The vegetable depts. at the A&Ps are appalling! And after the big holidays, it takes weeks to restock things like sugar and spices. Luckily, I live near an independent “fancy” food store that sells beautiful food.
Both A&P and Winn-Dixie vacated the regional market here because of Food Lion. The more desireable locations actually became Food Lion stores. Same happened to Kroger, most of which became Harris-Teeter.
I have a certain fondness for Harris-Teeter, as they were once Big Star grocery stores. I spent many a night cutting amberlith masks for their store circulars in my first job. They’re a little pricey for day-to-day, but do have some things I like that I won’t find in the local Food Lion, so I go there for those things.
A&P might be contributing to the “food desert” problem, by which blacks are systematically denied nutrition.../s