Commodities Natural Market

Horrific Customer Service. Called to see if they had a particular product, wanted to know if they could possibly give curbside service. Clerks were very rude. I have a small child and a dog in the car, was told «These are personal problems»
No parking in front, was obliged to double park.
Higher prices than Whole Foods, gluten free bread $ 14.99
As I was leaving, another customer asked what the problem was, and the clerk with unkempt appearance, Kimberly replied «She wanted special treatment.»
That being said, when I called ahead, and product was set aside for me by a kind gentleman who worked in the store.
I really wanted to give a local company a chance.
I’ll be ordering directly from Julian’s Bakery from now on.
On a side note, Whole Foods will bring your order to your car, or even hail a taxi-​cab for you, while carrying your heavy groceries.
Commodities Natural Market does not even offer delivery.

4.79 a pound for green peppers?
And please take a good look at your (mostly rotten) produce, complete with fruit flies!

Okay the prices for produce are high, but they are organic and very fresh. I bought a bunch of beets for $ 3.49, which is not much different than the price I would pay at the Union Square greenmarket. I also like the bulk grains, which are fresh and fairly priced.

Great produce, locally sourced, always organic.
Many products here cannot be found WFM.
Cashiers are awesome. So is Sean in supplements section. Very knowledgable.

Every day this place blocks the whole sidewalk and forces pedestrians to walk in the street. When I went in to speak with the sales associates, they treated me like a joke and said ‘it wasn’t their fault’ and the trucks are supposed to come earlier.
Well I pass by the same times every day, and this has been a problem for a long time. Today I watched as an elderly lady was forced to walk in the bike lane so these lazy guys can casually stock the store.
If you shop here, think about what people ‘might be doing’ to the fruit and vegetables that are exposed on the sidewalk as they pass by :)

Commodities is my go-​to food store in the neighborhood; they have a good representation of products and – importantly – are responsive to customers’ requests.
Some say they charge high prices, but I find their markup is fair, if you compare the prices to other local stores. It seems most of their tags say «SALE,» meaning the products aren’t eligible for a senior or other discount, but it appears then a discount would bring their markup down to a squeakingly low level. (You don’t want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.)
I know they moved from a much larger space in Tribeca when they first moved to this neighborhood; this accounts for the crowded feeling of the current store; it is crowded! Their produce is all organically-​grown, and when possible, it comes from small, local farms.
And, it needs to be said: I’ll do almost anything to avoid shopping at WholeMart™; Commodities is a more-​than-​adequate alternative.

They have NECTAR NUGGETS. I’ve been looking for these things for 15 years thinking they were out of business. Look, all you need is a natural amazing tasting peanut butter cup that compares with Reese’s. What do you need produce for?!

Oh, Commodities. I want to love you, but your cashiers are dicks, your produce is consistently wilted, sometimes rotten, almost never local, and your prices are through the roof. Personally, I am more than happy to pay through-​the-​roof prices for a locally-​owned organic grocery, so that’s not the problem. It’s the other stuff that’s the problem. When I walk into a store and all the greens are faded and collapsed, and your strawberries are all moldy, it communicates that you guys just don’t care.
That said, I will continue to shop at your store on a near-​daily basis, because occasionally I walk in and everything looks great! The tomatoes are still from some faraway place, even in July, so I’m not buying those, but at least the greens don’t offend me. Your garlic is the best with none of that musty flavor. And while you don’t very often rock the produce, you do have all the other stuff a healthy-​food-​loving person needs in a very compact space located below 14^th street and east of 2^nd Avenue.

So far so good, didn’t even know this market existed in my neighborhood until a little while ago.
They definitely aren’t in short supply of the latest popular raw vegan and organic treats. Their produce is a little sketchy to me. I stay away from anything you might be eating the peel of (even if I do have vegetable wash at home), including the apples. The whole store seems a little… dingy. It sort of reminds me of a gloomier small scale branch of whole foods. And I know this is going to sound crazy but whenever I eat the food from there, even if it’s packaged, sealed food, I always get the sense it’s not very fresh. Even if it’s a bag of trail-​mix or GO-​Raw cookies. Having eaten the same brand somewhere else, it always seems less fresh here. Could be a psychological thing.
Staff is polite and helpful and the organic selection is bountiful.

If you’re gonna charge what you charge for organic produce, at least spray them down so they would at least be clean. A lot of the greens and herbs are wilted. I don’t care if your excuse is that it’s all natural, it looks like garbage. Don’t get the hype. Yeah it’s nice that it’s not a large corporate whole foods but quality wise of the produce, it’s not good and is overpriced. Their prices for Brussel sprouts are ridiculous and how do you have the nerves to sell cauliflower by weight? Just avoid the produce here all together, they’re price gougers. Also their cashiers are too slow.

Best prices on healthy snacks (including Brooklyn stores — I would find the Abraham’s hummus at Back to the Land for 10 cents more than at Commodities), pricier on their all organic produce and hard-​to-​find food items.
Two thumbs up for their made in-​store organic beet-​juice-​mix (with a clever name that’s not going to come to me right now). So tasty and great for those with iron deficiency.
Also, they’re one of the only stores to carry supplements that *can* help with Pancreatic cancer. Thanks for that! The staff is a bunch of kooky characters — get used to it, it’s the E-​VIL — but it they won’t Starbucks you («Oh, did you mean Venti?) and I wouldn’t have the place any other way.

You know it’s expensive when Whole Foods is cheaper… It’s nice that it’s in the area and the selection is decent, especially given the size, but holy moly it’s expensive! Honestly, as much as I hate to say it, I think I would prefer going to WF where the selection is greater and the prices, shockingly, are lower. Then again, you have to deal with the NYU students at the Union Square one… What’s the lesser of the two evils? Only you can answer that.

Despite the Beyond Meat site, this shop doesn’t carry it, and the staff was kinda rude in informing me of the discrepancy, distracting me from the good selection of great products, like the odd but charming BjornQorn.

I live around the corner, and some things aren’t too pricey here, but others are way overpriced for what you can get at other markets. My go to place in a bind. And they take coupons though!
The produce is consistently overpriced and sometimes it’s not very fresh. I would stick with the farmers market if you can make it over there.
The selection of organic and Whole-​Foodsy type ingredients is phenomenal here. I love love LOVE their bulk spice section where I always get just what I need, so I’m always guaranteed fresh spices.
Stay away from the cheese here. Sometimes it’s old and moldy — in all the bad ways — and generally they don’t have a great selection.
Service here is hit or miss. Some of the cashiers are so slow, grumpy and really don’t care that there’s a line all the way to the back of the store. Others are the sweetest people ever.

This place has great deals on certain organic foods and veggies. In my shopping bag: Organic Ginger, yams, onIons, garlic, olive oil, bulk oatmeal and nuts, lettuce, butter…
Staff are cool, can be wyrd and wacky and that’s mostly a compliment.

Awesome selection of vegan foods and veggies but I found the majority of the food to be Heavily OVERPRICED. I went in to grab some Tempeh and they had it but it was over $ 5, the avocados and several other of the produce seemed really high as well. I was so sick of looking for the Tempeh I would have bought it but the LINE.
Good god –hire some more people to work there. (1) no one was around anywhere to answer questions. (2) the line was over half the store and most people only had 1 – 2 items.
This place is good if you are in a sever pinch, but whole foods and co-​op on 4^th street have lower prices.

I love this little shop so much. It’s a little pricier, but totally worth it if eating organic is important to you. Plus, the owner tries to source local produce when possible.
Another great aspect of this shop is that the people who work in the back, in the wellness section. All are really passionate about feelin’ good. They seem to know everything about everything back there. My favorite person to ask is the punk rock guy who works exclusively in the wellness section. He is super duper knowledgeable, and very nice. Stomach stuff? Lady stuff? Digestion stuff? Whatevs. G’head. Ask. He’s happy to help.

Excellent choice of products & Helpful staff!
Good array and choice of products, and prices are reasonable when in the realm of ‘Natural Foods’ and how they are often higher priced then ‘Mass produced’ supermarket foods.
I walk out of here feeling fine, and not swindled by snake oils or over-​processed health foods. Nice big selection of produce, and other foodstuffs. Love their body products, tinctures and vitamins, and the staff who are so good about helping out those «not in the know’ — that’s often me.
Check them out. They’re smaller then Whole Foods, but they’re bigger in the ‘local touch’ of getting to know your neighborhood store.

Un petit supermarché épicerie naturel ou vous trouverez plein de magnifiques produits bio et plus ou moins de niche. J’y ai trouve de l’eau de coco, du vinaigre de cidre, des thés et infusions fabuleux, des jus de fruits au top.
Alors certes c’est cher mais tout est vraiment de qualité si vous voulez faire des courses pour bien manger pendant votre séjour.

Love this place, love that it’s two blocks from MY place.
After refusing to deal with the horrendous Trader Joe’s lines, and getting sick of giving my full paycheck to Whole Foods just to make dinner, I started coming here a lot more often. The staff are friendly, the selection is great, and they really have everything you need. Reasonably priced milk, eggs, chicken — all organic. Great bulk products — quinoa, barley, etc. Fresh produce at the front. Beauty and vitamins in the back. Good freezer section. I really can’t complain.
And I love that I’m supporting a small neighborhood business. Commodities has a permanent spot in my grocery stops.

This is right by the corner of my neighborhood. They carry a good variety of grocery and produce here. I love buying dried goods and some healthy organic items here but I can’t accept buying vegetable or fruit here. It is so much more expensive than Trader Joe’s!
Yet, this is my emergency stop if I run out things and can’t make it to Trader Joe’s or Chinatown.