These Are The Best Grocery Stores In NJ: New Ranking

NEW JERSEY — We all have a favorite grocery store in New Jersey, but how well does it stack up against the others in terms of prices, promotions, quality and other measures?

The data analytics firm dunnhumby helps customers sort it out in its seventh annual Retailer Preference Index released earlier this month. The index is made up of the 65 largest U.S. retailers selling everyday food and non-food items. The ranking system looked at five categories: price, promotions, and rewards; quality; digital; operations; and speed and convenience.

Overall, Texas-based H-E-B was ranked as the top U.S. grocery store, followed by Amazon, Costco, Market Basket, Sam’s Club, Wegmans, Aldi, ShopRite, Walmart Neighborhood Market stores and Walmart, respectively.

When it comes to just quality, the list shakes out differently, with H-E-B coming in at No. 7 and outranked by No. 1 Wegmans, followed by Trader Joe’s, The Fresh Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh Thyme Market and Publix, respectively. Big Y, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods rounded out the top 10.

Here’s a look at how well stores in New Jersey ranked in other measures considered by dunnhumby:

Top retailers by price are:

• Market Basket: 1st place
• ALDI: 3rd place
• Grocery Outlet: 4th place
• Walmart: 5th place
• Save-A-Lot: 8th place
• Lidl: 9th place

When top retailers by price are combined with promotions and rewards, the top retailers in New Jersey are:

• Market Basket: 1st place
• ALDI: 3rd place
• Grocery Outlet: 4th place
• Walmart: 6th place
• Lidl: 7th place
• Save-A-Lot: 9th place

In the speed and convenience category, top stores in New Jersey are:

• ALDI: 3rd place
• Grocery Outlet: 5th place
• The Fresh Market: 8th place
• Save-A-Lot: 9th place

In the operations category, top stores in New Jersey are:

• Costco: 1st place
• Sam’s Club: 3rd place
• Market Basket: 4th place
• Wegman’s: 5th place
• BJ’s Wholesale: 7th place

In the quality category, the top stores in New Jersey are:

• Wegman’s: 1st place
• Trader Joe’s: 2nd place
• The Fresh Market: 3rd place
• Sprouts Farmers Market: 4th place