Grocery Store Week, pt. 3

Shaw's - Groceries, Coupons, Weekly Ad, Recipes and Pharmacy:

http://www.stopandshop.com/

I think it's safe to say that I can lump these two together, since I don't have much to say about them, and I have the same praises/complaints about both.


Shaw's and Stop and Shop, especially the new ones, are nice and big. I love how wide the aisles are;  I can easily veer around that family with four screaming kids to get to whatever I'm getting.


What am I getting? Well, at these stores, I promise you, I am only getting things that are on sale. The biggest problem with both of these stores is that if the item is not on sale, I promise you it is more expensive than anywhere else in town. ALSO, in both of these stores, you need to have the "customer card" to get the sale price on any item. This is such a terrible way to treat customers. The only time I go to either of these stores, clean, shiny, and pretty as they are, is when there is something I am need and they are the only stores open, or they are having a deal I can't resist, like four 12-packs of soda for $10.


In both of these stores, the produce and meat are hit-or-miss, and very very expensive. The deli is so expensive at both of these stores, again, I don't see how anyone can afford with a family can afford them unless they only buy what is on sale. I will say that Shaw's fruit has been better in the last few years than it used to be, but the prices have not improved with the quality. Also, and I have absolutely no basis for this, I do not trust their store brands. 


I used to shop in a Stop and Shop in CT that was, pretty much, the dirtiest, cheapest, lamest "supermarket" I've ever been to. That always struck me as funny because it was adjacent to a really rich town. But it was really dirty. And old. And the fruit was almost always rotten. 


So, again, if you can be bothered to have the customer loyalty card, and only buy what is on sale, go to these stores. Or, if it's midnight and your niece needs contact solution and it's the only store near your house, go ahead and get it there but know you're paying a lot more than you would anywhere else.