On 8/12/2016 10:04 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:35:51 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 8/12/2016 12:45 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Right now what is conveniently located is Publix and Food Lion. (I don't
>>> count the still under construction Super Walmart as a grocery store.)
>>
>> Don't count them out. When our WalMart was expanded to a Super, it put
>> a big hurt on the other two in town. The other stores were forced to
>> change tactics and now have less sales and more every day low prices.
>
> Consumer Reports ranks supermarkets. They rank 68 of them. Walmart
> Supercenters are at the bottom. The dots are either all black, or half
> black, except for one. They get a half red for Price satisfaction.
>
> Of the four at the bottom the other three were A&P stores. They are now all
> gone. So Walmart Supercenters are now all by themselves at the bottom.
>
> Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).
>

They are at the bottom for a lot of reasons but they do have low prices
on name brand products. I sometimes pick up a half dozen items and save
myself $10+ to spend at another store. I also picked up 3 pounds of
the best cherries of the season there.

Wegman's is my favorite and gets top rating but it is too far to go for
weekly shopping.