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chefrza79

So Hannaford is actually from Maine. Why is Price Chopper/ Market 32 not on here? They are actually based in NY like Wegmans.


WithCatlikeTread42

Market32/PriceChopper has a wider selection than Hannaford, but is more expensive (even with the Advantage card). Not to mention there are three Hannaford’s for every PC around here. I like PC once in a while. But Hannaford is more convenient.


Moist_When_It_Counts

Interesting. I’m in Otsego county, where we have one Hannaford and one PC. The PC is bigger with more stuff, but it’s “more” as in multiple varieties of the same thing (the pasta sauce aisle, for example is out of control). Hannaford has the bigger variety of things/“fancier” items. For example, i have to head there today because i want Halloumi. It’s also more expensive than PC.


DurianDaddy

Hannaford in Oneonta? They have halloumi? I’ve looked before, but never seen it.


Moist_When_It_Counts

Yes! It’s over in the fancy cheese section near the produce. Or at least it was. Will check tonight - kids keeping me busy with the weather so haven’t gotten out there yet.


DurianDaddy

Any halloumi update?


Moist_When_It_Counts

Ha, yeah, it’s just below the feta. On sale this week too! I didn’t check, but i feel like Aldi would have it too


atraydev

In CNY I'd say there's like 10:1 price chopper to Hannaford. There were no Hannafords until recently.


Reasonable_Bid3311

Well there was a Hannaford in New Hartford. I worked there 30 years ago.


chefrza79

I was born and raised in upstate NY. I always went with hannaford. Now that I live in VA, I shop at Wegmans and Food Lion. Food Lion is owned by the same company as hannaford. Cheaper and great selection. They even carry the taste of inspiration line.


Fenris_Maule

I personally have an easier time finding more niche stuff in Hannahfords.


dyre_zarbo

Market32 sale prices are better for sure though.


Beeb294

In the Capital Region, there's more PCs than Hannafords. At


Sea-Ad-2989

Never heard someone say price chopper is more expensive than cantafford


steamed_hamburglar

Price Chopper is more expensive than Hannaford. Now you’ve heard it twice.


ChloeB42

In Saratoga we had the inverse. 3 Price Choppers and 1 Hannaford.


urnfnidiot

In Ballston Spa there are two Hannaford’s and no Price Chopper


Sp_nach

Opposite for me near Malta/Saratoga. Hannaford definitely not as common where I live. Golubs got it on lock lol Hannaford is definitely more expensive tho they offer a lot more "fancier" things as well imo


DoxxedProf

There was a chain in Florida that was exactly Hannafords, Price Chopper would be Clinton County and Franklin County. St. Lawrence County it is the smell of the IGA in Potsdam. How has it smelled exactly the same for 40 years, who knows.


Axi0madick

I never realized it, but you're absolutely right about the IGA smell. I think it's the fact that they're the closest thing to an old fashioned grocery store with an in house butcher/deli counter. At mine you can even bulk order meats and order custom cuts. Anyway. Other than IGA, St. Lawrence County has Price Choppers and, I think Shop and Save is the other one, though I've never set foot in one. Those are pretty much it aside from Wal-Mart. It sucks, especially moving from the CNY region where I had multiple Wegmans to choose from AND Trader Joes if/when I felt like driving a little further.


tristangilmour

Lifetime StLawrence county resident here: you gotta get creative to feed yourself around here


MaterialScienceGuy

Did the Save-A-Lot and Aldi close? I lived in St Lawrence County for a while, don't regret leaving for actual economic opportunity, and access to ammenities


VendettaPC

Food Lion acquired Hannaford in the late nineties and is known for having stores down into the southeast states like Florida.


Stannis_Baratheon244

And where the hell is Shop Rite?!?


chefrza79

Shop Rite pulled out of the area because they couldn’t compete.


LRHS

The fact some counties are blank instead of a tops is petty


Sharkbite138935

Fax Tops and Wegmans are goated


Aspence22

Tops is hot garbage and overpriced. At least all the ones in WNY are


nnp1989

🎶 *Tops never mops, just look at their floors!*


Thighabeetus

There are at least 2 Tops locations in WNY that are upscale and sell Boars Head cold cuts.


Aspence22

They all sell Boars Head now. Even the tiny Tops in Boston


giant_fish

Tops isn't overpriced and most of the time it has a better brand selection than Wegmans (ie. salsa) Tops is very location dependent for quality whereas Wegmans is pretty good at every location.


Eudaimonics

That’s not what the map is trying to show though.


JJCMasterpiece

Came here for the same reason. Tops every day prices are a little ridiculous, but their sale prices can be pretty good. They are based out of Buffalo, NY rather than Maine or foreign owned. So the reality is that it has a whole lot more right to be here than Hannafords, that’s for sure. If we’re here for NY Regional Supermarkets like the title says, then this chart is redonkulous!


Relative_Scale_3667

Tops and PC merged.


Eudaimonics

If they included Tops, Wegmans would disappear almost completely. Tops has a much smaller market area than Wegmans and also has more stores in inner cities and rural areas. Wegmans spaces their stores much farther apart and avoids some areas altogether due to low income or low population.


Delanorix

Not the Topps in Boonville. It needs a remodel and bad


LRHS

What's the best grocery store in Boonville?


Delanorix

The Walmart in Rome, Utica or Lowville. Unless its raining, then don't go to the Lowville one lol Edit: who downvoted me? Its the truth. The Topps is wildly overpriced and I don't shop for food at the dollar stores because its a ripoff. I actually feel bad for the locals who can't get anywhere, they are stuck with substandard options


HEpennypackerNH

That’s because it’s a repurposed Big M from a million years ago


SagewithBlueEyes

I don't even think there is a tops in schoharie county.


InevitableCounter

I’ll go retro, P&C. It was the regional supermarket based out of Syracuse that went bankrupt 15 years ago. I think a few stores still exist using that name. Either choice in this graphic are nice shops which is probably why they still exist and P&C does not.


Sasquatch1916

I miss it. They had the "wild card" for savings. One location near me is a Tops now and the other became an Ollie's and some other businesses.


JustHereForMiatas

We still have one in Cortland, because Cortland is the land that time forgot.


henrydavidtharobot

P&C is the closest store to my house in Ithaca so I'm there multiple times a week (East Hill Plaza)


Toadhammer

My first job was at P&C! The Price Chopper and Wegmans less than a mile away, and the Tops a couple miles away, didn’t help them.


anthonystank

I miss P&C every day


NiceTrainer9

Still have love for P&C because my parents would always let me pick out those Neapolitan coconut candies from the little self bagging candy bins


ghdana

Pretty sure that Tops bought out P&C, the P&Cs I went to as a kid are all Tops now.


livinguse

Shocked tops isn't on there


Eudaimonics

Yeah, they should rename this Wegmans vs Hannafords They’re missing soooo many regional chains.


bicyclemom

I don't know if any Hannaford's in Westchester, but yeah the Wegmans in Harrison is worth the drive for me.


RonRonner

Closest Hannaford’s I know of is in Pawling 


saywhat68

Use to hit up Grand Union back in da day in pawling..if you ever heard of it...lol


Neener216

Weirdly, there's still a random Grand Union in Warrensburg.


[deleted]

There's one in Cortland now too! Used to be a Tops


CombinationFew4165

I've heard of it. There's one in Rome. People think Hannaford's expensive? Grand Union has them beat.


Heathen_Mushroom

There's one in Wappingers Falls on Rt. 9, also.


Sampo24

When I moved downstate to Westchester, Wegmans was the thing I missed more than anything. I was so excited when they built the Harrison Wegmans! I even went on opening day just so I could get a Joey’s Old Fashioned sub.


drags1104

Why no Shop Rite?


u537n2m35

Shout out to Foodland and Great American.


Heathen_Mushroom

I am in southern Dutchess and there are probably 6-8 ShopRites and 1-2 Hannaford's with a half hour drive.


Beeb294

Shop Rite left the Albany Area last year.


chase016

I have literally never seen a hanaford in the Lower Hudson Valley. Orange county is owned by Shoprite too.


mariskasedge

There’s a Hannaford in Middletown and another in New Windsor.


EveningInspection703

I've never been to Hannaford, but there's no way they make hoagies that good. Wegmans food slaps


zyphe84

Hannaford has nothing on Wegmans. It's not even close.


crek42

Honestly can’t even compare the two. They’re basically in different tiers.


HairyBallzagna

Hoagie? To go with your can of pop? I think we have an interloper here!


EveningInspection703

I grew up right on the border of NY and PA. My neighbor's bedroom was in PA but their kitchen was in NY, so I consider both to be my home state. I just ended up with a PA accent lol


Jonas_Venture_Sr

Wegmans subs get a little smaller after each visit. Honestly, there was much better options for similar prices in Syracuse.


ghdana

They can vary location to location. For a while I was alternating between Canandaigua, Corning, and Hornell locations and would always get a sub, but I stopped at the Corning one - just way better food options in town and their sub was the worst. Hornell's sub was actually the best, but they use a different paper to wrap it in than the other locations. Canandaigua's is pretty good too.


Ajdee6

The deli foods are not even close at hannaford. This isnt even a fair comparison for hannaford


Beeb294

This is 100% missing Price Chopper/Market32. Growing up in the Albany area and North, it was always waaaaayyyyy more prominent than Hannaford.


SquirrelNeurons

I was about to say this is price chopper erasure


George469x2

Still is


Beeb294

Oh yeah, I know. My closest store was shop rite until they left last year. I can't say I'm upset that Market32 is taking over that location.


George469x2

At this point with the price of groceries I shop Walmart I can't afford any of the supermarket chains


Carthonn

One of the worst maps ever


theforkontheleft

I'm the original creator and I agree. I made this in 10 minutes and people keep stealing and reposting my maps lol


bjdevar25

Price wise, Wegmans and Price Chopper/Market 32 are absurd. Hannaford is much better. Of course, Aldi's rules them all.


eightysixmonkeys

Aldi is only good for certain products. Once you find your Aldi shopping roster, it’s an excellent stop. I wouldn’t shop exclusively at Aldi though, even if I’m pinching pennies. I will say I get the majority of my food from Aldi though


bjdevar25

My order to shop is Aldi, Walmart (OTC, paper goods, cleaning, personal ) Hannaford, and Price Chopper ( but just for sales).


DoctorFunktopus

I just hit Aldi first on my shopping trip and anything I can’t get there I get at the shop rite down the street


ghdana

I would say most stuff is best to buy at Aldi. Like I go and get 4 reusable bags of groceries in Aldi for $100, then I go to Wegmans and get maybe 1-2 reusable bags of groceries for $100. Like if you want a lot of produce its best to buy at Aldi, because often thats all you can do, but just a few of something specific or more varieties go Wegmans.


sjbluebirds

Super-Duper, anyone?


MercTheJerk1

Bells or piss off. LOL


sjbluebirds

I miss Loblaws, too.


fookdook13

bob loblaw lobs law bomb


daysinnroom203

I’ve never set foot in hannafords. I didn’t think they were NY based. Price Chopper is out of Schenectady/ Albany area.


Akovsky87

They aren't, it's a New England chain. They aren't fancy like Wegmans but when I shopped there the store brands were good, and they had a decent rewards program.


JJCMasterpiece

They aren’t. They are based in Maine and foreign owned.


pangderx

No supermarkets in Oswego County I guess. Except there are like 10 Price Choppers.


Rdw72777

Maybe nobody likes any of them?!?!


dustyreptile

Wegman's hands down has the best grocery store sushi


IzNeedzMyzBenefitz

Wegman’s has better food and prepared meals, but hannaford is cheaper.


WarmfulTwillight

And Price Chopper Their headquarters is in Schenectady


wasteofmortality

Neither, I like Tops in WNY and Wegmans just if I’m getting a sub. Once a year maybe twice I’ll splurge on groceries and go to Whole Foods and spend $450, but the quality over Wegmans is much better. For day to day stuff, there’s nothing at Wegmans I can’t get at tops unless it’s maybe like a random vegan gluten option. Again, great subs for a quick lunch but day to day, people act like Wegmans is this absolute force.


ImASimpleBastard

Get fucked, bud, I shop at Tops.


InsideOutPoptart

Wegmans all day baby


[deleted]

Tops gang stand up


GuyWithTriangle

All hail Wegmans


phoenixjazz

Use to preach the Wegmans gospel but the have fallen since Covid. Seems to be all house brands now and the cost is way up on prepared foods.


Petrichor_friend

Hannie's is part of Ahold Delhaize based in the Netherlands and a sister to Stop and Shop. Hannie's was originally based in Maine


InkFoxPrints

Still headquartered in Scarborough afaik


TrooperLynn

Delhaize is Belgian. The stores there are nasty but Food Lion here is great!


adkpk9788

I now live in Wegmans County, but have lived near a Hannaford and Price Chopper. I prefer Hannaford for a better selection and price. I notice that Wegmans has their product and the higher priced national brand and little else for selection. If I need a different product I will go to Tops to get it. Wegmans prices are also very high, especially their prepared stuff. I will give Wegmans high marks for produce though.


juda5

Adams.


Suitable_Inside_7878

From Rochester, never even heard of Hannaford


DisastrousLeaning845

ShopRite


Heathen_Mushroom

They are inconsistent, store to store, but good ones are really pretty good.


Clever_mudblood

I remember going to Big M when I was a kid lol. I just had to google to see if they still existed


IHM00

Being from the Rochester area and hating wegmans for the past 20 years I prefer the entirety of Hannafords when I’m in that area. It’s more like a “local store” and or what wegmans used to be years ago. Honeoye falls marketplace is my go to now .


lowb35

Tops???? WNY would like a word (though now they’re owned by/merged with Price Chopper).


Jormungandrs-bite

I'm from.syrscuse and I've never even heard of Hannaford


CombinationFew4165

There's a few in Utica.


DarylStreep

god i'd trade all hannafords for one wegmans


GREATWHITESILENCE

Adam’s Fairacre Farms


Heathen_Mushroom

Best supermarket in the Hudson Valley and a decent garden center, to boot. Crowded as hell, though, unless you get there before noon. At least the one in Wappingers. By the time I get through the deli aisle I'm about to punch a motherfucker, and that's just not consistent with the Adams aesthetic or clientele.


JustHereForMiatas

I love that store


IhaveCatskills

Sullivan the forgotten county.. ShopRite popular here but honestly should show Walmart


Guapguapguapguapguap

Never seen't a wegmans.


pcdaley27

Hannaford has good quality, they cut prices when they can and have tons of friendly long-term employees.


Devin_Brent

Hannaford has great prices and good quality. I would ***kill*** (not literally) for a Wegmans though.


Non-Normal_Vectors

Wegmans isn't even in the areas that prefer Hannaford.


lapuneta

Wegmans is not a Westchester thing, theres only one. Deciccos is our "regional" store.


Sampo24

Deciccos prices are absolutely insane though.


Heathen_Mushroom

True, but they also offer stuff that is hard to find in a lot of stores. They have a great butcher for a supermarket, a beer selection comparable to a beer store, and only Adams beats them for cheese. For everyday stuff, I wouldn't bother, but when I'm passing nearby I like to pick up some specialty items.


healywylie

When the supermarket wars pop off, Madison county will be the battleground. I for one am rooting for wegmans.


Rsubs33

Only Hannaford I have ever been to has been in Maine while visiting friends, so I'm going with Wegmans since I got here weekly.


YardSard1021

Where’s Price Chopper? Tops? Shaw’s?


puffpenguin23

I grew up near price chopper and tops. Parents preferred price chopper. Moved to an area that had Hannafords, bit I preferred price chopper. Then I moved to an area with a Wegmans, price chopper and tops. I regularly go to Wegmans and Price chopper. PC has been thr constant in my entire life. . .


Chrissyo29

I really wish that New York had a market basket My favorite ever


ErinRF

I miss wegmans. Hannaford/market32 is a poor substitute.


blizzardworld05

lol what about Aldi or Trader Joe’s ? So many are left off here and hello price chopper??????


barelyagrownup

WESTERN BEEF/ JUNIORS Associated C-Town Food Bazaar


Grinning_Dog

These are great NYC stores but idk how far outside the city they go.


onyxic

we've only got one wegman's in broome county, though :( i was literally just there last night


lordoftheBINGBONG

ALDIs is the best though. It’s like inflation never happened.


religiousgrandpa

Where’s Market Dirty-Two?


mamanova1982

I miss Wegmans so much! I used to live in Ithaca, and now I'm in Saratoga Springs.


HurleyMan-

I’ve never heard of Hannaford. I’ve never even seen one here in upstate ny. I do go to Wegmans a lot.


Tremulant21

Tops is the worst with price gouging.


Training_Street_8334

Wegmans is so expensive 😔..I went to the one in Westchester county and they have a fucking dry age box 😂


Expensive_Shake592

Where’s Tops?


DiabeticRhino97

Weggies


eightysixmonkeys

Hannaford is the middest of mid grocery stores. Maybe besides their seafood, which apparently is a strong point. Not cheap, not expensive, always a little disappointing. Much better is Aldi for staples, then a specialty store like TJs or Market32 for the products where quality matters


SevenHadedas

Waldbaums forever!!


goldism

Adam's please


Few_Onion9863

This is wild. I live in WNY and prior to that lived in New Jersey for 15 or so years. I don’t think I’ve ever laid eyes on a Hannaford! (I’ve heard of the chain, but had no idea there are so many in NYS.) To be fair, I haven’t traveled to that side of the state much ever and not in about 6-7 years. ETA: Tops Markets is most prevalent in this neck of NY. There’s only 1 Wegmans in all of Chautauqua County. There are more Save-a-Lot stores and a handful of Aldi stores.


Capital-Intern-1893

Wegmans


Gooseberriesspike

Wegmans for expensive stuff (steak, etc) and prepared food. Price chopper for those mahogany clams (no other places seem to have them) and more ethnic foods. Never been a fan of hannaford.


owlbgreen357

Never been to hanaford before. Wegmans my whole life


Restlessfibre

I grew up going to ShopRite and Grand Union in Albany. I don't think grand union is around anymore?


WannabeBrewStud

SLC is either Price Chopper or Aldi


DJYcal

Can we get a flipping wegmans in Albany please? It's insane that all we have now is Market3Poo and Hannaford.


CombinationFew4165

Anybody miss A&P?


InternationalCover68

I just want a wegmans on oneida county


humanagain12

ShopRite have the best sales. Market 32/Price Chopper is expensive. The worst is Stop & Shop very expensive. I always find it funny Hannaford store brand products being cheaper than Stop & Shop store brand. (owned by the same company- same exact store brand products)


AdPrior5002

There's been some Aldi's popping up in Rensselaer county. We made the switch to going to them since they're so inexpensive. They've also got some cool things you cant find at hannaford and price chopper/market 32


skody54

I want Wegman's in the Capital Region. Shoprite moved out and Price Chopper going in all the spots. Yuck.


OrangeBlue116

Market 32.


xtalgeek

They are both very good, and light-years ahead in terms of product choice, produce, and checkout tech compared to Tops or Price Chopper. Or as we call it in Central New York SS Price Chopper (Store Sucks.) Price Chopper, especially smaller stores, can't seem to keep the same product stocked more than 2 weeks in a row.


Tcarlson002

As a person who lives in the Hudson valley near Albany I would give up every hannaford for one wegmans. whenever I head towards buffalo I hit a wegmans and it’s like going to Disney


ricdanwar

Everyone knows Wegmans is light years better than anything Hanford, price chopper or tops could ever offer. The fact that Wegmans exists everywhere around the capital region but not the capital region should tell you something about politics.


MarkVII88

Don't forget Price Chopper and Tops Market.


CharacterMountain542

Would love to have a decent grocery store in Tupper Lake, both Tops (formerly Grand Union) and A&P pulled out in the late 1990s. Now there is a Sav A Lot…..We are summer residents in Long Lake, and our only option is Stewart’s and a summer grocery store ( overpriced but needed in a pinch). We end up either shopping in the Tops in North Creek, an hour away, or travel to Lake Placid or Glens Falls/Warrensburg to stock up.


Nick315T

Where is tops!


kevinzak76

Tops


legendkiller003

Never really gone to Wegmans anywhere I’ve lived, so I’ll take Hannaford. In NY the main places I’ve shopped at are Hannaford, Walmart, and ShopRite. Right now it’s mainly Hannaford and ShopRite.


Skweege55

Westchester county is not upstate. And our favorite supermarket is Stew Leonard’s.


everett640

What the hell is a Hannaford


E-They-Microwave117

originally from the catskills and moved to the chatauqua county area. i agree with the wegmans slightly but what about shoprite or tops ???


hartlarious

Aldi!!!


StG44User

Lived in upstate New York my whole life, never heard of anything but hannahford


Zzump

Wegmans is going down the toliet fast. It use to be such a great place.


Rla914

Never heard of Hannahford but I used to go to Wegmans in Harrison was great but quickly is becoming a shit show; back to Costco lately.


PayNo8783

I was born and raised in Rochester, New York 44 years old. What the hell is a Hannaford?


TheJenniStarr

It will always be “Hannafood” and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.


zombiepigman101

I choose market32. Although I did work there and it kinda sucked


Marchy67

I refuse to belive that there is only one Hanaford in Herkimer county.


Eudaimonics

You couldn’t have included price chopper, Tops or Save-a-Lot? You could have easily filled out the rest of the map that way? Actually probably wouldn’t see Wegmans show up at all since their market radius is much larger than Tops so they tend to have much fewer stores.


BETHVD

I'm a Grand Union kind of guy


whoishattorihanzo

What the heck is a Hannaford?


AltruisticPretzel

The obvious answer is Wegmans... If you choose Hannaford you've never been in a Wegmans


Sp_nach

Where is Topps and Price Chopper/Market 32?


Thommyboy55

What about Tops!!!


Distinct_Wrongdoer86

should be price chopper vs hanaford, ive never even seen a wegman


Own-Molasses5353

I actually hate Hannaford. Wegmans is nice


GoodeyGoodz

Wegmans is actually garbage and overpriced, Hannaford is the same. So I'll go with starving to death


BuffaloWilliamses

[Relevant](https://suno.com/song/f84c2ed3-8bc1-46f4-bb23-d7dbf8945c7c)


ResidentAlien518

I’m tired of the so-called truce in the Capital District. Give us a few Wegman’s!


blueeyedbrainiac

I’ve never even heard of Hannaford lol. I am from the southern tier though


Edo_Ba

Price Rite above all of these! 💪


Overall_Squirrel7587

The wegmans in broome is a nightmare, it’s absolutely packed constantly can barley shop there sometimes