I tried chicken salad from Costco, Trader Joe's, Wegmans, and Whole Foods. There's only one I'd buy again.

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Four packages of chicken salad on a wooden cutting board.
After trying four different options, I found the best chicken salad to buy at the grocery store.

Ted Berg

I tried potato salad from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Wegmans. One stood out as the clear winner.

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Containers of Whole Foods Red Bliss potato salad, Wegmans potato salad, and Trader Joe's potato salad, each with a small bowl in front displaying the corresponding salad.
After tasting three different options, I found the best store-bought potato salad.

Ted Burg

I tried frozen burger patties from Costco, Whole Foods, and Wegmans. I'll be making my favorite all summer long.

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Three raw premade patties on white plates with an orange Whole Foods patty box, a package with a black Kirkland Signature label on it, and a green and red box with a Wegmans logo on it on a gray marble table
I tried burger patties from Whole Foods, Costco, and Wegmans.

Ted Berg

I ordered cupcakes from Wegmans, Publix, and Walmart, and the cheapest ones were mostly a hit

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Three packs of vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with white frosting and rainbow sprinkles one from Wegmans (bottom left), Publix (top), Walmart (bottom right)
I got cupcakes from Wegmans (bottom left), Publix (top), and Walmart (bottom right).

Elliott Harrell

I tried and ranked apple-cider doughnuts from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's. The winner tasted incredible in my air fryer.

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Apple-cider doughnuts from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's on a white plate atop a wooden cutting board.
I tried and ranked apple-cider doughnuts from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's.

Ted Berg

I tried ice-cream bars from Costco, Whole Foods, and Wegmans. The winner had an extra ingredient that gave it an edge.

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A gray counter holding a purple box with illustrations of ice-cream bars, a white box with a red, blue, green, and orange design and images of ice-cream bars, and a red-and-white box with an ice-cream bar on it sitting next to blue, green, and purple plates holding ice-cream bars
I tried ice-cream bars from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Costco.

Ted Berg

I tried frozen stir-fry from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's. The best one blew the others out of the water.

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Opened bags of frozen stir-fry from Whole Foods, Wegmans, and Trader Joe's brands and a plate with stir-fry portions from each brand on a cutting board.
I tried and ranked stir-fry from Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's.

Ted Berg

Kroger's secret weapon in the battle for your dining-out dollars is ... sushi

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Sushi is proving popular with shoppers at supermarkets like Kroger.

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