Natural Grocers

I love that I have a local place to get lots of the same brands I’d drive 30+ minutes to get at While Foods or New Seasons. The prices are often even better. (Not always though.) The loyalty card program is a nice perk that the other don’t offer, too.
Some of the cashiers are not very friendly and the produce tends to go bad really quickly (points for it all being organic though) so only buy what you need in the next couple of days.

The first time I shopped at the Burnside Natural Grocers, I was impressed by the warm, friendly treatment I received. The young lady who helped me find what I was looking for actually took me to the item on the shelf, happily, after I took her away from her work in another part of the store. The second time I went there, I got the same treatment from another employee. Today was the third time — over many months — and, you guessed it, a very pleasant shopping experience, courtesy of yet another employee. What really surprises me is, I don’t toss out phrases like «pleasant shopping experience»; this store just has that effect on me. It makes me want to come back and buy stuff I don’t even need just to soak up some of the vibe.

I’m digging this store. Some things are more expensive than other stores, but others are less. You have to figure out and price shop. I like their little discounted meat section. They have non bpa lined canned goods which is sometimes hard to find.

This store has probably the most extensive selection of supplements I’ve ever seen… in fact it’s more of a supplement store then a grocery store.
Protein powder-​they have entire row of it!!! They have sections for digestion, sleep, heart health, joint health, multi-​vitamins, and just about anything else you can think of. About ½ the store is devoted to this. Also a nice refrigerated area that you can purchase probiotics and other items that do better chilled. The staff will happily assist you in choices. I now have a new multivitamin that is vegetable based and doesn’t make me nauseous.
Also have great selection of bulk nuts, flour, and other baking and nutritional add ins.
The food here is good quality and organic. But if you need a reason to shop here it’s for the supplements. If you want a grocery store with a big selection of organic food I feel that New Seasons is better. But the prices for organic are good here and they have enough for a dinner. FYI: meat and cheese selection here leaves a little to be desired.

They always have what you need, and helpful friendly staff to assist you if can’t find something.

They have a lot over the normal grocers and are the only place around that are offering a lot of this and are priced that you know it. The produce section is very small, but they have mainly in season organic so that is fine. The section for food is very small but you can find the odd things you need hopefully. We went to just get veg.

How could it have taken me so long to go here? I’m so happy. The quality is great, there are so many affordable options, and they had everything our family needed. The free tea and coffee are a nice touch, and I’d love to go to a class in the teaching kitchen, which is beautiful.
I think that whether you’re used to going to New Seasons, Whole Foods, Fred Meyer, or Safeway, you will be happy here. It’s delightfully navigable, feels happy, and the employees are super kind and helpful.

They only have frozen meat. I came in looking for free range chicken breasts yet no meat department in sight. I felt like leaving it was very upsetting. wish they could better serve non vegetarian customers. on the upside, the «health and beauty» aisles are wonderfully stocked

So very happy you are here. Great selection for a smaller store but typically has what I need overall and each time I visit the store which is more than 1 – 2 times a week, I am grateful you are here!
The prices overall seem good, selection well thought out and I love the chicken. I find that the chicken is «cleaner» less fat wrapped around where you would be paying for something that would be discarded.
Thank you! Thank you!

Lots of nutritional supplements but we had a hard time finding specific grocery items we needed.
Their produce is fresh and neatly arranged. Bulk foods come prepackaged so if youre looking for bulk bins like most grocery stores look else where.

Today was my first time shopping at a Natural Grocers (Gresham). Impressive: I love that you can actually shop the peripheral and be healthier for it, I love that their not providing any type of bags at checkout reinforces sustainability-​different sized boxes from packing were offered, I LOVE that everything is organic and their prices are competitively cheaper than commercial products at bigger stores, I love that the store was busy and ALL of the staff still acknowledged others with a gladness to share the store and a friendly attitude – Daniel particularly stood out in the produce department, he had a wonderful blend of charisma and knowledge of his department and products, and store for that matter. Since I cook at home, having a prepackaged section over a hot or cold deli, etc, isn’t important. Everything was effectively presented. A great first impression. We will be back, and to think I live in North Portland and there are rumors that one might be built on the N Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and Alberta PDC lot? Got my vote.

Good selection of gluten free food and good customer service. Not good parking though.

I am so happy for Natural Grocers in Gresham. We needed you especially since we lost our whole foods store and Lillian’s market! Natural Grocers is well stocked, clean and everything is so fresh! The prices are great! Thanks for eliminating the «Yuppy Tax» and offering sane prices! Your employees are so happy and helpful! You are GREAT. Keep up the good work!

This store is out of this world. It is simply put, whole foods with winco prices! But with a laidback, family vibe. Alot of my favorite brands I found for sometimes as much as 2 or 3 dollars less… for example daiya vegan cheese, which is usually 6.49 at new seasons was 3.49 there! They have such an amazing abundant selection of everything you could possibly want, snack foods, frozen goodies, amazing produce, vegan toiletries, even pet food and treats! I cant explain how great this place is, youll have to see for yourself! In the pic I posted, I got all this for $ 101!!! My cat was excited too!

Wait. here in Gresham? Really? And, what? Reasonably priced even? And, say again? Items that you cannot just find anywhere but here specifically. Good quality items, healthy options, and priced for the blue collar community to boot. I’m thinking someone’s got this town figured out finally. Gresham is the 2^nd largest city in the state and they are treated like 2^nd class citizens. It happens to also be filled with very colorful people and that includes people that care about eating well. Yes it’s loaded with old malls which is where Natural Grocers is located. And it works!
I walked each aisle to see what was on the shelves and was pleasantly surprised over and over. I took many pictures with my camera to share this with others on Unilocal.
I am hoping that this store succeeds so that other similar places might be encouraged to move in to the area and stay. Just make sure you don’t overprice yourselves out of the community.
PS — Bring your own bags as they don’t use plastic or paper. You can buy a really cool bag for .99 though.

Yay! Finally we get a place that offers tons of organic and healthy options! AND they’re nice! We got some delicious organic soba noodles here. We’ll be stopping in regularly!

I just came back from my first visit to Natural Grocers on their opening day and I found it hard to contain my excitement as I explored aisle by aisle and found everything that I could possibly want all in one grocery store — In Gresham! No longer will I need to drive for 20 – 30 minutes to go to a New Seasons or a Whole Foods to get a special hard to find brand of mock meat or organic hair product. It’s all right here, and for less than what I’d spend at either of those stores anyway! They also had a lot of free samples, including a mini bottle of enzyme tablets, whey protein, etc. And I got a free shopping bag and a $ 10 off coupon (in honor of their grand opening week). Also, where else can you get kombucha for $ 1.99? I know it’s on sale right now, but even on sale, the lowest I’ve ever seen it for was $ 2.49.
Their produce section was relatively small, but it was 100% organic, so in that sense, it’s equal in size or greater than the average organic produce section in a grocery store. The prices were slightly more than its non organic counterparts (what you might find at another store) but cheaper than its organic counterpart at say, Whole Foods.
Their hours are essentially from 9−8pm Mon — Sat and 10−7pm on Sundays although technically they advertise being open a few minutes before that and a few minutes after that as to maximize your shopping time so even at closing time, you are welcomed into their store. Now that’s a nice friendly concept!
Hmm. any negatives? The only thing that I thought was a bit strange was their pre — bagged bulk section. When I go through a bulk section, I like to be able to measure out everything myself instead of having it pre-​measured. It’s usually not the right amount I wanted, and if I wanted something pre-​bagged, I wouldn’t buy it from the bulk section. It was also a little hard to navigate, but I wasn’t looking to buy any «bulk» this time around on my shopping trip anyway. Perhaps in the future I will see some positive to this unconventional way of bulking items.
All in all, a great experience and a wonderful addition to the Gresham area! I think and hope that Natural Grocers will do well here. It was sad to hear that Whole Foods used to exist here but had to close down because it wasn’t getting much business from the Greshamites. Now that this place exists, I know that I will be frequenting the store and hope that my other neighbors will continue to do so as well.