Graul’s Market

This Graul’s location has friendly and helpful staff. They don’t always stock certain things and they could improve by selling some items in a bulk-​buying manner where you fill up your own container with however much you need and then pay by weight.

I’ve worked with the catering department for a few years. Every November we have a meeting in the Senate Miller building in Annapolis. My members are always thrilled with the quality of the food. And for me, it’s a no stress day. Food looks good, tastes good, arrives on time, and usually with things I forgot (like a spoon for dip or crackers for the Brie :-) Good value and great customer service !

Bottom Line: A small local grocery store serving the Broadneck Peninsula and surrounding area.
I really like the efficiency and nostalgic feel of family owned Graul’s. Unlike many new grocery stores, it is a small size so you can get in and out without a lot of extra walking. Also, the parking is very close to the store. Unfortunately, along with a small store goes small aisles and some places are not passible with two carts which seems like a bad design.
Two of my favorite aspects about Graul’s are that they sell local produce and have a rockin’ bakery. As a small, local grocery store the hours here are limited so that can be a bummer, especially if I am craving and amazing éclair from the bakery.
Graul’s has a «Preferred Customer» card but really I would prefer to just get the discount without having to scan my card; especially since the store is a bit pricey anyway.
The employees are friendly and I am very glad to have a local store that isn’t the dreadful Arnold Safeway. Also, I enjoy supporting local businesses.

Very good wedding cakes and extra large cupcakes. Beautiful. Good variety and tasty icing.

Prices are on the high side
Selection is limited
Deli is nice
Bakery is amazing
Nice small town feel in a big town
No cough drops.

I have memories of escaping to this Grauls during several pep rallies my senior year of high school. We congratulated ourselves on how rebellious we were, eating a whole roasted chicken in the parking lot of the Cape shopping center instead of allowing ourselves to be herded onto the bleachers at school (sans chicken) like plebes.
Forrealz though, the chicken (and donuts) are really good. Store is pretty ghetto (some prefer the word «homey,» «family-​run») though — the canned food being next to the tampons is kinda unnerving. It’s also rather expensive.

I shop quite often at Grauls and I have to say today I was very disappointed. Not in the staff, not in the merchandise but in the management. We have a Grauls card and every so often we receive an email with a 10% off shopping trip. We received one of these in March with an experation date of 30 April. My husband and I decided to save the coupon for when we returned from vacation, because we knew that grocery trip was going to be an expensive trip. So, you can understand my total surprise when the clerk told me at check out today (20 April) that I could not use the coupon due to today’s event at the store! There was nothing on the coupon that says «Good until 30 April except on 20 April». Again very disappointing to a loyal customer for over 16 years.

This is probably going to sound weird, so I apologize ahead of time. I hate it when people tell me they LOVE grocery stores/​markets. I always get a picture in my head that the actual store rarely achieves, and alas, that’s what happened with Grauls. «It’s amazing!» and «the chicken salad, the chicken salad!!» were the main messages. Here’s the problem. People aren’t kidding when they say it’s a blast from the past. It’s small, tight, and the specialty counters are all dark. The signs in the aisles even look like they’re from the ’50’s. All the stock boys have the same haircut and squeaky clean look. It feels constricted, no one’s smiling, it’s creepily quiet even when it’s busy, the vibe is off. Produce, good. Fish, good. Chicken salad? Again, it fell short of the expectation. It wasn’t seasoned well and the chicken was slightly tough. There are many recipes out there that are far superior to it. What was nice about the market is, for the size, they had a nice selection, and I really didn’t feel the prices were any better or worse then places nearby. I don’t want to be the jerk that steps on all the chicken salad dreams of others, maybe I just had a less-​then-​stellar example. All and all, not a place I will go to on a regular basis.

What Graul’s does well, they do REALLY well. But their location isn’t very convenient for me, the store is a bit on the small side, their selection is just so-​so on a lot of items, and their prices are a little higher than most other stores. But as I said… what they do well, they REALLY DO WELL! They do have one of the best deli counters around, with some of the best chicken salad I’ve ever had. If you’re looking for fresh salads, dips, baked goods, sauces, salsa… this is your place. Try the southwest corn dip… yum!

A small independent grocery store with the best bakery anywhere. Seriously their cakes are not only gorgeous, they are so delicious there will be no left overs. The produce is hand picked and always fresh and their salad bar is always well stocked and yummy. They simply don’t have the space to hold the variety of a larger store or I would have given them a 5. This is one of the reasons to live in or close to Cape St. Claire!

Native Annapolins warned me that Graul’s was expensive. Also, once I walked all the way there and it was closed cause it was a Sunday. That sucked.

I love this supermarket. Which really isn’t so super, in that it’s quite small. But it’s family owned/​run, and they’re really nice. They have amazing donuts, and their chicken fingers and french fries (ranch) from the deli are to die for. Seriously. The ranch fries. To die for. And they are the only ones I know that carry this parmesan risotto (in the yellow package. Vigo, I believe makes it. If you know of another place that carries it, let me know so I don’t have to drive out to Annapolis to get it). Ohmygod try the ranch fries.