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I guess I"m a late poster - but when we lived in MN, Kowalski's is the absolute bomb. Unbelievable selection, best produce, meat & cheese, great service, their deli was awesome - and they were open 24 hours.

I'm back in FL now, so Publix is #1, with Sweetbay running a close second. The butcher at Publix deboned our duck, chicken and goose for Thanksgiving for FREE.

I too grew up drinking Ribena thanks to my Hong-Kong born mother, and just bought a bottle of Ribena syrup last night!

I tend to drink it more diluted than what you get in the ready-made Ribena packages however. I use it most often to flavour a bit of water or mixed with club soda to make an Italian soda, as suggested above.

Definitely check Chinese grocery stores if you can't find it in the international section of your regular grocery store.

And ditto the recommendation for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles. If I could live off of the blackcurrant ones without going into sugar shock, I would.

Didn't know such a thing existed, but I love Ribena(and those black currant pastilles). This opens a new world of Ribena based alcohol drinks now, like Ribena and soju.

You should be able to get Ribena in some of the bigger Chinese supermarkets in NYC area or buy it from Amazon. Those black currant pastilles are like $4 a tube at some of those supermarkets too. If only I can still get glass bottled Lucozade.

Something else that's like Ribena would be Sambucol but that's actually medicinal and tastes slightly nasty.

The first time I went to England my friend made me drink Ribena. And then I realized that it was THE BEST THING EVER..

...Not so good that I've looked for it here though. I see it in Asian grocery stores from time to time.

Granted, in England I also decided that every biscuit and every chocolate bar was the Best Thing Ever, so I think I was just in love with everything not American.

While visiting a friend in Leeds (England) I was informed at a pub, that it ladies didn't drink "lagers"..
"Oh no I asked, what do they drink?"
"A cider and black"
After two pints of sickly sweet pink cider (Pint of Strongbow with an ounce.. A WHOLE OUNCE.. of Ribena) I switched to beer, not caring if the boys found me unlady like.

Though strangly I do love Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles.

I love Ribena + seltzer too! It's such a delicious treat!!

never heard of ribena before.

i like mixing my guiness with lambic framboise.

While Wegman's is a great grocery store, I find my local Super Fresh to be No 1 for customer service, bar none.

When they were recently out of whole fryers at 69 cents, (can't beat that), the meat cutter went back to the deli counter and pull out a fryer from the refrigerator and wrapped and priced it for me. That was the best tasting fryer I have ever eaten.

It's the little things like store prepared gourmet apple pies, fresh from The Farm produce, (their potatoes are the best tasting ever), seafood, and my all time favorite tasting beef, Premium Gold Angus.

For a supermarket that has been business now for 150 years, its all about the quality, value and customer service.

LOVE my WHOLE FOODS!

I work at the Home Depot across the street from the Wegmans' in Downingtown, PA, and have been eating lunch or dinner there for the past three years. My only disappointment during all that time was once I had some rotisserie chicken that was a little dry ... Try the Lobster Bisque, it is amazing !!!

it's Whole Foods only for me.. no one beats them in quality and standards..

i know i can walk into any Whole Foods and no matter what i pick up, i know it's been reviewed and approved to not contain anything artificial and no artificial trans fats.. and i know that any animal products there were produced humanely, no antibiotics, hormones, animal byproducts, fed all vegetarian diets.. it's just nice peace of mind to shop in a place like that, they actually care about what they're selling you

not to mention the great customer service.. they go above and beyond compared to other grocers to help and satisfy the customers

and as long as you're able to restrain from throwing a bunch of the more extravagent items they offer and just shop as you would if you were in a regular grocery store, you can find plenty of great value.. love Whole Foods

Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia. I only go to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's to fill in the pantry stock and get everything else at the market. It's fantastic.