I like the Amex Blue Cash Preferred. It gets you 6% back on groceries, as long as where you buy them codes it as groceries. You can check each purchase on your payment for the category. So far, Wegman's, the liquor store attached to it, and Vitamin Shoppe all code as groceries for me. You get 3% at major dept stores. The list is on the Amex website. As well as 3% back at gas stations. For me, it covers all the basic necessities minus restaurants, but you would get 1% at those as well, since it's 1% for all other purchases. It just depends on preference. Some prefer the Double Cash because it's a flat 2% on every purchase. To each their own.
