Brasler said Consumer Reports does a great job of evaluating products, and Checkbook helps consumers find the right places to buy the products. The focus of Checkbook is to provide unbiased ratings. Evaluating the Quality of Prices and Services “We are pro consumer, we’re founded by consumers and we’re here for consumers,” stated Brasler. “He thought there really should be a Consumer Reports for local services.” Consumers’ Checkbook was born in Washington, DC and has been an innovator in providing information to help consumers make smarter choices. “Krughoff was aggravated and believed there should be a way to find the best services that would do the best job,” said Brasler. He started the organization nearly 40 years ago after he kept bringing his car back to a repair shop multiple times to have the same repair done. Consumers’ Checkbook was the brainchild of Robert Krughoff. You can find more of Checkbook’s ratings of Boston area grocery chains and stores here. The supermarkets that scored the highest marks for produce and meat quality in Checkbook’s survey were Roche Brothers, Wegmans and Whole Foods. When they substituted these cheaper options for some of the of items on their list, the total cost of their groceries dropped by about 7%. The next best price bets for grocery stores were Hannaford, which was 11% lower than Checkbook’s all-store average and Target, which was 8% lower.Ĭonsumers’Checkbook also found that you can save significant money by substituting store brands and generic products for national brands. I mean, that adds up to a thousand plus dollars over the course of a year for most families.”įor a family that spends $250 per week at the supermarket, an 18% price difference could total more than $2,300 a year in savings. “We're talking about 15% plus over the course of a year of savings, of switching from one of these traditional higher priced supermarkets to Market Basket. “If you have a store that's low price like Market Basket that's conveniently located, it's worth your time to make the switch because the savings are tremendous,” said Brasler. “But what we found is that a high-priced grocery store, even if they have good sales, it still doesn't have a good enough effect as just starting out at a low-cost store like a Market Basket or Walmart to buy groceries, because you're not going to make up that price difference, even by shopping really wisely.”īrasler said Market Basket also gets high scores from customers for “overall quality”, which, coupled with its low prices, make it a clear winner. “A point worth making is, well, you should just wait for things to get on sale and then stock up and you will save money doing that,” Brasler said. Checkbook found that prices at Walmart were 19% lower than the average and prices at Market Basket were 18% lower than the averageĬheckbook’s Executive Editor Kevin Brasler said those savings will really add up over the course of a year. Sign up for NBC Boston’s newsletters.Īnd two stores emerged as the cheapest. Get Boston local news, weather forecasts, lifestyle and entertainment stories to your inbox.
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