According to a new survey from Consumer Reports that ranks 62 of the country's top grocery chains, these 16 are at the very bottom of the list.
We've flipped the list on its head, to rank the stores from the bottom up. So, in order from bad to worst, here are the stores that more than 50,000 respondents said they were least impressed with, and why - with some help from the wonderfully snarky and brutally honest reviewers on Yelp.com.
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Albertsons makes its worst showing on the list, with its New England-based Shaw’s chain ranking as Consumer Reports’ third worst grocery store.
“Both the produce and employees always look sad,” a Yelp observer notes.
High prices are a frequent complaint, among both Consumer Reports readers and Yelp reviewers. “The employees are rude, the store is always dirty and it’s more expensive than going to Wegmans,” one reviewer writes.
“The only reason people shop here is as a last resort,” another says.
And this reviewer just wishes Shaw’s would put its shoppers out of their misery: “Please, please fold up and go away.”
