/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13623215
get yourself a gf who works at the Market Basket

>>13623215
Publix and Piggly wiggly. ez

post the cute girls

>>13623215
Market basket is amazing for their prices alone. Shockingly cheap. Probably why the one in Cambridge/Somerville was always packed to the rafters

>>13623425
Publix always has petite cuties. I’m gonna get a part time job there so I can breed one of them.

No Frills
nothin' but wall-to-wall generic brand goods

>>13623424
i wish

>>13623215
Based Market Basket. Awesome prices, the best produce and no self scans or retarded robots getting in everyone's way. Fuck Stop and Shop.

let me just say fuck Safeway
bullshit union, bullshit stores, good bakeries though

>>13623452
what is this dystopian nightmare

HEB is legit one of the best grocery store chains that exists. It was not this way when they began, but damn have they stepped it up over the years.

>>13623434
chad market basket vs virgin star market

I'm a hannaford man myself. Market basket is way to busy. They also don't have self check out so my autistic ass can't handle talking to the cute cashiers.

publix is the only place worth going to around me since the only other options are walmart and winn dixie. Never been to winn dixie, but it's a bit out of the way so i don't go, and i absolutely refuse to go to walmart.
the closest trader joes and whole foods are both ~30 miles away, so those are out of the question.

Based Asian Grocery Store sells based BBQ sauce.

>>13624199
>this
>dystopian
i would argue this is utopian.

>>13623215
FUCK WHITE PEOPLE

dont mind me just the GOAT coming through

>>13623215
>>13623424
>>13623434
>>13624145
>>13624405
Market Basket for the motherfuckin' WIN!! Too bad they changed their recipe for apple fritters, and now they suuuuuuck.

>>13624564
Is this the final solution to my nugget problem?

Big Lots for a selection of really niche cool food stuff like black garlic

>>13625388
Yes. They’ll be so many nuggets eating that everyone will have lost count. McDonald’s will put on their signs: remember the 6 million nuggets served.

>>13623434
>>13623215
>>13625375

Too fucking crowded, need to shop off hours

Where my carolina brothers?

>>13623452
>this much color yellow

>>13625522
Yes.

>>13625083
>the literal Butt Store

>>13624199
Because Kroger owning every grocery store chain totally isn't dystopian.

>>13624177
Safeway is Albertsons which is owned by some other finance company.

>>13623215
Sprouts is okay but it's already getting kiked and I hate the customers and workers there.

>>13623424
Lucky me

>>13625083
lmao H-E-B is worse than sedanos. get fucked texanfag. the only people i know that like H-E-B is only because they've never been anywhere else.

>>13624536
Don't worry, anon. Publix is all you need. I have yet to see another regional or national chain that could hold a candle to Publix, and I've been all over.

>>13623452
Doing go-backs must be a fucking nightmare in that store. No relying on color-codes or graphics on the label. You gotta SCAN ever label's name.

>>13623434
>The one in Cambridge/Somerville
You mean the Union Square Minority Basket?
I love that place. Liters of Polar seltzer for 50 cents.

>>13626760
Cope more.

Their sushi is surprisingly good.

>>13624405
How about Roche brothers? Great products and nice people there.

MB does have a bitchin Asian food section too. It's pretty nice.

/ck/ Rhode Island Market Basket Meetup when?

>>13623424
>tfw my oneitis used to work at market basket

>>13627880
we can all shoot dope and eat linguica to share our proud heritage with /ck/

I would say whole food but it's hella expensive and niggers are employed there. The quality is very good for a grocery store, if you can even call it that.

>>13628142

You're right, meeting in Fall River would be a better idea.

>>13628142
>ever suggesting 4chan meetups
>everyone forgets the /k/ incident

Kroger gang rise up

>>13628201
i dont think anybody would waste the dope by putting a load in it

>>13628201
You sparked my interest. What happened?

>>13628252
load brownies were eaten

>>13628252
2 killed, 15 injured is what happened.

>>13628261
Holy fuck that's funny well at least for the people that didn't go.

>>13628297
Yeah cant find it but someone made a thread post meetup where they showed step by step how they were made and it was an instant classic thread

>>13627745
Fuck roche bros and their gimp hiring policy. I'm so glad I got out of the front end with their baggers who need a tard wrangler 24/7.

>2020 I am forgotten
RIP in peace

>>13624216

HEB is probably the best in the world at this point. It's a luxury grocery at a decent price point. Far superior to Whole Foods and Central Market.

>>13628815
Huh, sorry about that, the one I go to doesn't seem to have those issues, it's all about the people

>>13628987
That's probably true, I know a guy who transferred to another store where everyone speaks perfect english and there are no tard baggers. Most of the non-english speakers are great people and I can tell they're trying I feel bad that I can't understand them.

>>13628942
Agreed 100%, specifically about Whole Foods. Yes, there are some upscale cheeses that Whole Foods does better, but just about everything else is on par yet significantly cheaper even after the Amazon price cuts.

>ctrl f 'outlet'
>phrase not found
actually, it's much better for me this way

>>13628207
ive never been to a shitty kroger, its just a well run company

>>13626760
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2020/01/08/h-e-b-rated-top-us-grocery-retailer-beating-costco-and-amazon/

gg

>>13628942
I work for a Central Market (i've worked for HEB too) and, idk if you're aware, but HEB owns CM and we price match everything that HEB also carries. btw they treat us great, i have a degree and had other aspirations after school, but was offered a position i couldn't refuse. been with them since i was 16 and i'm 28 now

>>13629386

>>13623425
Bruh where are you at?

The Pig in lower SC is trash, shit deli, shit meat section.

Publix is God tier though. Only place in my town where you can get pork belly with skin on it without paying meme hipster butcher shop prices.

>>13625502

Don't have any in Charleston but there's one in Myrtle that I see when I go with my girl to visit her family.

What's it like?

>>13624405

Shaw's is the "ah fuck it I just need to grab something quick" store. I lived a 5 minute walk from one but still did most of my shopping at the 15 minute away Market Basket.

>>13625415
My negroid compatriot

>>13629056
Grocery Outlet is the tits

Fareway is the best grocery store I've been to in the midwest.
>doesnt draw rednecks or minorities
>prices better than hyvee
>good meat market
>send child slaves to push your cart to your car, load your car and take your cart back

>>13623215
>Market Basket
good fucking christ, why do so many east coasters post here?

>>13630133
I've lived in the east coast all my life, and I have never seen these.

>>13624145
>no self scans or retarded robots getting in everyone's way
How does self check out get in anyone's way? the fuck are you even talking about.

>>13630143
stores with self scan often have like one or two real registers open ever and some close them all two hours before closing requiring you to go through self-scan
at least that's what I noticed working at kroger for a few months
that said kroger sucks anyway.

>>13624536
Publix is the best but Winn Dixie isn't bad. I used to work at one in their deli. My first real job. They had decent selection and while the deli was small, the food was good.

>>13625415
you can't buy cold stuff there like milk though? If I can't get everything in one spot, what is the point?

>>13624177
Holy shit this
That store is literally the centerpoint of my town that is fucking 3/4ths lower middle class/homeless and we're in the middle of fucking nowhere
Though still trying to find a farmer's market here with bargain prices, in the north bay.

>>13629678
What does HEB have that's better than Costco?

>>13628207
im so sick of kroger that i pay more at the local grocery store to avoid going to that vomit inducing brown on beige color schemed pile of shit

>>13623215
I have a theory in market basket.
>all the female cashiers are cute
>all the male cashiers are the kids that sit alone in the cafeteria
>day shift manager intentionally hires lurch-looking boys so the girls come to him and confide and he can be like, I’m sorry they creep you out I’ll save you m’lady
>not a bad grocery store tho, 7/10

>>13628867
Ours is a metro now, though it complimants the fact the other grocery in town became a no frills. No frills for general and metro for things like meat.

>>13626793
>Minority Basket
Brockton Westgate one is Market Blacksket

>>13626760
what fucking loser calls it H - E - B lol

>>13628867
They merged with Stop & Shop
New name became Stop & P

>>13630193
I ran through that entire study and it seems to base it all almost entirely on brand loyalty, of which I notice Texans usually are blindly loyal to their state and their brands.
It brings up multiple factors that influence consumer preference, and it shovels that all into an overall "Emotional Attachment" score (Trust, Likelihood to Recommend, Loyalty etc) and then scores that with the grocer's Financial Performance (Market Share, Sales per Sqft, "Recession-Proof"). That's where it determines which grocer is the best.

Interestingly enough, Costco only seems to place on the list in the Consistency category. All other categories they are under 10th place or simply do not place at all. I'm surprised they got top ten at all.

>>13624216
>>13625083
HEB: hispanic, elderly, black....and you know that’s the truth
Central Market, while owned by HEB, is far superior in every imaginable way

>>13630226
Also, I think it's bullshit that this study ranks Kroger, Fred Meyers, and Fry's all separately.

>>13630211
it's literally called that you retarded texan. sorry I struck a nerve

>>13630160
Have you tried Winco?

>>13630293
Closest one is in vacaville damn. I'm in the russian river area

>>13630143
No self scans OR retarded robots getting in everyone's way. Learn to read retard.

>employees are almost all white and wear collared shirts and ties and don't look like hoodlums
Not in Fitchburg

>>13623215
publix. you pay a little more to not have to shop around societies dregs but its worth it

>>13625502
over priced like whole foods but with none of the selection or quality. every time i go to lowes i feel like im just in an expensive food lion

>>13630087
Shaw's feels way too overpriced but their international section has some decent variety.

>>13630387
What does that thing even do? What is it supposed to do?

>>13625451
I pity the people who don't have a Wegmans nearby

>>13628867
So they're ALL gone now?

>>13624986
Is this a chain or only in Atlanta?

moved from large northern city to mid southern flyover
only fucking Kroger here
Only thing I miss about a huge city is variety of localized groceries. There were awesome local Italian chains and others with large international selections

>>13625083
>>13630230
I would say the absolute best store is Central Market, but that's not an every-day store. The main difference is that HEB is near your house (or apartment if you're a subhuman), and you really have to go out of your way to get to Central Market.

>>13624986
only none fly over citites have this.

>>13627880
We ought to meet up at the one in Maine. It would be very easy to find it considering it's literally the only MB in the state

>>13623215
>bougie and comfy af
>super clean interiors
>huge product selection
>usually a comfy salad bar and pizzeria with top tier food
>usually a wine bar to chill with the boomers on weekends

only poorfags dislike Harris Teeter

>>13631165
initiate side quests

>>13630226
>of which I notice Texans usually are blindly loyal to their state and their brands.
it's really true. i do love me some heb, but they have seriously gotten retail down to a science, at least in Texas. Texans love Texan things

it's interesting that sam's placed so high as well, which i always assumed was a shittier costco. what'd you observe from that?

>>13632969
>>13630226
also here's a super cringey jpg someone made that really hits on the muh tx

>>13631782
Jokes on you I live in austin within walking distance of a central market and I only pay $1200 for a 600 sqft apartment

>>13632791

best in Denver.

>>13632981
based except the pork part, love me some pork

>>13627880
There's only one MB in Maine? I guess that is deep into the Hannaford brothers territory. They don't fuck around.

>>13633114
Yeah, it's mostly a two-way split between Hannaford and Shaw's in the southern part of the state. You'll also find some Save-A-Lot locations further north, and there's one Trader Joe's in Portland, but other than that the only other options tend to be a Walmart or a local store. I hear there were plans to open up a second Market Basket in Westbrook, but I don't know if that's come to fruition yet.

Never even heard of save slot
and I'm less than an hour from the border

>>13629678
>HE(e)B at first
i really wonder whos behind this

>>13623215
MORE FOR YA DOLLAH

>>13631165
Scare people

>>13623452
Is this like a USSR simulator?

>>13623215
This one time I went into a grocery store and just started fapping in the middle of the third aisle. No one stopped me and I got to finish! After I started on round two I got shut down when cops showed up, I should bring a lookout next time. I love public masturbation so it would be worth paying someone to help. God I’m lonely

>>13623215
eh, their cheese and deserts are boring
at least they are cheap

>>13630226
>>13630238
>Fry's
why is that even on the list? they sell fucking electronics.

>>13632994
I pay ~$1200 mortgage for a 3-bedroom >10,000 lot within reasonable driving distance to my downtown job in Houston. My neighbors are all white, zero crime in my area, and I have a smoker and lawn furniture that lets me sit outside and enjoy this weather in a big backyard (with no backyard neighbors due to a utility easement).

Soon, I might sell this and it will be as if I was living rent-free because the property went up in value and I got some equity along the way. Unfortunately, I don't live in walking distance of a Central Market.

Where are my HYVEE bros at?!

>>13623215
based
the price difference for the same shit between the one off store in my gentrifying town and the MB 2 miles away is shocking

>>13634575

Goddamn I used to live in Waltham, just outside of Boston and I loved it. MB was part of my life. This is bringing me the feels.

>>13633899
it's actually a company called dunnhumby, they're a private subsidiary of Tesco interestingly enough.

>>13631750
Based, I'm in Waukesha and live like a mile from this place. Huge liquor department is a bonus

>>13623215

For me, it was Kmart Super Center. Unfortunately they no longer have super centers.

Their doughnuts are god tier. Especially their cronuts. Too bad they're closing a shitload of stores.

>>13628207
>Lots of locations, mostly consistent quality
>Decent selection depending on size
>Relatively inexpensive
>Good generics
I can't really think about any glaring weakness, definitely the grocer I would go to in the middle of a road trip

>>13635742
Mine's gone:(

>when I travel up north to Vermont from Connecticut and get to go to Hannaford's
I fucking COOM myself into oblivion every damn time god everything is so much better up there.

>>13624536
Publix's choice of steaks is absolute garbage compared to walmart. I went there knowing I would pay more for ribeyes but when i saw them, they had almost NO marbling and they were a lot thinner than walmart's. I know it's hip, cool and popular to hate on walmart, but there's just no comparison on this point. If i wanted thin and lean steaks like what Publix offers, I'd just go to Piggly Wiggly and get them a lot cheaper.

>>13636325
Looks like Operation Ruin Anon's Life is going as planned...

>>13625083
This
They have the best salsa, tortillas and tamales a store can provide

>>13634357
I like HyVee, but their quality varies a lot by location. You can have some really nice ones with great product variety and quality food options, and then some other ones that are more low-market.

Also I wouldn't say it's the flashiest, but I always liked Meijer when I lived in MI. State minimum alcohol prices on everything was based

>>13627880
there's a MB in RI?

>>13630133
probably because it's a highly populated area of the country

>>13631165
scans aisles for missing products and occasionally runs over old ladies

The Market Basket in Manchester, NH gets totally swamped with Somalians and assorted nogs past 10am.

I'm pretty sure Hannaford's market angle at this point is to use their higher prices to keep the minorities away.

trader joes

>>13625451
>>13631621
Grew up in Rochester where they're everywhere, moved a few states south, not as many, now I'm probably moving to the west coast. It's literally the only thing I'll miss.

>>13630208
Brockton is a complete shithole, should be wiped off the map

>>13630133
>New Englanders

>>13625553
can they at least tell you what kind of beer it is. it doesn't have to be a brand. is the cereal just "cereal". is the meat in yellow packaging just lebeled "meat"?

>>13637940
I'm on the west coast and it's highly populated where I live but I never see west coasters on here. Very rare.

>>13638457
yeah, that's still the east coast.

>>13630151
Even stores I go to that don't have self check out don't have many check out lines open. They only open up more when it gets busy.
I think it's just stupid people being anti technology.

>>13630387
OH come the fuck on. How many stores actually have those things? Those are zero of those in my area.

I like the farmer market

>>13624986
One of the worst Korean markets man. H-Mart, Hannam Chain, and Arirang are better.

>>13623215
their bottled sauce is really good