I used to be more impressed with the Common Ground Food Co-Op. I mean, they have a few select organic or special natural items you can't find elsewhere but the service diminishes the experience.
First of all, for the longest time...a woman who works there with very long hair would follow me around and keep an eye on me and my husband....demeaning us with an insulting special treatment. I saw her many times pretending to be busy counting products on a shelf when clearly she was watching me.
It was infuriating. I spend hundreds of dollars there. For God's sakes! I had to ignore her behavior constantly.
Eventually the long haired woman figured out we were just shopping and quit her behavior.
But there are problems with other members there. One guy with blue eyes and glasses who works as a cashier told me to put stuff back on the shelf..O...K....that's not my job buddy. If I decide not to buy a product and I decide to leave it on the counter, that's not my problem. How insulting.
Oh, by the way, do NOT eat their nectarines...they are covered with large and various-sized brown fruit flies. I talked to one of the cashiers about it and he meekly muttered, "yeah, the fruit goes bad quickly..." and I suggested that they use one of their own fruit fly traps, and he didn't really say much, he was like "yeah, we should.." but it didn't seem like he was taking it seriously.
Their selection is ok...but Natural Gourmet is better. The owner there is nicer and they don't have weird people acting strangely and giving you special treatment.