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America's least-favorite supermarkets

For many, shopping at a chain grocery has become a major chore, involving long lines, rude employees, unsanitary conditions and poor selection.
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Aug 6, 2012 6:49PM
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What a crock. We Americans have it so easy. Have you ever been to another country and seen a supermarket like Ralph's or Safeway? It's a luxury that very few regions of this world get to enjoy, and all we can do is complain about customer service or cleanliness, in our superluxury supermarkets. What a joke. If you don't like your supermarket, go to a different one, or even try growing your own food, like millions of people across the globe do because they don't have any other choice. Shame, shame, shame....

May 28, 2012 4:28PM
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Wal Mart is attempting to put one of there grocery stores here.  In SC people like to shop at Piggly Wiggly as it is employee owned.  The money goes back into the community with fair pay and benefits.  Anyone shopping at a Wal Mart grocery store here is turning their back on their community. People like to pretend that it is the 1% ruining their lives yet are supporting the very businesses that create it and destroy fair pricing and pay.  Live within your means and stop building these beasts.  Nobody "needs" to shop at wal mart.  The dollar you save today becomes the millions gone from your community tomorrow.
May 25, 2012 10:37AM
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Also i refuse to even walk into a Walmart..They are one of the most UN-American companies ever..I refuse to spend my time and money on Chinese junk and things Walmart has made for them that are Sub Standard compared to the same thing elsewhere..Also checking out is the pits.. they have 30 check out lines and ONE is open..No thank you.. will spend my money elsewhere..
Aug 6, 2012 5:13PM
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Why don't grocery stores just stick to groceries? I'm not going to buy patio furniture or BBQ grills or T.V.'s  at a grocery store. I would like to see more locally produced items and more variety in my local grocery, instead of limited selection of big corporate brands.
Aug 6, 2012 10:58PM
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Wal-Mart NEVER has enough check-out lines open.  37 registers, and maybe 5 open....What a waste of computer equipment.
May 25, 2012 1:06PM
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Walmart is the worst of the gang.. No to poor service. Different products so can't count on the item being there!
AC is low so always hot! Again 30 check outs with 2 open? But they think they need a smaller store to get people through faster? Hire more ck out people!!! Clean the store better and watch out at the Deli!

May 25, 2012 3:40PM
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Let's face it....there isn't one store that is so wonderful  everyone can agree on it.  If one person has a good review, the next person will hate it, so what's the point of even arguing about it. 
May 28, 2012 8:48PM
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I think every grocery store chain has clean nice stores and just plain dirty and disgusting ones. It all depends where the store is located. If it is in the rundown part of town it will almost be dirty and rundown cause all stores images are reflected in the workers it's hires. Nice clean middle and upper class stores get better workers who take pride in their work. Low class people don't really give a sh*t so the stores suffers. Bottom line is don't shop in the ghetto..
Aug 6, 2012 6:21PM
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I kinda WISH there was a chain grocery store around here!! The local mom & pop IGA here, you've got to keep checking for damaged and/or expired items!!! Just the other day, I went through 5 JARS (out of a case of 12) of the jam they had on sale before I found one that was sealed!! The ice cream is almost ALWAYS refrozen (grainy) you're lucky if the milk you've just bought lasts a week before going sour (even though you got another week til the expiration date) and I've come across boxes of cereal there that expired the year before!!
May 28, 2012 5:14PM
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Albertson's by far is the worst by us. They charge double what everyone else in the state charges, then they have a 'Value Card' which gives you about 10% off of some products. They sell oscar mayer hot dogs for $3.75 a package, Wal Mart has them for $2.00.  Same package. It's a total rip off. Plus, they always have lines 5-6 people deep because they try to save money by only having 3 lanes open. I don't shop there.
Aug 6, 2012 9:34PM
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How come 7 out of 11 of these supermarket stores representative of the entire nation are located only in the northeastern and north Atlantic coast states?  (I don't consider Wal Mart a "supermarket grocery store" and never will - it's like Costco and Super Target and in a category all their own). There is a clear and definitive pattern there: the northeast section of the nation from the Mid-Atlantic up doesn't know how to run a grocery supermarket chain. Maybe they need to take a lesson from the likes of Publix that flourishes with high customer satisfaction in the Southeast. I've lived and traveled all over the nation and they are far the best in the business from high quality employees to high quality meats and produce. Sure their staple prices are a little higher, but it's worth walking up and down the spotless isles of a clean, well-stocked, and organized store. And the service is top notch out the door.
Aug 6, 2012 5:01PM
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This is why I both work and shop at Publix here in south Georgia.  At our store we spend extra time and money to make it look nice and always try to go the extra mile for our customers- and employees.  Happy employees = better store = better service for everyone. 
May 25, 2012 4:31PM
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What I find interesting if these stores are so disliked, why are they still in business? Gee is because we are so stupid to keep paying them for bad service.

When and if ever as a society are we going to get off our backsides and keep are war bucks in our pockets an quit rewarding these rip offs. Comcast---what a scam, who pays under a 100 buck for all the useless crape they feed us.

 

Jun 15, 2012 10:10AM
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everyone hates Walmart but everyone still shops at Walmat?  So whats that say about walmart?

you hate it but you know you will get it cheaper and they will have it!!!

Aug 6, 2012 8:19PM
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When you have a Trader Joes' to shop at you really only need these others for a few items.  Thank you Trader Joes'.
Aug 6, 2012 5:41PM
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Walmart meat is just cut badly, the fat is not well trimmed, and it looks fit for dog food, but the price is low.
Aug 6, 2012 8:36PM
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I will not set one foot in a Walmart scab store.
May 28, 2012 3:07PM
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LOL, least liked, Walmart?  Sorry folks, I've eaten at 4 and  5 star restaurants in the past month, but for daily shopping, I have no problem with Wal-mart.  It doesn't carry gourmet foods and I won't buy their imported, Chinese, farm-grown fish, but the staples are a bargain. 

 

Bread, cereal, meats, eggs, and milk are the same anywhere, so I buy from the store that gives me the best price, and in my area it's Wal-mart.  What's to hate about low prices on main-stream items?

May 28, 2012 12:36PM
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From working in retail, customer service, including a grocery store, your shopping experience depends a lot on LOCATION. Great grocery stores with good layouts, great employees and managers, decent prices, and good customers etc. are located in the "good areas" ie high class, high socioeconomic, areas, whatever you want to call it....Even when these areas get a fast food restaurant, its usually better than the rest!  Working in stores in these areas are better! Usually they pay a little more, and you hardly ever run into druggies, food stamps, people with no money,rude customers, dumb customers that can't seem to find their way out of a paper bag, unorganized couponers, etc.

Not everywhere, but its like that in many areas.

Aug 6, 2012 5:37PM
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