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Pssssst. The Hoboken Shop Rite has a better fish department - and you get to miss all the craziness that is the JC location. And if you're coming home via the 33rd Street PATH, Citarella sits right atop the 9th Street station.

The whole point is that I shouldn't have to plan to go to Hoboken or to the City to buy groceries. Access to healthful, fresh food should not be too much to ask of a large "up and coming" urban environment.

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Pssssst. The Hoboken Shop Rite has a better fish department - and you get to miss all the craziness that is the JC location. And if you're coming home via the 33rd Street PATH, Citarella sits right atop the 9th Street station.

The whole point is that I shouldn't have to plan to go to Hoboken or to the City to buy groceries. Access to healthful, fresh food should not be too much to ask of a large "up and coming" urban environment.

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Pssssst. The Hoboken Shop Rite has a better fish department - and you get to miss all the craziness that is the JC location. And if you're coming home via the 33rd Street PATH, Citarella sits right atop the 9th Street station.

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I do:( I just went to ap after work and paid $16 for some seabass, the plastic wrap got ripped banging against some cans in the bag on the way home. Didnt even realize it until I got in the rush hour elevator - the rotten fish smell was so overwhelming. Everyone in the elevator was looking at me going wtf is wrong with this kid... When I got home and inspect it fish had some white slime on it and stank my entire apt. Needlessly to say I threw it out - so sick of this crap. Had the same thing happen to me in Morton Williams too with their shrimps and scallops. We need a good supermarket!

PS the paulus hook public elementary is actually very good rated 8 in great school, it's an open secret most newcomers dont realize jersey city has a good elementary. So I be ok school wise here. Just kinda tired of lack of quality grocers. Fresh direct only gets you so far.

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jcguy05 wrote: i am thinking about moving to edgewater just for the supermarket, they have wf, tj, AND mitsuwa. My 3 favorite supermarket for very different reasons. Meanwhile JC has none :( Only thing stopping me is the damn daily commute to newport i am told the traffic is insane during rush hour and the <10 mile commute takes 1.5 hours one way!

The traffic to/from Edgewater IS insane. I have ridden my bicycle there faster than it takes me to drive the same distance. There is no good route there. I have tried turnpike to 3, JFK all the way, multiple combinations of local roads, through Hoboken (using Bloomfield, Clinton, Washington, and Willow) and the best route I have figured out is via Paterson Plank Road from DTJC to 14th St, and then the god awful River Road. That whole area would BLOW UP in popularity if they had better road access into and out of it. If you ever get stuck in the River Road traffic, you will be stranded for what feels like an eternity trying to cover a relatively short distance. After the last time that happened to me, I swore off the area and now head out to Millburn for my WF/TJs fix. They don't have a Mitsuwa, but the peacefulness and much more pleasant crowd more than makes up for it.

yeah that's the general feedback about the commute. what do you think about taking the ferry from edgewater dock to manhattan, then transfer to another ferry from there to downtown jersey city? that was my other crazy idea, but noone seem to be doing it.

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Seriously, why is it that retail employees in this region feel it is OK to treat customers like shit??? How is it remotely acceptable for a customer-facing employee to curse or yell at a customer?

Have you ever worked in retail before? The answer is because many customers are very rude to the employees.

Also, while I have encountered quite a few supermarket employees who are obviously disinterested in their job, I've never encountered outright rudeness or cursing before. It's only my experience, but I'd bet that most of the rudeness is inflicted on the employees rather than the other way around.

JCishome wrote:
If you like boat rides, that sounds like a great idea...except it would cost a bundle. Have you thought about Weehawken? You'd be halfway to Edgewater but could use the light rail to commute.

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jcguy05 wrote: i am thinking about moving to edgewater just for the supermarket, they have wf, tj, AND mitsuwa. My 3 favorite supermarket for very different reasons. Meanwhile JC has none :( Only thing stopping me is the damn daily commute to newport i am told the traffic is insane during rush hour and the <10 mile commute takes 1.5 hours one way!

The traffic to/from Edgewater IS insane. I have ridden my bicycle there faster than it takes me to drive the same distance. There is no good route there. I have tried turnpike to 3, JFK all the way, multiple combinations of local roads, through Hoboken (using Bloomfield, Clinton, Washington, and Willow) and the best route I have figured out is via Paterson Plank Road from DTJC to 14th St, and then the god awful River Road. That whole area would BLOW UP in popularity if they had better road access into and out of it. If you ever get stuck in the River Road traffic, you will be stranded for what feels like an eternity trying to cover a relatively short distance. After the last time that happened to me, I swore off the area and now head out to Millburn for my WF/TJs fix. They don't have a Mitsuwa, but the peacefulness and much more pleasant crowd more than makes up for it.

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Seriously, why is it that retail employees in this region feel it is OK to treat customers like shit??? How is it remotely acceptable for a customer-facing employee to curse or yell at a customer?

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Any time someone raves about Fairway it tells me they have never been to other cities in the US where great supermarkets have devoted followings, like HEB in Texas, and Publix in Florida.

OMG I was visiting a friend in FL and we stopped in a Publix to pick up some things. The bagger (yes, all the registers had baggers, smiling baggers!) helped us bring everything out to the car and then refused a tip. Amazingly friendly, helpful employees.

EXACTLY. It's the same at HEB: they usually have baggers (not at every aisle, though) and they have staff members available to help you bring the stuff back to your car, and will load the groceries for you, and no tipping allowed or expected. Just good ole customer service.

I have never been to an HEB, or Publix, and not be greeted with a smile from the cashier, and a warm greeting. Certainly, I have never been yelled at by an employee or cashier, which has happened to me (and I have witnessed happening to others, as well) in ShopRite. The fat troll that works in the "customer service desk" (btw, that hellhole cubicle area should be re-branded "customer purgatory and employee cursing zone") is the absolute worst. She curses under her breath all the time, and sometimes aloud, but she does it in Spanish and thinks she gets away with it.

Seriously, why is it that retail employees in this region feel it is OK to treat customers like shit??? How is it remotely acceptable for a customer-facing employee to curse or yell at a customer?

My friend, you have obviously never visited the Publix on SW 27th Ave. in Miami. Stop by there on a Saturday evening and watch the madness you'll see from both customers and employees. It's like a Latin version of Mad Max.

jcguy05 wrote: i am thinking about moving to edgewater just for the supermarket, they have wf, tj, AND mitsuwa. My 3 favorite supermarket for very different reasons. Meanwhile JC has none :( Only thing stopping me is the damn daily commute to newport i am told the traffic is insane during rush hour and the <10 mile commute takes 1.5 hours one way!

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Any time someone raves about Fairway it tells me they have never been to other cities in the US where great supermarkets have devoted followings, like HEB in Texas, and Publix in Florida.

OMG I was visiting a friend in FL and we stopped in a Publix to pick up some things. The bagger (yes, all the registers had baggers, smiling baggers!) helped us bring everything out to the car and then refused a tip. Amazingly friendly, helpful employees.

EXACTLY. It's the same at HEB: they usually have baggers (not at every aisle, though) and they have staff members available to help you bring the stuff back to your car, and will load the groceries for you, and no tipping allowed or expected. Just good ole customer service.

I have never been to an HEB, or Publix, and not be greeted with a smile from the cashier, and a warm greeting. Certainly, I have never been yelled at by an employee or cashier, which has happened to me (and I have witnessed happening to others, as well) in ShopRite. The fat troll that works in the "customer service desk" (btw, that hellhole cubicle area should be re-branded "customer purgatory and employee cursing zone") is the absolute worst. She curses under her breath all the time, and sometimes aloud, but she does it in Spanish and thinks she gets away with it.

Seriously, why is it that retail employees in this region feel it is OK to treat customers like shit??? How is it remotely acceptable for a customer-facing employee to curse or yell at a customer?

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We were at the Fairway in West Paterson Saturday; somehow it always underwhelms me. At least they have a liquor store inside with the occasional bargain on wine.

I am with you. I have never understood why people are so crazy about Fairway. I think they are overpriced and not that great. But, compared to other regional chains (and, excluding TJs and WF) it is about the best we have, after Wegman's. In other words, of all the crappy supermarkets in this region, they suck the least. Any time someone raves about Fairway it tells me they have never been to other cities in the US where great supermarkets have devoted followings, like HEB in Texas, and Publix in Florida.

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Any time someone raves about Fairway it tells me they have never been to other cities in the US where great supermarkets have devoted followings, like HEB in Texas, and Publix in Florida.

OMG I was visiting a friend in FL and we stopped in a Publix to pick up some things. The bagger (yes, all the registers had baggers, smiling baggers!) helped us bring everything out to the car and then refused a tip. Amazingly friendly, helpful employees.

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Any time someone raves about Fairway it tells me they have never been to other cities in the US where great supermarkets have devoted followings, like HEB in Texas, and Publix in Florida.

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We were at the Fairway in West Paterson Saturday; somehow it always underwhelms me. At least they have a liquor store inside with the occasional bargain on wine.

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Heck, sometimes I find and buy some nice products I would normally buy at WF, but at a much lower price.

Low prices at the Pathmark!?!?! Are you kidding me? As supermarket that caters to the ghetto it is certainly over priced. There is so much theft at that store that they build their pricing structure with a very high cost of theft. Not to mention going to that supermarket makes me extremely uncomfortable as it is certainly not the safest. I have witnessed several (yes, I said several) drug transactions take place there. That entire plaza is a waste of space. Bringing in whatever grocer as an anchor (a WF, TJs, Wegmens, Stew Leonards, etc) will change the entire vibe of that place and maybe even bring in other vendors so that they entire space is adequately utilized.

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"The specialty grocer is slated to announce Thursday that it has signed a lease to open a 29,000-square-foot store in the heart of the city's downtown. "

29K sq ft grocery store is small. Most grocery stores in NJ are 40K-80K sq ft.

wait is a WF finally coming to jersey city!?!?!? is this confirmed, where are you getting this quote from?

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"The specialty grocer is slated to announce Thursday that it has signed a lease to open a 29,000-square-foot store in the heart of the city's downtown. "

29K sq ft grocery store is small. Most grocery stores in NJ are 40K-80K sq ft.

wait is a WF finally coming to jersey city!?!?!? is this confirmed, where are you getting this quote from?

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"The specialty grocer is slated to announce Thursday that it has signed a lease to open a 29,000-square-foot store in the heart of the city's downtown. "

29K sq ft grocery store is small. Most grocery stores in NJ are 40K-80K sq ft.

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Wegmans could fit in the area north of the tunnel and would get plenty of people from Hoboken that way too.

TJ could fit downtown- it's a much smaller footprint, maybe in the mall when Sears and JC Penny inevitably go under.

I could do without Whole Foods.

The A&P is nice, no crowds, and you can get decent prices if you get sale items. The Shop Rite is god awful and I only deal with it if it's a big sale. The entire place is a madhouse. I've never been so aggravated to go food shopping.

The Pathmark is in desperate need of an overhaul. Imagine what that whole plaza could be with even TJ as an anchor.

Call me crazy, but I much prefer the Pathmark at Old Colony than the ShopRite at Metro Plaza. The Pathmark is less crowded, has a self service check out aisle, and I find that their inventory is pretty decent, including things I would never expect to find in a supermarket catering to a ghetto area. (And, yes, I used that term. Sue me.)

Heck, sometimes I find and buy some nice products I would normally buy at WF, but at a much lower price.

You're crazy. That is probably the only part of DTJC where I feel totally unsafe. Definitely seen drugs dealt in the parking lot. Also have seen expired foods put on the shelves. As much as shoprite is horrible, pathmark is 10x worse.

If that's the only part of JC where you feel unsafe, you are a braver man than I.

Downtown JC

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Heck, sometimes I find and buy some nice products I would normally buy at WF, but at a much lower price.

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Wegmans could fit in the area north of the tunnel and would get plenty of people from Hoboken that way too.

TJ could fit downtown- it's a much smaller footprint, maybe in the mall when Sears and JC Penny inevitably go under.

I could do without Whole Foods.

The A&P is nice, no crowds, and you can get decent prices if you get sale items. The Shop Rite is god awful and I only deal with it if it's a big sale. The entire place is a madhouse. I've never been so aggravated to go food shopping.

The Pathmark is in desperate need of an overhaul. Imagine what that whole plaza could be with even TJ as an anchor.

Call me crazy, but I much prefer the Pathmark at Old Colony than the ShopRite at Metro Plaza. The Pathmark is less crowded, has a self service check out aisle, and I find that their inventory is pretty decent, including things I would never expect to find in a supermarket catering to a ghetto area. (And, yes, I used that term. Sue me.)

Heck, sometimes I find and buy some nice products I would normally buy at WF, but at a much lower price.

You're crazy. That is probably the only part of DTJC where I feel totally unsafe. Definitely seen drugs dealt in the parking lot. Also have seen expired foods put on the shelves. As much as shoprite is horrible, pathmark is 10x worse.

If that's the only part of JC where you feel unsafe, you are a braver man than I.

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Wegmans could fit in the area north of the tunnel and would get plenty of people from Hoboken that way too.

TJ could fit downtown- it's a much smaller footprint, maybe in the mall when Sears and JC Penny inevitably go under.

I could do without Whole Foods.

The A&P is nice, no crowds, and you can get decent prices if you get sale items. The Shop Rite is god awful and I only deal with it if it's a big sale. The entire place is a madhouse. I've never been so aggravated to go food shopping.

The Pathmark is in desperate need of an overhaul. Imagine what that whole plaza could be with even TJ as an anchor.

Call me crazy, but I much prefer the Pathmark at Old Colony than the ShopRite at Metro Plaza. The Pathmark is less crowded, has a self service check out aisle, and I find that their inventory is pretty decent, including things I would never expect to find in a supermarket catering to a ghetto area. (And, yes, I used that term. Sue me.)

Heck, sometimes I find and buy some nice products I would normally buy at WF, but at a much lower price.

You're crazy. That is probably the only part of DTJC where I feel totally unsafe. Definitely seen drugs dealt in the parking lot. Also have seen expired foods put on the shelves. As much as shoprite is horrible, pathmark is 10x worse.