We visited the regional chain that beat Trader Joe's for the title of best grocery store in America — here's what it's like

The best grocery chain in the US is one that most Americans have never visited.

In fact, Wegmans, which has fewer than 100 locations, gets thousands of calls per year from people begging for a store to open in their hometown.

Wegmans has ranked number one in Market Force Information's annual survey of the best grocery stores for the last two years thanks in large part to its loyal fans.

But we, like many other Americans, had never been to a Wegmans, so on a recent trip to Charlottesville, North Carolina, we knew we had to visit one.

Here's what it was like:

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