I'd agree about Market Basket's produce, and especially the one in Union Square has quite a diverse selection of unusual fruits and vegetables.
That said, I have to ask: why is it that Whole Foods, the national chain store, carries so many more local brands than any of our locally owned supermarkets combined? It really drives me nuts how almost all of the shelf space at Market Basket/Shaws/Stop & Shop/Foodmaster are completely occupied by products from ADM, ConAgra, or Tyson with few exceptions anywhere in the store. I feel like most of these stores do not sell a single thing that isn't available at supermarkets everywhere in the country.
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Date: 2009-02-01 10:04 pm (UTC)That said, I have to ask: why is it that Whole Foods, the national chain store, carries so many more local brands than any of our locally owned supermarkets combined? It really drives me nuts how almost all of the shelf space at Market Basket/Shaws/Stop & Shop/Foodmaster are completely occupied by products from ADM, ConAgra, or Tyson with few exceptions anywhere in the store. I feel like most of these stores do not sell a single thing that isn't available at supermarkets everywhere in the country.
Also, food + fluorescent lighting + antiseptic smell = yuck.