I always buy New Balance. I've got a 4e foot and most makers don't make their shoes in 4e, and if they do, it's only a very few models. New Balance makes most of their shoes in a 4e and all of them in at least a 2e. Unfortunately, it turns out the model that fits and feels the best is also their most expensive (and arguably their least attractive). The first pair I paid full retail at the New Balance store--$145+tax-- but the two subsequent pairs I bought off of ebay from a shoe seller that sells store returns/worn once shoes and the first pair cost me about $74 (shipped) and the second pair cost me only $80 (they look absolutely brand new, too). I've got pretty messed up ankles, so I don't mind spending on shoes. Inside the shoes, I've got Aetrex Lynco orthotic inserts, which have really been miracle workers for me. I will most likely keep buying the same pair of shoes and their successive generations (1123, now, which will be replaced by the future 1124s), forever. I have been curious to try the Brooks Beast shoes, though, as I hear they're pretty much the same as the NB 1123s.
