Albany Region Residents Have Numerous Choices As Stores Move In Or Expand

Robbin Dzembo is a grocery dabbler.

The Rensselaer resident likes Price Chopper's salad dressing more than Hannaford's, but gets her balsamic vinegar from ShopRite. She'll travel to PriceRite in Schenectady for produce or Mexican sour cream. She'll swing by Aldi for bread or milk, get her paper goods at Walmart, and her coffee and cheese at Trader Joe's.

But she wishes there was a Wegmans nearby.

"I would knock over an old lady for a Wegmans," she said. "I love Wegmans."

She makes one large shopping trip a week, but she says she stops at one market or another almost daily.

"When we go on vacation, I don't want to see a famous museum," she said. "I want to go to Piggly Wiggly."

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