The best and worst foods we ate during grocery store showdown taste tests 2020

best and worst Grocery picks of 2020

We hit local grocery stores to try several popular foods, including frozen pizza and BBQ sauce. Here are our best and worst picks of 2020.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- 2020, the year when we all visited grocery stores like never before. This year saw many of us working and schooling our children from home. And heading to our favorite restaurant was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

To help readers who are cooking more than ever, cleveland.com reporters Yadi Rodriguez and Brenda Cain hit dozens of local grocery stores and bought hundreds of dollars worth of popular items, including frozen pizzas, pasta sauces, salad kits and barbecue sauce. They conducted taste tests to help find what people can confidently spend their money on and products you should steer clear of.

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