/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.3945248]

What is /ck/'s local grocery store?

Where are you from?

How would you rate it

pic related I give Kroger's an 8/10

[Anonymous No.3945255]

Local chain of stores is Fiesta Mart. And I'm from Houston. I rate it a 7/10. The produce selection is decent and they sort of specialize in selling ethnic foods. Mostly hispanic stuff but they also have other ethnic imports that you won't find in a usual grocery store. The prices are OK, good sales but many things are cheaper at HEB. They sort of look a bit run down and dated but I'm cool with that.

[Anonymous No.3945267]

>>3945248
I love my local Kroger, but as soon as I go to a bigger one, it inevitably blows.

>nigs got nothing on my small town perks

[Anonymous No.3945289]

>Local
>Posts a chain

We call that place Smith's here.

[Anonymous No.3945298]

Rainbow (i.e. Roundy's) 'round these parts. They're pretty shitty; way too much emphesis on the deli and prepackaged meals and not enough on variety of produce (mine doesn't have fucking arugula! come on) and ethnic ingredients.

[Anonymous No.3945367]

Coborn's/Cashwise

It's a local chain with decent prices and selection.
Unfortunately they don't have much competition anymore. After the local Cub stores folded the only other grocery stores are a Byerly's and a small Aldi. Sure there's a Walmart and Sam's Club, but I never go there.

[Anonymous No.3945364]

I have a pretty big selection here in Fort Worth.

I have a Safeway (Tom Thumb, Randalls, what have you), which I like for its sourdough bread and store brand cottage cheese (the only kind I find actually tasty). 8/10.

Kroger is the second closest and is good for fast trips to pick shit up. Nothing noteworthy. 7/10.

Fiesta is closest but is far too ghetto. They have a cop stationed at the doors at all times. However, there is a little Mexican lady that sells elotes out of a cart up front, and they're probably insanely delicious. 4/10.

Sprouts is the farthest out of my lot and is a weird mix of very, very expensive "organic" stuff and the cheapest, most awesome produce in town. The first time I went I got a couple pounds of carrots, romaine hearts, celery, and bell peppers or something and it was like $3.21 and I was fucking amazed. 10/10 for produce and bulk food, 5/10 for the rest of the weird hippie stuff.

[Anonymous No.3945374]

Other than Wal-Mart (which I don't count), we also have this in Northwest Arkansas.

I don't think I've ever seen a grocery chain that goes from awesome to shit from one location to the other more than Harp's. The one by my house is fine, but there others that I avoid like the plague.

[Anonymous No.3945375]

Other than Wal-Mart (which I don't count), we also have this in Northwest Arkansas.

I don't think I've ever seen a grocery chain that goes from awesome to shit from one location to the other more than Harp's. The one by my house is fine, but there others that I avoid like the plague.

[Anonymous No.3945378]

>>3945367
forgot to rate

8/10

Pretty sure Coborn's ran Cub out of town, seeing as there are 5 Coborn's and 2 Cash Wise stores within 5 miles of me.

[Anonymous No.3945388]

We have Bashas', Safeway, Fry's (Kroger), Food City, Sprout's, Whole Foods, Winco, Costco, Walmart, Target, Sam's Club, Fresh N' Easy ,AJ's and Trader Joe's and Lee Lee's

Lee Lee's is an asian grocery where I buy rice and beans, spices, and specialty meats.
Winco I go to get various bulk items.
Sprout's has the best and cheapest produce.
Costco I buy paper towels and toilet paper.
Bashas' has the best quality meat, deli, and bakery.
Fry's (Kroger) I go to for general shopping.

As far as ratings go I can't really rate them, I shop wherever is cheapest and the best value.

[Anonymous No.3945425]

I'm originally from metro Detroit. Oakland County, to be exact.
We used to have Farmer Jack's, but they went under. A damn same, too, that chain used to be badass. I had a friend whose dad did the voice of Farmer Jack on the commercials.
Now we have Hiller's and Kroger, both are shit. I used to work produce at the biggest Kroger in Michigan; it was terrible.
That being said, some Krogers are better than others. Overall, I'd give them a score of 7.5/10, not quite an 8. Hiller's, on the other hand, gets a high 9/10 for having an awesome world food aisle.

[Anonymous No.3945472]

>pic related

The decor is really upscale and the stores are impeccably clean, but the selection isn't remarkable and it's pretty pricy.

7/10

Also, we're home to Hy-Vee, which has a huge variance in quality between stores. The flagship suburban stores are just as nice as Dahl's, but there are a ton of inner-city locations that probably haven't been updated and/or cleaned since they were built in the 70s. They're also a regional chain, so they don't really count.

[RoseBot !!EAVp3wibgC6 No.3945473]

Harris Teeter
Walking distance (15 minutes)
9/10
porque el
Delicious smelling men in business attire walking around.
Discounted produce, can usually try a new fruit or vegetable for a dollar.
fatties in front of the yogurt shop next to it talking about how healthy their over 9000 calorie froyo is.
fresh bean sprouts of all sorts, vegan dairy substitutes, seltzer flavors, and almond milk. and fish.

[Anonymous No.3945479]

The closest grocery store to me is Byerly's, second closest is Cub.

St. Louis Park, MN

[Anonymous No.3945480]

Canadiafag here

Starsky's (Eastern European grocery) just opened here. As an ethnic Russian I pretty much jizzed myself the first time I was in there. Mostly foreign clientele at first but always packed now due to a god-tier deli and cheapest produce in the city

Still prefer Costco or WalMart for packaged shit cause I'm poor. Asian grocery stores are cheaper but their hygiene standards are pretty fucking lax

Miss the Wegman's in Buffalo though

[Anonymous No.3945488]

>>3945473
Cardiff, nearest is Tesco, like the UK Walmart. Shit products, shit company. There is 200 yr old fish mongers though. That's cool.

[Anonymous No.3945518]

they new krogers are really nice

[Anonymous No.3945536]

IGA and Atlantic Seafood in Old Saybrook. Everything else sucks ass in CT.

[Anonymous No.3945542]

I used to support Kroger's because they are a union shop, but have since moved.

rating - depends on the store. some are a solid 8+ others are just scraping by.

oh and Food Lion can suck a bag a dicks as they've cut the number of products and gone full retard with their produce.

[Anonymous No.3945561]

>>3945425
I am from Shelby and there used to be a Valu Land on Hall and Schoenherr when I was a kid and went there all the time with my mom. It later left that building and a Farmer Jack's went in but my mom never went to that store. Was it really that good?

[Anonymous No.3945588]

Kroger. The one closest to my house is the Marketplace, so it has a Starbucks, housewares and furniture in it.

[Anonymous No.3945603]

The two major chains nearby are Kroger and Meijer.

Overall I'd give Kroger about an 8/10 and Meijer about a 7/10. Kroger's main problem is that the layout of their store is awful.

Meijer has a better layout, and a slightly better selection, but they are constantly ridiculously fucking busy. It doesn't matter when I go in there either. It can be 1 AM or 2 in the afternoon on a Tuesday and they'll have at least half the registers open with a line at every single one.

[Anonymous No.3945625]

>Kroger

Where I'm from, if you see a Kroger, you're probably in the ghetto.

>Food Lion
6/10
>Harris Teeter
8/10
>Lowe's Foods
9/10

[Anonymous No.3945636]

In Midwest Texas

There's a lot of HEB stores here, which are actually really great. Comparing them to somewhere like Tom Thumb or Kroger, 9/10. I feel like I spend a lot more money at other places than HEB. Might juts be because I shop there more.

Haven't done any serious shopping at other places. Whole Foods has a different variety but is pretty over-priced with stuff. Albertsons I haven't seriously shopped at but there are a few I've been to. Central Market and Market Street are some others I haven't seriously shopped at either.

So HEB wins.

[Anonymous No.3945638]

North Dakota reporting -

>Hornbachers
Their stores are really clean, all were recently remodeled and they have a good selection of produce and ethnic food. Little bit more expensive sometimes.
>Sunmart
The in-between grocery store as far as selection and prices. Pretty basic in every way. Sometimes they have some badass specials like the time I went and basically all snacks were half off. This is my store of choice.
>Cashwise
The ghetto store, but I still like going here sometimes because they have great coupon specials and a free item every week if you purchase a certain amount. For some reason it's always crowded and their customer base seems to include a lot of the kind of stereotypical Walmart crowd.

We have probably 5+ small ethnic food stores if those count. I really wish we had a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods.

[Anonymous No.3945709]

>>3945625
Kroger gets a 7/10 for being the only distributor to carry Jones Soda in my entire cluster fuck of city/counties in a 25 mile radius.
Farm Fresh is 9/10 here
and Food lion is where you bottom feeders go for cheap shit. 5/10

[Anonymous No.3945711]

>>3945638
Whole foods lies to your face about having GMO's on their shelves.

[Anonymous No.3945716]

We have Marsh here in Indiana.
It's probably a 9/10.

We also have Kroger.. but it's only a 6.5/10.

[Anonymous No.3945731]

Market Basket (aka Demoulas). I'm along the border between MA and NH. Dirt-cheap, and enough variety for me (nasty artificially-flavored snacks, imported ethnic foods, organic health foods, etc.), but I'm a pleb who knows shit about picking quality produce.

[Arty [sugar tits] !!eKEqL/VOHjj No.3945746]

H-mart
9/10. Point taken only because the chicken shop is no longer open, but the sign sits there, taunting me.

Wegmans is also pretty awesome, but not really practical for every day shopping.

[Anonymous No.3945750]

>>3945289
ah damn now I actually miss Utah for a minute. Harmon's is a solid 9/10. Bulk coffee is overpriced but I used to work for Caffe Ibis so I got that shit for free anyway.

[Anonymous No.3945760]

>>3945746
Hmart has good high quality meats. Also, I buy my Japanese food there. lol, Koreans.

[Anonymous No.3945761]

i go to whole foods and probably spend way too much on food. I don't care, it tastes good

[Anonymous No.3945765]

>>3945536
Stop & Shop is decent. I also go to Big Y but they're a bit pricey.

[Anonymous No.3945769]

>>3945760
What Japanese food?

You mean like curry, ramen, and other "Japanese" food?

[Anonymous No.3945781]

Well, there's a Meijer right next to my neighborhood. It's more like a Walmart supercenter clone.

[Anonymous No.3945782]

HyVee. It's alright.

[Anonymous No.3945783]

>>3945746
My nearest H-Mart is about 45 minutes away, so we only ever make the trip on weekends...along with every other Asian household in the metropolitan area, apparently. It's seriously packed every time I'm there

[Anonymous No.3945785]

>>3945769
MOOOOOOOOCHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.

[Anonymous No.3945803]

>>3945375
I never fucking realized how many Arkansans are on this website. Fuck that's like 8 now that I've seen.

[Anonymous No.3945828]

Don't mind me, just being god-tier over here.

The only downside to this grocery is that if you don't know exactly what you're there for, you'll probably be there for a while just fucking around

[Anonymous No.3945838]

>>3945803
never even heard of Harps. there used to be just the Safeway and IGA on College and Lafayette, trying to outdo each other in general shittiness.

IGA undefeated in that aspect, but that was back before there was even a walmart in fayettenam.

[Anonymous No.3945841]

H-E-B it stands for Henry E. Butts. Lulz.
7/10 depending on location can be 1/10

[Anonymous No.3945887]

Wisconsin here. Piggly Wiggly master race reporting in

Just kidding, it's not that great. For some reason I can't find any grocery stores that sell all that bulk shit you can bag yourself. Like banana chips, chocolate covered raisins, nuts, etc. I want to make my own trail mixes damnit.

[Anonymous No.3945904]

IGA, Foodfair and Save A Lot here. Things like Kroger and Wal-Mart are at least half hour away.

[Anonymous No.3945907]

>>3945887
Whole Foods, dude. I think some of the Pick 'N' Saves do that too, mostly the metro markets. Oh wait, I live in Milwaukee though so we might be in completely different universes.

Piggly Wiggly is the best, though.

[Anonymous No.3945910]

>>3945828
This man speaks the truth.
Jungle Jims is, without a doubt, the best Grocery in the USoA. I would know, I've lived through 39 States.
Only problem is that JJ is not a place for quick in-n-out shopping.

[Anonymous No.3945912]

>>3945907
Oh wait no, just kidding. Woodman's is the best.

[Anonymous No.3945913]

>>3945907
I'm in the sticks, bro. Well not that bad, half hour north of madison, but it's still pretty small time. Our Pick N Save closed years ago. We have Aldi, Piggly Wiggly, and a local store which is 10/10 but they still don't have it.

[Anonymous No.3945947]

Where I live, I've got the choice between Walmart, Tops, Aldis, asd Wegmans. I only shop at Wegmans, and its about twice as far away from me as anything else. 10/10, would shop again.

[Anonymous No.3945951]

>>3945912
brofist

woodmna's masterrace here

[Anonymous No.3945997]

>>3945248
Chicago Il
Kroger/Food 4 Less (that's what it's called here)

Kroger/Food 4 Less is pretty good, sometimes the eggplant is lacking and sometimes they don't have chicken breast.

7/10

I also use a local Walmart, Aldi and smaller Latin food marts

[Anonymous No.3946007]

>>3945947
wear do u life?

[Anonymous No.3946015]

I mostly shop at Vons (9/10 specifically because of their just4u program) and Trader Joes (7/10 because it doesn't carry everything and meat is too expensive to buy there)

[Anonymous No.3946017]

>>3945364
Dude, despite what people say Central market is not that expensive. I live just outside of Fort Worth but I drive to Central Market once a week. The key is to buy only vegetables, bulk food items, and to buy animal products based on what is a good deal at the time. The olive oil selection is so awesome.

[Anonymous No.3946022]

Seattlefag here. Safeway and QFC suck ass. There are fruit flies on the produce half the time.

I mainly use the PCC, farmers markets in Wedgwood and the surrounding area, and occasionally I swing down to Pike Place Market if I want something fancy.

[Anonymous No.3946037]

>>3946007

Wheatfield, New York. Its about a half hour drive from Buffalo.

[Anonymous No.3946059]

I've been thinking about checking out Trader Joe's. Is it worth a visit?

And my local grocers are Kroger and Meijer. Meijer is meh tier while Kroger depends on the particular store.

[Anonymous No.3946064]

>>3946059
The stores itself is pretty small but they make up for it in quality. The prices are a little higher but it's not Whole Paycheck high.

[Anonymous No.3946067]

>>3946059
You might even find some locally produced stuff that you don't find elsewhere. In Oregon I find some awesome seafood from the Oregon coast.

[Anonymous No.3946077]

Kroger's and Jungle Jim's.
Jim's not only has a stupid variety of food, they have the best restrooms ever.

[Anonymous No.3946078]

I'm surprised no one has said Publix yet. Mine is Publix. I'd give it an 8/10. The people there are always very nice.

[Anonymous No.3946079]

>>3945828
You can tell which people are on their first visit to Jim's, they tend to ask for directions.

[Anonymous No.3946090]

>>3945947
lol i think that's the one in NOVA
wegmans is fucking awesome, but it's so ludicrously expensive
its like wholefoods^2

[Anonymous No.3946091]

>>3946064
>>3946067

Thank you very much.

Their site shows a lot of pumpkin flavored things. I wonder if any are worth trying.

[Anonymous No.3946106]

>>3946078
publix for me unless I need something strange then there are a ton of asian market.

I'm guessing you live in Florida as well?

[Anonymous No.3946115]

>>3946106
yep I'm in Florida. I always end up at Publix but i find it a bit too expensive. I gotta go try this Aldin market that people always talk about. Walmart is actually not bad lately either.

[Anonymous No.3946116]

Donald's Market
Kinda hippie-dippie, but they've got a nice variety and everything is relatively inexpensive. Close as fuck to me too, 10 minutes of walking.

[Anonymous No.3946141]

>>3946115
you mean Aldi? I've seen them before but never tried it. Walmart seems super hit or miss depending on the area

I still occasionally go to Winn Dixie because they are close by.

[Arty [sugar tits] !!eKEqL/VOHjj No.3946354]

>>3945783
I live in Ellicott City, MD. This one is right on the edge of Baltimore County. There are closer Asian markets, but this one is the best. I live in a Koreatown.

[Anonymous No.3946364]

Hannaford is the closest supermarket to my apartment. It's about a minute drive, so I go there quite often for quick things. However, I find they're pretty pricey and the selection is shit. The store is always really clean and the people are nice, though. 6/10

There's a Price Chopper a little further away that's ok. It's cheaper, but not as nice to shop in. I do most of my normal shopping there because of the price. 6/10

There's also a Shop Rite within a mile of here. I fucking hate that store and avoid it like the plague. The aisles are so narrow that you can't have 2 people shopping in them, which is a little ridiculous. But, they do have Boar's Head cold cuts, which is the only reason I'd go there. 2/10

There's a local Asian produce market that opened up recently that I LOVE. I go there for almost all of my produce - the price and quality can't be beat. They also have a neat selection of Asian treats, and I like trying them too. The only downside is that I can't do all my shopping there because they don't have a meat counter or things like that. 8/10

I go to the Walmart occasionally, too. It's so damn cheap that it's hard to avoid. But I can only stand it late at night when it's less busy and I'm less likely to get shanked by someone. Walmart/10

My perception of grocery stores is extremely skewed from having lived in a town with a very nice Wegmans growing up. None of the stores around here can compare. Wegmans have consistently been the best grocery store I've been in.

[Anonymous No.3946371]

Japanon here the closest supermarket to me is Yamazawa and I'd give it a 5/10. Next closest is Aeon (mall) and I'd give it a 6/10.

[Anonymous No.3946412]

>>3945838
>Never heard of Harp's
Do you even Arkansas?

[Anonymous No.3946417]

>>3946412
haven't been there since 91

[Anonymous No.3946451]

>>3946417
Ah, that would explain it.
The old IGA is still there and it still sucks, but Safeway is long gone.

All this talk of Whole Foods reminded me about Ozark Natural Foods, which is pretty much the closest the we have to Whole Foods. It caters to the same "Hippies With a lot of Disposable Income" demographic.

I spent 4 years in Los Angeles, and I divided my shopping habits between Ralph's (a Kroger subsidiary) and Trader Joe's. The former was for general shopping items, and the latter was for coffee, specialty items and extremely cheap booze (2-Buck Chuck, anyone?). I actually kinda miss Trader Joe's...

[Anonymous No.3946491]

Arkansas niggas up in this thread? Crazy. I don't remember a time, except for late 90s in eastern arkansas, where we had anything but wal marts. Fucking wal mart.

[Anonymous No.3946495]

>>3946491
What a pathetic location.

[Anonymous No.3946498]

>>3946495
Arkansas is indeed a pathetic state. Never going back.

[Anonymous No.3946501]

Smith's or Super1
I don't really shop at Super1 Often, their prices are too high, but they have a nice selection of stuff.
I'd give it a 6/10

Smith's is my main shop, it has a great selection too, great specialty departments. prices aren't too high.
The vegetable section can get pretty awful though.
Still rate it a 8/10

Walmart is shit
dicks/dicks

Kalispell, Montana

[Anonymous No.3948617]

The kroger next to my house plays Mars Volta in the evenings and everyone there is super nice

So now I only shop there

[Anonymous No.3948651]

>>3945248
wats the deal itt all americunts. ok heres a britfag.
east grinstead, west sussex. lol home of the scientologists.
waitrose,sainsburys and aldi.
I choose sainsburys because poorfag. waitrose if i have to. and i usually avoid aldi because it sucks in general (like lidl).