Shaw’s

Somewhat new to the area and have only had good experiences at Shaw’s. The staff seem nice and there is a nice selection of food. The fruit and veggies can use a sprucing up.

In a word «yuck». There is a reason there will only be like 5 people in this place at anytime you go. The sales may draw you in but if you go ~especially after 4:00pm there will be only moldy fruit and/​or all sale items will be sold out. The people at the customer service are pretty unhelpful too.

This place is always empty which grocery shopping haters like me love. There’s a reason for it. For the third and LAST time, I got home and found that the jar of salad dressing I picked up in the refrigerated section had expired in July. It’s September. Gross.

I don’t normally shop here but with Market Basket not an option the sale prices here seem to be the next best thing.
It seems very weird to me to come in here at 930 on a Sunday morning and there be literally almost no one shopping — it is almost eery!
This store is very old and very poorly lit. Usually grocery stores are brightly lit and inviting. Especially when you get over to the milk area — it feels like you are in the alley way of the store!
They have a decent produce section but very few organic choices. There pre-​made pasta and potato salads are terrible and don’t taste fresh at all.
They do have decent prices on meat when they are on sale but I wouldn’t buy it from them otherwise.
Once Market Basket is back I definitely won’t be going back here.

Shaws has just been the subject of some major take-​overs in the industry. It now belongs to a multichannel company. They are trying to renovate Shaws but, in the end, the Stow location remains under staffed, the wages have actually come down (How much can you demand of someone paid $ 8/​hr?), over worked and under trained? Something has to give…

This is the worst Shaws I know, if you need something from Shaws go to another one in the area. Employees are rude and store is not clean.

I was in the area and need a few things so I popped in.
Wow this place seems outdated. The floors are in rough shape and the overall vibe or feel of the place was strange.
Not sure I’d put this on my list of go to places.

If there is a worse supermarket I would be hard pressed to say where. I only go there very infrequently, this time for very ripe banannas, but every time I can’t believe how bad the service is. Only 1 cashier on duty at 10:30 in the morning. No express line. Waited in line with 2 items for 10 minutes while the cashier and bag girl chatted about some tv show. I don’t know how they stay in business, particularly since there is an excellent Roche Brothers a block away.

Although this Shaws looks basic and non-​fancy compared to Sudbury Farms, this became my market of choice since moving to Sudbury 11 years ago. The initial draw was their berries — their strawberries and raspberries are both fresher and more frequently on sale than Sudbury Farms. They also have a decent selection of organic meats and dairy as well as store-​brand (cheaper) lactose-​reduced milk. I’m able to get the majority of my day-​to-​day groceries here and hop over to CVS and the post-​office which are all in the same plaza.

If I want to shop by price, I go to Market Basket or Stop and Shop. If I want to shop by quality I go to Whole Woods or Sudbury Farms. If I need something and I’m around it, I’ll go to Shaw’s. The fresh product is average quality and the prices aren’t anything special.

I wouldn’t normally shop here but its on my way back home. I would always choose to go to Market Basket over Shaw’s but I’ve found plenty of great deals here. Anything not on sale is gonna be sold at a higher price but I guess I can’t expect stores to be price competitive with MB. The store was clean but staffed primarily with teenagers.

I spent 10 minutes at this Shaws today looking for raisins. Sure I looked in the aisle that was labeled «dried fruit» and asked a clueless stockperson. Finally, I went to customer service and was told raisins are in Produce. Oh, of course! Because they once were grapes! Clever, Shaws, I never thought you’d take it that far, but why were the raisins and prunes next to the potatoes? I wandered around forever trying to get inside the store manager’s psyche.
Another weird thing about this Shaws is their lack of common supermarket staples. They don’t carry Fleishmann’s yeast in those little packets and don’t have that Bisquick Biscuit mix in the pouch.
What I do like about this Shaws is the crazy lady who works in Customer Service. She is very nice but has this crazy voice, like it’s going to fly out of her throat like in some Toni Morrison novel.
Another plus is the swing set next to Shaws. In the summer and fall, Micah and I had a nice time at the playground before shopping. A mom pointed out to me that it’s not fenced in, which is not a problem for me now, but hopefully next summer Micah won’t want to run out into the parking lot. Although, I guess if that happened, I’d own Shaws and could put the raisins wherever the hell I wanted.

So I came here on a Monday morning. Some of the veggies don’t look that fresh. There was only one package of wings to choose from. The cashier looked like she didn’t wanna be there. The cart guy didn’t say a word when I handed a cart back to him.
Very dull.

Typcial market, nothing too exciting. Prepared food is mediocre. Produce is mediocre. Salad bar is poor compared to Sudbury Farms just a block away. Meat section is nominal.
However, working right across the street, I do get some great meat deals for things to be cooked immediately. From the market straight to the grill, a nice lunch for a couple dollars.