Best in Cebu: Best Supermarket

I'm going on a "Best in Cebu" to highlight what are the top restaurants, locations, birthday/ party places, gadgets and the like to help the average metro professional around the compact city of Cebu. This is of course based only on my personal opinion with some parameters for objectivity but nevertheless it boils down to my personal biases and needs. If you agree or disagree, please feel free to air out your thoughts. I'm always open to new albeit contrasting ideas

Let's start with Best Supermarket or grocery store. A couple come to mind immediately

1. Metro Gaisano/ Metro Ayala - this is one of my favorite places because
• Location: It's right in the middle of everything. Uptown Cebu
• Prices: Relatively affordable - some of the items are very competitively priced
2. Foodarama - I've asked many a homemaker and many swear by this place as the most affordable in this side of the city. 

• There's hardly a lot of people there too so you have time to go around and not waste time 
• Product variety: You may miss some items, but of what is there - they are one of the best prices you'll find
3. Shoemart or Save More - SM does not fail when it comes to product variety they have almost everything. I say almost because you will not find Colgate there. I'm not sure why but I've heard rumors. Anyway fact is, you will not be able to buy it there, among other things - but very few. By comparison to other places, you'd have the highest possibility of finding what you need in SM
   

• And you don't just need to go to SM City Cebu now to get SM needs - there's Save more in Park Mall, Mactan - there's even the new SM Hypermart
• Ambience: Very crowded particularly during weekends and sale periods. 
• Traffic: Can be very painful if you get caught during again - weekends & when there's a sale
• Also received negative publicity from a recent shooting in one of their Luzon malls - that must have been quite a scare
4. Robinsons is actually not a bad option except for the negative publicity they got recently when an armor car got robbed
• But there are other Robinsons options now too - Robinsons Cybergate doesn't really have a supermarket but it's a great place to eat particularly if you have a patient/ doctor to visit in Chong Hua Hospital
• There's also Robinsons in BTC or Banilad Town Center - very quiet there. Product variety not as extensive but they've covered the basics. When in a hurry and just have a few items to pick up this is usually a good place as it isn't too crowded
5. La Nueva and Unitop are also very affordable options. However is located in downtown Cebu City where parking is horrible and traffic is worse. I often find myself having difficulty navigating the labyrinth of roads there just to get back to Uptown