I've been to over 20 FM locations, but for some reason, the Bellingham, WA location can't seem to get their lights, sounds, and security checker systems to function normally. It behaves almost as if a toddler is in the office just pushing random buttons--making the lights and sounds go off for no reason. It just gets weirder. After speaking to corporate, it's worse than ever. Parents, I would suggest shopping alone or leaving your little ones and special needs or autistic kids and adults at home, because this is a very upsetting shopping environment for vulnerable adults and children. read more

This is conveniently located across from Costco. I popped by here after Costco gas run. The place is pretty big as it has its own lot with plenty of parking. I usually just zoom right into the grocery section. I like getting the snacks which are not available in canada. The eggs and dairy stuff are also definitely cheaper than up north. Besides grocery, there are household items and decors. Clothing and jewelry are also available here. There is also a Starbucks by the entrance for your caffeine fix. Get the Fred Meyer rewards card from customer service so that you can get the member price for more savings. read more

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I'd like to draw attention to the absolutely atrocious level of service at the self-checkout area in this store. Frankly, I believe that with proper service, this department shouldn't even need to exist. I only use it to quickly scan a few items--usually just two or three--so I don't have to stand in line or listen to endless, drawn-out discussions of local gossip and hate targets, which, for some reason unknown to me, are presented as "customer service" at this store. At the same time, I use it to check prices--since the store, to put it mildly, is far from perfect when it comes to placing price tags near products. So my goal is simple: quickly check the price, pay, and leave. What could possibly go wrong? Well, if you haven't yet experienced Fred Meyer's idea of "service," don't worry--they'll shove it down your throat, as we say in Russia. There was a bald white guy, under 30, stationed at the self-checkouts, supposedly to make sure customers weren't making mistakes. In reality, his "service" consisted of commenting on and gossiping about other people in the store. I told him directly that customer service doesn't mean running your mouth and discussing shoppers. His response? He suggested I "go back to where I came from." Since I've got the chance, I'd like to recommend this idiot look for a job better suited to his natural tendencies, abilities, and appearance. read more

For a more local grocery store, go here. With a clothing section, it's more like a Target or Meijer if you're from the Midwest. You can find anything here! read more

Fred's used to be one of my goto stores, but no more. Costco and Walmart have made public statements about their costs dropping and them passing savings on to customers. I have started seeing this in local pricing drops. Trader Joe's has been dropping, raising and dropping prices for a year, I assume, reflecting the changes in their wholesale costs. Fred's seems to stick to their old pricing models. Put a few items on an actual good sale price, mark up other items above retail, then mark them down to retail and say they are on sale and then leave regular items at inflation prices. The Bakerview store has great employees. Gonna miss them. read more

Worst store EVER. Out of stock on things like Hollandaise sauce. Spent half an hour and 3 employees looking for it. Worst laid out store. Worked grocery for 10 years. Grocery stores are not new to me. 7 pm check out lines into the aisles 1 register open and only 4 self checkout available read more

Buyer beware. I purchased some very expensive short ribs today. The top layer on the left was beautiful. Hidden underneath were ribs that were all bone and fat. See attached photo. read more

Fred Meyer - top layer and bottom layer - Grocery Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

The fresh sea food! The prices of the fresh fish are excellent. And it is so fresh! Highly recommend the trout. And the fish guy! For us there's seems to be this older guy, same guy, every time we go. He's nice and personable. There is not a smell of fish around the counter. Can't abide a fish counter that smells, and theirs never does. Highly recommend, 10/10 will be fishing there again soon! read more

not just this Fred Meyers but all of them. As long as they keep their large "self service" check out, we will never shop there again. I doubt it has helped your sales at all. In any case, the "help" received at the self service of regular check out is horrible! Speeding customer is obviously not the goal. Totally unhappy with the change. read more

I'm not a fan of negative reviews, but come on Fred Meyer! I used to love this store and have been a regular and loyal customer for years! Over this past year and a half, Fred Meyer has gone down hill. Consistent out of stock items - I'm giving grace due to the pandemic, but when other grocery stores can get their products in and Fred Meyer shelves remain empty, it's frustrating. The Dip brand is a major dud and is poor, low quality. Long lines, employees walking around on their phones and not helping causes more frustration. And their fruit and produce is just plain awful. I can't count how many times I find moldy fruits and vegetables and waste my money on poor quality. It's time I shop elsewhere and am sad to see Fred Meyer take such a turn down the tubes. :( read more

Fred Meyer - Moldy black berries - Grocery Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

This review update is specifically about curbside pickup. Let me start with pros and cons. If you want to read more about them, details are below. PROS +You can pick virtually anything you find inside the store (with some exceptions), including alcohol. +You can now use the app to let them know when you arrive at the parking lot. CONS -They try to substitute out-of-stock items even if you ask them not to. -Many items available at the time of order are no longer available at the time of pickup. -Minimum purchase of $35 to be eligible for free pickup. RE: Out-Of-Stock Items -Every single time I do pick up here, there is at least an item or two that are no longer available at the time of pickup. I probably order about 10 items each time, and come home with about 8 items each time. RE: Substitutions -When you place an order, you can choose (for each item) allow substitution or no substitution. Even if you choose no substitution, they try to substitute. You can turn it down, but you have to do it at pick up. -A consequence of this is that the pickup process takes so much longer compared with other stores like Target or Whole Foods. At the time of pickup, your order is not finalized because of the substitutions you need to decide to accept or decline. They also accept coupons at pickup. During the pandemic, many people do pickup to avoid direct contact with other people, but Fred Meyer pickup is not quite "contactless" experience. ************************************************************ Don't forget to like my review (useful and/or cool)! If you found this review useful, follow me on Yelp or send me a friending request. I'm planning on writing more reviews focusing on COVID-19 responses. Stay safe and healthy and keep Yelping! read more

A large and clean space taking as good care during Covid-19 as they are able. Fred Meyer, like most others, carries groceries, clothing, home goods, and electronics. They are currently offering free online order pick-ups with a drive-up service. Employees are masked and working hard to help you during the pandemic. Currently, produce and perishables are not able to be returned, but if Clicklist staff give you faulty, old, moldy, or bad items, their 800 number will give you a credit for those products and you can dispose of them as you like. read more

While I've been to many Fred Meyer's, This one was definitely the worst experience. My wife went in to purchase some adult beverages. She provided them with a proper identification, and was told that I would have to come in to provide my identification. Which I was amazed at and stand. Maybe one of the reasons why that occurred was the assistant store Manager was being extremely discriminatory because my wife was from Kenya! She was extremely rude in her explanation for the reason why she wanted my identification. When I asked her why she didn't accept my wife's identification, which was valid she had no explanation. This will be the last time that I go to this location and of course, because nothing was done who was involved in the situation the assistant store manager. read more

Usually when I head to Bellingham, I visit Target and Trader Joe's, get cheap gas, perhaps go to the US Chef's store for coffee syrup, and head back to the border. Once in a while, though, I check out this Fred Meyer, as it's right off the I-5 exit and a few blocks from the gas station I go to. And every time I visit here, I always wonder why I wasted my time. I am not a big fan of Fred Meyers stores in general; when I lived in Seattle for nearly 25 years, I'd only go to the local FM if they were having a big sale on something I needed. In general, I MUCH prefer shopping at Target, where the quality of items and the store layouts and the friendliness and helpfulness of employees are WAY better. But this particular FM store always reminds me of all the reasons I dislike this chain of stores. One reviewer (below) noted that this store is like a cross between Walmart and Costco. I would heavily stress that the store is WAY more Walmart than Costco! Costco is usually well-stocked and their customer service is top notch. FM? Not so much. In my personal experience, not at all, really. Case in point: made a quickie trip to B'ham yesterday before the border clamps down again, and stopped here to check out their holiday stuff. Found a cute ornament that I liked, on sale too (40% off! Bonus!) and I put it in my cart. Realized I needed to use the washroom, so I brought my cart to the self-checkout area. It was 8am so the store was super quiet. The woman working in this area said she would watch my cart, no problem, and I told her I'd be fast (the restrooms were located right by this self-checkout area, so I didn't have to go far!). I was back in less than 5 minutes. Where's my cart, with my ornament in it? It was gone. The woman employee was standing in the same area and when I asked for my cart she said, oops, sorry, someone must've taken it. WTH? I was going to continue shopping and get stuff. But now I was not in the mood to go find another cart and find my ornament again, and I realized, why am I even here? Target is a few minutes away. I'd rather do my business at Target. The only benefits to this store that I can ascertain: great hours of operation, often great prices (especially if items are on sale), big parking lot, Starbucks in the store (it's a good Starbucks, too), and usually good holiday and garden and kitchen departments. The downside, though, for me, does not compensate for the store's good qualities. Inattentive and non-helpful staff, haphazard merchandise often strewn about the store in different areas, everyday prices often higher than those at Target (IMO) for products of lower quality (IMO).... You get way more bang for your buck going to Target, which is just a 4 minute drive from this FM store. read more

Wanted to have produce delivered to ailing friend. I live out of state. Fred Meyers was only online grocery I could find to gather and deliver exactly what I needed. Timely too. read more

Convenient location, good selections (especially fresh produce), friendly & accommodating staff. The drive thru pharmacy is a GIFT! Really appreciate having staff to carry out heavy items. Could always used more "handicapped pkg spaces" tho! read more

Giving a 4* becuz of "helpful dedicated" service by Sean!!! Still abit pricey tho, cheaper @ other outlets. read more

So many reasons to love Fred's...the gift card selection is the best in town, bakery and deli are amazing, garden and home sections are my favorites, this store stocks so many brands of so many different items including natural foods/products...oh and clothing and shoes too!!! They offer personal shopping aka "click list". Other than my son (of course) my favorite employee is Anji who has a way of making me feel like we've been friends for years.. all of the staff are awesome!!! There are not many brick and mortar store like this left and this is the best one of its kind. It pays to have their rewards card as I get a coupon quarterly or so with $$$$ to spend however I want to. Also lots of awesome coupons. The only bad thing to say agrees with the others..parking and traffic are troublesome..so I try to go early in the day and that usually does the trick. read more

This is for Anna in the Pharmacy, she was excellent. There was recently an outage of their insurance billing system, & It must've been a very difficult day for her, and i came in near the end of it. She helped above & beyond the call of duty. She did what service really means, helping me even though she could've left me hanging, she could've said "come back tomorrow when the computer's working /there's nothing I can do.." but she didn't say that. She found a solution that worked! (BTW I'd just had my prescriptions transferred to Fred's bc CVS had had a staff walk-out. (All their staff just left one day & stopped opening the store during business hours). So I was frustrated walking into Fred's. Finding out the computer was down could've easily become the cherry on top of a very difficult medication week. But Anna saved it.) read more

The customer service here is awful, very few of their employees are friendly. I am sure they have a stressful job but without customers they don't have jobs. This location is very poorly managed read more

their phone line customer service is more than happy to be transphobic food is too expensive through delivery services- it doubles everything thru instacart. sure you can pay separately for their Boost as well, but as a disabled person sometimes i need things that Fred's doesn't sell, so it just doesn't make sense for me. i wish i had any other option for groceries but- bellingham is a food desert. read more

Being an innocent Canadian, I really didn't know what to expect from Fred Meyer. Even now, I don't know how to describe it properly. "Costco meets Wal-Mart" is the best motto I can think of. Parking is available in the nice huge lot surrounding the building. The inside is pretty huge, like any of those warehouse-style chains. There's a section for almost everything under the sun, other than maybe cars or livestock, unless you count the frozen and sliced up variety. They have the "bulk family stuff" of Costco, and the "cheap knick knacks" of Wal-Mart. Pricing looked pretty competitive. I cruised the aisles to test the item selection. Yup, they really do pretty much have everything. Definitely a good place to swing by if you're in the area. read more

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I always find that the cheapest place to buy milk is Fred Meyer. They always have milk on sale. I like shopping at this one because its the closest to the boarder. Being so close to bellis fair mall its like in the center of everything. This place recently went through reno like a year or 2 years ago. Its clean and very organized. Staff are quite friendly. When the american dollar is low, many Canadian would come here and raid all the bread and dairy section. So not that great at times. But overall, I do enjoy shopping here. Its quite big because it has an electronic section, pharmacy, clothing and appliance section. I usually grab what I need and go. I think I am starting to feel like a local at this grocery store. Get a Fred Meyer card to collect points to save for cheap gas discount. read more

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One of my favourites, probably due to Costco across the street for convenience sake. Plus easy access off the I-5 too. Typical huge store. Actually, it's less dodgy than the Burlington one IMHO. Friendly service as always. Sell nitrogen ice, came here to baby my huge onslaught purchase of Ben & Jerry's, unbelievable selection compared to Canada. read more

Why are people allowed to roam the stores without a mask. I really don't care why when curbside is available. I cut my visit short after walking through a vapor cloud as she chatted with someone that had removed their mask to chat better. Let your kid get used to seeing your eyes, so we all can get back to normal sooner. read more

Some guy was super super nice and helpful, i believe his name was Gus! he should get a raise for his customer service!

Paid for my 50 pound bag of dog food and proceeded to the door only to have my cart lock up and jolt me I had to carry it with a bad back extremely disappointed I called and was told corporate wouldn't fix the problem I will not be back. The cashier was also unfriendly. read more

Stood at the hot case while being looked at on my lunch by the workers for 30 minutes watched other people go and get helped after I've been standing there very poor job on the deli. Very disappointed some of us have a set lunch and wasting my lunch waiting to get lunch is unacceptable. read more

Waited for 30 minutes for pickup before having to call in and be told they dont service the check in spots 13 and 14...

This location carries several Asian vegetables! They are usually nice'n fresh. I shop here when I cook Japanese food. れんこん、ごぼう、山芋、里芋、などなど、日本の野菜を売っているのが二重丸です。リンウッドのHマートや宇和島屋まで行かずともローカルで手に入るのが嬉しいです。メリディアンのAsianマーケットやオリエンタルグロッサリーよりも新鮮です。 read more

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Worst pharmacy that I've ever been. Tp be clear, I've been going to this Fred Meyer for all my groceries as well as the pharmacy. It has been very convenient. Even when just needing medications, I would always make a trip through to pick up groceries, households supplies, kitchen, bath etc. Over the last year, they have cut their staff to almost nothing. The drive though is closed, thus forcing people to go into the store. And with that, the line will be 10-15 people deep with 1 person manning the cash register. Try calling? Immediately put on hold. Last month, I called 4 times and was on hold for 10 minutes each and then hung up each time. That was it for me. While it take me an extras 5 mounter to drive to Walmart, I'll be using them for all my household and pharmacy needs. It beats standing in line at the Fred Fred Meyer Bakerview pharmacy for 20-30 minutes. I feel sorry for the staff, it clear to see they're being run ragged by corporate decision to understand. read more

I must say, this is probably one of the bigger Fred Meyer's we've seen! The garden center is huge! With a nice selection of plants, and stuff for them! Inside the main store is nice, clean and pretty well designed. In regards help, it seems plenty of help can be found if you need it, and the prices are pretty good, so thats always a plus. I think if its like our Fred Meyers in Puyallup they will match competitor adds. I would most certainly recommend Fred Meyers if you see one, probably would recommend it over Walmart! read more

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This Fred Meyer is a MUST-STOP for me always when I cross the border. It's my go-to place for my regular groceries and usually my last stop as I always buy my staples (chicken, milk, and cheese) here. The store was going through a massive renovation and not sure if they're done now as I haven't been, but I'm sure it's more clear and organized than it was before - and I thought it was already organized! It's a huge grocery store that carries clothing, make-up, home goods, furniture, alcohol, flowers, and all your grocery needs. Basically everything you need in life - they have. I never go over to their clothing section so I can't say much about that. Their sales are pretty excellent, but sometimes you do have to scour the flyers for coupons and the flyers are usually not clean and organized. Prices are great compared to what I'm used to in Vancouver, Canada. After I have a cartful of goods and done shopping, I will always head over to the gas station! There's a line-up sometimes but trust me when I tell you it goes very fast. It's super organized and most of the time there are guys manning the station and pointing you to which pump is available. I choose this gas station over Costco because I can charge my usd credit card at FM, instead of my canadian debit card at Costco and get dinged. You win Freddies!! read more

Fred Meyer - Only a small portion of their new cheese section - Grocery Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

I love this place. This is the only place I shop for groceries and drinks. Staff is always super friendly and nice. (Yes Larry, I'm talking about you especially, my friend!). Prices are great. Not cheap of course, but I don't mind. Alcohol section always has a big variety of drinks, as well as very good prices. Better than most of the Liquor shops if you ask me. I usually shop there at a later hours, to avoid the crowd. I would recommend you doing the same if you want to save yourself some nerves. lol. read more

So I had an experience with Mia at the customer service desk. And she is the sole reason why I'm giving three stars to this Fred Meyer's. I went to go return some things after spending hundreds of dollars in their store. And gave her my Fred Meyer rewards Number and she was able to look at my receipt. But then she proceeded to tell me that I needed to show her a visa card ending in four digits when I know for a fact that I wrote a check. So she was only able to give me a gift card because I did not use a visa I wrote a check. I know damn She could've easily return the items for cash back. But instead she had to be really rude about it. Thanks a lot Mia for ruining the rest of my day. Maybe you could figure out a way to be nicer to customers in the future. read more

I love this store and all that is offered. Wish the parking lot was bigger. A special thanks to Jamie in Floral for making up individual yellow roses at last minute. My sorority sisters were impressed and this will be my go to store for Beta Sigma Phi needs. Also thanks to Angie & her staff in seafood. Great store with helpful staff. read more

Although a bit crowded at times this is a great super market. The produce and meat department attendants know their stuff. In general the staff are really helpful and friendly. Their rewards program is a great way save points to receive cents off your gas. Very VIP feeling. Plus you receive a bit of a rebate at the end of their quarter. read more

Fred Meyer - Grocery Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

I've been shopping at this bakerview Fred Meyers for 9 years and I'm really disappointed in how much the front end is working there was this employee named Zach talking about someone or a customer but the words that were said were extremely disappointing for me to hear that day I was gonna go to the store manager but I just wanted to leave because of how the front end (PIC) we're talking about people there were mostly cuss words involved and I just don't feel comfortable shopping at this Bakerview Fred Meyers, I will be going to lakeway Fred Meyer from now on!!! read more

It would be really nice if Fred Meyer provided carts for the customers I legitimately waited for 10 minutes just to get a damn cart nobody was trying to get caught in the parking lot I please get your act together or you will lose my business not that that matters because your multi billion dollar corporation read more

I just got of the phone with Kroger customer service. I tried this afternoon to return a fountain that doesn't work. Told that I had gone beyond their 90 day limit, There is no mention about a 90 day return policy on the receipt, and we are at 98 days. The wife was in the end of June and was told to return the fountain. It was also brought up that we returned 2 packages of very tough new york strip steak at the beginning of the this month, Bought Friday returned Monday no receipt. We do a fair amount of shopping at this store but I guess Safeway or Winco will benefit as we won't be shopping at FREDDIES anymore. read more