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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Another California chain – owned by Albertsons – makes another appearance on the list of worst grocery stores. Consumer Reports shoppers aren’t happy about Vons’ prices and checkout speed. And Yelp reviewers agree, with long lines a frequent complaint.
“Be prepared to wait in line forever, and don’t come here if you’re in a hurry because the employees aren’t,” one reviewer writes. “If you like high prices and poor selection combined with rotten EVERYTHING, this is your place!” adds another. A third shopper sums up Vons with this haiku-like review:
“Decent booze section.
Indecent people outside.
The meat is rotten.
2 of the checkout clerks are inoffensive.
I got a Thanksgiving turkey here,
It had feathers.”
Yuck.
