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peetahvw OP t1_iy8vf1w wrote

Interesting to see that Wawa does more in sales than Acme does. (survey removes gasoline sales). Also surprised to see Target (which had its grocery-only sales count) outrank Wegmans

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IPA_lot_ t1_iy8wbn6 wrote

Ever go to acme for lunch? Wawa gets all the lunch/drunks.

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dc122186 t1_iy8xlub wrote

The $6 Acme hoagie is better than any sandwich Wawa has made in the last decade.

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Fushinaz t1_iy9dtzy wrote

Have you ever had their fried chicken? In my opinion, it’s better than a lot of places & they have cheap chicken monday where you can get 8 pieces for 6.99

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Basic_Visual6221 t1_iyc0kmh wrote

Try the mango haberno chicken. It's grilled but sooo good. Also cheap chicken Monday is only $1.00 less than any other day.

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MajorNoodles t1_iyater9 wrote

I haven't, but you're not the first person I've heard recommend it.

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trostol t1_iybgjwc wrote

it is good if fresh..if not..meh

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OnlySpoilers t1_iyd16bt wrote

Love cheap chicken Monday. This also applied to chicken from the butcher case. I used to get young chickens which were originally $6-$8 for a couple bucks. This was pre pandemic obviously but I’ve seen young chickens for like $10-$12 and on cheap chicken mondays they’re half off I think. Insane deal, super easy to cook (spatchcock ftw) and can feed a single person for 3-4 days

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Fushinaz t1_iydeqyj wrote

I didn’t know that they also have the chicken on sale in the butcher section on mondays. Thanks for the info!

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IPA_lot_ t1_iy91y5w wrote

Really??? I need to try this.

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dc122186 t1_iy92lw3 wrote

Absolutely. If you're not in a rush, grab some sweet peppers and D&W hoagie dressing on it and they could sell it for double.

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IPA_lot_ t1_iy92tor wrote

Cool I’ll remember that. Thanks.

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OnlySpoilers t1_iyd1b01 wrote

Are you the pricing consultant for acme? Because if I see these hoagies for $12 now I’m coming for you.

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Street-Promotion-605 t1_iy9iery wrote

>Acme hoagies are sometimes old and rotten.. I had one yesterday from Bryn Mawr that was as hard as a rock. It's too much of a gamble, so I'd rather go to Wawa.

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dissolutewastrel t1_iybk0mg wrote

The Acme at 40th & Walnut was written up for live rodentia and mouse feces

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Basic_Visual6221 t1_iyc0wj5 wrote

Yea take that shit back. You get either a double refund or refund plus item replaced for fresh departments. They won't tell you that though. Even though they should have the signs that say it hanging in customer service.

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trostol t1_iybghyd wrote

you must be going to a good Acme..mine, which i work at, is quite skimpy on the fillings

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morry32 t1_iy9s177 wrote

have you ever had the any sandwich, top notch

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peetahvw OP t1_iy8xap5 wrote

I would've assumed the beer/wine at Acme, and the fresh meats/produce would at the very least put them ahead of Wawa.

PS: some of the prepared foods at the supermarkets are decent...I'd happily take a Giant/Acme pre-made hoagie over the travesty that Wawa hoagies have become

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smug_masshole t1_iy92i1c wrote

It probably did. You're comparing the revenues for 303 stores to revenues for 67 stores and they're a rounding error apart.

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RJ5R t1_iya34jo wrote

Giant has a great combo price for hoagie, chips, and soda. It was $7, then became $8, now it's $9. Still a solid deal. The hoagies themselves are meh, but they at least have taste. What Wawa did with their hoagies is downright shameful. It's straight up cafeteria food

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IPA_lot_ t1_iy8xjuo wrote

Totally forgot about the beer and wine. Hmm that is interesting.

Agreed about the hoagies. Wawa has gone downhill. But their spicy Italian panini and the chicken salad club is still great.

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ParallelPeterParker t1_iy9b6zf wrote

>I'd happily take a Giant/Acme pre-made hoagie over the travesty that Wawa hoagies have become

I've seen plenty of hot takes on wawa hoagies and sure, but this is a bridge too far for me!

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M4053946 t1_iyaakbp wrote

The sales are totals, not per store, and Wegmans only has 9 locations compared to Target's 37. Per store, Wegmans has $77 million vs Target's $23 million. Giant is at $43 and wawa is $7 million per store.

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illy-chan t1_iybbwh3 wrote

Yeah, Wawa has by far the most locations of any chain listed here. It's no surprise that those would add up with more than 4x the locations Acme has.

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zwinters57 t1_iybhy5w wrote

Wawa sucks ass. I remember when I was young, before they were a huge company, their hoagies were delicious. They had real lunch meat not water injected rubber. Everything they make taste like plastic. It's hard, if not impossible to maintain quality with so many locations. Also sad to see that they are number 3 in food sales...no wonder everybody has cancer.

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mbz321 t1_iyd7pgq wrote

Not really that surprising. This chart is the 'Philadelphia market', not just in the city itself. Giant and Wegmans have pretty much chased Acme out of the suburbs...Philly itself (and NJ) are their real strongholds. A lot more Giant stores and Wawa's in the burbs. If the chart was only looking at Philly, Acme would probably be #2 after ShopRite (just a guess).

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PhillyAccount t1_iy8xint wrote

It would be interesting to see this just for the city of Philadelphia.

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peetahvw OP t1_iy909nj wrote

It includes the entire Philly DMA so montco/delco/bucks/chester in PA and some south jersey communities as well.

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AristaAchaion t1_iyao4jt wrote

I was here so surprised that Giant was so high when it only has like 2 or 3 stores in Philly, but this makes it make sense!

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electric_ranger t1_iycr0zn wrote

There’s also heirloom market which is their small foot print store

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AristaAchaion t1_iycsse5 wrote

i was actually including that in my estimation! i didn’t look it up, but i only know of that heirloom market and then the giant on cottman and the one on columbus.

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datches89 t1_iydf55b wrote

Giant has expanded in Philly these past few years. There are new, full-sized stores on Broad and Spring Garden, the SRT and Race, and on Delaware Ave in South Philly. Including the Heirloom on Market, they have some great locations for big sales

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snake_w_arms t1_iy912w9 wrote

Surprised Trader Joe's is at number 19. Every time I go in it is packed.

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waffle-pie t1_iy92lpy wrote

I'm guessing that has to do more with the number of locations rather than the performance of a single store

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tigerlotus t1_iy9513p wrote

Also, it's by sales. When I go to TJs and walk out with a couple of bags, it's always like half the price as getting (what seems to be) the same amount at Giant. Not to mention the amount people are buying at a Giant/ShopRite/Walmart vs TJs - I see over-flowing carts for big families at Giant and more conservative hauls at TJs (albeit the selection is more limited).

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PhillyPanda t1_iy9dzs4 wrote

Is there actually anybody who considers Wawa a grocery store?

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havpac2 t1_iy9wfuq wrote

Nope only jabronis who made this list, they also think cvs is a grocery store too…

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a_pale_horse t1_iy9y4ol wrote

many penn students would disagree about cvs, judging by how many people I see coming out of there with bags full of stuff they could get for half the price within half a mile's walk

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throwawaythedo t1_iyc6qtr wrote

Yes, in the burbs they do. This title is misleading bc it’s Philly and surrounding areas. If it was just Philly, the numbers would be very different

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hashtag_n0 t1_iy8wtzp wrote

I miss pathmark

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FriedHigh t1_iy8y6lp wrote

Same 😭 right on oregon ave Used to always go

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NathanForJew t1_iy9b83r wrote

Switched from Giant to Aldi recently. Weekly grocery bill went from ~$155 to ~$70. Kicking myself for not doing it sooner.

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MShoeSlur t1_iya2ucd wrote

Aldi is investing heavily in their US expansion. Another location opening on 21st and Oregon in the next month or two. Imo it beats Trader Joe’s in quality for the price (+ Trader Joe’s isn’t as cheap as it was pre pandemic)

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a-german-muffin t1_iyb6lhx wrote

Yeah, but your weekly Aldi Finds aisle bill went from $0 to $90. Still, you needed that tent and that chainsaw. And the Dutch oven. And those slippers.

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electric_ranger t1_iycr58x wrote

I was handed down a pampered chef rock crock Dutch oven and I love that thing.

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saintofhate t1_iydn9xc wrote

Aldi also let's you use EBT with Instacart which has been a saver due to flair ups

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G1naaa t1_iybagef wrote

Aldi is my all time favorite. Ive gotten like full carts there for ~150 or less its insane. And their home goods arent bad either.

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kifn2 t1_iy8xt4k wrote

In my opinion, the Giant near me is one of the worst supermarkets that I have ever been in and Giant is atrocious as a company, overall. There's a Stop-n-Shop about 10 miles further away but it is absolutely worth it, both in price, quality and overall mental well-being. I could go on and on about all the reasons I hate these stores, but most other stores share the same anti-labor, anti-consumer practices. It's just that Giant leans all the way into making their stores extra uninviting.

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crispydukes t1_iy8zdie wrote

Show me on the doll where the robot janitor crashed into you.

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Ilurkthecorners t1_iy9g2ch wrote

worked there for 4 years. fuck giant.

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kifn2 t1_iy9hp0h wrote

That must have been miserable. I never interact with the workers there, but you can tell they've had the shit beat out of them.

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trostol t1_iybh55v wrote

lol that's how i feel about Acme

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mb2231 t1_iyb66ts wrote

>Giant is atrocious as a company,

I'm curious, what makes them the worst? I usually get great coupons from them, can always find good stuff with yellow tag clearance, and their prices are generally decent. Not like Aldi or Lidl, but still pretty good.

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_Cocopuffdaddy_ t1_iy94ass wrote

Okay, now let’s convince them to open up some stores with more fresh foods closer to people who practically have none

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throwawaythedo t1_iyc72uj wrote

Yeah, this list is kinda getting on my nerves bc it doesn’t represent Philly at all.

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electric_ranger t1_iy995c0 wrote

Where the heck is a Redners? I thought that was like a central PA thing.

Wawa is not on my list of places I'd shop for groceries, they always seemed so expensive.

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typeytypetype t1_iy9cz2c wrote

I was going to say, I'm stunned there are 10 Redner's locations and 9 Weis. I only know of one of each in the Quakertown area.

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PrimarySpecialist3 t1_iya5n1m wrote

The Quakertown Redners is sadly closing. The only other one I know is in North Wales on Welsh Rd, the Doylestown location closed a few years ago.

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mbz321 t1_iyd8001 wrote

There's one in Bensalem too (ex Pathmark) and another in Langhorne.

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AnotherUser297 t1_iyacymj wrote

There’s a Redners in Lansdale and Weis in Plymouth Meeting.

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bettyknockers786 t1_iya0f76 wrote

There’s a redners near the old French creek outfitters near valley forage park. Only one I know of

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GburgG t1_iyaguwh wrote

They are also where the Genuardi’s used to be in Audubon now too. After some place called Keller’s opened and closed within a year or two.

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Mevzime1994 t1_iyaiw0c wrote

Berks county included in this? Redners is out that way

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riotincandyland t1_iy9mz7j wrote

Knights and street road.

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electric_ranger t1_iy9tayx wrote

Street Road is my favorite street name in PA.

My favorite street name is Raccoon Ditch Rd in Delaware

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riotincandyland t1_iy9ttg5 wrote

My husband and I drove past street road and 2nd street pike and I was like imagine telling someone to meet you here.

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And2Makes5 t1_iy8wjhu wrote

Wawa in 3rd is very impressive. The are beating the national stores handily

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Ajaws24142822 t1_iy9akxm wrote

I’m gonna be honest everyone up here loves Wawa but that shit is mid as hell

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j1mb0 t1_iy9lh9m wrote

Every Giant I’ve ever been in has fucking sucked. Slowest-ass deli’s in the world. It’s bull shit that they have a monopoly on Boar’s Head or else I’d never go back.

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havpac2 t1_iy9w8so wrote

No one is going to Wawa on a weekly/bi weekly bases to go buy groceries, and if you are you a jabroni Get me a fresh bag a arugula and whole carrots, clove of garlic, oh and don’t forget the eggplant at Wawa. I’ll wait.

It’s a convenience store that sells hot food. It’s not a “grocery store “

Just because you can buy grocery items at some of the stores don’t make them grocery stores.

At least at target you can find a fully grocery sections With “most” produce and dairy options.

I’ll take 3lb of that “fresh” clams from cvs please

This list is trash. And they groups things that should be grouped in this list , like convenience store and pharmacy.

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smug_masshole t1_iya1qtm wrote

It's a table from an industry publication. They don't give a shit what you think, they want to know where people spend money in the categories literal decades of research tell them are important to their business.

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throwawaythedo t1_iyc7amc wrote

The list is trash. It’s titled Philadelphia, but it should say “and surrounding areas” it doesn’t rep Philly at all.

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jerryphoto t1_iybcx8y wrote

I've lived in Philly for 35 years and go to South Jersey in the Summer and I've never even seen a Giant. Where are they?

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mbz321 t1_iyd88le wrote

Have you been under a rock the last 10 years? Giant has moved into the city and continues to open new locations.

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mc_it t1_iy91dfj wrote

I'm surprised Giant is as high as it is, given that there's not a single location in the listed South Jersey counties.

(Actually I don't even think they have any locations in all of New Jersey.)

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LFKhael t1_iy9aux0 wrote

The 8th & Market Giant is all-in on self checkout registers. Those things are designed to move people.

ACME's self checkouts are your usual "please place item in bagging area" horror story.

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ModalEclipse t1_iy9hcu2 wrote

acme self checkout is a snitch even when you're not trying to steal

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RobotJeffersonDavis t1_iy9e1zz wrote

Interesting to me that RTM and other single-locations aren’t included. Even if they were lumped into one group together

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SammieCat50 t1_iy9f5mw wrote

I didn’t know there was a Redners in Philadelphia

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Latersonthemenges t1_iyawc7o wrote

Where’s Wegner’s on this list? I gots to have my crudités

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dherrmann t1_iyb4hcq wrote

Shocked that Acme is so high. Their prices are the highest from what I’ve seen.

Wegmans could be #1 if they wanted.

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trostol t1_iybhal1 wrote

and Acme's sales are awful..i don't know about other markets but i hope most do not have sales like Acme does...buy 4 boxes of cereal to get that price..no i dont want 4 boxes of cereal

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That_Guy_JR t1_iybdgyz wrote

Trader Joe’s definitely doing funny accounting lol

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us1087 t1_iycindd wrote

What ever happened to good old Clemens and Ginuardi’s?

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mbz321 t1_iyd8bt4 wrote

I don't know, but I got to run over to Pathmark

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jimsinspace t1_iy9uzrp wrote

I need to stop going to CVS. They do not need my money. I'm just being lazy at this point.

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phillygear3 t1_iya8iey wrote

Would be interesting to see revenue by square feet and maybe by department.

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scatterbrainedpast t1_iyay2bz wrote

what weekday are grocery stores busiest? spec from 5pm on

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trostol t1_iybhl14 wrote

Acme is about to .."merge" so we will see how that goes

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aranhalaranja t1_iybj3fa wrote

Wegnors didn’t even make the list?

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Probability-Bot t1_iybkmfz wrote

Surprised to see Rite Aide so high especially with recent store closings. Im a Savalot person but i have noticed that lately the stores have been a little more emptier. I think part of the problem is they are slightly more expensive ( more so meats) than Aldis...

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