QOTD Thursday

sarahelisabethm

What's your favorite DC-area grocery store?

Mrs.Handy

I like Harris Teeter even though we do most of our shopping at Giant.

WinesNotWhines

Wegmans for sure. My only complaint is that it's too far away from me, so I don't go there regularly.

My favorite grocery store where I actually shop on a regular basis is Whole Foods.

cheekywife

definitely wegmans! but since we live in DC and don't have a car, we don't get there that often. my regular grocery store is whole foods (which i also like a lot)

2vthokies

WinesNotWhines:

Wegmans for sure. My only complaint is that it's too far away from me, so I don't go there regularly.

My favorite grocery store where I actually shop on a regular basis is Whole Foods.

Haha, I'm the opposite.  I shop at Wegmans regularily but love Whole Foods.  Wegmans is only 10 minutes from me and Whole Foods is twenty (the Reston one is closer, but too small for me). There are no Whole Foods in Loudoun County.  Such a shame - Wegmans gets all the their business.  FWIW, for a long time I didn't like Wegmans (and shopped at Teeter because I can't stand Giant), but now I love them.

sarahelisabethm

My favorite is Wegmans, but there is none in Manassas, so I usually go to Harris Teeter instead.  I also love Trader Joe's when I'm able to get to the one in Centreville.

Wine&Cake

Trader Joe's.  I have never been to a wegmans but I know DH loves them.

kbalb

Wegmans--I actually made the 20 minute trip out there this morning.  I try to avoid Safeway and Giant, and so our go-to nearby is usually Trader Joes with Costco for meats.

maryandkirk0909

I like Harris Teeter.  I've only been to Wegman's once because they are all really far away, but I feel like if one were closer I would be in love.

MrsPhilDunphy

MOM's. It's super close and convenient and their produce is so much better than a regular chain store (even, shocker!, Wegman's). It's like a curated collection of fruits and vegetables. But it's still cheaper than WF. 

I do a lot of big shopping at Wegman's though, like today in prep for Christmas Eve. And everyone knows about my deep abiding love for Costco. 

SecretServiceWife

In this order:

Wegmans

Harris Teeter

Trader Joes

Shoppers, Safeway, Giant - these 3 are tied for last place

ETA:  I've never stepped into a Whole Foods

mssaint

I love wegmans but they're all too far away. I wish the MoCo planners would try to lure them into opening one in Rockville/Wheaton instead of the planned Walmart and Costco.

I am happy with my Giant, though. They have a small but fairly nice selection of organic food, the produce is pretty good, and the staff are very friendly. There is one manager who always staffs the front to answer questions and keep an eye on the lines and I really like him. He always knows where I can find what I am looking for and also says hi even if I don't have a question. It feels neighborly. 

ETA Our old Giant in Del Ray was awful so just having a bigger store without rotting produce makes me happy! 

VARedhead

I love Harris Teeter (aka the Teet), but the closest one to us is Giant, so that's where we usually go.

jenn248

Another Harris Teeter shopper here.  I really like Whole Foods as well, but just for specialty items, not regular shopping.

Litasail

Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.

Sofka

I am a Wegman's ho - that's where we do the bulk of our shopping. There is a new Harris Teeter literally just 2 mins away so I do a fair bit there if we need something last minute (oops, out of milk, going to HT).  When I was pregnant, I would often stop by the TJ's in Reston there on the way back from my OB appointments but TJ and WF are too far of a drive for me now.  I was pretty surprised by how many items that Wegman's carries that are not available at HT.

 

KimWard

I don't have a favorite. We go to Safeway out of convenience, but I do like their prices. The one by us lacks in variety and the produce is hit or miss. I like Giant for their variety and better produce. I've never been to other grocery stores around here, but would like to check out Whole Foods and Trader Joes someday. I love Wegman's (had one nearby when I was in college), but we can't get there without a car.

cheekywife

Sofka:

I am a Wegman's ho

LMAO!! i am so going to think "Sofka is a weman's ho" when you post :P 

Sofka

cheekywife:

Sofka:

I am a Wegman's ho

LMAO!! i am so going to think "Sofka is a weman's ho" when you post :P 

LOL 

cheekywife

Sofka:

cheekywife:

Sofka:

I am a Wegman's ho

LMAO!! i am so going to think "Sofka is a weman's ho" when you post :P 

LOL 

and for the record, if i lived near that wegman's, i'd be a wegman's ho too  

Hey Jellisy

I like my local Giant, I know the layout, I can get in and out quickly when I need to and their selection of organic produce, while limited, is OK.  At lunch I sometimes run to the really nice Safeway on Lee by Nutley, and that store is lovely, but I don't know the layout so it takes too long to shop there regularly.  We run to Trader Joes and Costco every other week for stuff and about once a month I run to Whole Foods for some items my local grocery store doesn't carry.  But overall what matters most to me is decent produce, and easy layout, anything else is icing on the cake.  (We get most meat from a farm, so our purchase from the store is limited).     

veruca5839

WF and Trader Joe's.

LindseyJW

in this order:

Trader Joe's

MOMs

Harris Teeter

i'm not a big fan of WF. i find it overpriced (I can get a lot of the same things for 25-50% less at MOMs), the clientele is snobbish and the staff aren't super helpful.

conversely, TJ's staff is overhelpful and they don't have everything i need, so i always have to go to more than one store.

MOMs is my favorite place to go, but i can't live off what they sell, so i primarily buy from TJs, then go to MOMs for my produce and organic foods. 

living_insanity

Giant

Harris Teeter

trader joes

Whole Foods

 

We try to avoid Safeway for several reasons and it is the closest to our house

living_insanity

We also go to Shoppers pretty frequently.

LondonMouse

Definitely Wegmans. When we lived in Herndon, we were just 5 minutes away from the Sterling one. Then we moved to the middle of nowhere, but sit about 25 min between the Leesburg and Frederick ones...so we still do our weekly shopping there.