Stop and Shop

Generally speaking I love this Stop & Shop. The only issue seems to be that their scanners often times are not charged or the scanner machine itself does not work so it takes longer at the check out line. When they work you are in and out in a breeze!

Spent almost an hour doing Christmas shopping. Did the self service scanning to speed things up so I wouldn’t have to wait in line at the end. At the end I get to line in the device is not working. So now they kick me to the back of the regular line and I have to wait all over again almost another 45 minutes in line. This is a joke. Avoid this place!

All I can say is thank god they renovated this place.
Now that it has all the modern features you would expect in a grocery store I am finally a fan.
I like the large natural foods selection which is new, along with the self, express, and scan it check-​out lanes that have been added.
Other than that this is your average market.
My main reason for no 5 stars is I took off a star for the unusually small space between the end caps and checkout lanes at the entrance to the store. There is usually a swamp of people chit chatting and blocking up the whole area making walking around the store impossible at busy times.

A grocery store close to I-​95 exit 74, built around 2005. A Starbucks inside the grocery store and a stop & shop gas station nearby. The fresh food when I’ve visited, good selection. Organic and gluten free section is hidden among the other aisles. Large store, clean facility, self checkout lanes.

It’s a grocery store– not far from the highway and they have discounted gas… but only if you are a customer that spends a certain amount of money.

So, I just really like saying that I’m going to the Stop & Shop — what an awesome name for a grocery store! Being from the West Coast (where there are no Stop & Shops) the stores naming is somewhat novel to me. Anywho, once you get past that, it’s your standard grocery store with the exception of a few things.
Produce at this one is typically on the better side of average for this area of CT. What makes the produce shopping even better is the fact you can weigh it and print out bar codes tags for fast a faster check out — I really like this feature and would like other stores to adopt it.
By far my favorite thing is the self-​check out lanes — there are tons of them. I love not having to talk to anyone and just manage my groceries by myself. Gone are the days of the bagger smushing my precious tomatoes. Now if my tomatoes get smashed, it’s my own darn fault. ;-)
So I continue to go back, not only because they have some decent deals on food, but because the small additions they have made for a more pleasurable experience.
Also to note: this one isn’t as nice/​new as the one in Groton (surprisingly) so I continue to head back to the Groton store. Also, they don’t have the scan guns that I have come to favor (or at least I couldn’t find them…)

This market has exceptional produce. The watermelon I just finished was one of the best of all time! The deli counter is also exceptional, not only for the meats stocked, but the very helpful and nice people staffing the deli counter. This is a very nice store.