Best grocery store in area??? (Pittston, West Pittston: house, buy, live)

[spangia]

I've lived in West Pittston area about a year but I'm wondering what your opinions are regarding grocery stores around here. I've been trying different ones but which one do you think has the best prices and quality (especially meats and produce)? Thanks!!

[Chefkey]

Wegman's for meat if you buy the club pack. I will cook the whole pack and then freeze meal size portions in plastic containers and microwave them. Chicken breast is usually $1.99, Pork loin was 2.09 but lately it has been 2.49 not sure why the hike. Chicken Legs are $.49. If you want Beef I have found the lower cuts come in around $2.49. Produce is really hit or miss but again, the Wegman's club pack is sometimes a deal, otherwise believe it or not Walmart tends to come in the best at Produce.

[Avoca resident]

Walmart may have the best price at produce, but not quality.

For the best mix of price and quality, hands down has to be Wegmans.

[PeeAye Native]

17 pages of discussion here: Best prices at local grocery stores

Oh yea, and I miss Sunshine Market

[spangia]

I'm with ya regarding Sunshine Market, I liked that store. I'm just sick of Walmart and looking for an actual grocery store. I was going to Redner's for a little while and after coming home with bad potatoes 3 times in a row and the produce that I bought rotting within a day or two of coming home and hearing from a neighbor that they change the dates on the meats, I'm done with them. So now I'm on the search again Thanks for the responses. I've been in Wegman's a couple times and they seem to be really nice but was curious about their prices. We've even driven to Daleville a couple times to go to ShopRite.

[noellestar]

I love Wegmans.

[Mr Yuk]

Wegmans by far.....Walmart has good prices, but crappy meat. Wegmans has good quality meat at good prices.

Price Chopper, Gerrity's, and Weis are way too expensive.

[bsanva]

If you have tried Wegman's bakery, you will never go anywhere else.

[theatergypsy]

Spangia, the drive to Daleville and the cost of gas will eat up whatever savings you get at ShopRite. Wegman's came to town and got the rep of being "too expensive" but if you go, you'll know that's not necessarily so. Yes, they do have a lot of specialty items and an imported foods section. Pricey. Their bakery stuff is so good that I have to walk by with my head averted or I'd buy one of each. Pricey. They have what I believe to be the best loaf of fresh-baked Italian bread in town and I never leave the store without one. Their produce is excellent. Their house brands can stand up to the national brands in just about every case. Meat prices are competitive. Don't go in with the idea of it being too expensive. Just go in and walk the aisles. Decide for yourself what's reasonable and what isn't.
What convinced me: One item, national brand. Gerrity's charges $1.69 Weis charges $1.79 Price Chopper doesn't even carry it. Wegman's price? $1.29
No, I don't work there. I just think it's a really good place to shop.

[PeeAye Native]

The real answer here is shop at multiple stores. It's easy to do where I live, I routinely drive past three of my top four, and I can walk to the fourth.

Since I can talk about this forever, healthy eating and which store carries what brand, here's the list for me:

1. Whole Foods, for fruit and veggies only.
2. Wegmans, for the bulk of other things.
3. Redners, I do avoid the produce, and I don't eat much meat.
4. Trader Joes. For milk, cheese (although Redner's just got some things that best TJs in this category), yogurt, etc.

Redner's, IMO, is the under appreciated star of full line grocery stores in eastern PA. Always check expiration dates, as with any bargain retailer. They have some high end stuff hidden away (Alessi brands, and in general many products imported from Italy, like dry pasta and bottled sauces), and in some ways it's almost like a treasure hunt in their stores when you look closely. In some categories they carry, hidden in plain sight, is what in other stores are considered high end items and brands, and in many cases they carry the full line of flavors and varieties. There are even some brands where they stock the full line of all flavors and varieties, even those not carried at Wegmans or Whole Foods (and that is saying a lot). And, when they have something on sale, their 10 for $10 deals, it's usually a great deal, no one else's prices will ever come close to these prices. If it's a not perishable item in the 10 for $10, don't hesitate to stock up.