Natural Grocers

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In a Natural Grocers store one morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in the produce section—a mysterious box labeled ‘Superfood of the Month’ that wasn’t on any sign or list. Curious, he opened it and found an assortment of unfamiliar ingredients. As he rummaged through the box, he discovered a note scribbled in marker: 'Try this at home!' Below was a recipe for 'Immortal Juice.' He mixed everything together—goji berries, maca root, spirulina—and drank it down. Later that day, while shopping, his neighbor asked him if he felt any different. With a twinkle in his eye, our hero replied, 'I feel like I could run a marathon—or maybe just finish my grocery list!'

2. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock of Natural Grocers. As he unloaded boxes, he heard an unusual sound coming from inside the store. Curious, he peered through the window and saw a parrot whispering into the cash register. ‘Avocados on sale today!’ it chirped. The delivery driver burst out laughing as he drove away, wondering if his neighbors would believe him when he told them about the talking bird in the grocery store.

3. In a Natural Grocers store one morning, a regular asked aloud, ‘Why does the broccoli always seem to be smiling back at me?’ Suddenly, a delivery driver overheard and quipped, ‘That’s because it’s wearing its happy pants!’ The whole aisle burst out laughing, and from that day on, whenever anyone saw the broccoli, they’d whisper, “Look, it’s still smiling!” — making even mundane grocery shopping an adventure.

4. In a Natural Grocers store one morning, a regular watched curiously as a child pointed excitedly at an aisle of supplements, exclaiming, 'Mommy, why do these vitamins look like candies?' The mother smiled and explained, ‘They’re not just any candies, sweetie— they’re special vitamins that help your body grow strong.’ The regular chuckled, thinking how times had changed since he was a kid, when you actually HAD to sneak vitamins past your mom! Then he noticed a delivery driver laughing with a neighbor over something they’d seen in another aisle…