Pioneer

They have a decent selection, but I find it hard to believe that what they advertise on sale is never registered as such. It doesn’t help that most of the cashiers are rude teenagers who roll their eyes when you let them know of the mistake. I certainly don’t like to sponsor big companies like Whole Foods, but I wonder what’s going to happen to Pioneers when Whole Foods opens in the Spring.

Decent, cheap grocery store with low-​end products, don’t come here looking for any high quality brands. Would have rated higher, except for I went here to buy a pre-​packaged salad to eat at the laundromat next door, and not only did my greek salad not come with dressing, but the olives contained pits! Why are you trying to chip my teeth Pioneer?!? Come on Pioneer, you gotta put a little more effort into it than that. I have seen about half of your pre-​packaged salads packed with no dressing container inside.

On the one hand, its great having a huge grocery in the neighborhood, and open until midnight no less (though they are often shut by 11:45). Good selection, decent prices, small selection of organic produce, dairy and meat as well. Two issues: one, often sale items don’t ring up on sale. They are great about taking the discount manually, but you have to catch it yourself, the cashiers never notice. Also, NEVER USE A CREDIT CARD HERE!!! Everyone I know who shops here has had their card compromised, even Bank of America commented to me that Pioneer is likely why I had to have my card replaced 3 times in 3 months. I don’t know if they have terrible data security or are up to something more sinister. But plastic is not safe there.

I like it b/​c it’s less than a half block from where I live…
It’s a decent supermarket… for bigger purchases I go outside of NYC
Hope this helps. It’s around a year old now.

This is a good middle-​of-​the-​road grocery with a good selection at good prices. Even produce and meat are decent. There’s never a line at checkout, and they accept credit cards for any purchase.
HOWEVER, and I can’t say this strongly enough, ALWAYS PAY IN CASH. NEVER use a credit card, and NEVER EVER use a debit card. I have had three cards compromised after shopping here, and this store was the only place where I have used all three.