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Originally Posted by pellen I think the only chain near where I live is Provigo. Other than that it's all small, family run stores. You get your bread one place, your vegies another, fish at the fish market, meat at the butcher... You get the picture. Or you just get it all at Provigo for higher prices. Or at Quatre Freres, that's pretty close by, as well. Family-run stores are sadly becoming a rarity in most of the USA...thanks to Wal-Mart. Just how many freakin' supercenters can they cram into a small city?

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Chains: Ralphs, Von's (Pavillions)
Demi chains: Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Bristol Farms
Family owned: Beverly Hills Market
There's also a farmers market on Sundays adjacent to city hall

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King Supers, Safeway, and Whole Foods.

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Originally Posted by knightowl Just how many freakin' supercenters can they cram into a small city? The boys in Bentonville crammed in four Wal-Mart Supercenters here in Fort Wayne, the second-biggest city in Indiana. But that's not all: A fifth one is being built as I speak in nearby New Haven, and a sixth near where I live will break ground real soon. And, of course, their Sam's Club warehouse club division has a store here, too.
It's getting to the point where some longtime locals are now calling our city "Fort Wal-Mart"!

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Ralph's, Von's, Albertsons, Stater Bros., Walmart, Cosco.
I usually go to Cosco because on almost every corner they offer snacks to try. By the time you get out, you've had dinner.

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ugh.. i hate walmart/sam's club/neighborhood market/whatever else.
around here in salt lake, we've got albertsons, harmons, smiths, super target, wild oats, and probably some that i can't think of at the moment. i love those five though.

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We do not shop at SuperCenters: Walmart, Target, Costco or Sam's. We do have Kroger, Albertson's, Tom Thumb and Sack'n'Save (you have to pack your own groceries in their baggies, plastic or paper). Winn-Dixie and Rainbow went out of business. We buy the bulk -- once every two weeks -- at Kroger, and stop occasionally for bread, cooked chicken or I-gotta-have -it-now cravings at Albertson's.

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Originally Posted by TDDanae I usually go to Cosco because on almost every corner they offer snacks to try. By the time you get out, you've had dinner. I did this the other day at the Florida Mall. I felt kind of hungry and went around the food court a couple times, grabbing samples. hehe.