Groceries, Supermarkets, and Wholesalers

Here is a list of the popular ones among the students and a few notes:

Costco: A quality products in attractive prices, wholesaler. It has a yearly membership fee with card access. The cost for 2 cards (at the same application) is $50. Everything there is in big quantities. A place you can go every 3 weeks to renew your stocks.

Whole Foods Market: High quality products. You enjoy the products and the service, but you also should be ready to pay a small extra for it. It is recommended to buy there vegetables and fruits - the quality is high and the prices won't be higher than in other grocery stores. Also - many 'healthy kind of products', like tofu, will be available there in lower prices than in most of the grocery stores.

Wal-Mart: You can find Wal-Marts all across America. they are usually located in the outskirts. In Wal-Mart you can buy practically everything, food, really cheap casual clothes, car accessories, home improvement stuff, everything. Some Wal-Marts don't have too much food. It is one one of the cheapest shopping centers in the US. They have a generous refund policy, they accept refunds with receipt for items over 30 days.

Jewel-Osco: A regular supermarket. You can find everything there, the quality and the prices are average. It's just easy to buy there.




Other stores that may be relevant to you are (* is recommended):
Food shopping chains: Dominick's Finer Foods*, Kroger.
Wholesalers: Target*, K-Mart, Sam's Club.
Convenient Stores:7-eleven, CVS.