Are you doing your supermarket shopping at Redner's, Wal-Mart, or Wegmans? If not, you're probably not getting the area's best available prices. Our recent price shopping reveals which area chains have the lowest prices, and our customer surveys reveal which rate highest for quality of meat and produce, variety, speed of checkout, and other service features. We also tell you the one area chain where you can get below-average prices and top-notch quality.

Read our article and findings (available exclusively to CHECKBOOK subscribers)

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Supermarkets

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Supermarkets Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Supermarkets.

• Subscriber from WILLOW GROVE, PA wrote Another Store: These ratings apply to store on Welsh Road, at Twining Road, in Upper Dublin Twsp.,..........
• Subscriber from CHERRY HILL, NJ wrote Another Store: Prices are slightly higher the Shop Rite but they have a better variety of products........
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Store: Wish Wegman's would come into the city.......
• Subscriber from MEDIA, PA wrote Another Store: Trader Joes is a wonderful store for items you just can't find elsewhere, especially ethnic..........
• Subscriber from WEST CHESTER, PA wrote Another Store: higher prices, but better than most for their limited inventory of natural foods.......
• Subscriber from WARRINGTON, PA wrote Another Store: Who doesn't like Wegmans?.......
• Subscriber from WAYNE, PA wrote Another Store: Self checkout terrible. Make errors many times and always breaking down. Store should concentrate on..........
• Subscriber from EXTON, PA wrote Another Store: Acme's are give and take. The ones in Wilmington are very poor. Others are just..........
• Subscriber from EAGLEVILLE, PA wrote Another Store: prices are great.......
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Store: They haven't yet outsized this store so it's impossible to walk it. Prices are very..........
• Subscriber from CHADDS FORD, PA wrote Another Store: Staff were much friendlier in past, but now seem irritated when asked questions, especially in..........
• Subscriber from COLLEGEVILLE, PA wrote Another Store: Find prices frequently higher - only go there if I'm in the area and only..........
• Subscriber from LAFAYETTE HL, PA wrote Another Store: THE BEST.......
• Subscriber from COLLEGEVILLE, PA wrote Another Store: Baked good and salads are awesome........
• Subscriber from WEST CHESTER, PA wrote Another Store: they try and overall its better than most........
• Subscriber from COATESVILLE, PA wrote Another Store: good prices -- but if you shop in late afternoon or evening -- slim pickings..........
• Subscriber from PHILA, PA wrote Another Store: Nice store. Pretty good prices........
• Subscriber from PHILA, PA wrote Another Store: Nice store, just a little expensive.......
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Store: Great store to shop but a little more pricey than others........
• Subscriber from NEWTOWN, PA wrote Another Store: Acme has been a good store with good values for us. If we want specialty..........
• Subscriber from CHADDS FORD, PA wrote Another Store: this is rating for giant of carlisle, which is different than super g.......
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Store: Plenty of Cashiers or Self Service counters........
• Subscriber from STOWE, PA wrote Another Store: Great Shopping Experience.......
• Subscriber from KNG OF PRUSSA, PA wrote Another Store: The service has dropped a lot since the Safeway takeover.......
• Subscriber from PAOLI, PA wrote Another Store: I liked them better when they were SuperFresh. Now they're trying to be everything for..........
• Subscriber from WILLOW GROVE, PA wrote Another Store: The best place to find food CHEAP. Most foods are fine in quality, some are..........
• Subscriber from WYNNEWOOD, PA wrote Another Store: have items found no where else; good prices.......
• Subscriber from NORTH WALES, PA wrote Another Store: I leave this store angry many times because they have stopped carrying favorite products and..........
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Store: Expensive, but beautiful selection........
• Subscriber from MEDIA, PA wrote Another Store: Their prices have really gone up and their selection decreased a lot........
• Subscriber from MALVERN, PA wrote Another Store: GREAT SERVICE.......
• Subscriber from HADDONFIELD, NJ wrote Another Store: i shop at a small acme in haddonfield.......
• Subscriber from HOCKESSIN, DE wrote Another Store: Can't wait for more competition to come to town! I sometimes go 15 miles to..........
• Subscriber from WEST CHESTER, PA wrote Another Store: Usually has the best prices........
• Subscriber from LANSDALE, PA wrote Another Store: Wonderful Store, great management. Outstanding buffet........
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Store: Shopping here is a unique, pleasant experience........
• Subscriber from WILMINGTON, DE wrote Another Store: We shop there because their prices are very good and the quality of produce and..........
• Subscriber from PLYMOUTH MTNG, PA wrote Another Store: prices too high.......
• Subscriber from MALVERN, PA wrote Another Store: I can't speak for all Acme's, but the one in Paoli is wonderful. I actually..........
• Subscriber from WAYNE, PA wrote Another Store: Self checkout sytem poor. Store should concentrate more on service........
• Subscriber from COLLEGEVILLE, PA wrote Another Store: Great prices. Difficult to keep shelves stocked on the weekend. Sometimes they are out of..........
• Subscriber from PAOLI, PA wrote Another Store: Great values........
• Subscriber from CHERRY HILL, NJ wrote Another Store: Many brands of staple products not available, or not carried by store.......
• Subscriber from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote Another Store: Great precooked area and deli sandwiches.......
• Subscriber from KING OF PRUSSIA, PA wrote Another Store: One of the Deli clerks uses only one glove when slicing and put your cheese..........
• Subscriber from AUDUBON, PA wrote Another Store: Selection not as good as Giant. Good bakery. Produce can be hit or miss -..........
• Subscriber from WARRINGTON, PA wrote Another Store: Good sales, produce not very good, small enough to not be overwhelming.......
• Subscriber from GLEN MILLS, PA wrote Another Store: Never disappointed. Good specials and coupons........
• Subscriber from NORTH WALES, PA wrote Another Store: Prices are very good too. Breads tend to be a bit on stale side........
• Subscriber from BROOMALL, PA wrote Another Store: Often, after finding a product we like, it is discontinued........