Everyone has to eat, but in Upstate New York, where you buy your food is a point of heated debate.

Which shop is the cream of the crop? Take a look at our six competitors:

Wegmans:

Wegmans is often named one of the best in the country and was even named the No. 1 supermarket in one annual survey.

How did Wegmans earn its cult following? Not only does Wegmans have a large cheese selection in each store, it has its own cheese cave to age some of its fanciest fromage. Wegmans even has its own organic farm.

The Rochester-based chain has 89 locations spanning from Buffalo to Massachusetts, down to Virginia.

Price Chopper:

Price Chopper as we know it is disappearing and the sleek, new Market 32 is taking its place. So far, there are eight Market 32 locations in Massachusetts and the Capital Region.

Will the new Wegmans-esque shops give Price Chopper an AdvantEdge over the competition? Only time will tell.

The Schenectady-based supermarket operates 135 locations from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania.

ShopRite:

Several locations of this New Jersey-based supermarket feature '50s style diners, coffee and smoothie shops, barbecue joints, oyster bars and other full-service restaurants.

Not only can you consume calories at ShopRite, you can burn them off. One location in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey has its own fitness studio, a gym that hosts Zumba, yoga, Pilates and other classes one does not often find at a supermarket.

ShopRite has more than 230 locations, from Albany to just outside the District of Columbia.

Tops:

Board game lovers will enjoy this Buffalo-area chain, known for its annual Monopoly game that awards more than $10 million in prizes and discounts.

Tops also offers an extensive line of cooking classes and kids cooking camps.

The Williamsville, New York-based chain operated 168 locations across New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

Hannaford:

Growing up in the Capital Region meant you were either a Price Chopper or Hannaford family. The Daily Meal ranked Hannaford as the 31st best supermarket in the country, lower than Wegmans and ShopRite, but higher than the other three competitors.

The Scarborough, Maine-based supermarket operated 188 stores from Maine to New York.

Big M:

The rise of large supermarkets has for the most part, meant the downfall for smaller mom-and-pop grocery stores. Big M is a bit of a throwback, as most of the 19 small stores are independently owned and operated.

The stores may lack some of the harder-to-find ingredients, but despite their limited buying power, offer sales that often exceed the big-box stores.

Big M has 19 stores in New York and Pennsylvania.

Poll:

For the sake of comparison, discount supermarkets, such as Aldi, PriceRite and Save-A-Lot, specialty grocery stores, such as Trader Joe's, and warehouse clubs, such as BJ's, Costco and Sam's Club, were excluded from the poll.

Which store is the best? Vote in our unscientific poll. Is your favorite not listed? Leave your nomination in the comments below.

Note: Online polls conducted on NewYorkUpstate.com are non-scientific and their results should not be considered an accurate reflection of public opinion.