America's Healthiest Grocery Stores

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10 standout supermarket chains are leading the way to healthier food shopping.

10. SuperTarget
9. Pathmark
8. Publix Super Markets
7. Food Lion
6. Albertsons
5. Hannaford
4. Trader Joe's
3. Harris Teeter
2. Safeway
1. Whole Foods

Note: Wegmans was too small a chain to make the list but drew praise from the judges.

Wegmans: The Next Whole Foods? - Healthy Living - Health.com


Panelists:

Kate Geagan, MS, RD is a nutrition consultant to companies and author of "Go Green, Get Lean: Trim Your Waistline with the Ultimate Low Carbon Diet"

Alan Greene, MD, is a clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, president of The Organic Center and author of "Raising Baby Green"

Frances Largeman-Roth, RD, is the senior food and nutrition editor at Health. Her first book, "Feed the Belly", and eating guide for expectant moms, will be published in spring 2009.

Linda McDonald, MS, RD, is a dietitian-nutritionist and owner of Supermarket Savvy, a resource for health and culinary professionals

Christine Palumbo, RD, is a nutritionist who serves on teh American Dietetic Association Board of Directors

Lisa R. Pawloski, PhD, is chair of the department of global and community health at George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services