Price Chopper

It’s dirty… Food looks old. Wish they renovated like the others because it would be so much better!

This is the first place I shopped when I moved to New England. I haven’t shopped there since.
Weaknesses:
Price: They seem pretty expensive. You need a loyalty card to get sale prices. I hate carrying loyalty cards. I asked the cashier if I could use my phone number in the future like many other places. He said, «no, you can use your Social Security Number though.» I thought he was joking or mistaken. Somehow announcing my SSN in a grocery store did not seem to be a great idea. Only reason I go there is to buy the Worcester yellow trash bags.
Staff: Staff seems unfriendly and uninterested.
I went there tonight for probably the last time. The bagger said «bite me» even I was standing by her. I thought she said it to me at first, but she was talking to the cashier:)
Strengths:
No knife wielding maniacs tried to kill me while I was there.

3 stars for convenience, and not much else. As a Becker College student for half a semester and without a car, I ended up here pretty often. It’s cheap and fairly easy to navigate, but the staff is less than friendly and the other customers (in general) aren’t any better. But hey, it’s a 24-​hour grocery store in Worcester called Price Chopper… what do you expect?

Pretty dump/​frumpy, they are open 24-​hours but need to clean at some point right? So if you go late night/​early morning expect areas to be roped off, so basically it is like they are 60% of a grocery store late night and 100% other times, so in summary a 18 hour 100% operating grocery store. Parking area is a little small and there is no street parking. Lots of homeless people seem to hang out around this area, college apartments on the backside of the building. Selection is hit and miss, employees are like wise hit and miss, some trolls, some people who don’t care, a couple people are friendly for 10 – 15 minutes a day during their shift, you might just catch them at the right time. The check out area seems a little weird, things are against the back wall, a lot of clutter usually in this area seems like a fire hazard to me.

Price Chopper, in general, is an ok supermarket, however, this particular one is old and a bit grungy. But, most importantly, this store is very, very often understocked in essential/​popular items and shelves can go for a whole week (or more!) without being replenished. One has to wonder how much the store manager actually cares about this place!

I love this place good selection for a small 24 hour market. Staff is helpful and consistent and customer service is happy to help credit coupons and discounts when you forget your card. I also like that many of the staff have been here for years and years.

This is my go to spot with Mom to buy fresh fruit. Their oranges are a great deal all the time. There is plenty of parking as well. They sell George’s Syrian Bread too.

Stopped in here for the first time as I don’t do a lot of food shopping in the city.
Granted, The doors could be set up better and it is a bit tough to get out of the parking lot onto either park Ave or highland St.
I did not scope out the entire store as I only went in looking for a couple of items but from what I saw, the store was reasonably clean and fairly easy to navigate.
The employees I did encounter were friendly and helpful.
Nothing great, but a solid three stars.

Attending college nearby without a car, this Price Chopper was my, and many others, main source for food supplies. Located adjacent to WPI and a short distance from Assumption and several other colleges, it benefits greatly from a choice location.
Isles are narrow, selection in every department is stingy at best, prices are inflated, and staff is barely competent (assuming you can find them). I have, on more then one occasion, found items for sale which were more fit for a trash can then the shelves (expired, moldy, etc). Baked goods are probably at the baking level of a middle schooler, and from the selection, appears to be done by one too. Every sketchy person within a 20 mile radius seems to come here to shop, making it a somewhat frightening place after dark (and sometimes even during the day).
The only redeeming quality to this place, besides its location, is the fact that it’s open 24 hours a day. If you need something late at night, stop by here, but otherwise, stay away.

This a downright weird grocery store. I have only been with my friend who literally lived across the street from it. Decent selection and definitely cheap prices. The staff are decent, but slightly disinterested in their jobs although I can’t blame them. Going here late at night (Its 24 hours) gives you some awesome people watching. Trust me.

Being a college student in the great city of Worcester pretty much forces you to shop here unless you have a car to get you to the nearest Stop & Shop or Shaw’s.
That being said, due to the fact that I have the option to avoid this Price Chopper as much as possible, I often do — I much prefer the Stop & Shop down the road; Price Chopper’s prices are (ironically) high, and the store just doesn’t feel clean at all.

I don’t think this place is that bad. Three stars isn’t bad, it’s mediocre! The aisles are narrow, but they aren’t cramped. There is certainly a large number of people there at any given time during the day/​early evening hours, and yes, a lot of the chatter isn’t English.
I’ve certainly seen much better stores, but by no means is this place too dirty to shop. Maybe I’m biased by its close proximity (great for WPI students!), since It’s within walking distance of my apartment, but they are well stocked and organized.
One thing, the store is really oddly setup. Yes, the entrances are convoluted and disorienting, but there’s more to it than just that. On my first couple of visits, I had a difficult time finding everything that I wanted. Maybe I was confused by the new store, but it seems like there are more sections than I’m really used to in supermarkets, such as their Kosher, Goya and two non-​grocery sections. The coolers and bakery are on one side, the produce and deli are on the other, but other than that, I feel like there is a general trend of organization in the middle, it’s confusing. The shelves _​are_​well kept, and everything is in order, I’m just not sure of the order.
Strengths: They have decent potato salad in the deli (3 or 4 different kinds too), and the garlic and cheese boule from the bakery is also good for a supermarket. They have black angus beef, which is surprisingly good also. Decent prices and 24 hour!

eek! Stopped in here today to buy some stuff for a potluck I attended. Aisles are extremely narrow. Considering the number of gargantuan locals in Worcester this is suprising. It’s not a small supermarket either. Just 100 really narrow aisles.
2 stars because of the way the doors are set up and nightmare it is to get back on Park Street. Also, the people in here are interesting to say the least.

The «sketchy» Price Chopper, also great for people watching. Opened 24 hours, at the crossroads of the city, all types of people are in this place. It probably the most diveristy of all kinds you will ever see. Orthodox Jews, (they have the most kosher food here), Drunken college students at 3am, trying to get the self check out to work, and almost everyone is yelling in a different lanaguge.
This place has cheap food, ie. probably cheapest in the city. But is also pretty grubby. and dirty. YUCK. seriously, the food is just randomly thrown on shelves on no order. but that’s kinda fun, its an adventure. do something with that at 3am. i know i have. what i do not remember, but i do remember laughing hysterically at the fact the condoms were next to the baby food, and that diet pills were in the candy aisle… that place sure loves irony.
BUT YEAH… the aisles are so narrow, I mean, I’m a small girl and even feel clostrophobic in those things, it’s reminisent of a MRI machine.
This is one is acutally only LESS sketchy at night, as they don’t shut half the lights off like they do at the East Mountain Street one, making it feel like, your head might get chopped off, because your in some slasher film. But the clinentelle, it’s self is way more sketchy. If you want to people watch this is the place to go 24÷7÷365.
Oh and keep out of the Can and Bottle return. because i heard of story of someone finding herion neddles in there.