South Jersey checking in here..my local Shoprite is always crammed with food and other things, and it's a very good deal IF you shop the sales which i always do! Aldi's is good too, but you can get meat and some groceries much cheaper at Shoprite when it's on sale. Aldi's is great for banannas (always 39 cents a lb.), fancy european chocolates and cookies etc., and staples such as trash bags, food storage bags and so forth.Also frozen food. For the rest of what the Jersey lady said, she's pretty much on target, but i only recently started shopping at walmart, so i'll have to investigate what folks are saying about it.
By the way i've gotten SS for the past 4 years and at least since that time the people who have come on it no longer get their checks on the 1st of the month. You get your check on the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th weds of the month, depending on your birth date. Mine is the 23rd, which really sucks because i'm getting it on the 4th weds for the PREVIOUS month! I'm surprised that no one picked up on that--guess most of you are young uns.