Stop & Shop

Appears to be clean when you first pull up but they need a little help keeping the store clean there was hair in the bin of tomatoes. The only thing I like about this location is the people are nice and starbucks.

I have been shopping here for the past year since I moved here. I’ve been annoyed by the produce, but I’ve figured it out, but now I am done with this place. Last Sunday, Father’s Day, we purchased some meat from the Stop and Shop in Franklin Park, NJ. That was in the afternoon and by that evening when we went to grill the steak, we noticed the white dots (fly eggs) and a fly buzzing around… INSIDE THE PACKAGING! We brought the steak back that night, very upset, and the manager we spoke too was very apologetic, stated that it was most appalling thing he had seen, offered a gift card (which we declined for the moment) and collected our information with the understanding that the store manager would call us back. Well, it’s been a week and we haven’t heard anything, so I am posting this on social media. BUYER BEWARE!

This Stop and Shop location is just okay. It has the usual good prices and value found at any Stop and Shop, but there are a few minor issues which cause me to avoid it as a regular destination for groceries.
For one, despite the large floor plan, the location has a very dense and congested feel to it. I suppose this is to be expected given its location along a busy section of Route 27, but it feels like you’re constantly jockeying for aisle space as you load your cart.
Related to the heavy foot traffic the store sees, it is also very loud and doesn’t really make for a relaxing shopping experience.
Thirdly, they could use to have more registers open at any given time. It always seems like at least half of them are closed and things really start to back up as a result. (Again, heavy foot traffic, etc.)
Lastly, I find the layout a bit confusing and overwhelming and they could definitely use some better-​marked signage above the aisles.
That being said, it’s still a decent Stop and Shop location overall as they offer a wide variety of products at very reasonable prices. However, it’s a bit out of the way from where I live and I have had much better experiences with the Pennington Stop and Shop, so I don’t make it out here too much.

No other problems I’ve noticed, except in these places the customer service desk is sorely understaffed and seems every time I step up to it a line seems to form and there’s only ever 1 if that employee to handle all those people.
As for the deli, that seems to be a universal issue in supermarkets… seems these places could just survive solely on that one dept^

I absolutely despise this grocery store. I shop here because Stop and Shop has a monopoly on South Brunswick. The only redeeming qualities about this store is that it is nearby and they attempt to have a large selection.
First, the produce is poor in quality yet high in price. Fresh produce for the week consistently costs between $ 10 and $ 20 more than in Shoprite. The produce is frequently moldy, bruised or mushy/​soft (e.g., celery should be crispy not soft).
Second, the meat selection is terrible and costly (similar to fruits and vegetables).
Third, there are only self check out lanes open. Of the last 5 times I’ve had to go here, there were at least 4 or 5 self checkout lanes open and only 1 lane with a cashier. I can understand this is if it is 9 pm at night. I cannot understand this when it is 6:15 pm on a Tuesday evening or on a Sunday afternoon. The computer sensors function poorly, so it takes me double the time (with several visits by the clerk) to scan my overpriced, poor quality produce. If I wanted to be a cashier, I would apply for that job.
Finally, with all of that square footage, i would expect the shelves to be stocked. Apparently these are unrealistic expectations because more often than not, the shelves are not restocked. Should you shop here after 7:30pm, do not expect to find your items.
When you decide on an alternative, go wait in a self check out line to purchase the overpriced, poor quality item you really didn’t want, but are settling for anyway.

I hate this place, but if I need something in the area, I have basically zero choice now since they shut down Good Fortune, at least for the time being. Coming in here is always a nightmare for many many reasons but the primary ones for me are the cost, the customers, the terrible service and the horrid quality.
The vegetable always look awful and are way too expensive. A good example would be the single, anemic-​looking bunch of 5 – 6 scallions for which they wanted I believe $ 1.18, where as 3 healthy and full bundles of scallions go for $ 1 usually at Good Fortune, and currently $ 1.88 at H-​Mart. You’ll see the same thing all over, poor quality vegetables at a really high price. There’s no local vegetables or anything decent. I bought a small bag of potatoes here last week and they’re already sprouting eyes all over and smell bad, so that’s another waste of money right there.
Their meats are really offputting. They only carry I believe Purdue chickens, no Bell & Evans or anything local. Meat cuts are pretty limited, nothing outside of the usual stuff and a lot of times the lack of quality of cuts is really visible.
If you come later in the evening, sometimes they won’t bother to restock anything and then there’ll be empty shelves and a million shipping crates laying all over the store. I have gone in here at least 4 – 5 times to find they have no plain yogurt, or no cream, or none of other really basic seeming things. That plus the awful and slow cashiers means it takes way too long to get anything in here.
Cannot wait for Good Fortune to get themselves sorted out because 9x out of 10, if I don’t need yogurt, I would so much rather go in there first.

Well it’s definitely more expensive than other grocery stores. But:
1 star for cleanliness
1 star for organization
1 star for having a Starbucks inside.
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3 stars yay!!!
Wish the stop & shop in my town had a Starbucks :(

Stop & Shop is not my first or second choice for grocery shopping. The groceries are quite expensive with a lack of any good sale prices. Shop Rite is my favored store. However, I do think they have a nice baked goods section with donuts, breakfast pastries, cakes, cookies etc.