Posted on 12/09/2013 7:29:55 AM PST by Daffynition
...All ratings are based on 24,203 responses, and the four categories – service (includes employee courtesy and checkout speed), perishables (food quality), price and cleanliness – were scored from “very satisfied,” “fairly satisfied,” “neutral, “fairly unsatisfied” and “very unsatisfied.” All scores are out of 100. The highest-rated supermarket, Wegmans, received a score of 88. The following are ranked from bad to worst....
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I like the fact that when you go into Bottom Dollar, the music they are playing is like your radio dial stuck on 1975.
Before they came to town we had some run-down dirty Foodland stores that were every bit as bad as the meth-addict store an AQ posted above.
Walmart has the advantage: fair prices for groceries, guns, and ammo all under one roof. Save yourself from spending cost of travel to save a few pennies elsewhere. I don’t buy everything at Wally world, but they didn’t get to be the #1 retailer by doing it all wrong, and best of all, the unions hate them.
Skinny Pete and Badger wouldn’t shop there.
We love Trader Joe’s and Wegman’s, especially for gluten free products, but there is a Weis and Sam’s a few minutes from our house, so we do most of our shopping there. There is a Harris Teeter coming to our town next year, so we’ll try them out too. We also have Shoppers and Food Lion, but don’t like them as much.
Early on, when they came to our area, I went to see what all the hubbub was about.
The advertised *specials* were sold out; 25 cents for a cart? I think not; produce was so wilted it looked like my fridge after a 22-day power power outage; much of the cheap canned goods were made in China.
I haven’t been back.
The local Food Lion is less than a mile from Casa Del Gamecock and I hate shopping there for one reason, the aisles are curved. Can't see from one end down to the other. Makes for awkward shopping.
The Walmart is the next nearest grocery store, about a 10 minute drive. I hate Walmart for all the reasons listed in the article. They are slow, rude and the store is so large that it's hard to find anything.
The wife will often stop at Trader Joe's on her way home from work, and we try to go to Publix whenever we can.
Not fair, if you don’t have something bad to say about Walmart, it’s best not to say anything at all.
You are right about the trailer park look, but also correct about the people being genuinely nice and decent, as I found most of the locals in the Shenandoah Valley.
All things considered, they are probably a good fit with the area they serve. And while the laid-back friendliness can be charming to us "southern" Yankees, it can also be a bit aggravating when you are in a hurry.
It’s a trap. “Liberals” always want to complain about businesses, and this is just a whiner’s article. In reality the worst of any kind of store is the one that isn’t where you are when you need something - and isn’t paying you to take the stuff you want.There were stores which were worse than any of those on that list - but they couldn’t get customers to pay enough to keep them in business, so they’re gone. But at least they tried - and that’s more than you can honestly say about any liberal politician.Look at ObamaCare - even with our money to waste by the billion, can you honestly say that Obama tried to make a better health insurance market? They had their grand opening - and didn’t even know how to unlock the front door. Now they claim to have that (mostly) fixed, but the way they have things rigged, any pickpocket can steal the credit cards from your wallet when you are at their store. And they don’t even have a working cash register that will take your money and give you a receipt for what you (may or may not have) bought!
I would say that the fact that Obama never had a sit-down with Sibelius proves the point - except that he is so unqualified to address the problems he presumed to solve, that staying completely away from it was probably the least-worst thing he could have done for the process.
I was surprised to see *Stop & Shop* on the list.
It’s a staple in New England. We affectionately call it *Spic & Span*...it’s generally clean and produce is displayed nicely. Customer service can vary widely from store to store. If I go to one in another state, I can find things I need quickly....they’re all the same!
Their products are not cheap and their specials are beaten by other markets for pricing. Unless you save for *gas points* it’s not worth the trouble.
Other markets have better pricing. I’m grateful I have a choice in my area.
I avoid the local Noblesville Wal-Mart. I’m convinced it’s where the white trash from Lapel take their kids to discipline them. Mrs. Henkster wanted me to pick up something there on my way home from work a few years ago. I was approached by no less than five people asking for directions or making complaints. Why? Because I was wearing a suit. If you wear a suit at a Wal-Mart, it’s assumed you must the store manager.
I thought “Walmartians” referred to the customers.
I had the opportunity to visit a Wegman’s a couple of times and they were impressive with their variety etc but the pricing was as high end as it gets.
Around here we have Food Lion, Walmart, Harris Teeter and my favorite for specialties, Fresh Market. Nothing beats Fresh Market, imho. Yeah, its pricey also.
We have an Aldi and we’ve been...great sauer kraut from Germany!...but I guess our mainstays are Wallyworld and Food Lion with a healthy dash of Costco and Sam’s.
And you don't want to shoplift in this Bottom Dollar store. There is a burly security guard who looks like he could crush you. I watched him tackle a shoplifter once. It wasn't pretty.
My home town, Rochester, NY, is also where Wegmans was founded. There’s one 4 miles away from us, so we do most of our food shopping there. We also have an IGA affiliated, Food Town, 1/4 of a mile from us and they have good meats and seeing they’re close to home, it lends the convenience of picking up odds and ends when we don’t want to go to Wegmans. We also have Tops, but my wife does not care for them and there *is* a peculiar smell in their stores. I’ve heard it comes from not cleaning out the drains for their freezers.
Interesting word choice. Aldi's is the only place I've seen around here where the cashiers follow the European practice of sitting to do their job rather than standing at the register.
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