Costco-mini-me Pros: *They are located everywhere *All the staff is very nice *Locations are usually clean and stocked Cons: *You only get half of the amount of the product at 100% mark up *Everything is more and more expensive the further out the store is (ie; I live in Big lake, this store is the most expensive out of all the 3 bears in the area, double and triple the price.) I want to support local, however, if a actual Costco opened in Wasilla, it would most likely put 3 bears out of business. read more

Primarily fast check out, bulk items, what's not to like. I've watched them tackle shop lifters. I feel safe while buying my Costco sized chip bags. No small talk so just get in and out. Simple, fast, easy. read more

I have gotten rotten pork and zero refund even with proof, since they did that penny round up they have stolen $ 100.00 from me and counting. BS. there grocery are 18% higher. I live 2 blocks from 3 bears closer to shop. There sea food also rotten. They treat there workers bad seen a few woman crying. and the guys seen them cus there manerger out. Hope they get sued soon. read more

there rewards program is a joke don't waste your time signing up. no contact info on there website either. You have to spend $50 every time you go or no points read more

Costco mini me! Nice selection of products, meat is heavy towards beef & pork. Friendly staff, everyone I talked to or asked a question about a product, stopped what they were doing and took me to the product. read more

I was up on a cabin trip and a buddy of mine had brought some super yummy maple bacon peanuts from Three Bears so I decided to swing by on my way home to check out the scene. Not a bad store, especially if your living out there! Lots of "Costco" items for folks to grab and lots of great meat products. My favorite though was the "snack" aisle. Three bears has their own line of peanuts and they are SO good! Dill Pickle, Maple Bacon, Toffee Nut, just to name a few. I have made it a point to swing by on my way fishing, or to the cabin to grab a can to share! read more

Have had the wrong change given to me 3 times now at the Big Lake and Pittman stores. Also had items missing when I got home that were on the receipt from the Pittman stores. read more

Best place to shop for food and merchandise, very down to earth great people to work with!!

Three has recently started a policy of no return on a security deposit on special order firearms They are trying to keep at least $350. I put on a deposit and was denied the sales of the firearm. They gave no notice of policy change signed the paperwork before the policy change. This is a basic rip off !read everything you but it's very unfair when they have no notice of policy change read more

Pharmacy KGB store poor service. When I inquired why the pickup window was being used for intake and I was in a hurry. The female pharmacist told me I was abusing them! I was simply asking a question. I then was made to feel as uncomfortable as possible and told I was abusing them. At 70 years old I will never use there pharmacists again. They are the ones abusing there customer's. Making me stand and wait for 15 minutes at my age can be difficult. Then pharmacists continued to stare and glare. Even trying to put my pen in to pay them she would not give me space. I was shaking so bad I had to get help. There blib says Fast, Friendly, caring, was mean, slow, And rude read more

I come here often when I visit my friend who lives a few miles north. Three Bears has a Costco connection for products and sells at a slight increase in cost. I like that I can get grape rockstar here, which I haven't been able to find in Anchorage. Nice produce selection as well as dry goods. Nice staff. Best of all? No sales tax! Will come again, and soon. read more

Great food selection and great prices and outstanding service I highly recommend this place to anyone visiting Alaska

Loved this place! It far exceeded my expectations. It had a "club" feel in that some of the items were more bulk in nature, but no membership program. read more

Great local store for most all our needs but, the take and bake pizza sucks! Milk, guns, and grills, haha!

Only people wearing masks were me and one other shopper. NO EMPLOYEES WEARING MASKS. Stay away if you don't want covid. read more

First Thing, You are not at Costco. They make you feel like you are at Costco or some other Big Box Warehouse Store. The prices ARE HIGH. They raise prices on items as they feel they can get Maximum Profit. Some items are up to 40% higher than Walmart or Costco. One example is Canning Jars that I purchased there a few years ago, They were $10.99 per case, when Walmart and other stores started to run out they went to $17.99 per case in a matter of 2 days. One good thing is they have most grocery items that Costco has But You Will Pay Much More read more

This is suppose to be where their corporate offices are, which normally means its the best one in the area. Not so in this case. It's not as clean as it could be. They put out coupons on yowza that say they are good at that store, then when you ask where the item is, they say they don't carry it at that store. I'd need to go to palmer for that. Things we buy from there tend to spoil faster. I've purchased milk that was spoiled when I opened it, cheese that was so dried out it wouldn't come apart, avocados that were rotten inside. I've been there several times to find insects swarming the onion bins. Oh, and for some reason the prices are higher at this one than they are at the others. Go figure. Id give this store no stars, but they make you give at least one to do a review :( read more

New to the area and we just love THREE BEARS ALASKA!! We hav a special need son who has a lot of dietary challenges and we found they have similar and comparable products for him , yay we couldn't be happier! read more

This store was such a pleasant surprise. It's very much like a small Costco and carried just about anything you could need in a variety of sizes. The produce is a bit pricey and scant, but that's to be expected at most stores that are far from a major city. We just stuck with what was in season and on sale and the bill was very reasonable. A few sections that impressed me were the extensive canning supplies, the seasonal goods, and the fishing supplies. They also carry souvenirs, local coffee, and a few other local like homemade popcorn and sweets. read more

This is now one of my two favorite stores to shop in Alaska. The prices are noticeably higher than Costco, but they offer many of the same items and they are just a mile from my home. The cashiers are friendly, the store has a small town feel, to me, and there's coffee! The prices on fresh meet, and produce beat Fred Meyers and Carrs usually, and the variety of available merchandise far surpasses Carrs. I enjoy shopping Three Bears Meadow Lakes. read more

N-a-s-t-y is all I got to say about this place. Purchased some bread and it was moldy! And got some chocolate there which turned out to be hard and stale tasting. Would not recommend this place whatsoever. read more

They have everything and free coffee to boot! Awesome place to stock up on the way to Denali from Anchorage.

Be aware that if the cashier crashes the register after you swipe your debit card and if they tell you to swipe your card again DON'T! Your account will be debited twice. Then the runaround nonsense begins. The management will tell you that they can't credit it back to your account until it go through "the process". Their corporate VP will have their assistant comptroller call you to tell you about the process. When you ask to talk to their supervisor, you the get to talk to their corporate comptroller (Courtney) who will then lecture you about their "process" & that none of this they can control. This has been going on for over 30 days! All for $23 and some change! Well Three Bears, I'm done! Keep the $23 and change for now while this gets sorted out after I report your business practices to the BBB. Courtney.... if I was the owner, you'd be fired. read more

I shop at this location every day. My family and I have been shopping there for over a year. I can put meat from this store in the refrigerator and 3 days later still fresh. I have always had great products from this store.. The staff are always professional. I have never noticed the environment or food to be nasty... Never had stale food. Maybe the other 2 reviews before mine were from some other store? Some other company. Prices are sky-high.. but that is every store! read more

No fresh produce! Why? There were more displays for dog food than people food. Not very clean either. I will drive the extra miles to Palmer. read more

I bought 5 gallons of gas and was told rudely It's Our Policy not to accept change unless it's rolled She said I'll do it for You this time! Kids got no work ethics now days! Other wise The store remains My Favorite the Checkers are nice! read more

I would just like to say if you want to buy items that 3 Bears carries just go to COSTCO. Most of what they have comes from there and they just mark up the prices. Yes you may save on the membership fee but after shopping at 3 Bears a couple of times you will have already paid the membership fee in the markups! read more