[Mezzaluna]

My area is dominated by Pick 'N Save (Roundy's foods). They drove out Jewel, Sentry (a Wisconsin chain) and most of the Piggly Wiggly stores. In fact, there are three of them within 10 minutes of my home. There are a few local upscale stores (two different Sendik's chains; Grasch's; V. Richards; Gagliano's; Trader Joe's) and we recently added a Whole Foods and a Fresh Market. Most of my shopping is done at PnS, but every chance I get I buy meat and poultry at Sendik's. I have a pretty good relationship with the meat guys at my closest PnS and I get fairly good stuff from them. Still, when I want the better stuff I go to Sendik's. Their meat/fish/poultry area has plenty of knowledgeable staff and the produce is the best you can get in a store around here. It's not the glorious stuff you can get in California, but it's pretty good.

I didn't find TJ's to be a store I'd shop at much even if it were closer than 35 minutes away. The packaged food had too much sugar for my dietary needs and everything seemed quite pricy.