# What grocery stores are in your area **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353 "2005-01-30T01:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/1 "2005-01-30T01:19:54Z")
I was reading [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299543] this thread, and came across this quote > [@](#): > > BTW, here in the midwest our choices are Kroger, Thriftway, Meijer and Biggs . I realized that I’ve lived in the Midwest my entire life and never been to any of those stores. Granted, everyone’s definition of the Midwest is a bit different, but I thought it was interesting. I hear a lot of people reference Kroger, Safeway, and Albertson’s as _the_ big grocery stores, but I’ve never seen one. When I lived in eastern Iowa, the grocery stores I remember are Jewel-Osco (the one we usually went to), Eagles, and one more low-end called Food Bonanza. Oh, and Aldi’s, which is the cheapest of them all. We moved to Madison, Wisconsin. Jewel-Oscos were no longer to be found (though I found out they’ve been bought out by Albertsons in 1999), which made me sad because I loved their store brand granola cereal. Neither were Eagles or Food Bonanza. What was around was Cub Foods, Copps, Whole Foods, a local chain called Woodmans, Sentry Foods and Pick 'N Sav. Kohl’s used to have a separate grocery store, but that got sold off to someone else. Also Aldi’s. I know live in Minneapolis. There are still Cub Foods, Whole Foods, and Aldi’s. New to me are Rainbow Foods (which I think was bought by some larger corporation), and two more upscale grocery stores, Lund’s and Byerleys. The last 2 are owned by a local group. Now, I’m not including small markets, co-ops, ethnic grocery stores, or big stores (Target, Wal-Mart) that sell groceries in “superstores”. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/2 "2005-01-30T01:26:41Z")
Where I am now? There’s nthing for over 100 miles. Mind you, most dopers don’t post from the Persian Gulf. When I go home to Texas, we mostly have HEB and Randalls. We also have [Central Market](http://centralmarket.com/cm/index.jsp). I worship at their door. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/3 "2005-01-30T01:31:07Z")
Here in central Arkansas: Kroger’s, Sexton Foods (which used to be Piggly Wiggly), and the occasional Harvest Foods (which used to be Safeway). In south Arkansas I can still find a Mad Butcher, in Dumas, I think. Specific to my immediate area is a small chain called Knight’s which covers only a few towns in a couple of counties. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/4 "2005-01-30T01:33:29Z")
Here in southwestern Louisiana, we have Kroger, Albertson’s, and Market Basket. We also have some non-chain grocery stores like Abe’s and Misse’s. When I lived in southeastern Pennsylvania, the main grocery stores were Acme, Super Fresh, Genuardi’s, and Clemens, but I don’t know what is there now. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/5 "2005-01-30T01:39:34Z")
I live in Dallas, TX. We have Tom Thumb (Safeway), Kroger, and Albertsons as our main grocers. We also have Sack N Save and Super Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/6 "2005-01-30T01:43:02Z")
In St. Louis, the main grocery stores are the Schnucks and Dierbergs chains, both locally owned and operated. We also have Shop and Save, Sav-A-Lot and Aldi for discounts, as well as Whole Foods Market, World Market, Trader Joe’s and a local chain called Straub’s for the upscale market. Plus Wal-Mart Supercenters all over the freakin’ place. (I haven’t seen a Super Target yet, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/7 "2005-01-30T02:06:09Z")
Within ten miles I’ve got 2 Kroger, 2 Meijer, Farmer Jack (used to be A&P which used to be Great Scot) and at least five varieties of the bag-your-own cheaper stores. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/8 "2005-01-30T02:21:01Z")
Youngstown, Ohio Giant Eagle (I’m beginning to do some serious hating of that place), Aldi, NemenzIGA. There’s apparently a Marc’s around somewhere, but I don’t know where. Super WalMart…closest to where I live is in Salem, OH. There’s a Sam’s club, but I don’t know if it counts, not being just a grocery store. There’s also a Tops up in Niles or Warren (for you East TN dopers (and other states), it’s under the same ownership as Bi-Lo, and I really wish there was one close to me - I liked Bi-Lo back home in TN). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/9 "2005-01-30T02:28:05Z")
Kroger, Publix, Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly, and Super Wally World. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/10 "2005-01-30T02:29:19Z")
Here in the Boston area we have: Star Markets, Shaws Supermarkets (bought by Albertsons), Stop & Shop, Victory, Bread & Circus (Whole Foods), Trader Joe’s, and Market Basket as chains. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/11 "2005-01-30T03:06:10Z")
Here in the Big Bend, we have Publix, Albertson’s, Super Wal Mart and a less-prestigious chain called Harvey’s, which it seems is in the process of replacing the Food Lion stores. ---
**Author:** ![EnginNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/12 "2005-01-30T03:18:52Z")
Here in Colorado Springs, we have King Soopers (owned by Kroger, where I usually shop), Safeway, Albertson’s, Whole Foods, and Grocery Warehouse. There was a Cub Foods around when I first moved here, but it closed down. Back in Champaign, IL I used to shop at Meijer or Schnuck’s. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/13 "2005-01-30T03:27:43Z")
Orlando (and most of Florida) is full of Publix and Winn-Dixie stores. Publix is generally considered a “nice” supermarket, and the stores are usually impeccably clean and neat and orderly, with the best deli, bakery, and prepared foods. Winn-Dixies are generally older stores, cheaper, and considered “lower class.” This is all relative, as I’ve been in some shiny new Winn-Dixies and some really trashy Publixes. Once you get out of Miami, where I lived most of my life, you also have several Albertsons stores, which I consider the “best of both worlds.” Generally nice and clean, often cheaper than Publix, and as a major benefit that neither other offers, they are open 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/14 "2005-01-30T03:37:36Z")
East Texas has Brookshire’s and their discount/“warehouse” store Super One; Albertson’s; Kroger; and Super Walmart. There’s also a Piggly Wiggly in Sulphur Springs that I love shopping at because it’s in a 1950s A-frame with glass front (entire front, not just windows) and has original early-'70s signage inside. The upper Hudson Valley has Grand Union, Price Chopper, Shop and Save, and Hannaford. The Shop and Saves are getting rarer. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/15 "2005-01-30T03:46:43Z")
Another Orlando(ish) here. We used to have Goodings, which could give Publix a run for their money, but I think they’ve fallen by the wayside. There are some Albertson’s around, and we have a Kash & Karry and a Super Target near us. I’ve seen Food Lions, but although I still think they’re in South Carolina I haven’t seen them around here much in the past few years. And I would clean Publix’s parking lot with my tongue before I stepped foot in a Winn Dixie. I haven’t found a one yet that didn’t seem dirty. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/16 "2005-01-30T03:47:49Z")
Oh, I forgot. Ivylad generally shops at Sam’s. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/17 "2005-01-30T03:51:10Z")
Baltimore, Maryland. Giant (where I usually shop), Safeway (for beef!), Food Lion, Mars (local chain), Save-A-Lot (discount chain), Aldi (where I have never been), Whole Foods, and Trader Joe’s. I like the Giant, but I sure do miss the Superstore in Calgary, Alberta, and the Loblaws in Kingston, Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/18 "2005-01-30T03:53:46Z")
Here in Macon, within 5 miles of our house there are three Kroger stores, Publix, at least two Foodmax stores, Super Wal-Mart, and a small corner grocer called CJ’s. Where I grew up on the East side of Atlanta, there is an Ingles (my first job), Kroger, Publix, Super Wal-Mart, Super Target, and a neat discount store called Jordan’s. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/19 "2005-01-30T04:25:19Z")
Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention Winn-Dixie! I don’t know how I could have forgotten it, as I have to pass one to get to my house every day! ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353/20 "2005-01-30T04:26:05Z")
Vienna (Northern Virginia): Giant, Safeway, McGrueders (sp), Shoppers, Harris Teeter, Trader Joe’s, Albertson’s, Costco’s I shop only at Harris Teeter, upon pain of starvation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-grocery-stores-are-in-your-area/287353.md?page=2)