Shaw’s

I warmly refer to this Shaw’s as «Sketchy Shaws». They have the most amazing cakes-​I will say that for sure. They use real frosting not the best cream stuff (they have it though if you ask). Reasonably priced & I have ordered them a lot for corporate events.
The store just seems unorganized and always awkward to get in & out of.
They didn’t have «Not your father’s Rootbeer» the other night but no one seems to have it (running out fast)
The staff seem nice but aren’t super efficient and want to help you – huge line for «12 items or less» and no one in another lane. The staff could see there was a huge line but didn’t say «hey we can help» like Trader Joe’s & Hannaford employees.
Again get the cakes! They’re amazing & so reasonably priced.

I’m not entirely sure how this Shaw’s stays open. Every time I’ve come, there has been less than five other customers in the store (and usually, it’s just me… what can I say? Their homestyle potato salad for $ 6.99 is my own personal crack even though it’s nutritionally a disaster. I’m not proud of the fact that it makes my swoon the way it does, but I’m not going to deny my weird obsession, either).
Both the produce and employees always look sad, the space itself induces claustrophobia, and I have seen multiple fights here (one of which I was part of… some older gentleman on a motorcycle called me every hate-​filled curse word he could think of as we walked into the store near each other after I honked at him because he refused to drive through a green light [according to him he was having a conversation with the car next to him, and if I was a nice person I would have let them finish their conversation, green light be damned]; one of which I witnessed… two middle-​aged women in line at the cash register were having a verbal cat fight, the likes of which I haven’t personally seen since middle school. So basically, the lesson here, kids, is that adults are just about as immature as you think they are).
I agree with another reviewers sentiments — I’m not sure who would make this store their primary grocer when there are better (price, morale, space, customer, variety, –wise) options just a couple miles away.
Then again, those options don’t have the potato salad Shaw’s has…

I’ve always wondered why anyone would choose Shaw’s as their primary grocer. Even after they finally scrapped their antiquated card-​only savings program a few months back, prices on nearly everything in the store are still significantly higher than most of the competition (everyone except Whole Foods, actually, though, unlike Shaw’s, WF at least sells some stuff you can’t easily find elsewhere).
In fact, the only reason I ever go to Shaw’s at all is for their great BOGO sales. I’ll give them that. Also, their policy of doubling manufacturer coupons (up to 99¢) is great for those who love to clip.
That said, I had a particularly frustrating experience during my last visit. I had found a couple boxes of a beloved-​but-​discontinued brand of crackers on the shelf. Discovering they were past their «best by» date, I inquired whether I might buy them at a marked down price, only to be told by the manager that he had to confiscate the doubly-​wrapped packages for «food safety» reasons. When I incredulously pointed out that they were merely crackers (which, at worst, might go stale) and that, had I not brought the fact that an expired product was still on their shelf, I could’ve purchased it anyway, he agreed but nonetheless refused to sell them to me.
Had this been a package of meat or a dairy product, the manager’s inflexibility would’ve been warranted — but crackers? I know good customer service, and this wasn’t it. Following this encounter, I walked out without spending a cent and seriously considering finding a different location to scratch my BOGO itch — hopefully one where management interprets and adapts policy when warranted, rather than turning away business when it was unnecessary to do so.

Shaws is your average supermarket. This location was pretty big, but it was hard to figure out what items were in each aisle. I think the lane markers were a little too small or something. In any case, this is a good place to stop by if you’re a tourist, especially to pick up some water and snacks. However, I was disappointed that they didn’t carry coconut water.