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A word on the more deluxe grocery chains like Wegmans or Trader Joes or Whole Foods... Wegmans isn't particularly low-priced. But they also don't pull the usual bait-and-switch tricks that other chains pull in order for them to seem like they have low prices. Most grocery chains will deeply discount an item, get customers hooked on it, and then slowly jack up the price while cutting other items. It's simply a sleight of hand pricing trick. The total amount you pay at the store tends to be the same, despite all this trickery.
I would rather pay "honest higher prices" than have to deal with this now-you-save, now-you-don't crap at the run of the mill chains.
Sorry, I never heard of that Company! It is just a local market? I have heard of Krogers, as its National, and a few others, but, mostly small Companies are just local, like in the South or in the North, or even Regional. I guess I will have to wait for them to get really 'huge' and have stores all over the Country, including my City, before I can comment on them.
Texas has a chain of grocery stores called H-E-B that is very good. Their older stores are very nice basic grocery stores (a step above Kroger in selection), but their newer stores are amazing. I used to live in a town of about 15,000 people that had an H-E-B - the store had a sushi chef, a tortilleria, etc. etc. etc. These sorts of features seem to be standard at newer H-E-Bs.
They also have some newer concept stores:
H-E-B Plus! is a large grocery store with other departments (think Wal-Mart Supercenter but with more of a focus on groceries).
Central Market (the only presence H-E-B has in the DFW metroplex) is like Whole Foods, but a whole lot better. An interesting note: they designed the stores in a logical manner, and you go through this maze that they have created, with cold items such as milk coming last (so they spend less time outside the refrigeration).
EDIT: Another perk of H-E-B: no annoying club cards to keep up with. When they offer a discount, they offer it for everyone.
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I've been to tons of grocery stores in each section of the country, but nothing has compared to this store. Unfortunately there's only 2 of them on Long Island. There's no cleaner, fancier grocery store anywhere else with this high of a selection of the freshest food, not to mention amazing italian groceries (hence the name )
Texas has a chain of grocery stores called H-E-B that is very good. Their older stores are very nice basic grocery stores (a step above Kroger in selection), but their newer stores are amazing. I used to live in a town of about 15,000 people that had an H-E-B - the store had a sushi chef, a tortilleria, etc. etc. etc. These sorts of features seem to be standard at newer H-E-Bs.
They also have some newer concept stores:
H-E-B Plus! is a large grocery store with other departments (think Wal-Mart Supercenter but with more of a focus on groceries).
Central Market (the only presence H-E-B has in the DFW metroplex) is like Whole Foods, but a whole lot better. An interesting note: they designed the stores in a logical manner, and you go through this maze that they have created, with cold items such as milk coming last (so they spend less time outside the refrigeration).
EDIT: Another perk of H-E-B: no annoying club cards to keep up with. When they offer a discount, they offer it for everyone.
Very similar to Wegmans in terms of the difference between the older and newer stores. They do have the Shoppers Club Card, which is free.
I've been to tons of grocery stores in each section of the country, but nothing has compared to this store. Unfortunately there's only 2 of them on Long Island. There's no cleaner, fancier grocery store anywhere else with this high of a selection of the freshest food, not to mention amazing italian groceries (hence the name )
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That would be a good supermarket to have in Syracuse's Little Italy section on the North side of town.
It's too bad there aren't more of them. They would do well in italian neighborhoods
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