Stop & Shop Supermarket

I wish I had another choice. Convenience is the only reason I keep shopping here. Produce is awful, they are always out of something really basic, and about 99% of the time I have to bag my groceries while watching 5 employees wander around chatting about when they get out and what TV shows they watch. Please bring a Trader Joe’s to the East Bay!

I really despise this place. However, it still does not receive a one star rating because at least it is clean. When I go into a grocery store, I judge it on 4 things, the produce, the meat section, the cash register situation, and cleanliness. This receives a pass on 1 of the 4.
The produce section is, meh. It is really hit or miss, but I have found myself often less than impressed. Even, stuff that should be in season, I have found look drab and sad.
The meat section is meh again. Often it just looks unappetizing. And with a place like stop and shop you have no clue where how it was produced.
The cash register situation is really what frustrates me. They are constantly understaffed and the check yourself out registers are often not working properly. They hire one staff member to look over 5 self check outs. One time, I was in there and 4 of the 5 were having issues. The one staff member was having issues solving the problem on one of them which held the others up. In the end maybe 15 people could not check out. There really is no «quick» shopping at Stop and Shop. The «Scan It» scanners would help with this issue but they are often not working and many people do not use them. This leaves people scanning and packing their own bags, which REALLY slows things down.
I understand that Stop and Shop is probably trying to cut costs with all the competition in the grocery market, but they need to focus on the customer and then they’ll make money.

Moved here from CT recently. I’ve been to a lot of Stop and Shops in my day but this one takes the cake for being ‘most in need of improvement.’ Why?
*i want to note that I’m writing this so that the store can be improved! not to be a jerk. This is the only place I shop! I want to see it get better.
Rude manager
— wish I could remember his name. I asked him if they carried something I was looking for and he essentially told me to go look for it myself. I mentioned the interaction to a staff member a few minutes later, and said that his manager, was ‘not a very friendly person.’ He agreed and said the manager was a pr**k. (Actual word he used!)
Bathrooms are DISGUSTING
— I have posted a photo of the men’s bathroom. The smell was nauseating. Need I say more?
Self-​checkout machines: expect to wait
— I’ve been to ~15−20 Stop & Shop locations, in CT, RI, and MA, but I’ve never been to one where BOTH the self checkout registers and the staff attending them were so poor. 25% of your items will screw the machine up and require an attendant who, either b/​c he/​she cannot be found or b/​c they are too busy fixing other machines, will take 5−10min to get to you. Why do the machines go on the fritz all the time? I’ve spoken to other customers about it, and they’re just as frustrated!
Meat/​fish counter: expect to wait (again)
— unlike most Stop & Shops, there is no one immediately ready to help you at the meat and fish counters. In my last ten or so visits, 100% of the time there was no one there, and i ended up standing there waiting for someone 5−15min each time. Understaffed?

Scan your groceries and go. What a better way to get in and out of something I don’t really enjoy.
This store is clean and neat. Freshness is always found in the produce area.
It’s a very organized store so again I can get in and out.
The staff is helpful and friendly. Flower dept is excellent very creative.

This Stop and Shop location is slightly smaller than some others in the area. There is not a Dunkin Donuts inside. Boo. I find myself visiting here much more often than the Seekonk location. It is SO much quieter and I don’t feel like I am in the Indy 500 when driving through the parking lot.
The store is clean and most of the employees are friendly and helpful. One of my gripes though is that do not always have their advertised items. On a recent visit I had read through their circular and figured out a few meals and made a grocery list based on a few sale items. When I got to the store they were out of the sale items on my list, which was extremely frustrating. I had to plan out a few meals on the fly.
Overall it’s a decent place to do your grocery shopping.

I’m writing this review on the basis of half-​a-​dozen visits over the last few years. I don’t have a car, and I don’t come here because it is too far on a bike. Mostly I shop at Shaw’s in Barrington.
Stop & Shop renovated the store in late 2011 or early 2012. Before that, their prices were significantly lower than Shaw’s. Since then, however, they have raised their prices considerably. In fact, they now seem to be imitating some of Shaw’s pricing practices. On the positive side, the store is no longer shabby-​looking. Also, the store is huge and has a bigger selection than Shaw’s. Judging from my last visit, I estimate that you might save 2% by shopping at Stop & Shop instead of Shaw’s, but frankly, that’s not a lot. If you want really low prices, you need to go to Price-​Rite in Massachusetts (where you’ll find low prices but a very limited selection).

«Heck yes! This location has the hand-​held scanners where you can grab bags at the entrance and clock all your purchases as you go along.
This rocks cause you can see how much you are spending and you can put stuff back you don’t need at the end. When you’re done, just scan a barcode, pay the cashier and you’re done. You did your bagging along the way so you’re all set.
This is probably bad, cause it will probably increase stealing, but I switched from Shaws to Stop&Shop just cause I’m technology nerd and I love scanning my own things: D»