Portland Food Co-op

They are clean and only let very few people in at a time so there might be a little wait but it goes by quick. This store is kinda small but it has a lot of produce and dairy also so many other natural products. You can also buy your lunch they have soups and sandwiches ready to go. Friendly helpful service you can save even more by becoming a member.

The staff here are so friendly! I love chatting with them. They often have interesting produce (my newest find there is bergamot - I think it’s a lemon? It’s amazing to bake with!)

Amazing! Bulk spices and soaps to refill. Not able to right now cause of the virus but still able to fill up and purchase an inexpensive container. Great veggie selection too.

I don’t know. I haven’t lived here for twenty years, but I’m kind of marooned here until the spring. I bought there for a while because it was in walking distance and was the closest thing to supporting my own local market and bodega. BUT I kind of would figure if someone is a member they would say. Like every one has amnesia, which some how I feel like I’m suppose to feel guilty thinking, like I don’t care for the elderly? I like the local mom and pops and places that know my name. However, I totally felt iced by a cashier the other day for not having a membership. I know I was just buying beer, but I’ve shopped there a bunch because it was local and convenient. For being some how a local place, it felt more corporate and exclusive. Just to keep in mind, I rounded up every time. I just guess I miss being able to buy a beer with no hassle at a grocery store. I mean I’m in my forties. Just saying...

Wow I had kind of a terrible experience and as I love supporting local businesses, this is a bit sad for me to share. The co-op requires a number of safe handling practices that are a bit different from other grocery stores: no personal gloves allowed (mine are fingerless), you must use their grocery carts or baskets, baskets can’t go in through check out..., which is all fine, I’m happy to go through all of it but the people that work there are kind of condescending about it. The cashier who checked us out explained the basket can’t be placed on the conveyor belt, fine, and that we aren’t supposed to use our reusable bags, fine, but then she had to add in “‘cause, you know, the virus.” Ok, thank you for that information. Then she gives us the runaround to find more produce to fill our food rebates quota only to tell us they won’t take expired ones. Which is also fine, but in the past they would just switch it out for me and that was always okay. I don’t know, maybe to me I don’t think that just because you have all these new rules that you can also be rude about it. I’d been coming here for a few years and I’m not sure I want to go back ever again.