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Johnny Dickshot Sep 02 2005 07:53 AM

We haven't done one of these in awhile. Where do you shop for groceries? (news hook: USA's No. 2 grocery co. Albertsons, owner of Acme-philly, Shaw's-boston, Jewel-chicago & Albertsons-Western US, this morning surrenders and puts itself up for sale).

Willets Point Sep 02 2005 07:59 AM

Trader Joe's and Stah Mahket (the latter is owned by Shaw's)

seawolf17 Sep 02 2005 08:02 AM

Stop & Shop is closest, but King Kullen still doubles dollar coupons... so depending on my mood, one of those.

holychicken Sep 02 2005 08:04 AM

Whole Foods (when I am lazy because it is the closest) Trader Joe's (when I am in the area and want cheap wine/beer) Stah Mahket (Most of the time, because it is the cheapest)

ScarletKnight41 Sep 02 2005 08:16 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 02 2005 10:32 AM

[url=http://www.mccaffreys.com/]McCaffrey's[/url]. It's a small, family owned chain, and it's close to my house. It has lovely people and great produce. I walk in there and no fewer than a half dozen of the guys who work there will see me and start talking baseball with me. Love the place. I love Trader Joe's, but there isn't one nearby. Their dried strawberries are my favorite soda bread fruit. I used to shop at Stah Mahket when I lived in Bahston - good times! Edited after Willets pointed out my blunder.

Frayed Knot Sep 02 2005 08:31 AM

Well first I hit the dumpsters of course. After that I can walk or bike to both a King Kullen (good) and a Waldbaums (not so good). Trader Joe's is about 2 miles away and I hit that occasionally.

sharpie Sep 02 2005 08:36 AM

Steve's C-Town. We call it Steve's.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 02 2005 08:36 AM

My local options suck: a crud-covered C-town is closest, with a slightly less-objectionable Associated and a relatively disease-free Key Food also in walking distance. When we get the chance, we'll go all the way to Stop & Shop in QNS, but we gotta take a cab home (better prices/cleaner store essentially wipes out the fare). Locally there's a super expensive but nice organic/natural store called the Garden where we get coffee, cheese, pasta, fruits & veggies.

Purveyor of Pomposity lV Sep 02 2005 08:41 AM

Generally, our quartermaster has our supplies sent to the ship by helicopter. I've never been in a grocery store.

Willets Point Sep 02 2005 08:53 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: I used to shop at Shah Mahket when I lived in Bahston - good times! I think Shah Mahket is where exiled Iranian leaders shop in Boston. Purveyor get your ship down to the Gulf of Mexico and help evacuate people.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 02 2005 09:04 AM

PoP IV is my favorite CPF character ever.

seawolf17 Sep 02 2005 09:04 AM

JD, how many times do we have to warn people not to upset the Squid? (You're still my favorite, Squid.)

Elster88 Sep 02 2005 09:05 AM

I am a fan of the Squid. Plus he scares me a little. _____________________________ This post was made under the designation 166) Pete Schourek

Edgy DC Sep 02 2005 09:10 AM Edited 8 time(s), most recently on Nov 02 2005 01:14 PM

I'm a Safeway-boy with a Whole Foods-girl I eat brown oatmeal; hers is mother-of-pearl So I joined her one day, thought I'd give it a shot And some mutha-f***a bumped me in the parking lot Sucka climbed out of his Silverado Said "Look what you did to my avacado! It's sensuous texture is disfigured and bruised! And my fair trade coffee has been strewn and diffused!" Now organic produce can't be found everyplace So baby went inside while he got in my face And when he sapped me with a sack of organic rice I had to clock him with a bag of some well-water ice There I was, guilty of bringing the hurts Soon surrounded by guys in hempen hats and shirts And as the sucka called his lawyer between his crying and moans They all tried to shoot me with their camera phones So I covered my face and I ran into the store Sneakers squeaking on the mock-distressed hardwood floor I took a corner at Aromas and I dropped to my knees Eluding forty people crowding for a sample of cheese But my Whole Foods girl was nowhere to be found And the Hempen-Hat Posse, they was makin' up ground I dove beneath the sneeze guard through the salad bar greens I got tempeh in my hair and falafel on my jeans I was cornered by a whitey in rasta-man hat I started swinging a baguette like a baseball bat I tossed a quart of milk at him and it worked, by chance Got him crying 'bout his lactose intolerence But time was running short and I had myself a feeling I'd soon be in need of some holistic healing I saw my girl as cans of guava started bouncing off my head Buying ice cream that's endorsed by the Grateful Dead Paid for her feminist pasta and refractory pot I grabbed her by the hand and we ran back to the lot Raced off on my bike scared out of my wits Saw the Silverado guy with Alan Dershowitz Now neightboorhood listserves are all on the case With partly obscured shots of my fugitive face So when we go out shopping for our Kashi and soy She's still a Whole Foods girl, I'm still a Safeway boy

Willets Point Sep 02 2005 09:13 AM

This sounds like more Greenwich, CT rap.

metsmarathon Sep 02 2005 09:15 AM

typically shoprite. its closest - about a mile - and has good long hours. there's a kings about five miles away that's pretty good and has some more esoteric stuff - and i can buy wine there after the shoprite liquors closes at 7 - but it has fewer of the things i buy most often, and shorter hours. there's a super-duper shop & stop thats a while away - maybe ten-fifteen minutes - and invovles three interstates and a State highway to get to efficiently, and on rare occasion i go there when passing by. i wish it were closest, cos it has a tremendous selection, and the produce department makes me think that it might just be worth the trip. but the shoprite is just so close...

Johnny Dickshot Sep 02 2005 09:18 AM

This is what happens when the entire CPF gets Metzmerized. We're on fire today.

metirish Sep 02 2005 09:26 AM

My two local biggies are the A&P and ShopRite, I usually go to the A&P,they have a damn good international section where I can get such Irish faves as... and

MFS62 Sep 02 2005 09:30 AM

They just opened a Shaw's in town, replacing the Grand Union when that company went feet up. Nice, clean store. We do most of our shopping there. MMYF still goes to Stu Leonard's in Danbury once a week. (They have much better bagels than Shaw's, and you can't beat their milk prices.) The best supermarket I ever shopped at was when my daughter went to SUNY Binghamton, and introduced us to Wegmanns. (As in "Daddy, can you buy me some food?" The only time she ever put on that sweet voice.) Excellent customer service. Their VP of CS actually called my home when I put a note in their suggestion box asking if they were planning to build a store near us. Too bad the closest one to us is in Albany. Later

Willets Point Sep 02 2005 09:31 AM

Stew Leonard's is awesome. My mom used to shop there when I was a kid.

cooby Sep 02 2005 10:13 AM

There is a Wegmann's near me in Williamsport, and they are indeed sensational. You could easily live in there.

seawolf17 Sep 02 2005 10:16 AM

I love Wegman's! Ah, the old college days.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 02 2005 10:33 AM

We have a Wegman's. It isn't as close as McCaffrey's, but I'll go there if I'm on that side of town or if I'm looking for a specialty item. On that side of town we also have a Whole Foods Market, which has the best hazelnut gelatto I've ever had!

Rockin' Doc Sep 02 2005 11:19 AM

Food Lion is just a block or two from the house. It's clean and carries the basics, so it is generally the store we shop the most. The Super Wal-Mart has a grocery store and is pretty close, but it's a disorganized mess. I'd rather starve than buy groceries from the Wal-Mart. In general, I prefer to spend as little of my money as possible at Wal-Mart, but that's an entirely different discussion. The Harris Teeter across town has just finished a new renovation and it's huge. They have the most diverse offering of products in the area, so we generally shop there about once a month or when we need something that the Food Lion doesn't carry.

Edgy DC Sep 02 2005 11:24 AM

Tell him, Raymond.

KC Sep 02 2005 11:40 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 02 2005 12:38 PM

A & P and Key Food mostly. I do hit a store called Turco's when I want real meat or for fish. I'm gonna check out a Trader Joe's I didn't know ex- isted until last weekend one day this weekend. Sounds cool. One thing I don't take enough advantage of is on Saturday mornings from spring to fall they set up a small farmers market in the Metro North station parking lot. 8-10 tables of farm fresh stuff from upstate and prolly Joisey. Great stuff, but not exactly competitive prices. Ya get what ya pay for, I guess.

SwitchHitter Sep 02 2005 12:34 PM

I shop at Kroger. Always. It's the closest and they have a savings card that gives me a 10% discount on Kroger-brand items as well as other discounts that are available only to cardholders.

SI Metman Sep 02 2005 11:20 PM

Went to Wegmans and Giant when I used to live in Bing. Now I go to either the Pathmark I used to work at or the new Stop and Shop on SI.

soupcan Sep 03 2005 05:47 AM

Stop & Plop for pretty much everything. Trader Joe's for all the really good quirky stuff they have. Shaw's for the really great deli meat - especially their Black Forest Ham. Stew Leonard's for prepared stuff and if there we'll probably buy the essentials as well. Wild Oats - mostly just for the organic meats.

Bret Sabermetric Sep 03 2005 11:55 AM

Huge Wegman's guy when I lived in Syracuse. My ex- used to say that if I went missing for a couple of days, she'd start the search effort in Aisle Six. Before that, in Denver, it was all Albertson's. When I moved back to the city, it was either Fairway or Key Food, which ranked # 4 on my list of reasons I hate New York--crowded, minuscule shopping carts, busloads of elderly/mental patients as fellow shoppers... Then, early this year a new Stop'n'Shop superstore opened up literally across the street from my building, and I've missed only a few shopping days since then. It's like having 18 aisles of storage. I'm in heaven.

Elster88 Nov 02 2005 01:12 PM

Stew Leonard is a crooked bastard.

Willets Point Nov 02 2005 01:25 PM

What did he do now?

KC Nov 02 2005 01:35 PM

Elster's been cracking me up ever since he was Ricky Henderson. It's like his online personality has changed.

MFS62 Nov 02 2005 01:43 PM

Willets Point wrote: What did he do now? I think that was a reference to the old tax thingie. Nothing new I'm aware of. Later

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 01:48 PM

Wegman's was the BOMB in school. Must have lived off of WPOP soda. $4.50 could get you a case of cola, or lemon lime or grape...

Elster88 Nov 03 2005 02:23 PM

KC wrote: Elster's been cracking me up ever since he was Ricky Henderson. It's like his online personality has changed. As long as no one thinks I'm a chick anymore.

Willets Point Nov 03 2005 02:47 PM

Are you Jersey Shore?

Elster88 Nov 03 2005 02:48 PM

Nope, but I heard about that gender scandal too.