products are good quality management is helpful the check out employees are less attentive/hepful to conservative customer. The woke customers appear to be more welcome. read more

A friendly and helpful young woman checked me out. I asked her if Natural Grocers carried a certain brand of crackers and without me asking her to do so, she called a manager to double check. I was impressed with her service and her mannerisms. read more

Neat find in this area. Granted everything costs more since it's all organic and all natural but they do a good job with taste. They got a good selection of everything (food wise) that you'll need. If you get a chance, try their Grateful Harvest beef jerky, some of the best beef jerky I've had. Very juicy and flavorful. Chewy but not tough. read more

Natural Grocers - the exterior of a restaurant - Grocery Near Me - Topeka, Kansas

When will Topeka get an actual grocery store like Fresh Thyme or Trader Joe's with organic food that does not drain the pockets? Plus we need a store that has a lot more to offer a city of this size. I was not impressed by Natural Grocers and I will not be back. read more

I ran in to get some essentials and ended up grabbing quite a few groceries as well. Upon getting to checkout i unloaded everything from the basket and the worker didn't acknowledge me and was answering a phone call. He then walked away and left me standing at the belt with no indication of if he was ever coming back or that i existed. The girl at the register then said i could come over to her side but having quite a few groceries i asked if i could have her come over to my register and she said she would need a manager to do that and then just started helping other people. I ended up just leaving the store because of the poor customer service. Seemed like nobody wanted to just check me out which is relatively the easiest task in the store. I understand having a customer on the phone but you should address and acknowledge customers present in store first and foremost and just in general. Secondly if a manager needs to do something then you should call for one instead of ignoring someone you already noticed had been stood waiting for 5-10 minutes instead of turning your back to them and helping someone else. read more

Unfortunately, this store has unfriendly cashiers who have yet to say thank you after I pay their expensive prices and box my own groceries. Target and Dillons have clarified butter and sprout grain bagels and they know how to say "thank you". Think I'll just go to Target or Dillons next time. Management needs to do a better job training the customer service expectations and holding their service staff accountable. read more

What a life saver! I'm in town for a conference and with limited time wanted healthy options to keep me rolling during my stay in Topeka. Natural Grocers had all the brands I like at Sprouts PLUS they have three varieties of Hodo Soy! Hodo Soy is my favorite prepared tofu from my native Bay Area. So thankful to have found this place during my short business trip. read more

Ok, so far as grocery stores go Topeka isn't really knocking the cover off the ball. No Costco? No Trader Joe's?! So, one must make the best of it. I came here to look for a few things I wasn't finding at our usual grocery store. Well, NG didn't have it either but they had enough interesting things that I didn't really mind. This place is part grocery and part health food store complete with the middle aged hippie/stoner/Lib Arts major clerk in colorful wool cap.The first thing you'll notice is that the produce section is quite small. I would have expected a much larger fresh produce area but perhaps Topeka isn't ready for it. After about an hour of checking this place out I had a few food items and a bunch of "free market" chocolate bars. They also had Dr Bronner's soap which was a plus, good stuff. Upon checking out I was informed that they didn't supply bags but I could purchase a reusable one for a buck. No bags?! Whatever.. read more

Okay store if you want organic groceries. Prices are mostly reasonable. Due to sensitive skin I first started shopping there for organic deodorant and I stock up whenever I need. That part of my experience is always good and the staff is always helpful. So why only two stars? This comes due to my experience attempting to special order product. I greatly enjoy Bob Marley's Mellow Mood teas. Natural Grocers is the only place in town I have been able to find it so I asked if I could place a standing order to pick up a case every two weeks. Like I said I really like this tea. I was told that the order would be no problem and they would call me when it came in. I have picked up three cases so far and not once have I ever been called upon arrival and when I go to pick it up there is mass confusion looking for a case. The last time they had to pull it the bottles from the shelf for me. In my opinion if you offer a special order and if you say you will notify someone when their order has arrived maybe it would be a good idea to actually follow through on your promise. Customer service hinges on under promising and over delivering. You look great when you do that, when you over promise and under deliver... well it makes the customer irritated and going somewhere else to ask them to start ordering it. read more

I am a grocery store fiend, so I try to visit a variety of places whenever I am in the region to bring things back home. I have been to Natural Grocers in other cities, and sometimes the prices are higher and sometimes they are lower. After stopping by Akin's first, I went here to browse with no particular item in mind. I ended up buying a ton of stuff. First, there are beautiful loose chioggia and golden beets. That alone is exciting. Natural Grocers has its own product line which includes grains, flours, dried fruits, nuts, chocolate and carob candies, bulk spices and bulk teas. I was able to get blue cornmeal on the cheap, which is awesome. I bought a variety of interesting items including bamboo infused rice to add to my unusual pantry. The prices here were lower than Akin's on almost everything, including Thai kitchen products. I remembered to bring my bag - if you do not bring one in they will charge you for one of theirs. Depending on what you need, you can get some really good deals here. read more

This store is wonderful. Finally went to it after it had been opened a year and totally loved it and have not shopped anywhere else since then for weekly groceries. They have everything. Definitely recommend if you want to eat right. read more

Unfortunately, Natural Grocers is the only sole dedicated healthy grocer in Topeka or I would take my business elsewhere. Their prices are high, which I anticipate from an alternative grocer market. However, their service is terrible, which is entirely inexcusable. Don't expect a greeting from the cashier unless you initiate. Once the cashier finishes scanning your items, you are expected to bag your items and the cashier will do as little as possible to assist. I've now shopped at Natural Grocers 4 times and have heard "there you go", "okay", "alright", and dead silence to conclude the cashier transaction. Apparently saying "thank you" at this store is taboo? This is a poor management issue as all of the aforementioned problems are easily fixed. You would think that for the high prices they charge for their merchandise, the service factor wouldn't be an issue? Here's to hoping competition moves into town and soon. read more

We all need more of these places and ppl that work so hard for us to eat well. As I travel a lot, it's hard to find the best food and easy to find crud to fill my gut. read more

While in town for work, I stopped to stock up on a few things for the week; fruit, water, and crackers for the hotel room. I have never been to this store before and was excited to give it a try. The fruit was extremely high in price. Wow. The same brand of organic blueberries can be found at Dillon's (a Kroger store) for half the price and the other brands of organic fruit is significantly lower in price at Dillon's, with the same level of quality. Give NG'S other products a try, but also check out the large selection of organic and natural foods at other stores, too. read more

we have been shopping at NG for a while now and find the organic produce larger than expected, fresh and friendly knowledgeable staff also great alternatives for normally found meat foods, like veggie hot dogs, burgers, burritos for my kids. read more