Tanner Brothers Dairy

I recently began to use Tanner’s as a source for all of my fresh fruit and vegetables. I must say, in reading some of the negative comments about it, I just simply cannot agree with them. I have never gotten a single piece of bad fruit or vegetable from there. Everything is well-​stocked and within reach. Be prepared to use cash only — they do not accept credit cards. There is an ATM machine in the store but it’s best to use your own bank’s ATM just to be on the safe side. I will be moving out of the area soon but will travel to shop at Tanner’s. I love it!

There is no doubt that the Tanner Brothers Store that sits at the intersection of Almshouse and Hatboro Roads in Warminster, Pa., could use an extreme makeover to improve the shopping cart traffic patterns, and modernize the check out, but if that were done it would likely sacrifice all that it has been and continues to be. What’s that? Only a well used, still functional, farm stand for the farm run by the family of that name for generations. There wasn’t a fraction of the population nor vehicular traffic in those days. It was about the only game in town for fresh produce, dairy and other kitchen necessities before the Acmes, Clemens, and other grocery chains started pushing north into Bucks County. Seen it this light, it is actually an anthropology museum with daily changing interactive exhibits.
Compared to those modern markers, Tanner Bros does suffer in the amenities department, but makes up for it with generally fresher produce, cheaper eggs, and excellent handmade ice cream. Sure, as a convenience and secondary marketing attraction, it offers national brands on its shelves, and those things are not as competitively priced. But, when we plan well, we hit Tanner’s first, and then make a run to Giant or its ilk for everything else. Makes us feel good to shop locally, and spend a little time in the past.
It’s great to have large bins full of yams, corn, melons, leeks, etc., to touch and choose. And, after lugging it all back to the car, to take a few more minutes to appreciate (and slowly consume) a great Butter Pecan Sugar Cone while watching the cows that manufactured the milk for it, lazily chewing their cud in preparation for the next milking.

The ice cream was really good, the produce was great and reasonable, the Italian bread was calandra which I love and I bought rye bread. I bought store made butter. Sausage and hamburgers that were very good, not made in store. Also bought pickels that were delicious!
I will definitely go again.

I was introduced to Tanner Brothers through their pumpkin pie ice cream. It is amazing! I recently stopped in to try another flavor. I found that their prices for produce were good but the peanut butter brownie ice cream I bought was a let down. I don’t know if I happen to grab a bad container but I had to search through the ice cream to find any brownie. There has been about ten tiny pieces through the entire container. The peanut butter ice cream tastes great but had I wanted just peanut butter ice cream I would have purchased that one! I’ll probably give another flavor a shot since that pumpkin pie was amazing :)

They call Tanner’s a «farmer’s market» but seriously, almost all of their produce is from overseas and they stock super disgusting, mass produced products with artificial ingredients, preservatives, chemicals, the works. In my opinion, that renders their farmer’s market title a bit dubious.
On the positive side, they do have a handful of locally sourced items, like the house made dairy products (milk, butter, ice cream, etc) and meat from area farms, but the rest of the store is full of crap that you can find everywhere. It’s really nothing special.
I’m all for for embracing landmark, local businesses that can survive over the years, but I’m just not getting how this is a 4.5 or 5 star store. Three stars at best.

Best ice cream in the world. The kids love seeing the cows while they are eating their ice cream. And my son just loves the creamy chocolate milk. It is thick and delicious.
The produce is usually top quality as well.

Yes, it’s fun to look at and point at the cows. And they are pretty cows. But they still smell like cows. And they are only cows. I prefer animatronic ones that talk and sing.
The shop is really two sections. First is the produce and stuff. The produce didn’t look great, and the refrigerated/​frozen stuff was full of chemicals and preservatives. I seek out farm-​shopping for natural foods. The dry goods on the shelves were dusty. I bought an Entenmann’s cake (they didn’t sell farm-​baked goodies) which had a layer of dust on it.
The second section is the ice cream section. Great selection of flavors. Not enough counter help. Looked very artificially colored, so we passed.

Amazing quality for produce and ice cream. Highly recommended! Please accept card though!

This place is awesome. I can’t believe I haven’t become a regular until now.
Pros:
— Best chocolate milk I’ve ever had. I’m not a huge chocolate milk fan but it’s so rich and thick that it’s almost like drinking a smoothie or melted milkshake. Even mixing it ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ with plain milk is still delicious. I’m sure it’s horrible for you but every once in a while it’s great.
— Ice cream as others have mentioned is rich and creamy. Not the most inventive flavors but everything I’ve tried is really delicious. Take home ½ gallons (no not the 48 oz grocery store containers) are only $ 5.99. No more nasty Breyer’s for me.
— Produce is generally fresh and much more reasonably priced than your typical grocery store. They have a lot of local farm produce in the summer and they grow their own corn & green beans.
— Last but not least, I think they just started making their own ice cream cake. Best ice cream cake ever. So delicious. Unique in that it has a layer of yellow cake (very tasty) and a thin layer of another type of cake at the bottom. Real whipped cream topping and of course the super creamy vanilla and chocolate layers. $ 18.50 for a small round which was more than enough for a party of 12. We will definitely be ordering this again.
Cons:
— Small store to maneuver around. Check-​out lines can get long during peak times but they move faster than you’d expect.
— Cash only

If you want ice cream, real ice cream, check out Tanners! Ice cream is delicious and the kids have a hard time deciding which flavor to pick out!

Don’t really want to give this place a bad review because I think the produce is good quality and much cheaper compare to supermarkets but my gripe is about the ice cream section. The girl scooping my ice cream the other day had her hair partially untied and her hair kept falling into my cup every time she leaned down to scoop my ice cream from the freezer. Needless to say that I was disappointed that I couldn’t enjoy my ice cream and that she was not required to keep her hair tied properly, nor did she have the courtesy to tie her hair back when serving customers. I hope the staff behind the counter can change this.

I have been getting Tanners ice cream in the signature green and white tubs my whole life! It is simply the best ice cream I have ever had. I’m fairly well traveled and have enjoyed my ice cream addiction from LA to Park City to London etc! My faves are the Oreo (now called Cookies & Cream) and Bubblegum! Now I’d never try bubblegum ice cream elsewhere, but my God is Tanner’s perfect, pink confection good! Unique! Creamy, creamy, creamy!!! Just great flavor and fresh as can be. Always good service. The line goes fast too. I also cannot recall it being too expensive as Goodnoes has become and ZSW in Newtown. I’m a farm girl from the 80s and appreciate the cows. Great place!

I’ve driven by this market for the past 3 years and only within the lastt 2 weeks did I stop to check the place out. Hey I’ve been missing something here.
Walking in I immediately noticed a surprisingly good selection of not just produce but also meats, dairy, condiments, pastas, all kinds of good stuff and most very fairly priced! In fact, even before you consider the better quality, their produce, meats and dairy are better priced then the large chain stores.
The cashier stations are a little dated and may back up given volume but I’ve not seen this yet. I can’t speak fully about the staff, being a new customer, but my experience thus has been very good!
Yes the ice cream is good, not the show stopper as some make it to be, still it is solidly in the good to very good range.
Very happy to have found this little gem and I’m looking forward to being a long term customer.

Six years ago I moved from Buckingham PA to the Pottstown/​Reading area. There are really only 2 things I sincerely miss about the old area:
A) The great Bucks County parks (Tyler, Stover, Tohickon, Nockamixon, Delaware Canal, etc, etc)
B) Tanner’s! Even though where I live now, we have much more access to many local farmers and farm stores, nothing compares to the Tanner’s we left behind. Excellent quality milk, produce, and other assorted items, many from other local producers (like Bauman’s Fruit Butters). And the ice cream — absolutely second to none. The best you’ll ever have… period! This is the only place I’ve ever tasted ice cream where you can actually distinguish the flavor of FRESH cream!
Maybe some of the prices are a bit higher than what you’d find at the local grocery store chains SO WHAT! Shopping at Tanner’s, or any local farm store for that matter, is all about supporting local family farms!
But Fresh. Buy Local. Support Family Farms in PA!

I love the ice cream and milk from here and, even if I didn’t, I would still give it 5 stars. Support your local farms and say no to huge stores that try putting places like this out of business.
Keep doing your thing, tanners!

We have stopped buying produce at Giant and have fully switched entirely to Tanners. The prices are right (comparable or lower than others), and everything is always fresh. The young staff are typically very professional and treat all of their guests with respect.
One should note that this facility does not accept cards– make sure to bring cash!
While you are enjoying your ice cream, wander to the back of the parking lot where you will get a great view of the beautiful dairy cows!

I wish I could review the ice cream parlor separately from the rest of the market, because they are totally different.
Today was my second trip to Tanner’s and first time trying the ice cream. The market is really nothing special. They have a lot of produce, and a few items are really good deals, but most are not. I don’t think they even produce any of the fruits and vegetables they sell — I think they only produce dairy products and eggs. So unless I’m wrong about that, I feel like they are playing you because you think you’re getting farm fresh stuff when really it came on a truck just like the one going to Shop Rite. The corn was a great deal and beautiful and the sign said it was Tanner’s corn but who knows where it’s really from. They have a bunch of other items, almost none of which you can’t get any other local supermarket. And the prices are either the same as supermarket prices or more. I guess you can feel good about supporting a local business.
They employ a ton of kids to work there and that’s always an interesting idea. On one hand, they’re kids and they’re not professional. I don’t want to hear them gossiping to each other or make annoying noises that kids tend to do– well, at least these kids. On the other hand, it’s nice to see this place provide opportunities to these kids as it can be tough getting work when you’re a kid. And they do cash only or check. Honestly it’s really annoying. I understand that they want to be stingy about the credit card fees, but can’t they at least take debit cards? And what are people on food stamps supposed to do? Is this their way of self preservation?
On the other hand, the ice cream is awesome! They have a ton of flavors and also a few flavors of water ice. No sugar free flavors for those watching their sugar intake. I had the banana which was super tasty, and took a giant container of strawberry home too. So next time, I won’t waste my time with the market and just go in for the ice cream. Although now that I think about it, I bed that chocolate milk is delicious, too.

Too few places remain where you can meet the cows responsible for your milk, butter and ice cream. Thankfully, Tanner’s is one of them.
Tannner’s is a farm market located on a working dairy and vegetable farm. On any given day, the cows are out snacking on the pasture behind the store. It is a wonderful sight. BTW, one can buy an ice cream cone and go out back to enjoy it while gazing at the black and white cows.
Tannner’s offers a full-​line of dairy products made from its cow milk, plus its own eggs (both brown and white) and ice cream. As other Unilocalers have mentioned, Tanner’a ice cream is delicious. Our favs are the French Vanilla and the Mocha.
In season, Tanner’a corn alone is a reason to seek out the store. The other vegetable and fruit offerings are good quality and decently priced (not much in the way of organic). From time-​to-​time, more exotic items like midget romaine heads or baby figs will show up, too.
Tanner’a also carries Solebury Orchards Cider (and another brand from mid-​state) that are minimally processed and so much tastier than Ziegler’s.
I am withholding a fifth star until Tanner’s replaces its ridiculous, over-​sized shopping carts. They simply are too large for the aisles, and I hate being caught in shopping cart traffic snarls, which occur on every visit.
Note that Tanner’s only accepts cash and checks as payment for purchases.

Staffed by surly, underpaid teenagers, and they charge more for brown eggs than white eggs (which is bullshit because eggs = eggs) but the homemade ice cream is cheap, fantastic, and the «single» is something like 4 scoops, and the chocolate milk lives up to the hype. I moved away from the area 7 years ago, but I still try to come here whenever I’m in town.
Bonus: It’s fun to pet the cows when they’re out in warm weather.

Everyone in the area knows Tanner’s, and honestly it’s a great local place. They have a nice little farmers market going on, but their showcase is their ice cream. A ton of flavors, a very nice texture, and generally worth the money. That being said, it’s not too expensive either.
Who can resist eating an ice cream cone while watching the cows that produced it frolicking in the fields? I know I can’t.