Best Grocery Stores In WI: New Report Ranks Them

WISCONSIN — We all have a favorite grocery store in Wisconsin, but how well does it stack up against the others in terms of prices, promotions, quality, and other measures nationwide?

The data analytics firm dunnhumby helps customers sort it out in its seventh annual Retailer Preference Index released earlier this month. The index is made up of the 65 largest U.S. retailers selling everyday food and non-food items. The ranking system looked at five categories: price, promotions, and rewards; quality; digital; operations; and speed and convenience.

Overall, Texas-based H-E-B was ranked as the top U.S. grocery store, followed by Amazon, Costco, Market Basket, Sam’s Club, Wegmans, Aldi, ShopRite, Walmart Neighborhood Market stores and Walmart, respectively.

When it comes to just quality, the list shakes out differently, with H-E-B coming in at No. 7 and outranked by No. 1 Wegmans, followed by Trader Joe’s, The Fresh Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh Thyme Market and Publix, respectively. Big Y, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods rounded out the top 10.

Here’s a look at how well stores ranked in other measures considered by dunnhumby:

Top retailers by price are:

• ALDI: 3rd place
• Walmart: 5th place
• Save-A-Lot: 7th place

Top retailers by promotions and rewards are:

• Safeway: 5th place
• Kroger: 6th place

When prices are combined with promotions and rewards, the top retailers in Wisconsin are:

• ALDI: 3rd place
• Walmart: 6th place
• Save-A-Lot: 9th place

In the speed and convenience category, the top stores in Wisconsin are:

• ALDI: 3rd place
• Save-A-Lot: 9th place

In the operations category, the top stores in Wisconsin are:

• Costco: 1st place
• Sam's Club: 3rd place

In the quality category, top stores in Wisconsin are:

• Trader Joe’s: 2nd place
• Fresh Thyme Market: 3rd place