Stop & Shop Weekly Ad This Week

Your Stop & Shop weekly ad, Friday to Thursday

Grabbing the Stop & Shop circular? Here's what's on our shelf right now. Stop & Shop Weekly Ad (10/16 - 10/22 2026) started on a Friday, runs through Thursday, and has nine pages. Since today's the last day of that run, expect a fresh edition to take over soon. If you're planning a big grocery run, check the dates before you leave. Everything we publish is a scan of the ad pages, not a price list, so use it as a plan and confirm details in the store or app.

Want a wider view? Our US weekly ads hub and the supermarket weekly ads page line up the chains we cover, many of them neighbors in the Northeast.

Stop & Shop in plain terms

The chain is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, and it belongs to Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian grocery group. Wikipedia counts 365 stores as of 2025 across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, downstate New York and northern New Jersey; it left New Hampshire in 2013. The roots go back to a Boston shop called the Greenie Store in 1892, and the company took the Stop & Shop name in 1946. Stores sell the full grocery mix plus bakery, deli, florist, pharmacy, general merchandise and gasoline.

A 2024 detail on the same page: 32 underperforming stores were announced for closure. If your old neighborhood store disappeared, that may be why. Other New England banners are worth a glance too, like the Big Y weekly ad and the Market Basket weekly ad.

Stop & Shop Rewards, app and digital coupons

Go Rewards lives inside the Stop & Shop app. Per the App Store listing, you can look at your local weekly ad, save coupons to your account, and earn Go Rewards points to redeem for grocery savings, special offers and fuel savings. A savings blog updated in March 2026 says points are earned per dollar spent and that fuel savings apply at participating Shell stations.

• Tap to add a coupon, and it's applied automatically at checkout, in store or online, according to a coupon-guide site.
• Save your digital card to your phone wallet and scan it at the register.
• Check redemption limits before a big trip, since third-party guides cite a range per transaction.

Returns: what to know before heading back to the store

A very common search is whether you can return unopened food to Stop & Shop. A third-party returns guide says most items have a 30-day window with a receipt, an ID-based gift card option without one, and a shorter 7-day window for fresh food. That isn't an official page, so treat the numbers as a guide and ask at customer service. Return, exchange and price-adjustment terms are set by the retailer and by local consumer law, and can differ between stores and between online and in-store purchases. Read the conditions at the till or on the receipt, and keep proof of purchase.

Stop & Shop hours, holidays and the pharmacy

Questions like "what time does Stop & Shop close" and "is Stop & Shop open on the Fourth of July" are all about the clock. Pharmacy hours get their own queries: people ask when the pharmacy opens and closes, and the answer can differ from the main store. The sources we found for Thanksgiving and Christmas conflicted and were weak, so look up your own store on the official locator. Don't rely on a random hours page; many are auto-generated.

Alcohol, delivery and other quick questions

Shoppers often ask whether Stop & Shop sells alcohol, takes EBT or WIC, does money orders or delivers. We could verify only that the app's release notes mention a leave-at-my-door option for third-party driver deliveries. The rest varies by store and state; alcohol laws in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, for instance, aren't the same. When it matters, call the store.

A few Stop & Shop facts that explain the chain

The company moved into superstores starting in 1982, which is why many stores feel big. Wikipedia also notes a Dunkin' Donuts partnership that began in 2002, a Starbucks tie-in from 2006 that was later scaled back, and an anaerobic digester at the Freetown distribution center that supplies part of that site's electricity. A 2019 strike lasted about 11 days before it ended. None of that changes your weekly list, but it's useful context if a local store looks different from the one you grew up with.

How to read this ad

Start with the front page, where the headline items sit, then move to meat, produce and dairy. Compare with the Acme weekly ad this week if you like to compare Northeast grocers. Come back when the next edition goes up.