16 Worst Grocery Stores in America

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Gelson’s

Even if Gelson’s got a good score of 87 out of 100 when it comes to overall satisfaction, it also received a 1 out of 5 score, for price competitiveness, which is the lowest possible score.

New Seasons Market

New Seasons Market managed to get perfect scores when it comes to the cleanliness and helpfulness of its employees, even if it has the lowest possible score when it comes to price competitiveness.

New Seasons Market managed to get an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on more than 448 reviews that were left anonymously by their employees.

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  1. GERALD Ray TARR Sr

    I think Acme is great, prices and sale prices. Also one of the cleanest and organized stores and great employees.

  2. I disagree with your rating of Acme Markets. The Acme near my home in South Philly competes very well with the famous Italian Market. I think it is a very good store.

  3. you have to add PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS IN THIS LIST.. their prices are way non competitive..
    anything you buy turns out into an expensive product… I recently went to buy a cabbage, a simple cabbage.. Their price was $8,50 .. I returned it at the cashier.. List them as non competitive .. Maybe that will force them to open their eyes..

  4. I frequent the Shaw’s in Middletown/Newport RI, and I love it. I’m addicted to their, in-store made guacamole. It’s the best I’ve ever had.
    I live in Manhattan and, lucky for me, a new one moved to 96th and Amsterdam Ave. It’s huge, carries everything, and has great stock on ethnic types of foods. The fresh produce area is the best I know of, and the prices are super. The workers there are VERY friendly and helpful, and it seems like they really enjoy working there.
    I’m sure all the stores you mentioned have some great franchises and some not-so-great ones. So, I don’t think it’s wise to judge them all in a general statement.

  5. Bradford Largent

    You left Weiss off this list. They are by a great margin the worst grocery store in my part of Virginia. They bought out Food Lion in our area and even though I lived within 1/2 mile of this store I will drive 25 miles to go to a Food Lion or shop at other stores. Their prices are not competitive, their employees are rude, their management is incompetent. Employees block the aisles in the store and if you ask them if you can get around them was told to go over an aisle and come back the other way. Manager informed me that they only has certain amount of time to stock shelves before going into overtime.

  6. We used to shop at Acme Markets all the time. It was our neighborhood grocery store. I could walk to and from. Then they built a new Giant and wow what a difference. More to select from. More deli choices, more fresh produce and basically had things that Acme did not carry. Would still shop at Acme if I needed a last minute
    something. But overall, Giant I think was better. They were high on some things, but I think their sales were
    a lot better.

  7. I actually do not use any of stores mentioned! In fact I never heard of most of them.
    Have tried a few mentioned, but don’t live that close to them.
    I have gone to Shaws years ago, but haven’t been since!

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