PriceRite of Rochester – University Ave

Definitely not a Wegmans or even Aldis experience, but not too bad and bargains to be had. I went in the late afternoon and definitely pretty crowded and chaotic. I was in the neighborhood and decided to check it out, and wasn’t disappointed. I ended up picking up some items for family dinner, some staples, and some produce for less than 30 bucks (which is a bunch less than I would normally spend unfortunately!). I also must say the young lady who checked me out was really pleasant too.

Ok. When they have sales THEY HAVE SALES. Good for staples and prices are fair. Bring your own bags certain times of the month at this location it’s not even worth it to go in. It’s crazy luckily Tim Hortons is next door so I go get a coffee or something. If your wanting to get stuff for a party or cook up a storm this is the place to come. Sure they don’t have certain things so yes I go To THE WEGMANS but it’s worth a shot and they have name brands and their own brand. I will admit I’m a snob but I wanna save money too.

Good store only they doubled the price of their eggs. Yea, I know about the Avian influenza that influenced higher prices and all that, but Price Rite is getting either ripped off from their suppliers or plain greedy. I buy my eggs at Aldi’s from now on. Also, they try to sell bad fruit sometimes, especially the plums.

They have low prices, but alot of sub-​par products. Unlike Aldi, however, they have real name brand products which you can find great deals on. They have a large selection of Italian products, mainly Cento — olive oils (large cans), canned peppers, canned olives, canned artichokes, pasta and much more. The produce department is hit or miss, mainly miss. Most everything is on it’s last legs of being ripe. The store itself is a little messy/​dirty, but nothing to make me not want to shop there. Overall, they have a large selection of decent products at low prices.

Price Rite is where I tend to do a lot of my shopping now that I live in the city.
They have good deals on produce, especially tropical fruits.
Around Easter and St. Patrick’s day they were selling hams and corned beef for very reasonable prices.
Out of all of their perks, my favorite is the fact that they carry authentic Italian brands like belgioso, cento, etc. The same goes for Hispanic foods, lots of reasonably priced Goya items.
You can get a lot of amazing groceries, baking items, and brand named goods here for a great price.
Bring your own bags.

If you work hard for your money and are wise strategically — you can save enormous amounts of money here.
I look at my grocery list. Luckily there are some consistencies. Certain items at Wegmans (tissues, toilet paper). Some things are only bought there. Some at the awesome ethnic mkts in Henrietta, or the big or small public mkts.
I stock up when I can. I do without certain things if I can’t get to a certain store (s) as time is money too.
But, once you pay $ 1 for 10 limes — it’s harder to pay $ 1 for 2.
If one does some math, one sees retirement, freedom coming sooner and contributing to society — giving back of ones time, etc.
Food dollars play a huge roll in my families’ finances.
Produce (Latin especially) can be inconsistent but awesome here. I remain flexible (in regards to what I will buy) and plan to go there first today…

I love Price Rite. I only discovered it about 2 weeks ago, but it has become my new favorite store. If you’ve ever been to Aldi, Price Rite is very similar. They have cheap prices, but not always brand name foods. Part of how they keep their prices low is that they don’t accept coupons and they don’t bag your groceries (so bring a few reusable bags with you).
I have found that Price Rite usually has insanely good prices for meat. My girlfriend and I were looking for corned beef a couple weeks ago and looked for it while we were in Wegmans. They had a 3.67 lb. piece of corned beef for $ 25.51. Crazy! We were going to forget about that meal and have something else until we stumbled upon Price Rite on our way home. We looked in the meat cooler just to compare prices and were SHOCKED to find a 2.95 lb. piece of corned beef for ~$ 11. We found great deals like that all over the store.
If you’re a thrifty shopper and you don’t have an Aldi near you, you should definitely check out Price Rite. I love having one only 5 minutes away.

I don’t normally shop here and I don’t really see myself coming here often to do grocery shopping, I am a Wegmans snob.
I came here this time because I dropped my car off to get inspected at Monro and this was close. I figured I would find what I can to make my trip to Wegmans cheaper and smaller.
I didn’t expect the store to be that amazing, I don’t expect frills from stores like this. I have to say I was a little disappointed in what the store did carry though. It was like all name brand of one item and then you want a different item and it is only their brand. I also didn’t feel like they had a huge selection of everything.
I was happy because my weight watchers cereal was like a full dollar cheaper here than at Wegmans, and although Adam’s Kix was a little more expensive than what he pays at Wegmans the box was much larger. I would say coming here for cheaper cereal is worth the trip. Other than cereal, I think I would just prefer to get what they actually had at the store at Wegmans.
It wasn’t a horrible experience and I’ll probably come back a few times in the future but I will stick to Wegmans for my major grocery shopping needs.

NEVER SHOP HERE!
Lines are incredibly long and slow and people get crazy too AVOID !!!

Peppers are good and cheap here. I get some Latin Products here too. The prices are good
But it’s messy and the lines can be very long. However I go there often to get some basic stuff and not overpay for them

If you are a penny pincher, you might like Price Rite. As other reviewers have already stated, this store is organized so poorly. It’s rare that I can do all my shopping here, but there are some good deals here. Some items I pick up here if I stop in include Chobani, fresh mozzarella, spices, ethnic produce, and some baking staples. I’ve never come in here and been able to cross off my whole list, but some items are at least a $ 1+ cheaper than you will find at Wegmans.

This place is the organized shopper’s (me) nightmare but also the frugal shopper’s (also me) dream come true.
The produce is pretty good and usually far cheaper than Wegmans. However, they are not as regularly re-​stocked as Wegmans. The spice selection (primarily Badia brand) is varied and well priced. I also like that you can get small packets of some spices for that single recipe.
The aisles are a little too haphazardly ‘organized’. It is either by region (Italy), cuisine (Spanish) or ingredient (canned goods). There’s also the baking section. However, It is often worth the hunt as commonly used items are cheap here — pasta, beans, sugar, salt, oil, cereal, etc. I also like that you can find hard to locate Caribbean/​Mexican ingredients.
The checkout process here seems massively inefficient. I have been there where lines are 10 – 12 people deep with big carts and only 3 – 4 cashiers are open. I try to have 12 items or less so I can use the express lane. Remember your reusable bags — Price Rite charges 10 cents per bag.
Overall, a good place to go for cheap staples but I recommend going when you have time and are feeling patient.

Let’s face it… there are reasons why you shop at Price Rite. If you want everything neatly organized I’d suggest shopping elsewhere. Price Rite does what they say they do. Sure, it’s a bit chaotic & messy. So is the House of Guitars. That’s part of the «fun» of shopping here.
I used to work with a woman who would make shopping lists for her husband that were planned out to the t… she had a map of the store and would order the list so that her husband would start in the produce area and wind up in the cereal isle before heading to the register. This is not the kind of person who should shop here.
However, if you’re adventurous, stop by… the quest for goods here can be quite interesting!

«Deep breaths, count to 10, try not to karate chop anyone»
If you’ve ever shopped at Price Rite, you’ve probably said those exact words. Unless you don’t know karate.
It’s impossible to find anything here. I searched the entire store for ketchup one day. It took me 10 minutes. There was nobody to ask because it’s a bare-​boned operation. My girlfriend finally went to the front and asked a cashier. Here’s the conversation:
GF — «Excuse me, can you tell me where the ketchup is?»
Cashier — «I don’t know»
Following this short conversation were several seconds of confusion and awkward eye contact. Then there was a 5 to 7 second stare of confusion between my gf and I. Then a small laugh at the situation.
Oh, and there are no bags. BYOB. I learned this the hard way.
On the plus side, everything was fairly cheap. Ears of corn were like $.29. Even at a 1 star rating, I still might shop there again due to the crazy low prices. I just wouldn’t buy the meat. It’s probably fine, it’s just the perception this place gives off makes me feel like the meat comes from road kill or something.