Fred Meyer

So I’ve been a fan of Fred Meyers for many years but lately my local Fred Meyer has had empty shelves not just in a couple departments… in every department! not only am I sick of dealing with not being able to get what I’m looking for. I’m starting to wonder if they’re even going to be around. either way I need to start looking for another place to shop. This makes me sad

They have EVERYTHING I want, including a really good natural foods section, but the customer service has been consistently really spotty!
At every Freddy’s I’ve shopped at for the last 18 years (Renton, Kent, Tacoma, University Place), it has been VERY CLEAR to me that the corporate culture of Fred Meyers (and their larger owner corporation) is to take advantage of their workers. That’s the ONLY way you end up with so many tired, overwhelmed, under trained, and of course underpaid, unhappy employees over several obviously understaffed chain stores in 2 different counties over the course of almost 2 decades!
Fred Meyer’s would be my one-​stop shopping place, but I don’t like to support the corporate greed that results in this kind of culture. So I go to several other stores where the workers are treated better, and the stores are better staffed, because it makes for a much better shopping experience for me, AND I think a MUCH BETTER community & society in general.

This place is great. Super clean, tons of shit to buy. Produce is nice quality too.
No, there is no cell phone coverage in this bermuda triangle of supermarketage. However, I propose culling all these whiney idiots who can’t manage to do their grocery shopping for 20 minutes without being connected to their god damn cell phone. You failure of a human being.
If you wanna save a little bit of money and risk getting stabbed in the ghetto which is Lakewood, go ahead and head south to Wallyworld. I’ll pay a little extra and enjoy the non-​scumbag clientele of this Freddies.

I have shopped Fred Meyer for years and am usually quite satisfied. Today I had a checker that could not care less about me. No conversation, rang up my order of over 300.00 without asking for my reward card. I mentioned it at the end and she looked irritated and said she didn’t know what to do. She called over a supervisor and asked and the supervisor (without even acknowledging my presence) told her to have me take my receipt to Customer Service and they would fix it. The supervisor walked off and the cashier looked at me and said «you heard her», I told her I hadn’t heard because they were not talking to me. She again looked irritated and told me to take my receipt to Customer Service and wait. I left the store. Why should I be penalized for the cashier’s mistake? Maybe SHE should take my receipt to Customer Service and wait. I felt like I was brushed off and I certainly will not make Fred Meyer my go to store anymore. If they don’t want my money, I’m sure some store does.

A MAN’S MAN Review of Fred Meyer in University Place
Today I felt like mingling with the fine citizens of University Place!
I’m scared maaan! The prices at this place got me scared but this place is packed with people! Every item sold at this place is like hot lava! You wanna touch it but you know if you do you’ll get burned! We are not talking about your hands getting burned… we talking about your wallet getting burned!
It’s pricey in here but if your pockets are deep enough you won’t mind shopping here because it’s basically a one stop shopping location. If your trying to save a buck then just down the street is the fabulous LakeHOOD Walmart.
I honestly like Fred Meyers and once in a blue moon you’ll find some good deals but don’t be sticker shock when you see the price of things up in here!
Would I recommend UP Fred Meyers? Yeah, most likely.

This is my favorite place to buy groceries nearby. Walmart down the street can kick rocks. There is always a great selection of organic groceries.. At decent prices. Plus I love that there is everythinggg here, from groceries, to home decorations, arts&crafts, furniture, lawn & garden, clothes, baby items, jewelery store and a Starbucks! They even have childcare for petes sake! Also one thing that makes me very happy are the fuel reward points! (: we have to buy groceries anyways, and to get rewarded for doing it (by getting a good discount on fuel. that we also need) is AWESOME!

I love coming here vs Safeway in the town center.
There are always plenty of registers open and the store is very organized.
Their produce department is pretty impressive and carry a wide variety of vegetables I normally have to go to h mart for.
The only thing that bothers me is the way the isles are set up.
The bakery is on one end but the bread isle is located in the middle of store. Kind of weird for me.
And the eggs & cheese are not but the dairy products lol.
Oh well I’ll just have to adjust.
Btw sign up for rewards everyone can use gas points

I like Fred Meyer’s in general and think they have good prices. The service in the deli is horrible and that has been my experience time after time. I also find some of the staff to be rude and entitled. Unfortunately, I still think this is the best place to shop for groceries.

Brittany who was my cashier seriously hates her job… bad customer service, won’t be returning anytime soon! Duces!

I live directly behind this Fred Meyer, and shop here about 1 time a day. whenever I need something, it’s simply right next door! Usually the employees are friendly and helpful, I have only removed one star for the unfortunately rude woman who sometimes works the self check out late at night, something rang up that was supposed to be 20% off (seahawks t-​shirt!) and she made it pretty clear that she wasn’t going to price check it for me. i was uncomfortable, so i paid for the shirt and came back the next day for a price adjustment from customer service. HOWEVER, this review is mostly about what happened there today! Yesterday was terrible for me. i was just running late all day and had to be in seattle by 6pm for a friend’s birthday dinner. I had bought a bottle of nice wine for her as a gift, and then 2 bottles of less expensive champagne just to drink at the party. I put them each in separate bags because i didn’t want them clanging up against each other, but the second i walked into the party (like i said, my day was going bad, so i did end up being about 30 minutes late and everyone was already there), the fred meyer shopping bag broke and of course the gift bottle (and the only red) was the one that broke all over the floor. Super embarrassing, and left me without a gift to give! Today I told them about what had happened and they replaced the bottle, no questions asked. Well, i’m not driving up to Seattle again anytime soon, so I enjoyed part of that bottle this evening, and I am happy I did. Thank you for amazing customer service!

I couldn’t agree more with the reviewer who stated it was amazing how much a store could vary within a company. Their are Fred Meyer locations I would consider somewhat dated, bordering on «ghetto». This is not one of them! The store has a slightly upper-​end feel to it, but without the upper-​end prices and much greater selection. I definitely consider living next to this store a major perk to my home.

Love this fred meyers the only negative is the lady that tends to watch the self serv registers is incredibly unfriendly and rude.

I went shopping here for the black friday sale and dispite all the confusion of the holiday shoppers, the sales staff were still very friendly and helpful in getting what I needed. One of the secvice associates at the front counter even helped me save $ 50 dollars on a mail in rebate. I would definately recommend shopping here to anyone looking for good customer service and reasonable prices. Good job Fred Meyer staff!

This is the best Fred Meyer in Tacoma. Great natural food section, the facility is always clean, and the staff are friendly. I’m glad I live close to this one!

Let me add that the Ecoupons rarely work. Be sure to check your receipt before you leave. And, if they don’t work, you’ll have to endure the super broke down union employee at the customer service counter who will make you tabulate your own savings. This has happened to me several times. The most recent time I had to tell her what I purchased, hand her my phone so she could see the coupons on my phone, then watch her tabulate it on a calculator. She was off by several dollars, which I didn’t realize until I left the store. I went back. Needless to say, when I showed up in her line again within 5 minutes, she was not happy. She gave me a few more bucks but was off overall, so i got screwed. It happened again on a subsequent visit. I still have the receipt and tried to email corporate but got nowhere because it is a big circle that leads to nowhere. If you do finally find the door to email customer service specifically about Ecoupons, you’ll see that the site is under maintenance until Wed. Well, it’s been like 3 or more Wed’s and still the same message. Check your receipt before you leave. Sorry for your luck if you have to visit the lady at the customer service desk.

I like the location of this store. They recently did an upgrade and added self-​check out lanes. It’s bigger and cleaner than some of the other stores I’ve been to. The ONLY thing I dislike about it, and I must warn you is there is NO reception in this store. So if you’re looking to keep connected on your phone with whatever, you may choose to go elsewhere.

I love this Fred Meyer. This particular store has great service! The employees there are really friendly and helpful. If you want to eat quality healthy food for your family for a bargain, definitely try this place. The natural foods selection and produce department are top notch.

What a great grocery/​department/​everything store! Went there for the first time and found some amazing deals and was helped by very friendly employees. This is my new go-​to store!

I used to love Fred Meyer way back in the day when it used to be in «Lakewood» and not University Place.
This specific Fred Meyer has always had bad cell reception. I’m not sure why but it seems to be the entire ‘parking lot’ as well. They offer free wifi but it doesn’t work very well (kicks you off, forces you to log back in, etc).
They also no longer offer the BECU ATM but now offer Chase instead. It was one of the few locations in Lakewood that you could hit a ‘BECU’ atm without having to go to a BECU center.

Fred Meyer has pretty much everything, and usually the best prices (especially on groceries).
I’ve shopped at many of the grocery stores in this area, including the other nearby Fred Meyer locations, and this is the one that I prefer. This one just seems to be a bit cleaner and friendlier than the others, and usually not as busy. Keep an eye out for their Sunday newspaper circular; some pretty good deals in there!