PriceRite of Providence

This is the only supermarket within walking distance from me. The place is huge and has a pretty expansive produce section! I did take off 1 star for it’s very small organic section and the poor selection of healthy options. I guess this kinda forces me to buy more fruits and veggies and thoroughly wash them before eating. I really miss trader joe’s and wish the trader joe’s in Rhode Island weren’t the middle of nowhere, what where they thinking?!?

I called and spoke with Glen concerning the in-​stock position of Kristian Regale Beverage and if he could put aside a case to be picked up being I was disabled/​ride dependent. In stock.
Was told they didn’t do that, Click.

You always hear about «urban food desserts» and lack of fresh produce in city neighborhoods, so it was pleasantly surprising to walk in and see this huge produce department with lots of fresh fruits and veggies. Sure, not organic, but that’s not why you go to price rite… you go for the low prices and convenient location! Still, they were fresh and in good condition, unlike the near rotten stuff you see at Wal-​Mart.
The grocery selection was much less than you’d find at a larger supermarket, but they had all the basics.
Staff was friendly, smiling and helpful, unlike the grouchy ladies at shaw’s. Indigent notice any odd acting security guards when I was there.
Finally, as a Jersey girl stuck in New England, I love the fact that it’s owned by Shop Rite. Because of price rite being up here, I get to see Shop Rite trucks in providence,…brings back childhood memories!

The longer I live in providence, the more of my shopping I do here. Such am amazing and cheap produce department, as large as stop and shop but more geared toward Latin American and Caribbean produce, though all of the basic stuff is there plus a few surprises.
I still go to other grocery stores for decent coffee, natural style peanut butter, and cheese– price rite has some more expensive Italian and Portuguese cheese that looks pretty good, but for something like cheddar, usually the only thing available is their nasty house brand (lake something or other, I think). Asian food is also a little thin on the ground, tho they do have house brand soy sauce, and tofu, udon noodles and bok choy.
I don’t eat a ton of meat but what I’ve had has been just okay. Ditto for the frozen seafood-​cheap and sufficient but it’s not going to blow you away. They do have fresh seafood and a lobster tank but I haven’t tried anything there.
There are definitely other things I can’t buy here but they’re mostly snack type things and I’m trying to cut those out of my diet anyway! This is a fantastic place to get a cart full of fresh veggies and other staples – for me that means oatmeal, milk, eggs, Greek yogurt (name brand big container under $ 4), frozen berries (a bag of blue berries under $ 2), beans, brown rice. Me and my bf will spend $ 50 here for a weeks worth of food for the two of us, and it will be mostly fresh produce.
Expect to wait a long time in line! Try not to come within the first few days of the month.

I was a bit worried when I walked in and saw 2 police officers at the front door and only one way in/​out of the place. A plus was their fruits/​veggies section, which was well stocked and a good variety. It felt kind of like a bulk store with very few name brands, but they did have some good prices, if you were willing to go for the off-​brands.
It’s close to Eagle Square (VA), so it was convenient, but don’t know if I’d go back there, unless I was at that part of the VA again.

Price Rite is my friend.
Who needs fancy displays? Who needs soothing music playing? Who needs only name brands… NOT ME.
I love to cook and feel that I can find most of what I need to make a great meal at Price Rite and save a ton in the process.
Price Rite stretches my shopping dollar like a buffet stretches elastic waist pants and I am going back for more.

I think every Price Rite has the best fruit and veggies around, at unbelievable low prices. Not organic, but personally, I don’t care. Limes right now are 10 for $ 1. Crazy. That being said, I personally don’t want to deal w/​the Valley St. scene. The one in Pawtucket is similar.

This is not supposed to be a high-​end grocery store like wholefoods, eastside, neither that famous among students. But I love it. Everything’s a lot cheaper than anywhere ales. Fruits are always cheap but fresh. I always buy tons of fruits and vegetables. If you are not that picky about environment, organic, this is a pretty good place to by daily supplies.

This location hires very unprofessional security guards that stand at the exit. i had a very bad experience at this location when my carriage locked up when I was walking out, I was treated like a criminal, the security guard was very unprofessional and rude and did not explain the process to me about a supervisor having to see my receipt, he told me if I left the store I would be tackled and I asked him if he was kidnapping me and holding me against my will, he was so very rude and very threatening towards me, I thought he was going to strike me, I will never visit price rite store again, they need to hire more professional staff

Grocery shopping has sort of become the bane of my existence, mostly because of the price tag. After I have checked out at places like Stop n Shop and Shaws, I usually start panicking about how much I just spent on such little food.
Enter in PriceRite which has somewhat alleviated my anxiety. You can’t get everything on your list, but you can get a good chunk of the stuff you’ll need to feed yourself and your family. I was pleasantly surprised at how neat and organized the produce was. The store itself is really not in any order (I saw cheese in 3 different aisles) but for the price of everything, I can handle it. 99 cents for jars of tomato sauce that are usually $ 2.50 everywhere else? Yes please. 99 cents a lb. for all of their apples? I’ll take it.
It’s 10 cents a bag, and they don’t bag the groceries for you, so be prepared with reusable ones. I have also heard to avoid it here on the first of month.
Like I said, you can’t get everything here, so you still have to go to the other places for certain items. But for me, it’s worth making two trips now just for the money I’m saving.

I love the selection of imported products. So many different options of canned tomatoes alone, this italian girl even gets a little overwhelmed.
Nothing can beat the selection of different products at the price points they are here. There is always hummus for 99 cents, chobani greek yogurt for a dollar, more UTZ snacks that I ever thought could exist. Produce has always been fresh, though sometimes they are lacking something essential like lemons or limes.
Why can I not give this place ⁴⁄₅ stars? Its mobbed. ALL THE TIME. Like, been in at 8pm and there have been lines, been in during the day lines, been in on the weekends, lines. Also, well the clientele doesn’t always make it a pleasant shopping experience. I usually find myself going to the price rite in johnston nowadays but will make the trip to this larger one to get items not stocked in the Johnston store.

Can someone tell me where you can get produce, meat and brand name stuff cheaper than Price Rite? No? That would explain why this place is so popular and one of my favorite places to shop. Add a deli and bakery and we’re all set. What’s even more fun is that what they sell changes every week based on what can be sold for a good price. I’ve landed some great stuff like Nutella and Gelato here.
Of course there are some times when the place is avoidable, but overall its hard to find something better.
Its always funny to see people complain about the «other type» of people, when they’re there for the same reason as the «others.»
Also hilarious is seeing people think this is some warzone. Its just a grocery store like any other without crazy prices.

Pretty standard PriceRite. I liked this store better than the one in Warwick. Just seemed like more of a regular grocery store with a bigger produce area and a bakery/​deli area. I went on a Saturday. Don’t go on the weekends. It is packed and everyone seems to be shopping for the next 6 months. Sketch area but it is near one of my fav Mexican places so I was nearby. You can definitely get some good deals but I find the produce is of better quality at the Aldi near my house. The strawberries were rotting with many of them very moldy, ick. Rotting plum tomatoes. Blueberries were cheap but I was afraid to try them since it is hard to tell how good they are at first glance. So quality control is not a concern. The selection is greater here though. The meat was surprisingly ok looking but I will stick with Daves most of the time for that.
As usual, bag your own groceries and bring your own bags. You should be bringing your own bags anyway so I am totally cool with that part. I will prob go to Aldi more often than here but if you are in the area, it will do

One word. Frightening. When I first moved to Providence, I had never heard of this grocery store «Price Rite», but I was told that they were the best prices in town. Oh my goodness, I don’t know that I am capable of expressing my feelings about this place in words.
As you enter the parking lot, there are families of 6 – 8 scurrying about making it nearly impossible to park your car without injuring someone. Expect to have a patron swing a lanyard displaying their city of Providence bus pass around their head and curse you in some other language.
When you first walk in, there is a huge produce area. This, I must admit was probably the best part of the entire store. It seems to be well managed and maintained. However, this tends to be a gathering place for the customers that usually huddle around 4 or 5 carriages in front of the rack of sliced watermelon.
As I proceeded to move through the grocery store, I started to notice that none of the aisles were labeled by what they contained. As I was a bit confused and was looking around, I almost missed the large bin of frozen solid whole fish. There must be 300 whole fish all piled on top of each other in the middle of the aisle!
Inspecting the meat section, I can see that children enjoy tearing the cellophane off of the ground hamburg and shaping it into different things. Mmmmm! I know what I’m making for dinner! A lot of the steaks were discolored and must be passed their expiration date! I decided to move on.
Walking down main aisles of the store, there are no shelving units. There are large boxes stacked upon wooden pallets with no organization that I can see. I see stacked glass jars of pickles, jars of peanut butter, chips ahoy cookies, pasta sauce all one after the other. Two aisles later, I find the same pasta sauce between the over-​sized jars of pigs feet and ramen noodles. This place was just so disorganized that you would have to walk down every aisle in the store to find the one item that you were looking for — I doubt that it would be in the same place two days in a row.
Worst of all was the checkout. There were multiple lines available for checkout, but they all still had over 10 customers in line, some of which had 3 overflowing shopping carts! Almost every customer argues with the cashier about not having enough funds on their state-​issued food stamp card. In case you’re bored waiting in line for 45 minutes, you can be entertained by the intercom operators paging store employees: «Jose! Your 70 minute lunch break is long over! Get back to your register!»
Last, but not least… the cashiers do not bag your groceries for you. Actually, you don’t even get bags! You have to purchase them yourself and move over to the «bagging area» to bag your groceries. I think that if customers are giving them the business, they should pony up the dough and pay the cost of the plastic grocery bag.
Security guards are usually posted at the door and checking out which videos are for rent on the Redbox.

This place is like Guadalajara meets The Wire. Go with backup, preferably someone bigger than you. But if you think you can hang, it’s the absolute best place to get:
Limes
Parmesan, Pecorino Romano and Asiago cheese (grated)
Paper towels
Sparkling water
Olive oil
Be prepared for the longest checkout line known to man. If you are the only person paying with actual cash, this can be frustrating beyond all get out. Just remember, you would pay six times more for the aforementioned stuff at Whole Foods, and that will help you persevere.

This Price Rite location is in my opinion the best one in the RI area.
Pros: It has a full service deli and seafood counter, and seems to be planned out smart and is easy to navigate. They have a well-​managed meat department compared to a couple of the other locations. Everything is always fresh and you’re going to save big over Stop and Shop and Shaw’s.
Cons: You can NOT shop here on the first week of the month. Every EBT card-​carrying person in the Providence metro area will be here to collect their free stuff. I mean if you ever wondered why the taxes in Rhode Island are so high and were curious where all that Obama money gets spread around, come to Price Rite on the 1^st of the month!
Great store, though. Glad to have Shaw’s out and Price Rite in!

I love this place because the produce, meats, and household items sections are great and everything on your list can be bought for a very reasonable price (between $ 3-​$ 6). The aisles are a little disorganized and it takes about two or three passes through to really get a hang of where certain items might be. The full set-​up of the store can seem a little crowded at times and definitely don’t go there on a crowded day because you will feel terribly claustrophobic.
Otherwise, it’s a great supermarket for the basic groceries: meat, milk, bread, things like that. Their dairy selection is lacking but you’ll be so happy getting most everything on your grocery list for less than $ 50, you won’t mind going «dairy-​lite» for a week.

Selection of produce, ethnic foods and various snacks is good. Limited brand selection sometimes but the prices are very competitive. I have tried their bread and deli items and they are not as good as other supermarkets. Long lines form most of the time, so best is to arrive at opening time or near closing time.
Sometimes their offerings are One Time Deals so a few items might not be available every time you come back.

Okay so if you are not too picky about name brands and want to save a ton of money on grocery shopping you need to quit shopping at what ever grocery store you are shopping at now and start shopping at price rite!!!
They have a ton of stuff produce, deli meats, seafood, meats and everything else any other grocery store would have. They do have name brands here, but there is less variety compared to a regular grocery store and everything is such a great price!!!
Fare warning there is can sometimes be an interesting crowd of people, and try to avoid shopping there the first of each month by all means! That is when everyone gets there foods stamps and the lines are ridiculously long it is redic.
However, no fear if you are up for a shopping adventure it is worth the trip, there is a substantial savings and they do have quality products!

Yes, I shop at the Price Rite. Why? Because I know fresh meat and produce when I see it… and when I don’t see it, I don’t buy it.
The choices at the Price Rite are limited. They are a grocery depot. At the same time, it’s amazing that I can buy as many things as I do for so little money. They say you will cut your grocery bill in half, and that’s not just a marketing slogan.
My boyfriend’s mother buys the tins of Portuguese olive oil I get for $ 5.99 at the Price Rite for twice that much in Maine (it was her olive oil of choice long before my boyfriend and I moved down here). There are many gems I’ve found like that. Their deli, although slow, is well worth the wait. There are many known brand choices that are well below normal grocery prices. The greens I can get in the produce department are perfect to feed to my rabbits, because they are cheap and I don’t need them to be flawless.
Checking out is a challenge on the first of the month and at certain times of certain days. You have to buy (or bring) your own bags and then bag your own groceries. These are all things I’ve come to accept. Definitely no big deal.
Because it’s just my boyfriend, myself, and our bunnies, and I buy whole foods for the most part, I spend an average of $ 100 a week on groceries. I get what I can at the Price Rite, and if something isn’t up to snuff or isn’t there, I go elsewhere. It has definitely been an excellent resource.