Consumer Reports rates food stores.
Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:26:39 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:29:22 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>> Thanks. Yes, WF is pricy. Maybe I will journey to Wegman's then.
>>>> I hear tell that one is going to be built here in the western
>>>> burbs of Boston. I won't hold my breath.
>>> The one in Northboro has had the biggest first month sales than any of
>>> their stores ever. Wegmens is very happy with MA and intends to build
>>> more. Multiple locations makes it easier for them to service them
>>> also.
>> Makes sense. I don't know whether the deal is totally done in
>> Burlington yet. I sure hope so!
>
> Other than prices and a few regional products I've found no remarkable
> differences between typical national stupidmarkets, all sell exactly
> the same items. For any real differences one must shop various ethnic
> markets.
I'll ponder that. It seems to me that the ethnic content of the
various stores in chains varies to some degree depending on the
population it serves. But then you were speaking of differences
among chains and not among stores in the chains, so you could be
right.
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Jean B.
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