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Sudbury Farms
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4 reviews for Sudbury Farms
Sadly, Sudbury Farms is no longer on my way home from work, so I don't make it there quite as often as I used to. I regret it, though, because it's so much better than your standard grocery stores. I say that balancing its good points with its bad ones, of course. It's simultaneously a much more civilized, and much less civilized grocery shopping experience.
More, because there is no nonsense about having your savings card or whatever to get sale prices. If it's on sale, it's on sale, and they don't feel the need to extract marketing information from you in return.
Less, because the people in the parking lot drive like complete savages. I mean, we're talking about nature-show predatory behavior here, giant sport-utility vehicles cutting each other off to find a closer spot, in a parking lot that even the frailest octogenarian could cross quickly. And the same tactics are brought inside with the shopping carts.
Despite all that, it's still a great grocery store. It's tiny, but has a solid selection of what I need (read: frozen pizza, powerbars, and soda), and what normal people eat, too. It doesn't have absolutely everything, but it's got enough for me.
Another point in its favor is the checkout lines. They're short. Why? Because they actually have more than three registers open at rush hour.
And they have paper bags. Really great paper bags, and they don't begrudge you your asking for them.
And finally, finally, there are the potato chips. The Roche Bros. Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips. The absolute best sour cream & onion chips you can buy. And for as little as 75 cents for a bag. These are what keep me coming back, despite the longer trip.
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"Sudbury Farms is like having several specialty stores within one store."
...and I can attest to that. It's a grocery store, with average grocery store prices, but everything is fresh. The deli meat is not processed, it's actual roasted turkey or actual roasted beef, etc. They have fresh seafood. Fresh local corn. Fresh veggies, etc. Mostly organic foods, but not for that snobby organic food strore cost. They just believe in it.
The service is great, quick, friendly. (No punk kids ignoring you as they chat about what time they get out with the bagger). They don't have store cards, or coupons, they just keep their prices down and consistent. They have a great ready-made meal section where you can pick up really good dinners to be reheated on your grill or in your oven.
I'm lucky it's on my way home from work - but if it wasn't - I think I might go out of my way to get there.
I am SO PSYCHED that this is the closest supermarket to our new house. It's not huge, but the produce was fresh and yummy looking, they had everything we wanted (last week we went to a Shaw's that didn't sell sprouts -- wtf?), the meat counter was amazing, the fish looked good, and the aisles of dry goods had pretty much what you'd expect from an upscale grocery (Stash tea, organic brands of snacks, $6 granola...). It's right down the street from Trader Joe's, too, so if like us you're a multi-store shopper it's really convenient. I recommend getting your granola for 1/3 the cost at TJ's, but this is our new weekly destination for general grocery needs. Not as cheap as the Hannaford back in Waltham, but very nice.
Its a mid-sized grocery store with family values. Its not a chain store, its just a mom-and-pop kind of place. Like Jennifer said in her review, the things inside the store are at average prices. There is a big salad bar, and also counters where you can get ready-made meals and side items. Sudbury Farms is owned by the people who own Roche Bros supermarkets, I think, so whatever is on sale during the week at Roche Bros is also on sale for the same price at Sudbury farms.
