Whole Foods Market

The customer service is awesome! I was tasked with picking up two large sheet cakes for my friends wedding on a Wednesday. I battled through after work traffic and got there before the other pick up person did. So I went inside to check on the status of the cakes and wondered if it would be possible for someone with very little upper body strength like me to carry the cakes on my own. The person working the bakery counter was so kind that she got the cakes on a cart while I moved my car to the loading zone just outside of Whole Foods. Not only did she meet me at the loading zone, she then patiently waited for me to rearrange my trunk so that the cakes will fit and helped me loaded the cakes. I was worried about transporting the cakes in one piece but thanks to her help, I was able to complete the task and the cakes made it to the venue without issue. Thanks for the awesome experience!

went to a whole foods for the first time in my life
man. MAN. never before have my asian facial hair genetics felt so inadequate.
if i were into tall attractive bearded white men this would be THE SPOT.
but it’s more than that… it’s the friendly smiles and the genuine ‘how are you’s; you know, the kind that makes you feel you should give at least a full sentence in response.
the kind that washes away your fear and crippling social anxiety
the kind that says, «hey man, I know you’re high ;)»
EMPLOYEES 5 STARS.
but floral coffee samples? 8 brands of hot dog bun?
what is this bougie circus???
he says, munching on his ‘gluten-​free, all natural, non-​gmo parmesan pepper sunflower seeds’

no mystery why Whole Foods is losing business big time. I have shopped at this store since it opened spending about $ 200 per week. Recently broke my tooth on a rock in one of their bulk items and they told me to take my small dental bill and put it where the sun don’t shine. I haven’t spent any money their since. Hard to imagine how that calculus works to justify losing a good, long-​standing customer over this but apparently that was the corporate decision. my money now goes elsewhere… but at least they didn’t have to pay that dental bill!!!

Be careful when you buy things here. while the quality of the vitamins, bath/​beauty items are excellent, be sure to double check the prices on your receipt. I purchased a bottle of vitamins that were priced at $ 7.99 (as labeled on the SKU on the shelf), but was charged over $ 9.75 for the bottle. Customer service was nice and gave me the bottle of vitamins for free and refunded me the full amount I was charged.
I also purchased tea that was supposedly 2 for $ 5.00, but tea that was not a part of the sale was shelved/​stocked directly under the sale tag. Now, I don’t know if this is how WF gets away with overcharging its customers, but if it is, it’s a stealthy way to do so.
Also, be aware of the quality of the pre-​packaged, prepared foods. My husband purchased a roast chicken and the entire outside of the chicken was burnt black. We didn’t realize this until we came home, and the store was already about to close. I was told by the hot foods counter lady over the phone that the burnt chicken was probably a «bad batch».but c’mon, someone had to individually place the chicken in the plastic container and then put a price tag label on it. QFC and Fred Meyer has never sold burnt-​to-​black chickens in their hot foods department, from my years of shopping there.
I like WF, but they need a little bit of improvement in their food and pricing.

I’m an admitted PCC fan for all my healthy food needs. But, I do really like Whole Foods. They seem to have taken many of the things that I like about PCC to a whole new level. Soon, I think there may be a very tough market for PCC to compete. The prepared food at Whole Foods is really terrific and the selection is amaze balls, like the kids are saying. PLUS, there’s a convenient and cool place to sit and stuff the food in your face. Yes, all I need is a quick place to stuff the food in my face, drop the garbage into 4 – 5 different bins that still perplexes me every time. How do I know if the plastic feeling fork and knife that I picked up is in fact compostable? Can I hold it up to the get the light to reflect off of it, just enough to catch the name or raised letters. Most of the time I just give up and throw it all in the garbage, like the other 48 states (obviously Oregon has hippie bins too)
I dream that someday Organics and Sustainable foods don’t cost 30% more than the «conventional» versions.

Great cheese and wine selection, overpriced as usual but that really shouldn’t be a factor when you have other, more affordable stores around you could have gone to. I do love that they have an easily accessible parking garage, definitely makes the shop easier. I will definitely be returning for specialty items that I can’t find at my usual grocery stores!

I like this Whole Foods. There is always plenty of parking either in the garage or across the street. And their items are fresh.
Most importantly, they have really good Mexican wedding cookies! And… they sell dark chocolate almond bark that is to die for.
See, while most people shop at Whole Foods for healthy green things, I go for the Mexican wedding cookies. I just happened to stumble across the chocolate bark while cruising the bin isle and am now equally hooked. I’m bad. Very bad.

I love the selection here of natural cosmetics, supplements, and vegetarian fare.
However…a big part of my shopping experience is how I’m treated by the people who work at a store. The last couple of times I’ve been in, I’ve felt that I was in the way.
And sometimes the staff’s behavior is a bit odd. One time I had my headphones on and while carrying my shopping basket, a staff person followed me waaaay too close and it seemed he was looking in my basket. When I turned to fully look at him he pushed past me without so much as an, «excuse me». The aisle was completely clear with no reason for him to do that. It was weird.
Anyway, I don’t like the vibe there lately so when I can, I shop at PCC for my specialty items instead.

Parking was a fight every time in either lots. Staff were not friendly & just wanted to avoid you asking them questions. Regular & organic produce not clearly marked. Shoppers were rude, watch out for super fast shopping carts, and the pusher’s eyes usually were on the shelves & not where the cart was going. A lady customer cut me in line like i didn’t exist, but the cashier didn’t even say anything. They do have very good meat, but didn’t have veal when i needed it for a dish. I always have to think twice before coming to this Whole Foods.

The breakfast bar doesn’t ever seem to have enough food on weekends and popular items like the biscuits and gravy tend run out before 10 AM.
This morning I stopped by at 9:45 and sure enough the biscuits were gone. I asked one of the kitchen workers if they’d bring more out and he told me they stop putting out more food at 10 AM. I looked at the watch and proceeded to tell him that it was still a quarter to 10. The other worker replied: «we always have a lot of people coming through here…» No isht? Really?
The store downtown usually puts out more breakfast items until 11, and that’s where I end up if this store doesn’t produce. You’d think someone would know which breakfast items to stock up if those are the first ones to go, but no.

This is my grocery home base.
I know what I like and they (usually) have it in stock.
This store is a treasure hunt and I have often discovered a new favorite food from just browsing the shelves and finding something new to try. The people who work here are so friendly, and they will often ask if I need help finding anything, whether I have a quizzical look on my face or not (and they’e not asking because they’re checking me out as a shoplifter, they’re just asking me as a person, which I appreciate to no end!).
I’ve also never waited in line for checkout for more than 5 minutes — whether this is because I go at a less-​than-​busy time of day, or their superb line-​management control, I do not know.
I do think quality food is important, but sometimes I just cannot justify the price of certain items. Whole Food knows they are a premium provider, and I understand they have a business incentive to milk that for all they’ve got. But that annoys me as a customer. –1 star for sky-​high pricing.

Great selection, just like any other Whole Foods stores. Clean, full of local products. My only issue was that I could not spot any help. When the Beauty/​Personal Care department lady did show up, with me standing there obviously looking for help, she just ignored me until I said something first. When I asked her a question about a particular product that they used to carry, she was rude/​uninterested in answering. I’m sorry I’m bothering you lady! I’ll ask my questions at another store I guess…

Typical Whole Foods. Not much to say about it, if you’ve been to one, you’ve been to them all pretty much.
Got what we needed and got out rather quickly.

Whole foods, with its all natural product offerings, locations in upscale neighborhoods and ability to charge a 17% markup on their items when other grocery stores only charge a 4% markup is a modern marvel. Jokingly (or maybe seriously) referred to as «whole paycheck» by those of us who don’t think there has to be a choice between quality and poverty, this whole foods doesn’t disappoint.
All joking aside I consider their meat section to be top notch. And to many people surprise this is a great place to get a burrito or a sandwhich. And I guess if you have to grab coffee while in the grocery store it is as good as any.
I won’t ding whole foods in rating for being expensive becsuse frankly it just is what it is. However what I will knock this location for is all of the «homeless» people outside begging for money. I mean you never ever see anyone outside any other store in Greenlake panhandling but this store always has 3 or 4 people right outside the door. And this doesn’t even count the real change guys and people conducting one survey or another. I can’t even beleive the girl scouts haven’t gotten in on this action. So to anyone at While Feeds reading this, sometimes I just want to be able to run in, pick up food and leave without being harassed by people that are adding no value to my shopping experience. It wod be great if you could make that happen.

Well I can’t wait until the Tacoma store opens! This is only my 2^nd WFM I’ve been in up here because I have to trek from 23 – 30 something miles just to get here. At least there’s parking you don’t have to pay for and you can park underground unlike down at the Westlake area. That is crazy with construction and pretty much zero parking.
I came to an event at the Community College and thought I’d drive to the nearest store since it’s so rare I get to one.
This particular store while driving to it for the first time felt it was in a strange location. My GPS hit the nail on the head though. thank goodness. Whew! Not knowing the streets here at all is a killer.
This is absolutely my favorite store in all of the Northwest and it’s been hell for the inconvenience of having to drive many miles for my favorite bread and some other natural goodies that Marlene’s Mkt doesn’t have.
Love the bakery, the salad and alternate hot and cold food bar. I bought my bread, 3 awesome smelling bars of soap on sale 3/​$ 6 back near the yogurt area. I assume they will always switch up deals. That deal was awesome far as a good natural soap.
I don’t take advantage of the prepared ready to eat foods that are immediately ready to eat since taking it ‘to go’ for about a 45 min to 1 hour drive home on a good day is too long. I would have to eat it here, but if you’re local… SUPER NICE! Lucky you!
The service is always outstanding!!!
Went to get some coffee and bought an Americano that comes with 4 shots. YES 4.FOUR FFFF FOUR shots of espresso in it. They used Allegro coffee (regional brand) and it was delicious. The cashier guy was awesome too. Told him how excited I was about the TacTown store coming.
*SIDE NOTE ON COFFEE DRINK PURCHASE* Bring you own cup! .25 cents off any of drink you purchase using it which exceeds .10 that the big chain store offers.
The very colorful young barista girl was awesome also. Loved her make-​up artistry. She rocked! We talked about that Yerba Mate and she asked me if I had ever tried it with chocolate in it. I said ‘No’.sounded interesting. She took it upon herself to make me a nice little sample of it. Very exotic drink highly recommended.

The store is always clean or you’ll see spills are dealt with immediately as I had noticed broken glass on the floor but it was resolved as expected. Pronto!
I love the feel of the clientele here. All ages were coming through as I noticed a ton of students coming through the door, so I assume a school is near by.
In the end. I appreciate very much a store that provides the regional goods which to me is worth it’s weight in gold!
Like most of my reviews for awesome places…‘I’ll be back’ Maybe not this store but def TacTown when they open.
*hands creating the shape of a heart*

I hate to love WF, but I really, really do love it. This location has a lot of the same stuff as every other WF in the area, but is set up kind of strangely IMO.
High notes:
Relatively easy and plentiful parking
The usual yummy meats and cheeses
The usual pretty good produce
The usual pretty good beer and wine selection
Kerrygold herbed butter — so, so yum!
Low notes:
For some reason the organization of this location is confusing to me and I find it more difficult to navigate than other locations.
As a grad student who spends a decent amount of time at UW, I come here sporadically because it’s close by at the end of my day. It’s not my favorite location, but that won’t keep me away.

Pretty much like every other Whole Foods I’ve been to in here and California. As always, there’s a nice selection of organic foods (slightly better deals compared to PCC for some items such as berries, probably because it’s a larger chain), the giant food bar is pretty good, and the selection of smoked fish/​fish jerky is always a nice touch. This place is always pretty hustlin’ and buslin’, but parking is pretty easy to find.
One last thing — I’m a pretty big fan of bread (I could eat it all day) and the sourdough bread here was delicious. Better than Costco because it doesn’t go stale the next day and definitely much better than what you find at Safeway, QFC, etc. For the price, I think it’s also larger than what I got at PCC.

I like this Whole Foods. Their beer aisle is very well organized and the beer guy seemed to know what he was talking about and was very helpful (you usually only get one or the other… or even worse… neither). They seemed to have some bottles that I haven’t seen in other places (yet).
I also got to try some food here as well and the clerk/​server (I don’t know what to call them) was super nice and he even offered to heat up the food since it’s been sitting out a bit.
This Whole Foods offers free parking although pretty limited. Now that Toronado is just couple blocks down from this place, I will be visiting here a lot more often =)

This WF rocks! Dropped by after a workout to get some snacks. Their prepared food section is HUGE!!! I could spend my whole paycheck here for sure. I don’t really know what else to say besides it’s a fairly standard WF otherwise.
Not sure what parking is like since I walked over. Clean store. Big. Easy. $$$. The regular.

I can see why people refer to this place as Whole Paycheck.
Its easy to spend a lot of $$$ if you’re not careful with your purchases. I manly shop here for bulk foods and sashimi grade salmon. I do love their salad bar but its easy to go overboard with cost. Their hot foods isn’t as extensive as the Bellevue location and I think its just pales in comparison as well.
This Whole Foods isn’t my favorite place to buy groceries mainly due to price but they do carry quality products.