There are so many regional stores that how can you pick a single best? Maybe if they did regional contests it would be more meaningful. I’ve only HEARD of two on the list and only shopped at one - Trader Joe’s.
Hy-Vee
The Fresh Market
Heinen’s Grocery Store
Stew Leonard’s
Gelson’s Markets
Aldi
Publix Super Markets
Trader Joe’s
Wegmans Food Markets
Fresh Thyme Market
bkmk
Why would Trader Joe’s be at the top of the list? It has limited grocery selections, disappearing stock items, and many items becoming much more expensive.
Fresh Market??? Better bring your OWN grocery cart full of CASH...and plenty of it!
I worked at Hy-Vee in the 1970s. I remember the big deal it was when they opened their 100th store.
It’s a lot like Publix. Employee owned. Clean and friendly. Profit sharing with their employees.
26 miles to HEB. It’s 4 miles to Brookshire’s. 8 miles to Walmart.
We do most of our food shopping at HyVee, as one is located just 2 stop signs away from our home. But we tend to get all of our paper products, cat litter, butter.... some frozen entree dishes, etc. from Sam’s Club.
I am a big sale shopper, so tend to keep good track of the prices on foods we regularly buy, and stock up when prices are lower than normal, as much as possible.
HyVee generally has very good service, and good quality fresh products.
Hy Vee is not for those on a tight budget. But it is well-run with more than usual selection. Hy Vee has very wide selection of takeout, usually good.
We tend to start at Aldi for basics, then to regional chain Fareway, and then what can’t be found can usually be at Hy Vee.
H.E.B rules
Our favorite is Publix Super Markets.
Everyone who works there knows the answer to any question you ask them.
Funniest encounter ever was my wife sent me shopping and on the list of items was “pine nuts.”
I asked a guy in produce if she wrote the item down wrong or if such an item did indeed exist.
He said, “Follow me. We keep them under the “pine peckers.”
Everyone in the checkout line was very worried over my laughing fit.
Be happy to have a choice. Kroger has a monopoly in our city, unless you want to drive half an hour to WalMart.
Guido’s isn’t a chain but it’s pretty good.
At least they didn’t put Erewhon on the list.
Woodman’s is a small chain in Wisconsin and Illinois. It blows the doors off of the list for price and selection (although meat could be better).
Hy-Vee is good, too. Fresh Market is best in class. Don’t compare it to Kroger. Compare it to Sprouts and Whole Foods. The classical music and muted lighting helps with the ambiance.
Years ago I worked in that business. How they make it work with pennies for profits I’ll never know. Margins are so slim.
Never heard of it.
In Texas it’s HEB. Nothing else matters.
The bulk of our grocery shopping is at the Commissary at Quantico but we spend a lot of money at the Wegmans down in Fredericksburg, VA. We love Wegmans.
A Publix opened up about four miles from us but it is nothing compared to Wegmans. We had to make a trip to Texas last month so we stopped at a HEB to see if it was as good as people say. The one we stopped at in Odessa was just another dirty grocery store. It was very busy but we were not impressed. We are withholding judgement as it was an older store and if we get back to Texas we will try to get to a newer HEB to see if it is better.
Dumb name.