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The Ultimate Guide To West Coast Grocery Store Chains
Originally published in: Tasting TableWhether you live on the West Coast or are planning a visit, it's always nice to know about the grocery store chains that are available around you. While some are fairly ordinary, others have big personalities that keep customers coming in the door for all they have to offer.
When creating our guide to West Coast grocery store chains, we chose chains that only exist in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. While you can probably think of some grocery stores that got their start on the West Coast, like Trader Joe's, Costco, Fred Meyer, and Raley's, we only included the ones on our list that have never expanded eastward. So, they're still all exclusive to the West Coast. While there are still a few other smaller West Coast grocery chains out there like Super King Markets in Southern California and Metropolitan Market in Washington, we are only listing ones that have more than 10 locations each. Once you've read about grocery store chains that are unique to the West Coast, you'll likely have a list of ones you'll want to visit.
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Nugget Markets
Nugget Markets might be small, but some customers compare it even more favorably than Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Like Trader Joe's, the packaging and visual presentation of the store is part of the appeal. Will and Mack Stille were the father and son duo who opened Nugget Market in Woodland, California, 1926, and the store remains under family ownership. However, it has spread throughout Northern California and now has 13 locations in Sacramento Valley and Marin County.
While it can be on the pricier side to shop here if you don't catch sales, customers appreciate that the Nugget Markets have high-quality products, support local farmers, are aesthetically pleasing, clean, friendly, and provide a fun shopping experience. The chain has a bakery, deli, specialty cheeses (over 400 varieties currently), prepared foods, premade sandwiches, smoothies, freshly-squeezed juices, coffee, lots of wine, as well as a selection of imported ethnic food. It's also fairly progressive, with half of its stores using Bloom Energy fuel cells to provide clean energy for the store around the clock.
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