Portland Whole Foods? (Hope, Danforth: co-op, house, neighborhood)

[Family of five]

Has anyone been to the new Whole Foods Market in Portland? What was the feeling about it coming to town?

I posted awhile ago about Maine or Oregon. Well, we decided on Maine, and are going to try moving sooner rather than later. Hopefully within the next twelve months! I am so excited about it, and hope so much that we will be moving soon.

[Elcarim]

Not sure about the one in Portland, but we have several in Houston. I like them, wonderful variety, a little pricey. You can do better at the farmer's market. I prefer my foods as unprocessed as possible, and in a retail environment, you still get processed veggies and all. Anyway, if you like organic foods, it's good enough.

They have wonderful freshly made bread in MANY varieties.

[mollysmiles]

Congratulations!! I'm sure you feel better after making your decision, now it's just getting all the details done....keep us all updated, and good luck!

can't help you with your question, but I'm sure others can

[genmomto5]

Originally Posted by Family of five

Has anyone been to the new Whole Foods Market in Portland? What was the feeling about it coming to town?

I posted awhile ago about Maine or Oregon. Well, we decided on Maine, and are going to try moving sooner rather than later. Hopefully within the next twelve months! I am so excited about it, and hope so much that we will be moving soon.

It's a nice looking Whole Foods on the outside. I've only just arrived in Portland a week or so ago and don't close on our house until tomorrow so no food shopping yet. There is a Wild Oats a few blocks away from Whole Foods but that will be closing soon since Whole foods bought them out. I do wish there was a Trader Joe's in driving distance though because I like their prices.

[Family of five]

Thanks, Molly! I feel like a thousand pounds has been lifted off of me!

We have a Whole Foods here in St. Paul - very tiny. I tend to shop at our Co-op food store before Whole Foods, but Whole Foods has their own line of foods that are healthy and fairly inexpensive (compared to the name brands.) I also shop at Whole Foods for the vitamins and other supplements.

That is interesting about the Wild Oats. We don't have that here, but I have shopped at one in Denver when visiting a friend. We just got a Trader Joe's, but it is about 20 minutes from me which is farther than I'd like. I would love to be closer to a Trader Joe's. I rarely drive more than 5 miles a day , and some days I don't get in the car at all - my neighborhood is very dense and mixed-use, so I can walk 4 blocks to the Co-op, or drive one and a half miles to Whole Foods. That is one thing I love about where we live now.

[Calandria]

family of five, are you in St. Paul, MN? Hello from across the river. I like that St. Paul Whole Foods. It's tiny but the produce is gorgeous and they have great sushi rolls. Anyway, I'm so happy to hear there's a Whole Foods in Portland! Now we'll just need Noodles Company. I can do without it but my kids love that place.

[MRVphotog]

When Wild Oats went in I thought it was huge. There was some bad feelings as they built it right next door to the long time local health food. The biggest insult was people park in the local store's parking lot to shop at Wild Oats as the Wild Oats parking is always full.

Then the Whole Foods got built it's like twice the size of the Wild Oats and the coolest part is that they hired the local store's management to run it. How that will work since, as mentioned, they are closing the nearly new Wild Oats I guess remains to be seen.

[moughie]

Whatever happened to the great Portland co-op onear Danforth Street??

[bigchuckie]

I agree with you on the parking. It is dangerous during store hours Whole foods should have built a bigger lot. I drive that street about 4 times a day and park in that dirt parkin lot across from the junk yard. You would think someone would offer ole Fred Sandford there a pretty penny for his scrap heap

[raygabs]

Originally Posted by genmomto5

It's a nice looking Whole Foods on the outside. I've only just arrived in Portland a week or so ago and don't close on our house until tomorrow so no food shopping yet. There is a Wild Oats a few blocks away from Whole Foods but that will be closing soon since Whole foods bought them out. I do wish there was a Trader Joe's in driving distance though because I like their prices.

Me too, I love that place. E-mail them and let them know you'd like to see a store open up in Portland. Then keep e-mailing them ..alot. When I get there I am going to do that too.Good luck with everything!