* Closing Store Notice* It was announced two weeks ago that this Fred Meyer store is closing by the parent company Kroger. This store felt like it wasn't too long ago that this store got remodeled which left it more confusing to find items in general but eventually the kinks got worked out as I learned where items were. Fred Meyer had higher prices than many other of their competitors on various soft lines and hard lines. Clothes were noticeably higher than the competitors. I imagine part of the reason it is closing is due to high theft but I assumed it wouldn't be as high compared to the now closed 72nd location. Perhaps it's also a factor that Kroger is miffed with a failed merger. I didn't go here too terribly often more recently but I did go here on occasion to get knee braces and distilled water for my C-Pap machine. This leaves just a smaller supermarket location in town and the selection is poorer compared to a regular Fred Meyer store. This will leave a regular store for shoppers to be redirected to University Place or Spanaway. read more

I've been here a few times when I'm in Tacoma!! The grocery store had some pretty good deals, much better than Safeway, and it's pretty big. And besides groceries, there are lots of other things in here, just like I remember it, from back in the day. There is a homeless element in the parking lot, but they seemed to keep to themselves. Located close to Foss High School, Cheney Stadium, and the Air BNB I was staying at!!! read more

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My partner and I shop here every week and everyone working here is super nice. The prices are typically lower than other grocery chains, though they're high everywhere right now. read more

Gas station prices were great. They had lots of people begging for cash while pumping gas. This made it a 2/5. I was going yo go inside the store but after that, I changed my mind. Maybe next time. read more

Fred Meyer - 3/14/2026 prices - Grocery Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

My household won't shop here anymore - the prices are extremely high compared to Walmart, Winco and some Safeway stores. The bulk coffee is rarely filled, The parking lot is always dirty. Its a great location and the staff are very friendly/helpful. Kroger really needs to improve their store maintenance and address soaring prices. read more

What a horribly managed store!!! I went into the pharmacy to pick up medications that if I miss a dose the medication will stop working. I am already resistant to most of the medications for the condition I have. I am on a federally funded program that pays for these medications for out of pocket they cost about $10k. I provided the paperwork to Justin the pharmacy tech. He refused to read all the paperwork which if he did he would have seen the information he was looking for. I told he could call the place. He told me I could sit wait after I had already stood in line for 20 minutes. He had the excuse that he was to busy. What happened to helping the customer you are with? I then went to my car to call and speak to the manager!!! What a joke of a manager!!! I have been in management most of years. I explained the situation to him only to hear him not even listening to and talking Starbucks coffee to someone!!! If the manager act like this to customers it explains why Justin acted the he did!!! I will NEVER step foot in Fred Meyers again!!! I hope area manager will see this retrain the store manager on what proper customer service especially when it deals customers life!!! If could give a zero I would!!! Tomorrow I get to call Safeway and set up all my prescriptions through them!! read more

It's been a hot minute since I've been in a Freddy's! I was told that this location didn't have the door wannabe-police so I decided to poke my head in since most of my favourite PJ pants come from Freddy's. This is a very small store with a tiny clothing selection, so looks like I'm turning up empty there. I decided to take a trip around the store and found that it's basically like the Freddy's I remember. I found several items that are cheaper than where I've been buying, so as long as they don't pretend to be a private club and hassle me I'll probably put this store back in shopping rotation. read more

Please bring back hummers galore hummingbird food. Thanks!! I'm dissatisfied that do many of the products I needed like Vans gluten free waffles & refrigerated rice milk have been discontinued at your Tacoma, Wa stores as well.... read more

I like Freddy's they are pretty good. This one seems to have a problem with the homeless in one corner, but I have never seen them causing too much trouble. Prices are reasonable, and their fried chicken from the deli is pretty great! read more

Terrible pharmacy, and incredibly incompetent. It shows up in their system as my insurance being "terminated", when in fact it absolutely was active. Not only that, but they wouldn't even let me pay out of pocket for medication that I needed. read more

Fred Meyer at 19th and Stevens is a total rip-off. I am continuously overcharged and need to carry my phone around to take pictures of specials. Then I need to wait in another line to get reimbursed for the overcharges. The Pharmacy has an insulting person named Amanda working in their department. She continually treats me with disrespect and has flippant answers to my questions. Such as, "can't you read"? Referring to a hidden sign at the cash register, rolling her eyes and and acting like I am a great burden to her when she has to check with the pharmacist with a question I have. I am changing pharmacies because of her. read more

If I were able to rate 0 stars, I would. This review pertains more to the jewelry store. The management of this location is far below the standard of other locations and needs to be voiced more and not silenced by the manager of this location. From bad customer service to inappropriate and racist remarks that are said to sales floor personnel without any disciplinary action being given to the offenders is unprofessional and sad, considering that the company is well-known. More attention needs to be given when it comes to HR handling issues like this, instead of pushing everything under the rug because of favoritism, which seems to be the leading factor in why all existing issues have not been taken care of. Bottom line is that the management of this location is the issue, and nothing is being done to fix these offenders from continuing to treat workers poorly. read more

I have shopped at this store for years and I actually used to enjoy shopping here. Pre-covid, when my son was little, he loved playing in the play room they used to have. Post pandemic, I can understand why they no longer have this. But that's not what this review is about. There are always people either sitting or passed out at every entrance/exit of the parking lot with all of their things strewn everywhere. Just yesterday when I came to get some groceries, an argument broke out in the parking lot. Thankfully security came out, which I think helped. It's just hard to feel safe shopping here anymore. Which is sad. The staff are all nice for the most part. But I'm not sure how often I want to come by anymore. read more

I found a Rubbermaid product on the Fred Meyer website, and it showed that it was in stock in the Ballard store. I tried to call to confirm that they had it but could not get them to answer the phone. I went to the store and they did not have the item and the sales person just said you can't ever trust the website and walked away without any other comment. I guess he had to get back to scrolling on his phone. read more

I recently stopped by to get a pre-made 12" sub sandwich, which at $7.99 is a good deal. However, when I went to pay it rang up at $16.99, which I knew was incorrect. I asked the cashier to void the transaction and I walked back to the deli and checked the other subs in the deli case and sure enough, all of them were mis-marked at $16.99, which is actually the price of their 2-foot subs. I then walked over to the deli counter and asked a young woman to verify the correct price in their system (I knew it was a human error but I didn't want her to take my word for it) and if she could re-price it at the correct price of $7.99. She checked the system, didn't say anything, and applied a new price sticker of $7.99. I asked her if the system showed that there was indeed an error and she replied, "No, and I don't care". This was a shocker, as I've never had any staff there have an attitude like the one I just experienced. I don't know if Fred Meyer management reads these reviews but they should, and if they do, they need to instruct their staff to treat customers better and to show pride in their job. This particular employee needs a serious attitude adjustment, and hopefully, it doesn't happen again. read more

I ordered a half a sheet cake from the bakery. It looked beautiful; however, it did not taste good. There was a plastic taste to the buttercream frosting. SO DISAPPOINTING. Never again. read more

I am going to shop at a different store. The one on 19th & Stevens has a homeless problem in their parking lot. Panhandling, trash and people living in trailers. I have shopped there since it opened many years ago. I wonder if this store will be closing soon? read more

Am generally not a complainer, in fact this is my first review with a complaint: I ordered some groceries from this store today to be delivered by instacart..went pretty good until the driver Le, texted me that my groceries were left of at the front door of my residence...when I opened door to get them there was nothing there., texted Lea the order was not there.checked other door, walked down street looking on porches.............order not there. Texted Lea about 4-5 times, went online to instacart...nothing worked...no groceries. Called Fred Meyer, they gave me a 1-800 number..where is L. and my order? Am not saying the first name because I am not complaining specifically about L, but I asked them to have L call me..not happening. Where are the real people? They say I will get a refund 7-10 days???????????But I needed groceries before that and what if there is no refund, in truth...call another 1800#????????????? C'mon Fred Meyer stop hiding behind the technology and let me talk to the driver or the check out stand and get me my orders like you promised earlier today...4 hours ago. read more

Beware online shoppers. Fred Meyer's/Kroger's has adopted a policy with price matching when they substitute due to running out of merchandise they advertise. Please ask if you need to pay more because the one time I forgot, they charged me double for this sale item that was a substitution. I called the store later after viewing my receipt and the "associate" stated, Oh, yeah, we don't do that anymore. I asked when that went into effect. She stated, oh, 2 weeks ago which was the last time I ordered and picked up my order. I now click, "no substitutions." read more

This store is so under staffed it's ridiculous. Checkout Lines are always insanely long, shelves are never fully stocked, and most employees are overworked or don't care. I feel bad for the to good employees because they have to deal with frustrated customers, and pick up the slack from being understaffed. I don't think it's the employees fault. I think this store is poorly managed. I've been coming to this Fred Meyer off and on for the past 8 years. Sadly I've seen it steadily decline. My last review was after their most recent remodel and my review hasn't improved. I try to avoid this store as much as I possibly can, but sometimes I give it another try. Usually I regret my visit after. read more

This has become a consistent weekly problem dealing with the website. There is ALWAYS an issue and usually a different one each week. This week it was accepting payment and adding card info. Hours talking to different people without resolution. The website, by turns, won't let you choose substitues, update info, and more. The products are reasonable and less expensive than some other chain stores. I'd keep buying there but I have had enough with their tech issues and lack of assistance. Good bye, Fred. read more

Not a good store for LGBT folks. Few black employees and none in mgr positions. Good produce and generally clean. Parking lot full of homeless. read more

I will no longer be patronizing this store. Yes, the homeless bums aren't their problem and the City of Tacoma should take the blame, but it seems like corporate has also given up on trying to improve this store. The parking situation is always a mess. They have paper bags with no handles. There is usually only one person at the deli counter and never enough cashiers open despite record profits. An employee told me that's how they design the schedule so it's on purpose. It's so much better driving the extra ten minutes to go to the one on Bridgeport Way. read more

As a Customer of Fred Meyers on 19th, I Really Don't know what's going on in the Bakery So I was told that the Strawberry Rubarb Pie is now a Seasonal product..Seasonal is Ginger or Cranberry but Strawberry come on so I went elsewhere for my pie and the Gentleman said it was the Bakery being LAZY..I hope they can get this fixed ASAP I buy a lot of Strawberry Rubarb..Not to HAPPY about this read more

Went there today and the worker that was checking us out wasn't even paying attention and literally texting on her phone while checking us out. She then checked out our candle and put it wrong so we corrected her and she gave us so much money unnecessary attitude. Don't know her name except for the fact she had a circle on her forehead. read more

I wanted to get my groceries within 30 minutes, but when I arrived to the store, and walked to where they keep the carts, I saw no carts but what I did see was this, a worker on his phone not doing his job, no wonder this store is rated so low, I expect better Fred Meyers. read more

Fred Meyer - A worker on his or her phone, there was no carts in the bay, so I had to walk and get one from the near cart station. - Grocery Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Fred Meyer 19th and Stevens is no longer the store it once was. Due to safety issues and crime I am opting to travel 2 minutes down the road to the Fred Meyer market place. The staff have become irritable and rude. They now do not bag your groceries. I've shopped there since 1977 but no more! So sad! read more

What kind a grocery store locks up condoms, lube, and birth control? What is wrong with you. I don't care if it gets stolen a lot it would never be near enough to effect the bottom line profit of a store. There is literally no conceivable reason to do this other than to shame people who need these products. It is morally wrong. Get it together, it's 2019. WTF. On top of that you think it's okay to put it in the "Womxns responsibilities" isle. These things go in the general heath isle. Just like diapers should. It's not womxns responsibility to deal with this stuff. Also, get some standing mats for the employees who work the self checkout. Be humane. Everyone already knows your trying to cut back the hours of your employees because you can have one clerk for six registers on a set up where the customer is doing the work but you can at least give the single clerk a chair and a pressure mat. Come on, don't you do at least a half-ass ethics training on your corporate retreats. You wanna remodel your store and act like it's some upscale thing now but not hire the right number of employees to do the bagging and checkout lanes. You messed up in the ethics. read more

Fred Meyer - Locking cabinet for condoms, lube, and birth control. - Grocery Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Drive-up/Pick-up service is extraordinarily slow. Over half of my order was missing. The worker took photos of what was missing and went to collect them, and although one item was out of stock and they promised to refund it, they still forgot one item. Frustrating. read more

Really frustrating! Deli counter at 9am is staffed with at least three people who wouldn't acknowledge me as I stood there for a minimum of 5minutes. I was ended up walking away. The online order runners - several of them were consistently in the way. Almost bulldozing you over and not considering us as customers. Bagger was clearly upset we had our own bags. I don't think I'll shop there anymore. read more

Lot of selection. Most things cost more unless they are on sale. Make sure they ring up the sale price, been nearly taken a few times over that. read more

Got a good deal from the website, I sudden ordered it. Five hours later, they called me that my order was out of stock. I was rush to Fred Meyer 4505 S 19th st. Tacoma to get this deal and today I met Mr.Kenneth who was a store menager. The price at this store was not same as online and he won't afford that price so thanks to his unprofessional and his unservice mind, neither explained nor honored anything he just turned himself and talk to other customer instead read more

Fred Meyer - A good deal, doesn't it????? - Grocery Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

The only reason this place doesn't gets lower star is because of Gail.( the lady that was helping us check out ) Let me explain. First off, I get there and there was no one waiting or checking in. So I walk up to the woman at the counter and let her know that I need to get a refill. She then proceeded to tell me that I was in the wrong line and points to the counter 2 feet away. Like really ?? There is no one here what line and why can't you help me ? Ok, so I walk my 2 feet and someone from the back comes over to help take my request. So make sure if you come to this pharmacy you look for the " drop off " section so you don't have to wait on the wrong line to set up your refills. When I did come to get my refills, after being notified that they were ready, there was this long line waiting for me. The woman taking care of everyone ( Gail ) had a cast on her hand and was still trying her best to be friendly and move people along as fast as she could. The only thing I don't get is why is it that you have 4 other people there with her pretending to look busy instead of actually opening another register to help with this long line ? Like I get it that you have people that only do check in or check out. But there is no reason to have so many people waiting just because it's not your day to work check out. Even the pharmacist is able to check people out but he was just standing there waiting to ok things. I'm glad that Gail was there but this place need some help organizing their staff. read more

I've been going here for years. I like the wide variety of products and prices. Fred Meyer has almost non existent customer service. They've also reduced their cashiers to hardly anything, long lines. There's really no heart to the place. I bought tomatoes yesterday and opened them up this morning, and they were covered in mold. The produce section s doesn't seem clean or well stocked. I also am kind of over the parking lot. A lot of shady people. I think I will not be back for awhile. read more

I'm from California, where we don't have Fred Meyer stores. This place reminded me of Walmart, but nicer. I mean that they have a little bit of everything. Need to paint a room of your house? Need to plant a garden? Need a ladder or some tools? Need to outfit yourself or your family? Need fresh produce, baked goods or other grocery items? Fred Meyer has it. Inside this store is also a Fred Meyer Jewelers, a Starbucks Coffee, a Chase Bank, an eyeglass/vision store, and some other things I've forgotten. There was a playroom you could deposit your kids in - it was playing a Disney movie, and I didn't see any adults there supervising, but all the kids were paying rapt attention to the video. This is a very large store and has a large variety of products for sale. Parking was easy and there were a lot of handicap spaces, though most all were taken when we arrived. If I had a Fred Meyer near me, I could see myself shopping there often. read more

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if yall get the chicken here...make sure you got a gallon of water next to ya because this food as dry as mother teresa. I could barely swallow this down my gullet. I wouldnt be surprised if multiple people have died choking on the dry chicken they serve at this deli. read more

Update 11/11/19- The remodel has been done for a while now. While the product selection has been improved, the layout still takes some getting used to. Peanut butter and pasta in the same aisle? Hmmm. And the main produce case is a pain in the a** to deal with. If there are more than two or three people selecting their produce nobody else can access the case. Plus, the thoroughfare too narrow. People park their cart to get their produce and it blocks all traffic going through that area. The new checkstands (with baggers) speed up the checkout process; however, there are less lanes open at one time. So, the wait to checkout is occasionally longer than it used to be. At least they installed more self-checkouts, which help with smaller shopping visits. Once I get used to the layout I'll probably enjoy shopping here again. read more

Nice grocery store where you can get a little of everything. Need a shirt, loaf of bread and Starbucks. This is your spot.

Since moving to the Northwest, Fred Meyers has continuously impressed me. Similar to the Walmart I know and love, there is everything here from gardening supplies, to produce, groceries, shampoo, and a few other random knick knacks I love browsing throughout. I stopped here to purchase a cold drink after walking around Chambers Bay and was pleased to find so many things on sale. If I had more time, I was eager to do all of my grocery shopping here. While I love Fred Meyer's inventory the one thing I will say is it is kind of tricky to understand how somethings are organized and grouped. read more

I have shopped at the Tacoma 19th & Stevens Fred Meyer since 1980 for most all my groceries. In the last year or so, I've often been disappointed that favorite items and brands have not been available. Examples: Coffee mate non-dairy creamer: In the past few months there was none on the shelf. Finally, there was ONE value size carton, which I didn't buy because I prefer smaller, easy pour size. Two weeks later, still just that one big carton only. Outshine frozen fruit bars in Mango flavor. Need to stock more of this flavor because you run out. Obviously, it's a favorite. Au Jus gravy mix package in name brands no longer available. Kroger doesn't make good Au Jus sauce. Shopping carts: For whatever reason, there's few or none available these days! This is so annoying that I have now been shopping more often at alternate stores that understand you need a cart. Bagging groceries: The people bagging groceries often load all the heavy items together, which is very difficult to load into the car. They need to do better at distributing the weight. Often, the sacks tear from the weight and groceries are rolling around in the trunk when I get home. One more reason that I choose lately to shop elsewhere. It's a shame, because Fred Meyer used to be my favorite store. read more