Sharp Shopper

Can’t beat their prices for everyday food. Name brands at super discounted prices. You have to be ready to buy whatever juice, etc, is available, but it is always in date and definitely wallet friendly. Everything from fresh produce to prepackaged meats and cheeses. The staff is generally pleasant and willing to help. Unlike Walmart or other grocery stores, they almost always have all checkouts open with a cashier and bagger… where else to you get that service. Additionally, you can pay with debit and get cash back! You can also get/​receive gift cards for prlly the best grocery store available.

Hands down my favorite place to buy groceries! I live very close to this store and try to go here first before getting the things I didn’t find at Giant down the road. Beware — shopping here will start to taint your view of food prices and suddenly everywhere else will seem much more expensive!

A neighbor of mine dragged me down to Middletown to buy groceries one day. She bragged about the place the entire way, as if it was the best thing since chocolate was discovered. Well, she was right! As soon as I started walking the aisles, I had a huge adrenaline rush, and had to control myself from literally jumping with joy. I am on Social Security Disability, so this place is a true godsend.
The right half of the store is mainly canned stuff and I don’t walk through it all the time, but there are plenty of deals to be had. I buy pantry items such as canned corn, tomato sauce and the like for a third of the price that Giant charges. Some brands are off brands and some aren’t, but — hey — how dangerous is a can of off-​brand corn anyway?! The ingredients are printed, so nothing is a mystery.
The produce here is reasonable. I have not had any issues with anything I’ve bought. I buy a lot of root vegetables there this time of the year, and so far everything has been edible. Sometimes I hit the jackpot, such as when they get a shipment of herbs in and I can buy some fresh herbs for next to nothing.
The deli meats are excellent and reasonably priced. Sliced cheeses are also available. Another regular jackpot is the dairy selection. The prices can be unbelievable. For example, I’ve seen high quality yogurts selling for next to nothing, such as Chobani individual portions for .25 cents each! And yogurt is one of those dairy items that keeps well after the expiration date because it’s fermented, so I just load up. Mind you, I have never seen expired yogurt there.
Although SS doesn’t have a standard meat department, it regularly sells Perdue parts and sometimes whole chicken, marinated pork tenderloins, all types of ham and occasionally beef.
Sharp Shopper fits in very well with my limited food budget. It will with yours too. Check it out!

I’m not sure why Unilocal shut down Sharp Shopper’s old reviews as «Closed.» They’re in the same location they’ve always been, but expanded to take up multiple store fronts in the same strip. I gave the old store 4 stars for excellent value and service. By doubling the size of their store, Sharp Shopper earned their 5-​star review.
Sharp Shopper is an outlet store for groceries. They get great deals on closeout items and sell cheap. The bargains are unbeatable, but you have to watch the product dating carefully. The stock is constantly changing, name brand and generic. You can’t really plan for the item you bought one week to be available the next, and you never really know what’s going to show up on the shelf the next time you go. I’m a pretty adaptable cook, so I just pick up the bargains at Sharp Shopper and grab a few items to fill out my meals at my regular grocery store.
They have a pretty predictable selection of bulk food items and their prices are great. I keep panko, raw sugar, dried fruits, nuts, candies, oatmeal, and such on hand very cheaply. They have a whole aisle of the stuff — and unusual stuff too, like bags of dehydrated Lucky Charms marshmallows, any kind of flour you can think of, and all manner of cookie and cake decorations. Bakers will love this place.
I avoid the produce here, though sometimes I will buy a sack of potatoes. Dairy and deli items, on the other hand, seem as fresh and good as Weis/​Giant/​Karns. There is no fresh meat department.
I really do find it to be worth the trip to Middletown to buy the bulk of my grocery items at Sharp Shopper. The people who work there seem to be treated well (they all get Sunday off) and enjoy their jobs. The store is very clean and well lit. Each item is individually priced and the cashiers punch in each item manually. I have audited my receipts on several occasions and have never found a mistake. If you are careful with money, Sharp Shopper should definitely be on your radar.

I wanted to cry after visiting Sharp Shopper… Not because I had a bad experience, but because I had been spending so much money on groceries before visiting this store.
I just moved out of my parents house, and into the real world. Paying rent and bills every month, on top of groceries can be a scary thing at first. But once I discovered this store, that all went away. You can get name brand items for SOOOOO cheap. And I’m sure you’re thinking «Yeah, but I bet it has an expiration date of like. next week.» Nope, 90% of the items I’ve bought from this store have an expiration date months ahead of the date of purchase.
The store itself is clean, and easy to navigate (with exception to the frozen section, but that’s because there are so many great deals that there are dozens of people with carriages in that aisle). The men’s room was probably the cleanest grocery store bathroom I’ve ever been in, especially when you consider that this is a discount store.
All-​in-​all, if you don’t start your shopping trips with Sharp Shopper, you are seriously missing out. This place is heaven on earth for the budget minded.