What food stores have the best prices and sales?

I live near a Waldbaums, Pathmark and Stop and Shop. TIA

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honestly i think it depends week to week. some people may not like it--but i think if you take the time and look at your sunday newspaper for coupons...then check the circulars of all your local supermarkets and cross-reference the deals...you can figure out the best place to go for that week.

i tend to open all the ciruclars online in on browser and just look & compare them...usually like 3 at a time. then i'll also go online to coupon sites and look at those too. in all it takes like 20-30 min. a week to figure out the best one...but i think its worth it.

i think pathmark, shop rite & waldbaums tend to have the best deals. stop & shop has really great quality but not always the best prices....but it always changes from one week to the next with any supermarket!

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Pathmark has really good sales

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I was at Pathmark last night and they had some good sales. Check out Pathmark.com to see the circular.

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waldbaums is the most expensive out of the chain supermarkets with king kullen right behind them (i have a good friend who was a manager for many years and always had the listings of where stores rated in terms of their pricing).

pathmark is at the bottom of the scale - usually, it is the cheapest but the pathmark closest to my area is a little far and that particular one, not sure about all of them, but that one is just a little seedy. it's not the cleanest - i would rather go to a much closer store that is clean and bright.

so, i usually go to stop & shop -- they are a step above pathmark in a lot of ways and they are just a little more money but not a lot on the long-run so it is worth it -- they are not nearly as pricey as waldbaums and they are still a nice store so they get my vote.

also - there's a great shop rite on 347 in hauppauge - i like that store when i'm in the area and need to shop.

hth!!

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I always shop at Pathmark and I use my Pathmark card and I always save at least $20-$30.

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my experience has been pathmark

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i always go to Stop N Shop... i notice i save more there than the others

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I would say Pathmark.

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Ditto for Pathmark. Have been shopping there forever!!!

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Are there Associateds out on Long Island? That is what I find to be cheapest but I won't go alone. Above that I find Pathmark.

Honestly, Waldbaums is the most expensive BUT the most convenient so I usually just end up there.

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Pathmark but you have to go the day the sale starts or they run out of alot of the good stuff

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i always shop at pathmark! i think they have the best deals.
the shop rite near me has great deals too but their meat dept s u c ks!!!
i jsut avoid it all together b.c i dont have the time to go to multiple stores...

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I find PathMark to be the cheapest. Sometimes Stop & Shop too. Waldbaum's has good deals onc ein a while, but their prices overall are MUCH higher.

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IMO ,
Jphns farms for meats & veggies , hands down,,

Shop Rite for all other things..

They are both in Plainview too.

Was just @ johns farms on saturday & spent only $140, bought
4 pkgs sausage
3 pkgs chick cutlets
2 packages chicken breasts
2 london broils
2 pkgs (4total) black angus steaks
2 pkgs filet mingoin ( about 6 steaks in each)
1 pkg burger
1 pkg franks

& a few other lil things,,

Yea the place is insane but with all that walkdbaums, shoprit , stop & shop etc would be like $300 easy,,

hth

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For fruit and veggies, we go to local farmer markets - fresher, better picking than the supermarkets.

We get our bread, eggs and milk from BJ's

The rest of our shopping is split between Stop & Shop (mostly) and Pathmark.

Waldbaums is way too pricey IMO.


HTH

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I shop between Pathmark, Waldbaums, Stop and Shop and King Kullen.

I go where the sales are and i comparison shop.

Sometimes I go to two stores.

It is worth it to me.