Relocating to Rochester...any tips?

[pixie1080]

Hi guys...we're going to be in Rochester, NY for the next year or so (probably starting in Oct.) and I was hoping to get a heads up on the grocery deals there. However, it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of action on this board or Wegman's...is there something I'm missing? Is there another store with better deals that I should know about?
(P.S....looking for tips on the move in general if you're so inclined...I'm gonna need all the help I can get--moving from Georgia to Rochester will be quite a change!!!)

[jgraney106]

Not sure if your stores in Georgia double coupons, but our Topps and Wegmans in Rochester will double up to 99 cents.
Wegmans have alot of their own brand of merchandise that sometimes beat out the name brands on price. And wait till you see some of the Wegmans stores! Some of them have cafes and child care in them. There have been celebritys that have come here to Rochester and rave about the Wegmans.
I still do pretty good with couponing at Wegmans too.
Hope you will like Rochester and all it has to offer you and your family while you are living here!
Just be sure to pack your snuggies , as it gets pretty cold up here in the winter!

[rtnrjk]

I live a little south of Rochester and shop at Tops and Wegmans. Between the 2 of them I do OK. I usually buy my meats and fruits/veggies at wegmans and most other stuff at Tops. pm me any time . The Fall is beautiful up here
Teresa

[pixie1080]

Child care????? Holy moses! I keep telling my Publix that they need to do that....do they listen??? Noooo...but I guarantee I could spend a lot more time (read: money) in that store if they would just open up a kiddy corral!

Our stores here double--but only up to .50 cents, so I'm excited about doubling up to .99! Oh, speaking of doubling...I need to see if you guys have a Kmart! LOL...I was very disappointed to see no Super Targets. :sad:

Too much to do...too much to do! :hectic1:

[jis]

i moved to the area two months ago and have really spent a lot more on groceries from where i was. (we had waldbaums, pathmark, shoprite, stop&shop, king kullen, etc). i've been trying to drum up the tops forums a bit but it looks like they have different sales so i confuse people with my trips.
haven't seen any triples yet and very few OYNO deals. skim milk is very cheap though compared to nyc/LI. wegmans to me is more of a tourist place. the one by me at least. you almost have to get dressed up to go shopping lol. the more people here the merrier i think, we can brainstorm a bit lol.
price rite is here if you are in to cheap produce. aldi too but there are only a couple of those and you'll likely have to drive out of the way. good luck in your move.
oh, btw i haven't seen a supertarget. there is a superwalmart by the (a) mall. there are four or five kmarts spread out but i don't go there unless they are doubling 2$qs.

[chitownmelli]

My dad says Wegman's rocks, and you know how picky he is!

I hope you enjoy your time in the new place!

[mfaust]

I'm in the Buffalo area, so the ads can be a little different from what I post in both forums.

i personally LOVE Wegmans. My daughter begs to go to Wkids (the childcare), the toddler begs to go in although she is not old enough. The store brand line is high quality. Go and sign up for their tours - they are great.

Wegmans generally does not have real "sales". They try to keep their prices low all the time. I have found that Wegmans prices are equivalent to Tops sale prices. My Wegmans tries to compete with Aldi's and BJ Warehouse prices too, since they are all in the same block. I have found other than the basic meats or frozen seafoods, Wegmans meat/seafood/deli prices tend to be high.

We do not have wine tags in NY, although the no beer purchase rebates can be great.

I have been shopping more at BJ's Warehouse lately because they are carrying more organic foods for the price of regular supermarket prices. I have had good luck with combining BJ's coupons with regular coupons.

I have no Superwalmart yet, so I can not compare. I heard they are great for prices.

I have been shopping Biglots for organic cereal - usually around supermarket store brand non-organic prices.

I feel over the last year or so, after the sale of Tops, that Tops prices have increased. I generally do not buy too much there anymore.

[jis]

If you have a quarter (you need one to rent a cart) and you know what you are going for, Aldi has some low prices on some stuff. eggs, dairy (milk, cheese, etc.), bananas. meat/ground beef/turkey prices are pretty low. (80/20 is less than 2$ pound usually although i try to stick with the 90/10). The store nearest me has some crazy deals on stuff that is expiring within the week. like 10c for a loaf of bread lol.
You just can't really go there with a shopping list like you would at a Publix (tops, wegs, etc).
Wegman's has a very healthy feel to it though so if you are into that, which mfaust seems to be, it's a great place (not just the products, but the actual niceness of shopping there, whereas Tops/Aldi/Price Rite/Swalmart are kinda "cold"). Tops barely sells organic stuff (now they have a small section in the dairy though). it feels like a big Trader Joe's (not sure they have those around here though).
seeing as this is a coupon forum, I'll still say that wegmans you have to work harder at to find deals (this from an upstate newbie..) seeing as they barely have a weekly circular and like mfaust said, they really don't have "sales" per se. (you have to go aisle to aisle, which can be nice (samples of cheese, bread, etc on weekends) in wegman's, as aforementioned).
I'm typing way too much lol. sorry.

[mfaust]

One thing that I occasionally do for Wegmans (yes, I know this is the Tops forum lol) is compare the coupons I'm interested in using to what my Wegmans store charges. You can do that online - much of their prices are online, you pick what store you shop at as prices do vary. Tops lists prices of sale items only online, and usually not all the variations. Tops has Catalina promotions, Wegmans does not.

But beware about going to Wegmans hungry - they are great at placing their stuff to look really yummy - not that it isn't, but the prepared food section can get expensive. But if you are a foodie (which I kinda am lol) they have a great international section (with many resets where you can get stuff for 50% off) and some really great specialty meats, deli, bakery. Plus now they are regularly carrying organic meat (too expensive for me unfortunately).

Wegmans does seem to run instore specials to match some of Tops advertised prices. Not on everything, but I do run into it often.

Wegmans takes Tops dollar doublers, not that Tops does that much anymore (used to be 4 - or was it 6?! dollar doublers at least once a month).

[jis]

i'll have to keep that in mind about the doubler thing. thanks for the tip. i can spend 15$ in wegmans way faster than tops lol. (gallon of organic milk = 6$....)