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massahoochie t1_iz4vlc4 wrote

I moved here in 2020. There is a Shaws 2 minutes from my home. I have been going to it for 2 years, and always wondered why my grocery bill is so god damn expensive. And the quality of produce is garbage. I went to Market basket (20 minute drive) for the first time last week and got my weekly groceries for 30% less!!!! The quality was superior. My jaw was on the ground and I feel scammed by Shaws. Fuck Shaws. Market basket FTW.

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Thatguyyoupassby t1_iz4ygig wrote

For real - the stories of Market Basket being so much cheaper are very much legit. I thought it was just local hype, but no, MB is solidly 20-30% cheaper than everyone else, and the quality is great. Their meat and produce is much cheaper, and unlike Stop n Shop and Shaws, they have weekly deals on things people actually seem to buy, so you can toss in some extras and save on bulk items.

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bombalicious t1_iz5akse wrote

And don’t make you give over personal info to get the sale item. Ie: sign up to get their deals.

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SeaworthinessLeft88 t1_iz5amhp wrote

I love Market Basket, but I hate shopping in Market Basket. The crowds are always insane at my local MB, and they’re always restocking in the already too narrow aisles. It’s like mad max of grocery shopping. I once had a lady crash through my cart and multiple carts as she wanted to go through the lines backed up for all ~20 open checkout aisles. The place is always a madhouse, no matter the day and time I go.

If Instacart ever supported MB (or if MB had their own delivery option a la Walmart), it would probably be the only place that I would shop. Right now, I mostly shop Aldi via Instacart, then pick up the few things they don’t have at stop and shop.

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god_damn_bitch t1_iz64tyy wrote

There's always older townies blocking aisles talking. No matter where I've lived and which MB it is, they're always a constant. The stores also all smell the exact same.

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Megsmik8 t1_iz73rtb wrote

Instacart has Market Basket, they've had it for almost 2 years now.

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SeaworthinessLeft88 t1_iz73zzp wrote

Not my local one for my zip code. Trust me, I’ve checked many times.

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Megsmik8 t1_iz744lz wrote

Oh that sucks. Hopefully they start for you soon!

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Selarom13 t1_iz91x7f wrote

They’ve had it much longer than that. I did instacart years ago in like 2018 and all of the orders were through market basket this was in Manchester nh at the time though.

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Megsmik8 t1_iza5s5x wrote

It depends on your area and even if they are available in it. I think if they're a super high traffic store, they don't allow instacart. I live in Newton and mine uses the one in Waltham. Which is why I'm guessing mine has it.

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Feisty-Donkey t1_iz8j9t8 wrote

I hate it so much for that reason. I will pay more money not to have to go near Market Basket

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heresdevking t1_iz5mk8n wrote

One thing I liked about Shaws when it was nearby -- never crowded. I could go almost any time and there'd only be a half-dozen other shoppers.

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lorcan-mt t1_iz94d9t wrote

Whereas I find that aspect of shopping at Shaws downright concerning...

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SarcasmoSupreme t1_iz5l20v wrote

I am 100% fuck shaws. There are two in my town, one moved locations. Shaw's held on to the lease for an empty building to prevent MB from coming into town, they finally let it go when a Trampoline park wanted in the location.

Fuck Shaws

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bombalicious t1_iz5aba4 wrote

20 years ago in Rhode Isand, just as I was moving to massachusetts , Shaws made you bag your own groceries…I never got over that. To this day I thank my baggers at Market Basket.

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[deleted] t1_iz5pzo6 wrote

The baggers do such an awful job, though. Like, meat packed side by side with cleaning products, bread underneath cans, frozen and hot items in the same bag. It's far and away the worst experience I've ever had at any supermarket, ever.

A market basket with a self checkout is my dream. I try to bag my own items in MB and I spend half the time arguing with the clerks that I don't need "help" from them. I talk to the managers about how the 12 year olds they've hired this year are just straight up destroying people's groceries and the manager is like "so shop during school hours?"

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EconomySeaweed7693 t1_iz6bzkl wrote

Have you ever been a bagger? Esp at a place like Market Basket lmao that is packed.

Ur trying to get done as fast as possible. If you,as the customer, put meat next to ur cleaning products on the conveyor, I'm sorry it's going in the same bag. I gotta keep the line moving , idc.

Whenever I go to a supermarket,I always put my meats next to each other, and organize my conveyor so everything does not end up in the same bag.

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[deleted] t1_iz6fhf3 wrote

I worked front end in a supermarket for 3 years. Yeah, I also organize the belt to basically have my bags organized by the time they get to the cashier. But then the cashier grabs things randomly from the belt and hands them to the bagger in whatever order they choose and the whole thing gets messed up. It would just be easier if the cashier and the front end manager let me bag my own stuff. But the second a customer touches a bag, it’s a code red in the store and I’ve got a crowd of baggers standing by watching me.

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Andy_DiMatteo t1_iz6hgtq wrote

I’m a part time employee at the shaws near me. And I agree, fuck shaws.

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UpCoconut t1_iz8yf4j wrote

There isn't a market basket near me, but where I used to live there were 2 within 5 miles of each other. Friends and I used to call them USA Market Basket and Soviet Union Market Basket. USA was OK. USSR was produce was in shrink wrap, shelves always empty, dairy products expired in the case...complete train wreck. It was so weird that two stores of the same brand so close together had such a different experience.

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