huge selection that leaves Whole Foods in the shade. Too expensive for all my needs--but fine for stuff not found elsewhere.

Costco is an option, but my freezer is on the fritz & I can't use large quantities right now.

[AFSCME girl]

49. Trader Joe's! n/t

:hi:

[liontamer]

50. other: freshdirect and green market

fresh direct is an online service that delivers your grocoeries, while the green market is an open market of all small organic farmers who are local.

Two liberal stereotypes in one!

[Strawman]

53. Farmer Jack or Nino Salvaggio n/t