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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Washington DC Area? Now You'll Know.

Supermarkets

Giant and Safeway dominate the area's supermarket scene. Unfortunately, our recent price shopping reveals neither is a standout for price, and our customer surveys show neither particularly wows its customers when it comes to quality or service. On the bright side, many area shoppers live near stores that at least beat the big chains either for price or for quality, and there is one chain that beats them soundly for both.

From Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine

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Name Areas with Store Locations Number of ratings Percent of surveyed customers who rated store "superior" on our survey for ...
Quality of fresh produce Quality of meats Variety of fresh produce Variety of other products Keeping things in stock Convenience of store layout Ease of finding prices Speed of checkout Staff helpfulness/ pleasantness Parking Help loading car Overall quality
1. Aldi

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2. Balducci's Food Lover's Market

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3. BJ's Wholesale Club

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4. Bloom

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5. Bottom Dollar Food

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6. Brookville Market

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7. Chevy Chase Super Market

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8. Costco

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9. Food Lion

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10. Fort Belvoir Military Commissary

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11. Fort Meyer Military Commissary

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12. Giant Food

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13. Grand Mart

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14. Greenbelt Consumer Co-op

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15. Grosvenor Market

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16. Harris Teeter

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17. Magruder's Supermarkets

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18. My Organic Market

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19. Roots Market

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20. Safeway

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21. Sam's Club

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22. Shoppers Food Warehouse

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23. Snider's Super Foods

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24. Super Fresh

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25. Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op

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26. Trader Joe's

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27. Wal-Mart

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28. Wegmans

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29. Weis Markets

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30. Whole Foods Market

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31. Yes Natural Foods

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Subscriber Comments/Reviews
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).


Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about SAFEWAY, , on 11/01/09
Recently improved on meat freshness (2009)........
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about GIANT FOOD, , on 11/01/09
Meat and fish recently improved for freshness (2009)........
Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote about MY ORGANIC MARKET, , on 10/24/09
They make a person feel guilty for returning something, no matter how much the person..........
Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote about WHOLE FOODS MARKET, , on 10/24/09
Great place to shop..But the packaged veggies and fruits sometimes are either moldy or get..........
Subscriber from COLUMBIA, MD wrote about GIANT FOOD, , on 10/15/09
Giant is competing on price now, and their prices are indeed very low. That's the..........
Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about MAGRUDER'S SUPERMARKETS, , on 10/13/09
Prices are generally good on produce, but you have to inspect carefully for quality........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about GIANT FOOD, , on 09/30/09
some of the fresh produce, especially strawberries, bananas, romaine lettuce, scallions and a few others..........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about FORT BELVOIR MILITARY COMMISSARY, , on 09/30/09
can't beat the overall cost savings; the meat department is especially competent and helpful. quality..........
Subscriber from HERNDON, VA wrote about GIANT FOOD, , on 09/29/09
Wow now I will show my age, as I remember when they were number one..........
Subscriber from HERNDON, VA wrote about WEGMANS, , on 09/29/09
Thanks Wegmans for making an unplesant experience (shopping) bearable........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about HARRIS TEETER, , on 09/27/09
Far superior to Giant and Safeway.......
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about BROOKVILLE MARKET, , on 09/27/09
On multiple occasions I have taken products off of the shelf that expired years ago...........
Subscriber from WOODBRIDGE, VA wrote about WEGMANS, , on 09/27/09
Woodbridge location; wonderfully set up store, best produce in area by far in freshness, diversity,..........
Subscriber from WOODBRIDGE, VA wrote about SAFEWAY, , on 09/27/09
All Woodbridge locations.......
Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about SHOPPERS FOOD WAREHOUSE, , on 09/26/09
I don't look for excitement in my grocery stores. Shoppers is a regular part of..........
Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about TRADER JOE'S, , on 09/26/09
I love Trader Joe's. They have limited selection, but high quality and low prices. I..........
Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about SHOPPERS FOOD WAREHOUSE, , on 09/25/09
Prices are very good. That is why I go there..........
Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about TRADER JOE'S, , on 09/25/09
Really like it because of the many products that are preservative free, etc. Feel that..........
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about TRADER JOE'S, , on 09/23/09
reasonable prices, limited variety of products, popular items frequently out-of-stock, produce frequently near death.......
Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about WHOLE FOODS MARKET, , on 09/23/09
pricey, reasonable selection, very limited organic produce any time of the year.......
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about TRADER JOE'S, , on 09/22/09
Bailey's Crossroads and Falls Church locations.......
Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about MAGRUDER'S SUPERMARKETS, , on 09/22/09
Falls CHurch location.......
Subscriber from GAINESVILLE, VA wrote about WEGMANS, , on 09/22/09
One of the best!.......
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about WHOLE FOODS MARKET, , on 09/21/09
With such high prices, Whole Foods should be doing better than it is. In particular,..........
Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about GIANT FOOD, , on 09/21/09
The particular Giant I have been dealing with has plans since 1990 to remodel but..........
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