Best grocery stores in Vegas?
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Quote: JIMMYFOCKERWhat are they?
Everyone must just eat buffets.
What are you trying to find out?
For what it's worth, when I visited in 9/09, I was staying at Sahara, but planned to get some stuff at whatever grocery was local.
Prior to leaving, I used Google Maps to see that there is an Albertson's on Sahara, about 1 mile east of the hotel. I walked it my first evening, and took the bus back.
Quote: DJTeddyBear"BEST" ?
What are you trying to find out?
For what it's worth, when I visited in 9/09, I was staying at Sahara, but planned to get some stuff at whatever grocery was local.
Prior to leaving, I used Google Maps to see that there is an Albertson's on Sahara, about 1 mile east of the hotel. I walked it my first evening, and took the bus back.
Somewhat of a bad area, pass.
Quote: JIMMYFOCKERWhat are they?
The basic grocery stores are all pretty much the same -- Vons, Smiths, Albertsons. You also have Whole Foods and Trader Joes for more exotic, and expensive, stuff. Costco for the basics, in huge quantities, cheap. This answer will suffice for most large US cities.
Quote: WizardThe basic grocery stores are all pretty much the same -- Vons, Super Fresh, Albertsons. You also have Whole Foods and Trader Joes for more exotic, and expensive, stuff. Costco for the basics, in huge quantities, cheap. This answer will suffice for most large US cities.
Whole foods is fantastic, and they usually have good-looking female checkout clerks that are healthy looking.
Quote: JIMMYFOCKERWhole foods is fantastic, and they usually have good-looking female checkout clerks that are healthy looking.
(1)Whole Foods Market • Las Vegas Blvd
6689 Las Vegas Blvd.,
Las Vegas, NV 89119
702.589.7711
8am - 10pm, 7 days a week
You can get to this one on the Deuce or Ace bus if you don't have a car. If you ae driving it is only a litle south of Mandalay Bay ans is part of Town Square .
(2) In Chinatown (Asia-town) for Korean groceries there is Greenland Supermarket . Excellent place to try new cuisine.
(3) Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Fresh and Easy is a British chain. Usually the size of a pharmacy (many are in old pharmacy buildings). Big on inexpensive prepared food, and wide selection of bargain priced wine. There is a section of half priced prepared food that will expire that day. Over 15 Vegas locations, but closest to the strip is:
6115 W Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89123
(4) Soul Food can be bought at Jimmy's .
Vonns smells a little better than Albertsons and has better produce.
Vons is a few blocks north of Alberstons. There's also one east of the strip down Tropicana.
Vegas has Super Targets, correct?
Quote: NareedCan someone give this guy google's address?
funny
Quote: JIMMYFOCKERNot interested in closeness to the strip, more interested in the absolute best grocery store in Vegas overall.
Vegas has Super Targets, correct?
Whole Foods Fort Apache
8855 West Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89117 USA
Phone 702.254.8655
Store hours: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week.
Nice Target (not a Super Target) is nearby
8750 W Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89117
(702) 933-2300
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Other than that, all other options are pretty much like the stores in other states. I did some shopping at Wal Mart to the east of the strip and it was just like in my home town, except cashiers would have signs indicating they aren't old enough to process alcohol transactions.
Food4less for bulk purchase items, like tp, paper towels, etc. Smith's seems to have the best produce. Albertson's
is generally the most expensive on a per item basis and I would rate Von's slightly lower than Smith's for the largest
selection. Neither Von's or Smith's carry good beef (choice or prime). Albertson's usually has a few cuts of prime onhand.
As a general rule, select is the supermarket standard for beef and is, of course, the worst grade. I think the casinos get
the best beef. Food4less seems to put out the most beef with the greatest fat content (could be an Hispanic thing?) and
Seafood City (at Maryland Pky and Flamingo) is a favorite with Asians for seafood.
"The heart is forever inexperienced."
-Henry David Thoreau
Quote: cliffmillerMy husband and I had some of our first dates walking the isles of the local grocery stores in Hawaii, looking at what was available. We knew then, that food, our first love, would play a part in our relationship, and years later, we still have fun searching grocery store isles.
Glazier's food marketplace is a very unique store, walking in seeing the hay stacked around the old truck you know that this isn't the usual grocer. Once you enter you are introduced to the freshest produce. There are boxes stacked with the brightest golden yellow, vivid red and emerald green bell peppers, or sometimes it fresh berry's. Your eyes are jumping around at all the baskets, the stacked boxes and barrels of vegetables and fruits. Finally, your eyes find the white sign placed before the object of delight and you see the price, you take a double take and then a moment of disbelief before you realize it's not a misprint. Prices are reasonable.
If you veer off to the left of the entrance, you find the fresh food counters, there is gelato and sushi, drinks, and sandwiches, straight ahead is a baby grand piano, (have yet to see anyone playing it) and it's surrounded by tables and chairs for eating your fresh bought salad from the salad bar, or the fresh baked double chocolate cookies or donuts from the bakery. There is a large selection of fresh cheeses and sausages, I even found my beloved pimiento cheese spread (childhood memory, spread on toast, makes a great sandwich).
As you make your way around to the back of the store, you find the meat counter, on display is fresh meats and fishes. If you want a food basket, they can make one up for you. They have a fairly decent wine selection, a comprehensive international area covering several isles, and the rest of the store is just like any other grocery store with the exception of Hawaii products, if you check the freezer isle, you find Zippi's chili, Redondo's Portuguese sausage and even siamin noodles.
If you come regularly you can find some really good deals, and with the purchase of $25, you can pick up at least two free items, they change weekly, or the family meal deal. It is a bit off the beaten path for us (Warm Springs and Durango), we tend to stay more north of the 215 but since it's not too far from us, we try to make it in at least monthly. A very clean, friendly store worth stopping in. We also have an online shop, where the address is (link removed by moderator)
Good job spamming your link that has nothing to do with the post. Since nobody is looking at it in your blog post you should stick it into a whole bunch of other peoples posts.
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You must be jokingQuote: FTBWalmart is the answer for most major cities like Vegas.
Quote: Ace2You must be joking
He must be thinking cheapest, not best.
Quote: JIMMYFOCKERNot interested in closeness to the strip, more interested in the absolute best grocery store in Vegas overall.
Absolute? LOL.
This is like asking what’s the absolute best ice cream? Runs A to Z.
Edit...serve me right not looking at the original date of the post.🤪
Quote: Zcore13Good job spamming your link that has nothing to do with the post. Since nobody is looking at it in your blog post you should stick it into a whole bunch of other peoples posts.
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Also pretty sure Glaziers is long gone.
Quote: jamesthomas171I was recently in Vegas, where there were the same supermarkets as everywhere else: Vons, Smiths, and Albertsons. I believe that each person selects the store that is best for them personally.
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You must have only lived in the West. Supermarkets generaly are completely different by region. I choose mine by closest to the house.
You have Smith's, Von's, Alberston's. I have Publix, Winn-Dixie. The Midwest has Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee. The South has H-E-B, Harris Teeter, Piggly Wiggly, etc
Quote: DRichQuote: jamesthomas171I was recently in Vegas, where there were the same supermarkets as everywhere else: Vons, Smiths, and Albertsons. I believe that each person selects the store that is best for them personally.
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You must have only lived in the West. Supermarkets generaly are completely different by region. I choose mine by closest to the house.
You have Smith's, Von's, Alberston's. I have Publix, Winn-Dixie. The Midwest has Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee. The South has H-E-B, Harris Teeter, Piggly Wiggly, etc
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And in the NE we have none of these.
There’s Acme, Giant, Wegmans, Aldi, Lidl, Weis, Shoprite
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You must have only lived in the West. Supermarkets generaly are completely different by region. I choose mine by closest to the house.
You have Smith's, Von's, Alberston's. I have Publix, Winn-Dixie. The Midwest has Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee. The South has H-E-B, Harris Teeter, Piggly Wiggly, etc
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And in the NE we have none of these.
There’s Acme, Giant, Wegmans, Aldi, Lidl, Weis, Shoprite
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Aldi is fairly wide ranging in the US. (WinCo, not so much.)
I don't go to Vons or Albertsons in Vegas, not sure if they employ that same high security model.
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You must have only lived in the West. Supermarkets generaly are completely different by region. I choose mine by closest to the house.
You have Smith's, Von's, Alberston's. I have Publix, Winn-Dixie. The Midwest has Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee. The South has H-E-B, Harris Teeter, Piggly Wiggly, etc
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And in the NE we have none of these.
There’s Acme, Giant, Wegmans, Aldi, Lidl, Weis, Shoprite
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Aldi is fairly wide ranging in the US. (WinCo, not so much.)
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I believe Aldi is the biggest supermarket chain in the world.
I mean, I recognize immediate differences between Aldi Sud (EU) and Aldi US, in the products and "feel" of the stores. (There are similarities as well.)
The first time I set foot in Smith's down in Wendover, I thought to myself "Ahh... Kroger". The first time I set foot in a Festival, I thought to myself "Ahh... Supervalu".
The paint on the outside doesn't much change the planogram philosophy.
But the whole grocery industry has been changing and the Kroger/Albertson merger shows this. I worked grocery in HS/College. I remember the trade journal had some article asking if we would ever have a national chain. American grocery stores grew up local and regional. Other than A&P we never had a real national one. And it peaked in the 50s, before we had "supermarkets."
This started to change in the 1990s when WMT got into the business. At the time I did not think I would like that mix. I got used to it, and the move is really what put WMT across the finish line for largest retailer. They were the first "national chain" of supermarkets. Locals like Wegmans had and have to find ways to compete other than price. Tops, who Wegmans competes with most directly, has nearly been run out of business as their stores never modernized past the 1990s, even the 1980s.
But a funny thing has happened with the Aldi/Trader Joe sisters. Aldi breaks every rule in the business and is well on their way to being a national chain. TJ is more specialty, but TJ is a place people cannot wait to move to their town. They are behind Aldi but harder to do most of your shopping there.
Expect there to be 1-2 "national chains" probably Kroger and someone else. Expect Kroger to keep the old names where they are established. They will not do much breaking into places with good local chains like Wegmans where they are or Giant Eagle in Western PA. WMT will split the market with Kroger while Aldi gets their niche.
In Vegas and Phoenix you will suffer with old school places for the rest of this lifetime.
It all depends on your budget.
If you're not concerned so much about cost then I would recommend Sprouts or Whole Foods for sure even Trader Joe's.
If your mildly concerned about cost the second options would be Vons or Albertsons in my opinion.
But if you are more concerned about cost-effectiveness then I would suggest WinCo. Plus it's open 24 hours.
Quote: Hellonheels88If you're referring to quality of the products then
It all depends on your budget.
If you're not concerned so much about cost then I would recommend Sprouts or Whole Foods for sure even Trader Joe's.
If your mildly concerned about cost the second options would be Vons or Albertsons in my opinion.
But if you are more concerned about cost-effectiveness then I would suggest WinCo. Plus it's open 24 hours.
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I never shopped Whole Foods or Sprouts as a primary store in Vegas. I found Smith's to be most to my liking followed by Albertson's and Von's. If the crowds don't bother you Walmart is also a fine option although they don't have a Butcher counter which I like.
Quote: DRichQuote: Hellonheels88If you're referring to quality of the products then
It all depends on your budget.
If you're not concerned so much about cost then I would recommend Sprouts or Whole Foods for sure even Trader Joe's.
If your mildly concerned about cost the second options would be Vons or Albertsons in my opinion.
But if you are more concerned about cost-effectiveness then I would suggest WinCo. Plus it's open 24 hours.
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I never shopped Whole Foods or Sprouts as a primary store in Vegas. I found Smith's to be most to my liking followed by Albertson's and Von's. If the crowds don't bother you Walmart is also a fine option although they don't have a Butcher counter which I like.
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I'm a WinCo loyalist. Open 24 hours works well with my schedule, prices are cheap.
They have a good business model- they have real brands, and store brands, but not all brands and often not the largest and best known brand, because their strategy is they only stock it if they can sell it as cheap as or cheaper than Walmart. For example I was buying stick butter. They have Challenge, that's a real brand from California. I think they have Breakstone, Kerrygold which is an Irish brand, a few craft brands, and their store brand. But not Land O' Lakes, which is the largest brand, because they can't sign a contract the size Walmart can and get the same price. Same for sugar- they have C&H which is a real brand, a few craft brands, their store brands, but no Domino. Fine by me. I was surprised to see Polar soda, which is a Massachusetts brand and as Yankee as maple syrup, and they started as one of the many companies that did regional home delivery of soda with refillable glass bottles.
The meat there is excellent, only thing that could be improved a bit is the produce section as there are a few vegetables I buy that they don't stock. I asked a clerk about it and he said those things don't move fast enough in their store to not rot on the shelf. But I can get the few things they don't have at Whole Foods or sometimes Albertson's.
