Grocery Stores¹ are a critical element in most of our lives, the first place many head when a storm is going to hit the next day. We are fortunate in the Akron area to have high quality, bargain, and specialty grocers to choose from. We have concerns about loss of grocers in some neighborhoods and concerns about "super stores" driving smaller grocers out of business. Sometimes we forget the outcome of our "voting" with our feet or with our pocketbooks.

When grocery shopping in Akron, have a lot of choices, including chains, family run stores, organic, ethnic and everything in-between.

Large Grocery Stores - Local

• Acme Fresh Market
• Giant Eagle

Large Grocery Store Chains - National

• ALDI - discount retailer, more than nine locations throughout the area
• IGA
• Save-A-Lot

National Chain Stores Carrying Groceries

• PriceRite - discount grocery retailer
• Target

• Wal-Mart/Stores - stores have limited items, SuperCenters have large grocery sections

  Bulk Shopping

  • BJ's Wholesale Club - bulk goods, membership required to buy
  • Sam's Club - bulk goods, membership required to enter

Other Grocery Stores:

• Valu King
• West Point Market
• Dave's Supermarket

Farmer Markets (an abbreviated list)

Organic

Ethnic

East Asian

• Asia Market

• Far East Oriental Market

  South Asian

  Other Ethnic

Meat Markets:

• Duma Meats
• Ellet Meat Market
• Pressler's Meats
• Showcase Meats

Fish Markets:

Dairies and Creameries:

Specialty Shops

Gone but not Forgotten

See also

Farm Markets