27,208 readers. 55 U.S. supermarket chains.

Those were the numbers Consumer Reports recently contended with when it set out to determine the "10 Best Supermarkets in America."

Why do we need to know such things? Because, evidently, most of us grab a cart and head down the aisles an average of 88 times a year and plunk down more than $6,000 in the process. Plus, c'mon, you know it's fun to look at lists like this.

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So, let's see whether your favorite/most frequented market made the cut, beginning with the highest ranked ...

1. Wegman's (83 mid-Atlantic state stores): Best service, best perishables, good prices, and best cleanliness.

2. Trader Joe's (408 stores in 30 states): Best service, good perishables, best prices, and best cleanliness.

3. Publix (1,080 stores in 6 southern states): Best service, best perishables, okay prices, and best cleanliness

4. Costco (649 stores worldwide): Okay service, best perishables, best prices, good cleanliness

5. Sprouts Farmers Marker (150 locations): Good Service, best perishables, good prices, good cleanliness

6. Market Basket (71 stores in New England): Good service, good perishables, best prices, good cleanliness

7. Raley's (85 stores in CA, NV): Good service, best perishables, bad prices, best cleanliness

8. Fairway (14 stores in NY, NJ, CT): Best service, good perishables, best prices, and good cleanliness

9. Stater Bros. (167 stores in CA): Good service, good perishables, best prices, and good cleanliness

10. WinCo (93 stores in AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA, TX): Okay service, okay perishables, best prices, and okay cleanliness

And, the bottom 5? Pick n' Save, Acme, Pathmark, Shaw's and ... Wal-Mart Supercenter.

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