Healthy Alternative Natural Foods

Today was not a good day here. Missy the employee is very rude, non smiling and rude toward the customer. Treated a lady with disrespect when she tried to write a check. When I asked her if they carried something she looked at me strangely. Know your products Missy, have a smile on your face and be pleasant to the customers!

These guys are nice, have a good selection and are willing to order things for you if they don’t stock it normally. I bought some organic seeds here for my garden and they grew up nicely. I come about once a week and I enjoy seeing that they aren’t afraid to try out new products.
Plus they are right next to the Bike and Bean!

I can’t see to many reasons to complain. Prices are not that bad. Staff seamed to be nice. They usually have what we need when we are visiting these kind of places. We will keep visiting.

This is a great local health food store. I normally end up here when I need an unusual supplement of some sort. If you are having a hard time finding what you need just ask one of the staff, they can point you right to it. Their opinions on supplements are pretty good too. While I’m there I usually take a minute to browse their food section and find something that looks interesting. They don’t have a huge selection of food but it’s definitely worth a look. They also have pet products.

I love this store! They have a great variety of healthy foods and products for a small business. The staff is always courteous and friendly and they are very helpful. The only complaints I might have are that they don’t have many fresh fruits and vegetables (though they do have a few) and the prices are pretty steep at times. Overall though, this is a great place. I shop here all the time.

I’ve been going to Healthy Alternative for a number of years and though I like supporting local business, I’m often put off by the staff, so my review will differ from the others.
I like their selection, and it seems that each time I go, there are more and more local products being sold. That’s great! Some of the prices are a bit higher, but when you weigh out driving to Whole Foods in Oakley, it’s just as easy to buy your items here if you’re in the neighborhood. They are, to my knowledge, the only business south of the Ohio river that carries Dr. Praegger’s natural spinach bites for kiddo’s. It’s the one thing my child WILL eat, so I’m apt to buy them where I can.
When I was a week overdue with my baby, I went in to buy some more natural baby items for the nursery. The clerk asked me when I was due, I told her, then she launched into how I should «embrace the pain» of delivery and NEVER let them poison me or my baby – I should have looked into a douala and midwife instead of the hospital… Yes, I was in a Natural Foods store, No. I didn’t ask for her opinion. In fact, by that time, I’d had it up to HERE with opinions about «how» I should do things with my baby. Turned me off from going for a time, but I went back.
A few days ago, I went in to purchase the spinach bites and a few other things. My little one wasn’t feeling well, so I thought I’d look into some vitamins or natural healing methods. As another reviewer posted, it can be overwhelming, but there was only one person in the store, the clerk at the register. So, I read and read, and when I was reading my third pamplet on a spin around display rack in an aisle, another clerk (?) with a customer came right into my space and she said, «That’s exactly where I need to be.» And then she just stared at me. So, I guess I was supposed to simply move because obviously, this clerk and the customer were FAR more important than anything I could ever need to do. And where was she while I was reading bottle after bottle and pamphlet?
So I just went to pay for my items. The other clerk (the one who berated me about natural delivery) was giving a hard time to a woman buying MUCH to expensive holisitic dog food. Apparently, she purchases this food frequently and gets a discount from the manager. This clerk wouldn’t budge and said, «I’m not her.»
Most of things this store carries, I can get at Whole Foods, Kroger, or even Target, now. While I love to support local business, I am less inclined when their staff seem to think they are above reproach where general manners and being polite are concerned.

The staff at Healthy Alternative is what really makes this store stand out from its competitors. Their vitamin and herbal remedy selection is so expansive that it can be a bit daunting. However, the staff is knowledgeable and can help you find what you are looking for. Recently, I was looking for Slippery Elm capsules for my grandmother (as recommended by her physician). The salesperson didn’t even hesitate when I asked where it was; she walked me right over to the shelf.
As impressive as their vitamin selection is their natural pet food and care selection can’t be beat in Northern Kentucky. Though I’m not a pet owner myself, this would be the only place I would shop for a critter given the recent pet food scares. I talked to a man who drove over 40 minutes to stock up on all-​natural pet food at Healthy Alternative.
Their prices on most canned and frozen foods can be pricey, but their bulk dried herbs are cheap and relatively fresh.