Safeway = Publix? I’ve never seen a Safeway in Alabama
Definitely raised my eyebrow.
I would have guessed King Soopers. Sure there are a bunch of Sprouts/Whole Foods, but you can’t throw a stick without hitting a Soopers up here in the burbs.
I mean, 117 KS with all but one in Colorado.
Number of King Soopers locations in the United States in 2022 | ScrapeHero
vs 26 Sprouts
Sprouts Farmers Market in Colorado - Hours Guide
There are 103 Safeways.
Safeway Locations in Colorado | Pharmacy, Grocery, Weekly Ad
I call shenanigans on this map!
I guess the map could claim that the 26 Sprouts do more foot traffic than the 116 King Soopers thus they are “more popular” but I’d call bs on that without seeing hard data. Doesn’t pass the eye test.
If you follow to the website with the actual data, they say the Top 5 in CO are
Sprouts
Vons
Save Supermarkets
Trader Joe’s
Albertsons.
Favorite Grocery Store by State - Wise Voter
I’ve never even heard of Vons or Save Supermarkets and I’ve been here since Clinton was in office.
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Just wanted to ressurrect this thread to shout out Kroger for being on fire recently with the pickup service. Timely, good fulfillment, and free (if you spend over $35)!
Butts rule
Fellow Trappests - My town it getting an Albertsons next year and I need to know what to expect. Please sound off accordingly.
For context we currently have a Wal Mart, Aldi and Homeland (Indy). I’m hopeful Albertsons will at least offer a better fresh fruits and veggies selection than our legacy stores.
Albertsons is pretty good. I’m in texas and an HEB Homer but I do know some folks that would never go anywhere other than Albertsons
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Would love to see everyone buy their red soup at Albertsons this week
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Bringing this back to life - my Kroger and Albertson owned stores have just skyrocketed like everyone else, so I’ve been doing more and more Aldi - it’s also now the most convenient location for me. So this makes a ton of sense:
Shoppers these days increasingly resemble nomadic hunters and gatherers, roaming the land in pursuit of affordable foodstuffs. Inflation is making Americans hit more stores on a typical grocery run, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Grocery prices shot up 21% over the past three years, squeezing household budgets and forcing cost-conscious consumers to use Catan-level strategizing to fill their fridge. Industry observers say shoppers trek to stores in less affluent neighborhoods and shop around for deals.
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The average American bought food at 20.7 stores in the year leading up to February, up from 16.8 in the same period in 2019 and 2020, per Numerator.
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Couponing is in again, with roughly two-thirds of those recently surveyed by Advantage Solutions saying they rely on coupons, up from 33% in 2021.
The thrifty trend has pushed retailers to specialize in select products and double down on store-brand items, which tend to be cheaper, experts told the WSJ.
Who wins? Aldi. Long known as a bargain hunter’s emporium, the German chain beats even Walmart’s prices by prioritizing volume over variety and keeping its overhead low. Aldi’s foot traffic rose 26% in March compared to last year, faster than at Trader Joe’s and grocery giant Kroger, per Placer
Things are percolating north of the border. Loblaws has been pushing things to the limit and with how many subsidiaries they own, people don’t have a ton of alternative options. People have been pretty vocal of their distaste of CEO Galen Weston, one of the richest people in Canada. A subreddit has started to organize a boycott of Loblaws and some social post have gone viral for “National Steal From Loblaws Day”. It is gaining some traction with Canadian media so it will be interesting to see what comes in the following weeks, now it has broken Reddit contain.