Cafe Pilon, Bustelo, La Llave, El Morro, Caribe, or almost any of the Caribbean brick coffees are my choice. Never a can.
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The last ground coffee I bought was Dunkin Donuts, 2 bags, for a pantry at a senior center. Bought it at a Dunkin shop as I had when I used it, because I thought it would be fresher. I bought beans for myself. I haven’t used pre-ground coffee at home in many years.
My family was a Folger’s family from as far back as I can remember. (I didn’t start drinking coffee til I was 26). They also drank a local product, Maryland Club, from Duncan Coffee, a local family owned firm, but Folger’s was the favorite.
Maxwell House was based here, on the east side, moving here as Cheek-Neale coffee company early in the last century. I always thought Maxwell House was sour/bitter tasting.
Lots of people here rave about Community, including foodies. I don’t get what’s special about it but to each his own. Community would certainly be among the big 4 name brands here. I echo what @bbqboy said above about Chock Full o nuts. Used to be able to get it here but not in a long time.
These days I drink cold brew, either from concentrate (Trader Joe got me started. I also use Chameleon Espresso since I don’t get to TJ’s very often) or ready-to-drink - Stok Not Too Sweet or Extra Bold, and I drink it chilled - right out of the fridge - not iced but definitely not hot, year round.
I love being able to sit down to a mug of coffee with so little fuss, in a matter of seconds as opposed to several minutes of futzing around.
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Heh, my wife grabbed a bag of Dunkin original since it was on sale… but she was rushing got whole bean. Wow did it smell good on opening the bag. So much so that I had to find our cheap blade grinder (hadn’t used it since we moved in 3 years ago-- Procrastination champ here + COVID getting in the way of everything) and you what, I’m inspired again. 
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I don’t remember which coffee I bought prior to the Keurig, but growing up my parents bought Folgers for their percolator. My bedroom was directly next to the kitchen and so was woke up every morning by their coffee routine.
It started with the repetitive banging of the grounds basket against in the side of the waste bin, running water, and eventual gurgling sound of the percolator and the coffee aroma.
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I like to buy locally roasted, ground coffee at the store, such as Balzac’s, Fireroasted, Las Chicas del Café.
I also buy Lavazza, Van Houtte & Illy.
I buy ground Viennese-style coffee at the Polish grocery store.
Out of mass-produced coffee, I sometimes buy Nabob, Folger’s or Maxwell House. I have been buying more smaller batch coffees the past 2 years.
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Oh, I forgot about Mrs Olson. My back hurts now. I’ll be sending you a bill.
So, anyone have a supermarket ground coffee the think is truly awful. My vote for here in the northeast is Hills Brothers Coffee. In the before times it was often on sale for a buck for the 1 lb can which is why I’d get it.
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when the pandemic forced me from NYC, i had to find a new coffee, and it had to be supermarket brand. i grabbed a bag of Dunkin hazlenut and drank it for about a year and a half, until my food shopping got more adventurous and i found a cafe/roastery the next town over that really knocked my socks off. now i drink that. i still have an emergency bag of Dunkin in the pantry though.
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There are plenty of alternatives at my local Ralphs–paper bag vs. can; bean vs. ground; house brand–many established names with fluctuating price points to tempt me–even if I stick to Colombian. Just got a great price on Peet’s colombian in bag ground. Once I open it, I’ll pour it into my Don Francisco can.
Not exactly Supermarket coffee yet I despise going to a restaurant and being served Sysco Columbian coffee.
Pretty sure I drank that in various offices for years, before high-quality coffee became A Thing.
You don’t mention whether you like the Sysco coffee brand. I find that it has an odd after taste.
Before Gourmet Coffee became ‘a thing’, I enjoyed Dunkin Donuts coffee.
Otherwise, you were having coffee at a restaurant or at home.
The donut places were not all that popular as they are today and coffee shops were non existent.
So Eight O’clock was a favourite growing up.
There were not that many choices of coffee. The other was the one with the slogan : ‘Good to the last drop’ (Maxwell House).
After that the options were all instant coffee Folders Crystals, Sanka, Nescafe etc.
It’s terrible, yeah 
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Speaking of terrible… Fast Food CHAIN coffee over the years? Going back to oh '68-ish MacDonald’s came to our NYC suburb and its coffee was horrible! And no matter where/ what state I was living in or visiting-- NY, NJ, MA, RI, ME, KS, MO…prob CT & NH too when passing thru-- it was universally bad. I think BK’s was perhaps worse. 
Then, wonder of wonders, someone at Mcd’s got a clue 
10+ years ago. It’s actually decent now. 
at least in the ones between ME & NJ.
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Agree with you totally! I wouldn’t have believed it but my parents insisted it was great, so when on a road trip, we’ll often coffee up at McDonalds.
ETA: this applies to the ones I’ve visited mostly in the PNW, and inter mountain western states, Oregon and California.
McD’s coffee is remarkably good. A small can still be had for $1.00 at many locations.
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If you have access. to Wegmans and like heavy, dark strong stuff…Try Wegmans Espresso. I, personally, got hooked right away. Also hard to beat at $17/ 3 lbs. I still like to treat myself to Death Wish coffee once in while, but that’s too expensive. Wegmans has their own milder coffee as well.
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I’ve read much about Wegmans online here but never visited one. Is it an espresso grind too or whole bean?
You can get both. I buy whole beans and grind them every morning. But you can buy ground there. Or another option is to buy whole and grind them yourself to your liking. They have grinders there as well.
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