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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Prices are among the biggest complaints shoppers have about this Pittsburgh-based grocer.
“Get a clue, Giant Eagle – families cannot afford your prices,” one reviewer writes. “Way overpriced – Aldi has started to carry these items for a lot less money,” another agrees.
But prices aren’t the only factor keeping Giant Eagle near the bottom of the Consumer Reports list. One shopper describes the store as “smelly, dark and dirty feeling. In dire need of a wreck and rebuild.”
And one glutton for punishment concludes, “I wish this grocery store wasn’t so close, then I just wouldn’t go there.”
Ah, the perils of proximity.
