while it might be the nation's largest grocer, walmart supercenter was ranked at the bottom of the barrel  in a recent survey of america's supermarkets the retailer has consistently been one of the lowest rated grocers since 2005 in consumer reports' annual survey, and this year it was rated number 67, the second worst supermarket as it is the primary shopping destination for ten per cent of the 63,000 readers surveyed by the magazine, walmart is lacking in areas including service and quality of produce however, it was noted for its better than average prices walmart was ranked the second worst supermarket in consumer reports' annual supermarket survey  the retailer (above a worker in the produce section of a walmart in miama) came in at number 67 followed by chain waldbaum's, which was in last place  'every store i go in has room to improve,' said walmart ceo doug mcmillon in a statement that the company released to consumer reports 'i can take you to stores right now and we can walk out of that store with a list of things that we can go do better 'and if we nail those, one store at a time, our short term performance gets better' the respondents surveyed were asked to rate 68 supermarkets based on store cleanliness, food quality, freshness and staff courtesy walmart was joined by a&p (rated number 66) and waldbaum's (number 68), which each earned 64 points   the lowest out of the supermarkets surveyed, according to cbs the annual survey recently published revealed that the biggest gripe among surveyed subscribers is not enough open checkouts, which was cited by a quarter of respondents other findings included:  source: consumer reports  america's favorite supermarket, taking first place, is new york based wegmans the retailer earned 90 points and kept up its consistently good ratings for the last decade by earning top marks for freshness, baked goods and overall shopping experience publix came in second place followed by trader joe's, fareway stores and market basket wegmans was also among a total of three grocers, including whole foods and the fresh market, that earned outstanding produce scores 'it's going to sound cliché, but our employees are our secret sauce,' jo natale, wegmans' vice president of media relations told consumer report natale also shed light on the fact that wegmans is family owned and not publicly traded, which 'allows us to take a long range view, invest in people, and grow at a controlled rate' while only 60 per cent of those surveyed were entirely  satisfied with the quality of their store's produce, meat and poultry offerings; nationwide, consumer reports found that supermarkets need to do better when it comes to fresh offerings findings also showed that only half of shoppers were happy with prepared food offerings as grocers including wegmans, publix, costco, whole foods and fresh market were considered standouts in this category so as shoppers make their 83 grocery store trips per year spending about $5,400 on food, what makes a supermarket the best? the survey noted that those who were the 'freshest' stores were usually the best  overall wegmans (file photo above) was rated america's favorite supermarket followed by publix, trader joe's and fareway stores  in the past, check out speed and low prices might have satisfied customers, but the survey said they are now also demanding a wider variety of healthy, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, meat and fish they also want more organics and local produce 'there's a growing rejection of overly processed and packaged foods, especially among younger consumers,' says willard bishop's jim hertel 'they're suspicious about food additives and so sure 'less is more,' that they buy gluten free even if they're not allergic to gluten' 1 wegmans  2 publix  3 trader joe's  4 fareway stores  5 market basket (northeast) 6 costco  7 raley's  8 sprouts farmers market  9 fresh market  10 stater bros 11 winco  12 hy vee  13 h e b  14 aldi  15 whole foods market  16 fry's  17 harris teeter  18 king soopers  19 fred meyer  20 food city (ky, tn, va) 21 hannaford  22 meijer  23 dillons  24 smith's food & drug  25 lowes foods (nc) 26 shoprite  27 schnucks  28 food 4 less  29 county market  30 qfc  31 kroger  32 save mart  33 ingles  34 iga  35 bashas' 36 marsh  37 piggly wiggly  38 tom thumb  39 giant (pa) 40 cub foods  41 shoppers food & pharmacy  42 bj's wholesale club  43 big y  44 ralphs  45 target/supertarget  46 bi lo (ga, nc, sc, tn) 47 sam's club  48 brookshire's  49 vons  50 albertsons  51 price chopper (northeast) 52 food lion  53 weis  54 giant eagle  55 winn dixie  56 giant (dc, de, md, va) 57 randalls  58 safeway  59 jewel osco  60 stop & shop  61 acme  62 pick 'n save  63 tops markets  64 shaw's  65 pathmark  66 a&p  67 walmart supercenter  68 waldbaum's  1 wegmans  2 publix  3 trader joe's  4 fareway stores  5 market basket (northeast) 6 costco  7 raley's  8 sprouts farmers market  9 fresh market  10 stater bros 11 winco  12 hy vee  13 h e b  14 aldi  15 whole foods market  16 fry's  17 harris teeter  18 king soopers  19 fred meyer  20 food city (ky, tn, va) 21 hannaford  22 meijer  23 dillons  24 smith's food & drug  25 lowes foods (nc) 26 shoprite  27 schnucks  28 food 4 less  29 county market  30 qfc  31 kroger  32 save mart  33 ingles  34 iga  source: abc 7 
walmart consumer reports' a&p waldbaum publix trader joe's fareway
walmart supercenter was ranked the second worst  in consumer reports' annual supermarket survey . it earned 64 points along with a&p and waldbaum's, which was ranked the worst out of 68 supermarkets surveyed . publix was ranked second best followed by trader joe's and fareway stores 