Wallace's data chart is a beauty. Plain and informative. We get bombarded with "shaped" information, conclusory presentations, and graphics when a simple array of data points, with clear descriptions and notations does the job. It's like he is an expert or something in this sort of thing. Remember when we used to appreciate experts?
Fircrest is our go-to market. Everyone who works there is helpful and friendly and we can easily find everything we want. It’s good to know that their prices are still the best even after the Hoffmans retired.
I live right in town but I shop at Oliver's (usually Stony Point store). That store is amazing. It's employee owned and I have yet to run across an employee who doesn't seem happy to be there. The produce is the best of all the stores around. Generally you'll find me at Oliver's at 7:00 am on Wednesdays because I can take advantage of their 10% senior discount (Wednesdays). I like supporting the local food producers and I appreciate Oliver's quailty.
Most of us love this area for many reasons, including the locally owned shops. I've visited friends in other areas, even semi-rural places like ours, and Walmart has put all the local grocers out of business. I hope never to have to buy anything, particularly my food, at Walmart. Or Amazon/Bezos' Whole Foods. Even if I have to pay a little more, as long as they exist, I'll always patronize the locally owned Fircrests, Community Markets, Olivers, Andys, Pacific Markets that give back to our local community.
I mostly shop at Olivers where seniors get 10% off on Wednesday's. Also Whole Foods has cheaper items if you are a member and Safeway often has ice cream 2 for 1. So shop around folks.
Interesting chart. I would like to know if he is shopping the same brands at these stores How was produce compared? Was is local, organic etc. We shop at Community, Olivers, Trader Joes, Costco, and Andy's. We also buy mostly organic. I wish the poll had more options, or an option for "other". Not surprised that Safeway was higher.
I’ve been doing a similar grocery comparison since I moved to Sebastopol 16 months ago and I agree with Wallace‘s findings, with the caveat that Whole Foods actually ended up being cheaper for me because they have their own store brand for things like organic yogurt, which automatically makes them cheaper than whatever the price is for brand-name yogurt at Fircrest and also if you’re an Amazon prime member their sales for things like cereal bring the price down lower than it is at
I suppose the only way one could do a comparison between grocery stores is to select items not on sale. But if one watches the ads, I believe Safeway is a clear winner. I used to shop at Fircrest but the new owners 1) moved everything around so you can't find anything, and 2) stopped carrying some of my favorite products. And there are some items where a smaller store such as Fircrest cannot compete - prime example: salad greens carried by Safeway in large "coffins".
Wallace's data chart is a beauty. Plain and informative. We get bombarded with "shaped" information, conclusory presentations, and graphics when a simple array of data points, with clear descriptions and notations does the job. It's like he is an expert or something in this sort of thing. Remember when we used to appreciate experts?
Fircrest is our go-to market. Everyone who works there is helpful and friendly and we can easily find everything we want. It’s good to know that their prices are still the best even after the Hoffmans retired.
I live right in town but I shop at Oliver's (usually Stony Point store). That store is amazing. It's employee owned and I have yet to run across an employee who doesn't seem happy to be there. The produce is the best of all the stores around. Generally you'll find me at Oliver's at 7:00 am on Wednesdays because I can take advantage of their 10% senior discount (Wednesdays). I like supporting the local food producers and I appreciate Oliver's quailty.
Most of us love this area for many reasons, including the locally owned shops. I've visited friends in other areas, even semi-rural places like ours, and Walmart has put all the local grocers out of business. I hope never to have to buy anything, particularly my food, at Walmart. Or Amazon/Bezos' Whole Foods. Even if I have to pay a little more, as long as they exist, I'll always patronize the locally owned Fircrests, Community Markets, Olivers, Andys, Pacific Markets that give back to our local community.
I mostly shop at Olivers where seniors get 10% off on Wednesday's. Also Whole Foods has cheaper items if you are a member and Safeway often has ice cream 2 for 1. So shop around folks.
The survey is not useful to me, because I shop almost exclusively at community market.
Interesting chart. I would like to know if he is shopping the same brands at these stores How was produce compared? Was is local, organic etc. We shop at Community, Olivers, Trader Joes, Costco, and Andy's. We also buy mostly organic. I wish the poll had more options, or an option for "other". Not surprised that Safeway was higher.
I’ve been doing a similar grocery comparison since I moved to Sebastopol 16 months ago and I agree with Wallace‘s findings, with the caveat that Whole Foods actually ended up being cheaper for me because they have their own store brand for things like organic yogurt, which automatically makes them cheaper than whatever the price is for brand-name yogurt at Fircrest and also if you’re an Amazon prime member their sales for things like cereal bring the price down lower than it is at
Fircrest.
I suppose the only way one could do a comparison between grocery stores is to select items not on sale. But if one watches the ads, I believe Safeway is a clear winner. I used to shop at Fircrest but the new owners 1) moved everything around so you can't find anything, and 2) stopped carrying some of my favorite products. And there are some items where a smaller store such as Fircrest cannot compete - prime example: salad greens carried by Safeway in large "coffins".