Big Y supermarket is coming!

[G1..]

People seem to really like the Big Y in Lee.

[snatale1]

Originally Posted by pennyone

At least Hannaford invested in lock carts so their carts cannot be pushed out of their lot. I never shop at Stop&Shop.

Those are typically used lower cost stores in questionable neighborhoods.

[David223]

Originally Posted by G1..

People seem to really like the Big Y in Lee.

Recently in my town Big Y took over Hannafords. I shopped there again today and I like it.

[mdovell]

"There's no such thing as reasonably priced groceries out there."

Depends on how you define groceries.

I shop at Aldi. Eggs $1 a dozen Milk was $2 a gallon now $2.50

Now I won't claim that you can get 100% the same product lines. But for about 90-95% of mine I can. There's no pharmacy, no booze, no cigs, no magazines, flowers only seasonally. Much of the basic staples are cheaper. The meat buys if you can get them are pretty good. The vast majority of product are store brand and frankly I can't tell that much of the difference. They just launched a baby food/products line. Yes you do bag your own food and bring a bag and a quarter for the carts but remember the more a place does the more it costs.

I'd love to see market basket get further into central and western Mass but that's up to Artie T.

To note Big Y does have a high end store called Fresh Acres. It's like a whole foods in everything but name. They make every use of space that you can think of. Don't go in with a backpack otherwise it's like a bull in a china shop. I found some foods I haven't seen in years (macro sushi I think) much of the food is locally sourced. I save enough with Aldi that sometimes I can splurge there sometimes.

[in_newengland]

I'd like an Aldi's.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by FCMA

I'll take Artie T any day. Maybe even Whole Foods, they charge WF prices for MB quality products.

This

I haven't been in any of the Massachusetts Wegmans but they combine Whole Foods-level prepared foods with a full service grocery store. I've used them for lunch on business trips a number of times. If I had one in my town, I'd use it as my high end store and do my bulk shopping at Market Basket.

When I lived in western Mass for a bit some years ago, I thought Big Y was a pretty lousy grocery store. Expensive by Market Basket levels and not particularly better inventory than a Market Basket. Maybe a bit better than Shaws or Stop & Shop but that's setting the bar extremely low. I don't see how they could compete in the Market Basket footprint.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

This

I haven't been in any of the Massachusetts Wegmans but they combine Whole Foods-level prepared foods with a full service grocery store. I've used them for lunch on business trips a number of times. If I had one in my town, I'd use it as my high end store and do my bulk shopping at Market Basket.

When I lived in western Mass for a bit some years ago, I thought Big Y was a pretty lousy grocery store. Expensive by Market Basket levels and not particularly better inventory than a Market Basket. Maybe a bit better than Shaws or Stop & Shop but that's setting the bar extremely low. I don't see how they could compete in the Market Basket footprint.

The Stop&Shop in Lenox on rt 7 is gorgeous it has whatever you are looking for.Thing is there is also a little (compared to S&S) place called https://guidosfreshmarketplace.com/ I have to tell you Guido's puts Wegmans and Whole Foods to shame!I'll buy my big stuff at S&S and then go right to Guido's !

[scorpio516]

Originally Posted by Cloudship

Paczki. They used to have this really bad radio commercial about some woman trying to find her missing Pooch. Anyone remember that? Personally never got the attraction of those.

Didn't grow up in a place with a lot of Poles I take it
In metro Detroit, fat tuesday is colloquially known as Pazci day. Most Polish bakeries would only make them for then too.

[scorpio516]

Originally Posted by CaseyB

It's the same but the newer one in Franklin is nicer. The beer and wine departments there have a lot of products from local breweries and vineyards.

I don't like the Franklin store. Always seemed dirty, and it was on the other side of town than my office.
The Big Y in Worcester is ghetto adjacent, and I've never been. It's also kinda hidden off Park on a side street.

[mdovell]

I'd also sometimes much of this also reflects not so much the chain itself but sometimes the local workforce. I've never had an issue with Target. However, I saw some footage of one by the NYC area of which it was horrific at best. In retail at least from my experiences trickled down standards were the norm. Corporate standards were xyz
Region standards were xyz +1 after all they have bonuses
District standards were xyz +1 +1 after all they have bonuses as well
Store standards were xyz +1 +1 +1 due to...well you ^^ know

For a any chain to have issues says quite a bit more about just the store level employees.