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Sauders Store on River Road in Seneca Falls is the most decorated grocery and health food operation in the FLX Finest awards — eight awards across four years, including Gold for Grocery in 2023 and 2025, Gold for Health Food in 2022 and 2024, and Silver in the corresponding alternate categories every year. That level […]
In Naples — the charming village tucked into the southern end of Canandaigua Lake, famous for its grape festival and dramatic fall foliage — Rennoldson's Market at 136 South Main Street is the grocery store that keeps the community fed. The 2024 Gold for Best Grocery Store recognizes a family-owned market that stocks everything from […]
In the small village of Ovid — population roughly 600, perched on the ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes — the Big M supermarket on Main Street is not just a grocery store; it is a lifeline. The 2022 Gold for Best Grocery Store recognizes something that the judges and voters understand intuitively: in a […]