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Beck316 t1_j2iaabj wrote

Big y, stop n shop, Walmart, and (soon) Aldi are located on King Street. There are smaller markets mentioned closer to Smith or maybe Clark. There's river valley coop also on king street which is like a smaller, local whole foods.

If you have a car, bike or time to take a bus to hadley across the river there's an Asian grocery, Spanish grocery, Maple Farm Foods which is my personal fave for low cost and variety, a larger Walmart, trader Joes, target, Whole Foods, another big y, aldi and stop n shop. Maple Farm is actually on the bike path and has an ice cream window/ places to eat outside. Pre- covid they had a great hot foods bar and salad bar which are slowly starting to return. They have a bunch of heat n eat meals too.

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pretzelwhale t1_j2ib0zf wrote

There’s gonna be an Aldi on king st?!

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Beck316 t1_j2icczt wrote

Yup, behind Starbucks. Construction currently underway. The outside looks close to done other than signs.

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MtPollux t1_j2icf67 wrote

Yes, in the plaza across from the Blue Bonnet Diner and Burger King.

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UniWheel t1_j2loh8p wrote

> a larger Walmart

In terms of floorspace, technically yes, but in many ways Northampton's seems better, and they have more food than Hadley. Easy to duck in there before Big Y. Actually the only thing I can think of that Hadley Walmart has that Northampton doesn't is ammo?

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Beck316 t1_j2mxjq8 wrote

Idk, I don't spend enough time in either to really compare but the Northampton one made me say "holy shit this is small".

Hadley seems to have more freezers?

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UniWheel t1_j2navuy wrote

>Hadley seems to have more freezers?

Think it's the other way around, despite being "bigger" Hadley has little besides a few frozen pizzas, milk, and perhaps some eggs and cheese.

Northampton has a a whole row of refrigerators facing towards clothing, and then the reverse side in the next aisle is frozens.

So for example you can get frozen veggies, or bag meals, or chicken in Northampton, but never seen them in Hadley. Neither of course has fresh.

I've always wondered if it was a lease or business license condition that the Hadley store not really compete in the "grocery" space. At least there are lots of places you can get those on a trip over there.

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