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COnsumer Reports Grocery Store survey

KathyPet — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:21:04 GMT

COnsumer Reports has released the results of their survey on grocery stores. 50,000 responses were received. Responders were asked to rate stores on things like quality,of produce, meat, organic choices, store cleanliness, check out process, availability of items. HEre are the ten worst rated in order starting with the worst.

1. Wal-Mart Super Center

2. TOps Friendly Markets

3. Shaw's

4. Stop N Shop

5. Acme

6. Safeway

7. PIck N Save

8. Jewel Osco

9. GIant

10. Martin's

Is your store on the Wall of Shame?

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makena — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:25:03 GMT

No. I've never even heard of any of those stores. What were the top-rated ones?

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KathyPet — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:30:34 GMT

@makena wrote:
No. I've never even heard of any of those stores. What were the top-rated ones?

THe article I read only gave the worst ones. You have never heard of Wal-Mart?

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september — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:36:24 GMT

I've heard of most of them. Some I haven't shopped at often but have a few times when traveling.

the one that seems to be popular that's everywhere near to me, is Safeway. Liked it at one time, but it's my least favorite store now. No...I didn't vote!

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daisyk — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:42:16 GMT

I do pretty well at my Super Walmart. I can't do my whole shopping order there, but I do go reguarly. They do have some organics also. They're the only store I've been able to get good plums this year(not organic). I like the black plums and I like them ripe and sweet and I have had good luck. We have Stop & Shop around here as well and it's also a decent store. The one closest to me took over a Foodtown store with a great natural food section-like a store in itself. Stop & Shop didn't change it. The other stores mentioned aren't local to me. I like grocery stores though-the thrill of the hunt-

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SydneyH — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:43:08 GMT

No though my husband does like to shop for groceries at Walmart and I have shopped on ocassion at Top's. The Top's in my town is struggling.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:49:31 GMT

I wouldn't give much credence to this report. I think there an automatic prejudice against Walmart. Mention their name here on the boards, for example, and all you get are riduculous, inflammatory comments.

I shop there exclusively since our neighborhood Albertsons went out of business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with them. Good produce and bakery, I only buy chicken in the meat department and it the same as anywhere else. They have all the canned and frozen goods a person could want, great dairy selection. Store is neat and clean, employees helpful. Now they have the shopping service which I've used since last October.

I'd much rather shop at Walmart than our local version of Kroger, and that all the grocery stores we've got.

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tansy — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:50:47 GMT

Very east-coast-centric list. I know Safeway and WalMart but rarely shop at either one.

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CatsyCline — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:09:57 GMT

i believe it. Shaw's and Stop&Shop are the two stores closest to me and they are dirty stores and overpriced .

Shaw's is about 8 miles away and sometimes they have a decent sale. other than that the store is too disgusting for my taste.

Stop&Shop is closer but they are the only game in town and they pay rent on their former, empty grocery store to keep competitors from moving in. they just started requesting surveys and i would bet due to Consumer Reports' ranking.

Wally World is OK but i never buy chicken or meat there.

the others i haven't heard of...

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:44:59 GMT

I found the complete list of grocery stores rated by Consumer Reports, from the top at 1 to the bottom at 68. This was the 2015 report, I can't find a report after that except for a short comment that Wegman's is number 1 again this year.

Walmart was at 67.

The top three were:

1. Wegman's

2. Publix

3. Trader Joe's

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NYC Susan — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:53:51 GMT

@tansy wrote:
Very east-coast-centric list. I know Safeway and WalMart but rarely shop at either one.

I've lived on the east coast my entire life, and have never heard of at least 5 of these.

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NYC Susan — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:57:38 GMT

@KathyPet wrote:
COnsumer Reports has released the results of their survey on grocery stores. 50,000 responses were received. Responders were asked to rate stores on things like quality,of produce, meat, organic choices, store cleanliness, check out process, availability of items. HEre are the ten worst rated in order starting with the worst.
1. Wal-Mart Super Center
2. TOps Friendly Markets
3. Shaw's
4. Stop N Shop
5. Acme
6. Safeway
7. PIck N Save
8. Jewel Osco
9. GIant
10. Martin's

Is your store on the Wall of Shame?

Stop & Shop is one of my favorite stores. I'm surprised to see it on the list. The one I go to is huge, always clean, great sales, and they have everything I could possibly want, in addition to very helpful staff. If it was closer to where I live, I would shop there exclusively.

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x Hedge — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:01:13 GMT

@KathyPet wrote:
@makena wrote:
No. I've never even heard of any of those stores. What were the top-rated ones?
THe article I read only gave the worst ones. You have never heard of Wal-Mart?

Maybe you could give us the article (?) then.

I'm more interested in the top rated ones too.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:07:24 GMT

Aaaand...waiting for the Trader Joe's bashing to start... :-(

Nothing against the OP (I've started a similar thread re which chains people were happiest with), but really, only Walmart is nationwide. Any survey is only meaningful to the relatively small group of people who have the ability to shop at all of the listed stores and can actually rate them.

I'll never see 80% of the listed stores and know nothing about them to have an opinion of the survey accuracy.

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Sweet_Serenity — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:37:00 GMT

Publix is wonderful. Great produce and deli. Staff are friendly.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:45:13 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
I found the complete list of grocery stores rated by Consumer Reports, from the top at 1 to the bottom at 68. This was the 2015 report, I can't find a report after that except for a short comment that Wegman's is number 1 again this year.

Walmart was at 67.

The top three were:

1. Wegman's

2. Publix

3. Trader Joe's

Now what I'd like to see is a market basket of the same items comparing prices in all of these stores. I know Wegman's and Trader Joe's are very high. I'm not familiar with prices in the others.

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Oggi — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:50:15 GMT

Who does these reviews any way, is my first initial reply?

I shop Food Lion, and Kroger,.. Kroger being a wonderful store, filled to the brim in good prices, and countless food options, many in the fresh fruit/veg department,.. pretty impressive lol.. now,.. compared to that, Walmart, does lack, but,. my oldest daughter shops there, and, I recently took her, on a shopping grocery outing, and, I was pretty impressed with their prices - ESPECIALLY on their canned walmart brand items.. I havent seen any so low in ANY of the other markets that I have frequented before.. Im talking about SUBSTANCIAL price cuts,.. kudos, Walmart!

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Desertdi — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:50:00 GMT

There are no decent grocery stores anywhere near where I live. I liked Gelson's when I lived in CA.......but that was "last century".

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VaBelle35 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:49:50 GMT

I used to think CR was a great resource, but over the years when they do these same surveys and testing of product categories over and over with different outcomes (they change the criteria so it gets a different outcome each time).

You can make the outcome anything you want it to be based on the questions.

It's all subjective.

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Cats3000 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:05:26 GMT

We're familiar with Shaw's; not a great store. We shop at Market Basket (NH and MA regional brand); a very good chain. We also shop at the Hannaford stores (New England regional brand); great meats and chicken.