The Center for ArtEsteem loves Sprouts Oakland!…read more We are a community-based arts education organization, and we were recently granted an event support food donation through Sprouts Oakland's amazing store manager, Rondell! We host an annual student art exhibition with approximately 200 attendees, and thanks to Rondell and Sprouts Oakland, we were able to serve each of our guests for this year's 28th Annual ArtEsteem Exhibition at Studio One Art Center with a tasty array of snacks and ensure they were all hydrated with water bottles. From our students, families, staff, and broader community members - we have deep gratitude for Rondell and the Sprouts Oakland team!! We acknowledge and appreciate your support for the Oakland community and our precious, creative youth artists.

The deli section is nice and I can usually get the produce/meat/etc I need to make a last minute…read moremeal. Now, for the not so good parts. Customer service since the pandemic is hardly existent anywhere but many of the employees at this store are a special brand of disappointing. Many of the cashier staff are rude and spend more time talking to each other than they do keeping the line moving. I have encountered a cashier (I believe her name is Nina. Something with a N) at this location several times that is quite possibly the nastiest, most rude customer service representative that I have interacted with in a very long time. Today was no different. Super Bowl Sunday, I went to self check out to find her (Nina?) cradling the paper bags to her chest with both hands, while speaking to us customers like she was the Warden in a prison. "If you need a bag, I have the bags. They are 25 cents. They are not free. Select the option on the screen and I will give you a bag." She repeated these "instructions" several times in a tone that was rude, belittling, and clearly irritable. Her face and body language matched her tone. Unfortunately, someone missed a step and she had to assist them with paying for a bag. To her displeasure, she made her announcements again and included the parting message, "the bags are not free. That is why I said you have to select on the screen. I have made myself very clear." I quickly grabbed my items and left the store because wtf had I just experienced?? This lady is beyond inappropriate. She is angry and hates her job, and seemingly hates us for shopping at this particular location. To Regional Leadership, I challenge you to review the film from Super Bowl Sunday at around 4:20 PM for a front row seat to Nina's negativity and disrespect of your paying customers.

This place isn't the cheapest, but it has healthy products, and with quality produce. The store is…read morea bit crowded, but it has more shelves than you can imagine. The staff is kind, they have a wishlist that people can write into. I'll return for things here and there, I liked the place

I bought some banana, a lemonade, 2 onions, 1 laughing cow cheese and the bill came out at $18…read more The lemonade was $6 when you can get it at lucky for $3.80, the laughing cow cheese was $5.50 when you can get it at grocery outlet for about a dollar. God know how much they charged me for the 2 onions and 8 bananas. It rediculously expensive here, if it wasn't for the street cleaning, I would take my car to trader Joe or lucky.

My go to Korean supermarket in the east bay. There is a good amount of fresh produce at very…read moreaffordable prices. A lot fresher in comparison to Chinatown and doesn't spoil as fast. The meat section always have a variety of meats on sale. Usually go for steaks as cheaper than most places. Bakery goods I would pass as it doesn't seem very tasty and plus on higher end for price for what it is worth. Hot food section is a hit or miss. There is security on-site to direct traffic and enclosed parking lot. The restrooms are extremely clean and code on the receipt to enter.

I got a bag of these rice ovalettes at KP Mart and the next day it already had mold so I brought it…read moreback today and then checked the other bags on the shelf and they all have mold. I told the cashier and she was very dismissive of me. I tried looking for the best by date and there was no date on any of the bags. And it looks like a few bags have sold since I bought mine so I wonder if anyone else noticed.

An amazing market with tons of selections. Definitely worth your shopping experiencesread more

Small market with a great selection of NA drinks and essential produce (onions, citrus, etc). The…read moreowner is friendly, and he said they host events regularly, mostly alcohol tastings. Will definitely be back.

This is my local grocery store and I love it. I've been coming here for many years and have had an…read moreoverall great experience. Today I went in for just a few groceries. Everything I needed was in stock. The meat section looked great and service was good. The vegetables looked fresh and plentiful. Since self-checkout was closed I walked over to an open checkout counter and went through with ease. The cashier is someone I've seen regularly, she was nice, helpful, and checked me out in a timely manner. I can't believe I haven't written a review before but grateful I thought of it today.

Farmer Joe's Marketplace is a nice local market that my wife frequently visited and once she…read morebrought me here, I was hooked. Each time we visited, I would buy salmon heads here along with their baked goods. Support your local business.

I love this market! It's sophisticated with it's selection, but has an old school small town vibe…read more The wine/liquor section is well curated, the meats are top notch, the produce is fresh and well maintained, and they offer organic fruits and vegetables as well. Looking for cheese? There is a hidden nook across from the meat case that offers an amazing, well curated selection of cheeses. Prices in some areas are a little bit higher than somewhere like WF, but they are not a massive corporation, so it is understandable. The staff works like a friendly cohesive team offering great customer service. The market was full of customers, but they did a fantastic job at not allowing lines to form. I plan on making Piedmont Grocery one of my regular stops!

Let me just start off with this is no Safeway or Raley's. This is a specialty grocer. Thus saying…read moreit's pricy and high quality. They have their own butcher counter that looks fabulous. So many good looking meats and varieties of sausages. I wish we could shop here more often, but it's totally out of our price range. We came here on a whim. We were in town for a couple of days and needed lunch later that day without having time to go out. We looked at their inhouse prepackaged refrigerated meals and picked out some eggplant parmesan and went to the prepared food table and took home a half a quart of butternut squash soup. Lunch was warm and filling on a nice chilly day. I was happily surprised that the eggplant parmesan came out so well. It was nicely breaded and wasn't soggy and was very flavorful and not mushy. It was just like a restaurant, other then we had to heat it up ourselves in our toaster oven. The dishes come in tin containers. This is not a place I can shop in regularly, but when I can it's a treat.

First of all this place is open on major holidays. We were missing a few things for Christmas…read moredinner and just love that we can just hope to our local market to get everything we needed. They offer much more of a selection than when they first opened. They definitely have a variety of many different ethnic foods and ingredients at a reasonable price for most of it. For some things their pricing is similar to Safeway, others more like Whole Foods, but for the most part they are reasonable. Especially for a local neighborhood market. I love that the market is open and that they have an amazing selection. Way more than a normal corner store. This store has my support and I shop there often hoping that my little bit helps keep them open and profitable.

It's a convenient local grocery market in the neighborhood. It looks small but it seems like they…read morehave pretty much everything you need for a quick shop. They have pretty good selections of Asian products and middle eastern snacks as well. They just expanded their produce section outside too and always sell fresh items. Well worth a visit!

A highly underrated grocery store, Monte vista is small but has a surprisingly broad selection of…read moreproduce and ethnic/international foods. The place had a farmers market/Sprouts kind of feel and carried predominantly organic produce. They have almost every type of product but maybe only 1-2 brands for each. I liked that there were many plant-based options, from cream cheese to frozen meals or sweets, but I was disappointed that they specifically didn't have nondairy yogurt which is one of my go-to's for breakfast. Almost everything is organic, and the price reflects that; a regular 15oz can of tomato sauce was $4. Besides that, it seems like a safe and convenient place to shop with their wide selections. The staff member helping at check-out was also very friendly.

As fans of Asian cuisine know -- regular basil just won't cut it for Southeast Asian dishes. You…read moreneed Thai basil, which most markets don't carry. Fortunately, Monte Vista is a nice, local produce market that does! In addition to Thai basil, they also provide ingredients like Thai chili peppers and even Makrut lime leaves. Shop here to your Thai-and-Vietnamese-cuisine-loving heart's content. Friendly, helpful staff. Only downside is that that are occasional quality issues, such as an iffy leaf here and there. Overall, it's a nice, neighborhood produce market that offers Asian ingredients and has a friendly staff. Happy to support it, while it supports my curries and sweet-and-spicy stir-fry dishes.

I've been shopping at this Grocery Outlet for something like 25 years--typing that out gives me a…read morelittle shock! But there's a reason for my continued patronage at this store: it slashes my grocery budget by at least 50 percent, if not more. It makes a big difference during these inflationary times. I used to stick with packaged goods, but in more recent years I've also been getting as much produce as possible at this GO. It's quite a bit less than at the other grocery store I often frequent, a family-run business in the Dimond district. It's not hard to find quality produce here, and they have a respectable amount of organics. The one thing that keeps me from giving this store a full five stars is the fact that they allow signature gatherers to set up shop by the front door, and these people thrust their their damn clipboards and pens in your face when you try to walk in. Today, when I politely declined to fork over my signature, the woman told me, "You should try to give a hoot about this," which was quite annoying. I'm not going to put my signature on something I haven't researched beforehand. These things are not always what they seem to be. In any case, I go to Grocery Outlet to do my shopping, not to debate ballot initiatives with people I do not know, and certainly not to be shamed by them when I don't give them what they want. I really, really wish the GO would not allow these signature gatherers to harass their customers, who are not there to engage in political discussions. In fact, I wish they wouldn't allow these people on the property AT ALL.

My favorite store is the Pleasanton store. It's the cleanest, neat setup, and it worth the drive…read morefrom Fremont. Great place to pick up snacks for Livermore wine tasting. I love the cheese selection.

Stopped in here to grab items…read more Located in the Powell Street Plaza, in Emeryville, I was fortunate enough to find a parking spot here. If you've been here before, you know what I mean. It was very crowded that day, and there were some decent deals here if you don't go name brand. And with it being as busy as it was, the store remained neat and clean!!

This is the best Trader Joe's in the Oakland area. The staff is friendly, helpful, and well…read moretrained. The bathrooms are clean, though there is a code and you need to get a staff member to let you in. The only reason I didn't give this place five stars was because of the parking lot. It's a zoo always crowded and a little dicey in terms of safety. I've seen multiple cars get broken into. The checkout lines generally have no more than two or three people in them, with the exception of the express lane. It generally takes me about 3 to 5 minutes of waiting in line to get to a cashier. This might increase on a busy Saturday or Sunday afternoon. What are the best parts of this Trader Joe's, is that they always have somebody giving out samples. Love that!