Anonymous wrote:It's all delivery all the time. Whole Foods mostly. Grocery stores are too peopley. I do go to TJs about once a month for fun stuff but it's a quick trip before all the clueless inconsiderate blockheads start to annoy me

Yep. Ick.

It's all delivery all the time. Whole Foods mostly. Grocery stores are too peopley. I do go to TJs about once a month for fun stuff but it's a quick trip before all the clueless inconsiderate blockheads start to annoy me

Anonymous wrote:I don't particularly like any here.
I try not to go to Giant or Harris Teeter: layout and brands and frankly aromas bug me. HT stores always have a slight odor.
I use Safeways and WF and Balduccis for specific items.
The only chain I liked was Bread&Circus and yes that was long ago.
I do like Super Safeways in the West. Arizona.

Bread&Circus in Boston area? That was just like pre-Amazon Whole Foods.

I can't believe no one said H-Mart. Better, cheaper produce and fruit, better-quality meat, lots of variety. I go to multiple stores, but if I had to choose just one, I could live on what you can purchase at H-Mart, and just overpay for milk.

Anonymous wrote:I don't particularly like any here.
I try not to go to Giant or Harris Teeter: layout and brands and frankly aromas bug me. HT stores always have a slight odor.
I use Safeways and WF and Balduccis for specific items.
The only chain I liked was Bread&Circus and yes that was long ago.
I do like Super Safeways in the West. Arizona.

I feel the same about Wegman's brands. I like their own brand but their choices on other brands to stock (competition?) is so limiting on some items that it pushes me away anyway...

Anonymous wrote:The produce at most of the local chains is terrible. MOM's probably is the best for produce locally, but compared to what you find at a generic street market in just about any city or town outside the us, still abysmal. Because of this, I just go to whatever store happens to be most convenient on any given day. I typically cycle between Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Costco, Trader Joes.

Agree with this. MOM's is great, go when I can.

I also get eggs at Fresh Market, because they are the only grocery I've found that carry OrgaNick eggs. I was disappointed to learn recently that there are issues with Vital and a number of other brands I used to think were the best.

https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/

Anonymous wrote:I don't particularly like any here.
I try not to go to Giant or Harris Teeter: layout and brands and frankly aromas bug me. HT stores always have a slight odor.
I use Safeways and WF and Balduccis for specific items.
The only chain I liked was Bread&Circus and yes that was long ago.
I do like Super Safeways in the West. Arizona.

Or sprouts. CA

The produce at most of the local chains is terrible. MOM's probably is the best for produce locally, but compared to what you find at a generic street market in just about any city or town outside the us, still abysmal. Because of this, I just go to whatever store happens to be most convenient on any given day. I typically cycle between Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Costco, Trader Joes.

I don't particularly like any here.
I try not to go to Giant or Harris Teeter: layout and brands and frankly aromas bug me. HT stores always have a slight odor.
I use Safeways and WF and Balduccis for specific items.
The only chain I liked was Bread&Circus and yes that was long ago.
I do like Super Safeways in the West. Arizona.

I like different stores for different things. I have a pretty regular rotation going between Giant, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, H Mart, Moms, and Costco. Not a huge fan of Whole Foods or TJs. My new discovery is Sprouts - they don't carry everything I need to keep my teenager happy, but what they do carry is excellent. I only shop once a week, but rotate between these stores, and pick one each week based on what I need to get that week. If I had to choose one for all of my regular shopping, it would probably be Harris Teeter as they carry most of the things on my typical list - not everything, but more than any other single store,

One of the things I love about living in DC is that I don't need to pick a favorite grocery store.

I was making short rib ragu the other day so I went to Canale's in Eastern Market because they always have boneless short ribs, then I went to Trader Joe's for a $4 bottle of wine to cook with, then I went to Safeway for the rest of the ingredients, all on my walk home from work.

I heard the Giant near me was open yesterday during the snow/sleet storm. Greedy.

Anonymous wrote:Giant—great bakery and flower shop. Both have a willingness to customize orders. Also, it’s always well stocked throughout the store with specialty items, international foods, and a natural food aisle. Giant in McLean.

+1
The customer service is nice, too. They are helpful with special orders. They assist with loading, if you ask. They are super-stocked because it is a priority store with the warehouses. They are constantly re-organizing everything. The managers and workers are friendly and helpful. E.g. I was muscling a big case of water off of the end cap and a manager rushed and shouted out, ‘let me help you with that!’ Really excellent customer service. I also appreciate their natural food aisle and specialty food.

Any that is stocked up after the storm rush

Anonymous wrote:Woodmans?!? (maybe no in Milwaukee, but a staple from my time in WI)

We love Woodmans, we always stop at one in Eau Claire on our way to the cabin in northern Wisconsin.