The American Customer Satisfaction Index has put together an annual ranking of America’s favorite supermarkets for more than three decades. They recently shared the results for 2026 and it’s filled with good news and bad news depending on which brand you shop with most often.
Albertsons Performs Poorly in 2026 Grocery Store Rankings
For the first three years we lived in Boise, we shopped at WinCo almost exclusively because it was the closest store to our apartment. But when we moved further into Southeast Boise, we became Albertsons people. The switch had nothing to do with the products Albertsons offered and certainly wasn’t because of the prices. It was because of proximity, again. Now we had to drive past the Parkcenter location on the way home.
While we love our Albertsons Parkcenter staff, the Boise-based grocery chain as a whole didn’t do well in this year’s ACSI rankings. After sliding backward in 2025, their satisfaction score dropped another 3% in 2026.
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That leaves Albertsons sitting #19 out of 20 stores. The only brand it outperformed was Pennsylvania-based Giant Eagle. It also puts the chain behind Walmart, which had finished dead last in previous ACSI ranks for twenty years.
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For the second year in a row, Trader Joe’s finished as America’s favorite grocery store. However, this year, they didn’t have to share the #1 spot with Publix. Trader Joe’s satisfaction score increased by 2%, allowing the brand to sit atop the throne alone…