ShopRite, Acme, Giant or Redner's (Erie, Levittown: sale, 2015, buying)

[NYtoNJtoPA]

In Lower Bucks area, which is better or the best? Why?

[smt1111]

My total bill is generally cheapest at Shop Rite. I've found Giant to be much higher in most products. Redner's fairly high too. Individual items at Giant may appear cheaper than Shop Rite but overall, my bill is always cheapest at Shop Rite from week to week buying same items. Sale items are great & almost always things I use regularly. Giant sale items are things I don't use.
I used to go to Redner's on the way to work in the morming but got tired of the checkout person BS-ing with people in front of me and holding me up. Giant and Shop Rite have self-Checkout lines; Redner's didn't.

[NewtownBucks]

I just use the stores closest to me (McCaffrey's and Acme). McCaffrey's definitely has the best quality produce and meats, but is also more expensive. Acme is pretty reasonably priced, but beware of their "buy one get one free" sales. The unit price is always jacked up way over the normal price for those items, so the "sale" price you get is not much of a bargain and they make you buy twice as much.

[Leps12]

I know nothing about Redner’s and cannot speak to Lower Bucks in general, but in NJ and the Lehigh Valley, out of Shop Rite, Giant, and Acme...Shop Rite by a mile. Of course, Shop Rites are franchises, and it’s possible that those in Lower Bucks could be quite different from all of the other Shop Rites that I have visited. I have never found Acme or Giant to be impressive, or Stop & Shop for that matter, which has the same parent company as Giant. I am curious as to why Wegman’s has not made a larger play for Bucks County. If I recall correctly, you are in Levittown, and the closest Wegman’s to you is in Warrington, a 40 minute drive away.

[selhars]

^^ Where I shop in DelCo I'd say ShopRite also. Giant is OK. Great product selection, but more expensive, IMO.
ACME for get about it. Not price competitive at all, IMO.

I really was a Pathmark and Genardis person, but they closed.

I think Wegman's is great! If there was one near me IT would be my go to store, secondary to Trader Joes.
I'd love to have more Wegman's in the area. But I don't think their execs think southern Delco could support it.
I think it would be a hit in BuckCo, though (depending on where)

I also love Fresh Market. But alas, it also is only in higher socio-economic areas.

[thedirtypirate]

RIP Genuardis and Superfresh. Picking out of the group listed, ShopRite (The Fresh Grocer in the city).

[chessimprov]

It seems to me ShopRite is cheaper overall, but also offers cheapest quality product. Giant seems more mid range. Acme seems high to me, but some say their bill is decent. So maybe Acme is midrange overall.

Wegmans has great prices for regular items and is expensive for their salad bars, other bars, things made at the store possibly, and things of that nature.

[NewtownBucks]

Originally Posted by selhars

^^ Where I shop in DelCo I'd say ShopRite also. Giant is OK. Great product selection, but more expensive, IMO.
ACME for get about it. Not price competitive at all, IMO.

I really was a Pathmark and Genardis person, but they closed.

I think Wegman's is great! If there was one near me IT would be my go to store, secondary to Trader Joes.
I'd love to have more Wegman's in the area. But I don't think their execs think southern Delco could support it.
I think it would be a hit in BuckCo, though (depending on where)

I also love Fresh Market. But alas, it also is only in higher socio-economic areas.

Wegman's is the best overall by a lot considering quality, price, selection, service, etc. I really wish there were one near me in Bucks.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

Originally Posted by selhars

^^ Where I shop in DelCo I'd say ShopRite also. Giant is OK. Great product selection, but more expensive, IMO.
ACME for get about it. Not price competitive at all, IMO.

I really was a Pathmark and Genardis person, but they closed.

I think Wegman's is great! If there was one near me IT would be my go to store, secondary to Trader Joes.
I'd love to have more Wegman's in the area. But I don't think their execs think southern Delco could support it.
I think it would be a hit in BuckCo, though (depending on where)

I also love Fresh Market. But alas, it also is only in higher socio-economic areas.

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

RIP Genuardis and Superfresh. Picking out of the group listed, ShopRite (The Fresh Grocer in the city).

I never went to a Genuardi's. Only heard of them. Superfresh, A&P and Food Basics were the same company. They acquired Pathmark about ten years ago after failing to make money for years and only continued that downward spiral after. The whole corporation went out of business a few years ago. When I moved to PA in 2015, the Pathmark on Lincoln Hwy in Fairless Hills was still open. That was always the store we shopped at when I was a kid until ShopRite started to outdo them circa 2000. We had the 4 I listed plus Pathmark when I moved here, and I was initially told Giant was really the best. Now my S/O moved here from Erie where they have Wegmans and Giant Eagle (not a Giant affiliate) and says the ShopRite prices are better. The one in Fairless Hills also has a beer garden.

My folks shopped at the Wegman's in Woodbridge, NJ for years but it is a tad pricier than the "union" supermarkets. Maybe one can go in the old Pathmark lot on Lincoln which is still empty. Warrington and the ones in Jersey (Princeton or Mt. Laurel) are too far.

Fresh Grocer distributes ShopRite brand products, as well as their own brand name so they are closely affiliated. The Fresh Grocer franchise also owns two ShopRites in Delaware County - Brookhaven (a former Pathmark) and Drexeline - though they are not listed as any members on the website.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by Leps12

I know nothing about Redner’s and cannot speak to Lower Bucks in general, but in NJ and the Lehigh Valley, out of Shop Rite, Giant, and Acme...Shop Rite by a mile. Of course, Shop Rites are franchises, and it’s possible that those in Lower Bucks could be quite different from all of the other Shop Rites that I have visited. I have never found Acme or Giant to be impressive, or Stop & Shop for that matter, which has the same parent company as Giant. I am curious as to why Wegman’s has not made a larger play for Bucks County. If I recall correctly, you are in Levittown, and the closest Wegman’s to you is in Warrington, a 40 minute drive away.

ShopRite stores are not franchised.

They are independently owned, and the owners of the stores together own the wholesaler (Wakefern Food Corporation, owner of the ShopRite and Fresh Grocer trademarks) that supplies them.

In other words, it's a cooperative.