Stop & Shop

Never come here. I hate this place so much. The lines are the absolute worst. I’ll never know why they don’t open more registers!

While it doesn’t have the largest selection in the local supermarket business (wish it had a deli and a bakery), there is plenty choose from and prices are lower or as low as anyplace else I have shopped in Jersey City. They have recently replaced their freezers so the extra space brings more product choice. Their sales are frequent and many of the items that I buy are at a reduced price at least once or twice a month. They’re really good about issuing rain checks when sale-​priced items are out of stock. No, it definitely isn’t anywhere near a mega mart, but the prices are what brings me in and the service is very friendly.

I posted in July and am doing so once again.
The CEO of the company should be ashamed.
DM me if you want to see a Whole Foods, or Trader Joe’s in its place.

Great customer service, has almost everything one would need. Very reasonable, with a large selection of items, ethnic foods addressing Jersey City in all its variations, groceries, herbs, spices and veggies galore. Good sales, are always handing you extra coupons. Perfectly located, near transportation and walkable distance in the Heights section.

Selection is mediocre and leans toward cheap and low brow stuff. Prices are good, but produce is so low grade that I don’t bother– much of it is nearly rotten before you’ve walked home. I defy you to find salad greens that aren’t rotting.
They usually have what I’m looking for, but almost never more than one variety of it. Staff is friendly for the most part, but wait times in line are almost all longer than the time it takes to find things. I have waited in line more than 15min to pick up a handful of items… Only to give up and just go home to order it online. You just don’t make a quick run to this store. I’ve never seen a grocery store that won’t call for more help to front registers when lines get long — but in this Stop & Shop, they’ll just give you that New Jersey thousand yard stare while you wait in line.
The store is cramped, leaving staff no room to stock shelves without blocking items.
I had hoped to live car free in the heights, but this store is so bad that I will be getting a car or taking a bus to get groceries.

This location is pretty decent for its size. It has most things you need as long as you’re not expecting an A & P Fresh, etc. If you’re a recent transplant to the area from more expensive areas (i.e. Hoboken, the City, Brooklyn, etc), you might be initially disappointed. But once you realize it’s your inner snottiness coming out, and you check yourself, you’ll fall in love with this precious little gem.
Btw — I’m from CO and have shopped at Trader Joe’s, etc., and have grown to love this place.

I live 3 blocks away from Stop & Shop which makes it the most convenient grocery story but I would rather drive down to the Hoboken Shoprite to do my grocery shopping. Only good thing is that is actually has its own private parking lot and has a red box rental inside. They recently changed their POS system so if you don’t bring your stop and shop card, they can no longer look it up by your phone number. You can however download the stop and shop app so they can scan your card from your phone. (Still not the most convenient). The aisles are tight and always seems dirty. The food isn’t always the freshest. There is a lack of deli and seafood section. Overall selection of products is limited. The price stickers are never updated (it’s not that hard for the staff to go around and change it from week to week).

I used to go to this grocery store back when I lived in Jersey City, and I’m very happy that I don’t have to go here anymore.
It’s really tiny. The parking lot is very stressful to navigate, with aggressive drivers and slow walkers everywhere, and sometimes there are not even any spots left, and street parking is hard to find also. The aisles are really narrow and it’s a huge hassle to get through them.
At least they do have some organic produce, but the produce section overall doesn’t have much variety and leaves much to be desired. Plus it’s so annoying to navigate around other people to retrieve items from the produce section. The meat section is kind of gross-​looking, although I’ve never actually gotten sick from anything I bought there. The store overall looks kind of dingy. They also don’t have a deli section.
Basically almost all of the problems in this store are caused by its small size (it’s the smallest Stop & Shop I’ve ever seen). Other Stop & Shops that I’ve been to, including the one I go to now, are much better due to their larger size.

Just wanted to say that on July 4^th, the store was busy well stocked– and run by people with awesome attitudes.
#Noproblemattitudesrock

I give it 4 stars because it is the only super market around here that has a parking lot and is actually kind of big… Otherwise I’d have to drive down to ShopRite or Pathmark. Sometimes they have really good sales but they don’t have a good selection of seafood. I’m entertained by the presence of different sorts of people in the store… interesting.

It’s definitely not the Bayonne Super Stop & Shop but it’s better than anything else i’ve been to in the heights.
It is unfortunate that this one is so small, but I come here for the Natures Promise brand meats and snacks, which are very reasonable. They don’t have a deli and the meat section does leave a lot to be desired but for a few items this place will do!

This supermarket is OK, not the best. Their shelves are well stocked but their selection isn’t the greatest and as for prices I have seen better but if you’re need for something quick then give it a shot

Although I shop here every now and then, the choices are limited in Jersey City Heights because of the way Stop & Shop marketing team perceives the patrons who shop there are «low-​income workers and minorities» that there’s no need to supply the store with better products & amenities. This is completely UNTRUE because most of the people who lives in the Jersey City Heights area work in the city and are family-​oriented, OWN their houses and cars compared to to the trendy, apartment/​condo-​renting hipsters in Downtown JC. So what happens is most residents shop at neighboring Shop Rite in Hoboken or Union City. Fresh Direct now delivers in The Heights but the prices reflect the convenience and its hard to feed a family on a budget when ordering from Fresh Direct. So I suggest Stop & Shop update the store to reflect the changing neighborhood of The Jersey City Heights area.
In addition, this store is not well maintained by its managers again because of that perception I mentioned earlier. The selection is limited. There is no Deli, no Bakery, or Seafood Selection like most other Stop & Shops in New Jersey. Most of the things that are advertised in the flyers are not available. Don’t walk up the stairs to the restrooms because it has not been cleaned in years. So as the saying goes if the restrooms are not clean then the sanitation for the rest of the store is much to be desired.

Stop and Shop is normally pretty great. Living up in the Heights you get used to having to go a million different places for everything you need. You come here for packaged meat ie chicken, beef, and pork, but definitely NOT for veggies and fish. Go around the corner to the Supremo for an excellent selection of cheap, high quality veg and across the street to 555 for fish.
Decent selection of snacks, soup, drinks, and frozen. More specific items you need to go elsewhere. Small selection of house and beauty wares.
The store employees are very nice and are EXTREMELY helpful.
The people in line never the less, are complete idiots. I get stuck behind the same morons each time I show up to pay. No matter what time of day, you can finish your shopping in under 20, but it will take you 20 min to pay. HAVE A NO WIC line!!! Most of those people do not know how to use them and it takes forever!!!

This place is hot one minute and cold the next. The service ranges from horrific to supreme. You really never know what you’re gonna get when you go in next.
One day the rude cashier is not paying attention and thus over charging me. The next day, the friendly stock clerk is checking all over the store just to make sure they don’t have one package of organic hot dogs left for me.

This place is scary. The only way this place gets two stars is because the people that work there are nice.
Check the expiration dates and avoid the produce.

This supermarket is definitely not super. Staff are nice enough once you get to know them, but the selection is not great, they have almost no medicine/​first aid/​beauty products, and their produce is wack and expensive. No deli, no meat or fish department, just package meat and fish which never looks that great. I trek to Shoprite in North Bergin or downtown JC, despite living 3 blocks away from this Stop and Shop. :(

I live down the street from this store. Where do I end up doing my food shopping? The Bayonne Stop & Shop. This one is terrible. I will go out of my way to avoid it.

The saddest Stop & Shop I have ever been to. It can barely compare to C-​town on Jersey Ave, only the produce section is even smaller, shadier, and outright unattractive. Produce selection there is so barren, it almost made me cry.
The Stop&Shop I got used to and remember is in Morris Plains, and it is comparable to Shop Rite JC Downtown or A&P. Apparently, Stop & Shop supermarkets, like C-​towns, vary significantly by location. Though I like to give C-​town a break because it’s a discount supermarket, and varying food quality and selection is expected with such a business model. For Stop & Shop, a player in a league with Shop Rite, A&P, Acme, and Path Mart stores, this sort of «selection» is totally unacceptable. Great brand image there, Stop & shop. Why even bother with the parking lot? people drive to real supermarkets with attractive selections — this one is not even cheap to make up for the selection.
I would only come here when I need something desperately, because it’s the closest supermarket to me, and I don’t have the time to walk over a few blocks up to C-​town, which actually sells some decent food, produce, and has a nicer selection– (it’s always a hit or miss with C-​towns though –this one is a hit.) Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected CTown to outdo Stop&Shop!

A small fresh produce section, reminds me of the Sunmart back at home in the Midwest… it’s packed with many processed food aisles, and some meat and fish in the back, along with dairy and more to the far side. Small selection of Hallmark-​type cards, too.
At least it has a small parking lot. There’s a tough distinction figuring out what the entry vs. exit is, and the service desk has limited hours. Seems to be overall 24 – 7, though.