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December 19, 2016 at 1:03 am #868612
JeannieParticipantI find myself going to maybe five different supermarkets. Some have the best, freshest produce; others have super-friendly service; others have the best prices; and yet another is fun for browsing as well as buying. What’s your favorite?
December 19, 2016 at 6:54 am #868613
J242ParticipantIn the Admiral Junction – Metropolitan Market or Safeway. MM for the high quality meats & local fruit/veggies Safeway for standard items like cereal, canned veggies/fruits, etc.
In Westwood – QFC
In the Alaska Junction – QFCDecember 19, 2016 at 9:43 am #868638
rwParticipantPCC (especially bulk bins and deli), then Metro and Trader Joes.
For commodity staples (particularly non-food) items, QFC.December 19, 2016 at 10:04 am #868640
newnativeParticipantMet Market for produce and prepared foods, Safeway for certain staples (dairy) and PCC for my favorite roasted coffee beans, mushrooms and cereal.
December 19, 2016 at 2:53 pm #868662
JeannieParticipantThanks! TJs definitely has wonderfully friendly and helpful employees, plus a few must-haves at good prices. Morgan Thriftway, I’ve found, is sometimes more expensive than Met Market, and some of its employees are less friendly. Not that I expect store employees to be happy and smiley all the time – that would be ridiculous, as their jobs can be very stressful – but it’s always nice to feel welcome.
December 20, 2016 at 6:47 am #868708
JoBParticipantThriftway.. hands down… for both selection and quality..
they have always made me feel welcomeDecember 20, 2016 at 9:45 am #868722
anonymeParticipantPCC, although I look forward to the opening of Whole Foods and their lower prices. Yes, you read that correctly; I do a lot of comparison shopping, and WF is extremely competitive – especially with their house brand merchandise. WF also has great produce at reasonable prices. Occasionally I enjoy a visit to Roxbury Safeway for great prices on Earth Balance, Morningstar Farms – and Snoqualmie ice cream! I also appreciate the lack of pretension at that store; just ordinary folks buyin’ some groceries. TJ’s and Met Market are too far north for me (transpo challenges). Thriftway is exorbitantly overpriced, with the exception of their weekly sales on snacks like Kettle chips.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the Westwood QFC had to close due to the criminal invasion. The poor employees and security guard can’t even keep up with the constant theft, and based on what I’ve seen happening at the salad bar and bulk bins I would never touch anything from either one.
December 20, 2016 at 11:04 am #868725
JoBParticipantanonyme..
if the Westwood QFC closes it is likely to be more because they have stopped being a neighborhood grocery and have become a Kroger cog.. thus the cuts in staff that allow the constant pilfering… and the cuts in specialty merchandise that used to draw me into the store.and no.. i don’t use what I assume you are calling the salad bar… the olive bar.. but the bulk bins are fine.. they are the dispensing kind so no-one touches anything but the handles … and i have wipes for that.
December 20, 2016 at 11:08 am #868728
JoBParticipanti will not support whole foods. i do go to the one between downtown and Ballard a couple of times a year to pick up products that i have only found there.. but i don’t care how cheap the food is when my dollars support policies that are in direct opposition to my values… re health care policies and accurate labeling..
how can i trust a store that lobbies against accurate labeling to accurately label what i buy from them or to carry accurately labeled products?
in this case substance matters..
December 20, 2016 at 11:09 am #868729
JoBParticipantby the way.. if shopping cheaply is your main objective.. head to White Center. There are lots of grocery deals to be had there if you shop carefully.
December 20, 2016 at 6:04 pm #868777
JayDeeParticipantI do have friends from out of state who marvel at our Safeways, PCC, QFC,and esp. MM for the variety and choice of pretty much everything. PCC can have good deals on meat and fish despite my experience 20 years ago. Thriftway has Uli’s and what is wrong with that, and Macrina Breads. Ditto PCC whose avocados are the best (Safeway, MM a distant second).Rotisserie chicken = QFC for price; MM for fresh but it’s close. Roxbury Safeway — good deals on “ethnic foods” Latino/Asian. My two cents though I miss Larry’s and Central Market is Mecca.
December 22, 2016 at 4:47 am #868926
JeannieParticipantLarry’s! That’s a blast from the past. I remember there was a Larry’s on North Aurora and in Bellevue. When I first moved here, I was blown away those stores. There was nothing like Larry’s back East.
December 22, 2016 at 8:39 am #868937
squareeyesParticipantI like the Junction QFC for staples, produce, most meats, most dairy except yogurt (all those brands, and none that I like!), and they have a really good cheese selection. I try to patronize WS Produce as often as possible, and specialty items I get at Thriftway or Met Market.
December 22, 2016 at 7:03 pm #868977
redblackParticipanti second west seattle produce for fresh produce. long may they run.
December 23, 2016 at 12:01 pm #869030
kurly212ParticipantPCC and TJ’s for almost everything. I get produce deliveries from New Roots Organics. Westwood QFC if I need one or two things while running other errands there. I don’t anticipate doing much shopping at Whole Foods. When PCC closes for construction, I will either go to Columbia City or order from them via Amazon Prime Now, which I already do when I’m feeling lazy.
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