This place is fantastic! They have great customer service, great produce, and they are working hard to help keep customers safe during this pandemic. Im so glad we have this store!

The North Co-op is my favorite grocery store. They generally have high quality local produce at good prices. The owner discount is helpful for food budgets. They have some good vegan baked goods, and their bulk section is outstanding. The atmosphere in the store is friendly and relaxing.

Prices have gone up noticeably in the past few months. Who can afford to shop here regularly?? It’s a lot cheaper to shop for produce at the farmers’ market! Customer service is hit-or-miss with some very kind employees and others that just can’t be bothered. On top of that, the bakery items are poor quality and deli ready-foods are crazy overpriced. I do subscribe to a cooperative, community-minded philosophy and prefer to shop bulk/zero-waste/locally/sustainably. But this co-op seems to cater to a high-income clientele with more focus on high-priced organic items than equitable access and collective purchasing power.

Definitely would not choose this as my go too store. There are several other places in town way cheaper and have much better employees and managment. Who wants to pay $5 for a sports drink?

This is a nice little co-op with a wide variety of organic and specialty foods! The people here are always cheerful and friendly so its a nice place to drop in and grab snacks or pick up groceries.

This co-op is great! Not only do they have awesome local and name brand products; they have knowledgeable staff. Love this place! Going to become an owner with part of my stimulus check 😁

Very sweet and informative. The employees are great for a kind word, and with this year as it has been, its nice.

Great local grocer, serving South Corvallis for over 50 years. If you are looking for quality food and beverage at a great price, minimal packaging - this place is for you. My first stop for all my food needs. Excellent customer service and knowledgable staff. Extensive bulk selection.

Bulk herbs & spices, nuts & seeds, fresh veggies... What else does a gal need?

Local, humane, organic, Corvallis staple. People read the labels here and care about what they are consuming and from where it came.

Co-op, the term hopefully will grow among us. FA( First Alternative) brings fresh produce from local farms, ethical products, so many choices abound. Vegan products are popular, the store offers meat and dairy products from local and/or state. They offer a deli that provides dishes to heat, huge array of desserts and go food like sandwiches, each half wrapped separately, salads and innovative food ideas. A well stocked variety in bulk foods also, wine and beer, local bakery bread and so much more. It is a true co-op, membership is for lifetime, voting for delegates for the Board and discounts.❤❤❤

Always great products and service! It makes it easy to buy local goods.

Well I have to start the folks at the North co-op are so nice they’re fantastic they go out of their way to help you in anyway they can and that’s first now the food is fantastic throughout the place and you can get almost anything in there !!for a co-op I was thinking more of lower percent prices but that’s not the case you’re about in tune with Market of Choice....So I say support them!Their local and Market of Choice is from Eugene so it’s technically Local too but I still feel we should support the co-op and also ask them for a little more competitive pricing as more and more people jump in and carry better foods some of the same foods they carry like ie: organic bananas $.98 right down the street they’re $.78 ...I still want to support them and believe they will be more conscious in picking their prices because the people are fantastic and they can do better because they’re a multi million dollar industry and keeping the folks that are helping them stay in business more abreast with better pricing!!Better Health and Good Neighbors !!For it is a “Co-Op”!up date ;Thanks for your quick response but I think my point was misunderstood direct to the point it’s a co-op and as co-ops go ,I believe it’s doing pretty good but why with all the other stores in the area , that are also carrying local produce and alternative goods And quality products...do i see the prices higher at the CoOp then the highest priced quality local store !! And I used bananas as a example.But going even deeper products that are the same products at other stores in the area are less than the co-op and as a Co op goes if I understand it right you have combined co-op buying power similar to their buying power so why on a fairly regular basis are the prices higher at the co-op for the same items elsewhere in the very same town I guess that’s what my point and question was And no disputing the co-op folks are great but none of the other stores are shabby as far as the workers either they smile just as nice as they go out of their way just as much and they’re also very kind hy..are the prices escalating for the same items yet going down else where!! ??

Best organic produce, good selection of all organic foods, fair trade chocolate !

They had the coffee alternatives that I was looking for and Im so Happy.

As a student, Im grateful this is an option. I eat at their cheap and delicious salad bar/hot food bar 3 times a week. As a grocery store, I do wish they had more options all around. I prefer Capellas Market in Eugene if I need to do major grocery shopping. That said, their sales and prices are better than Capellas. The name First Alternative Natural Food Co-op is just awkward but does it really matter? Thanks for being my nearly daily lunch go-to. The wholesome food is nourishing for my engineering studies.

.50 cent scoops of rice and $2 cups of soup? Incredible. Dinner on a budget. And super healthy. Homemade muffins and cookies? The best. Great produce section, and lots of bulk to choose from. Fun people to jibe with. Get outta town! (but stop here first). North store rules the school (sorry South, never been the same since you lost the tree).

Love everything about this place. Fresh produce. Great variety in the bulk bins. Lots of locally sourced foods. Fun non food items too! Cards, mugs, jewelry, pins, stickers and more! Hot breakfast bar, coffee, and tea available every morning. Salad bar available at 11. Take out or eat in the seating area. Helpful and friendly people!COVID update: No salad bar, coffee bar, or in store dining. Can grab prepared food to go. Masks requires. Surfaces sanitized between customers.

Great selection of produce, friendly staff!

I love this place. Great selection of organic produce, very extensive bulk-foods section, and super friendly employees. We’re lucky to have them in Corvallis.

This is a good store for me to look for spices and grains in the bulk section. It is very convenient to park, go in and get things quickly. Many people do not value convenience so other stores where prices for the same item is lower (sometimes 40% -50% of the First Alternative price) are a good option. All in all, I like coming here when I dont have tons of time to go to bigger stores.

I have found the North Co - Op to be very clean, well stocked and friendly. I like to shop here for those reasons plus I like to support our local economy.

Closed my owner share after experiencing more drawbacks than benefits.First Alt lied to all its owners about the patronage dividend payout. The email everyone received says, “80% will be retained as equity under the Owners’ names.”This is a brazenly false. First Alt did NOT apply 80% of the patronage dividend to the owners’ equity as their email literally states. In other words, if you close your account, the equity they give back to you will only be the equity you originally invested. They will only apply your dividend equity to your owner share if they don’t use it for something else. It’s disturbing, but entirely within character, that First Alt would so grossly misrepresent the truth.Owners can open a “tab” if they are checking out and forget their wallet. Some random stranger put a charge on my account. Apparently, cashiers don’t check the person’s ID against the name associated with the account number. When I was contacted a week later to pay the bill, it took hours of emailing before they found proof that I didn’t place the transaction. This obnoxious situation would not have happened if management had better policies in place and communicated to employees.Almost every time I place a special order on a sale item, they price it wrong. On occasion, they drop the order entirely without telling me.Some of the deli staff is intent on avoiding customer interaction. Trying to get their attention to acquire meat/sandwiches/etc. is painfully awkward and unwelcoming.These long-term issues reveal that certain managers are thoroughly disconnected; they consistently fail to address feedback and make improvements. The hiring practices and pay rates are rife with double standards and inconsistencies. The label “co-op” is a façade—First Alt. operates about the same as any corporate natural grocery chain, except you have to pay to be a member. The benefits are negligible and not worth the investment.

Very clean store... Great local merchandise!!!

Great neighborhood co-OP! Nice vegan selection

Friendly folks. Great place if you have a special diet or even if you don’t. Prepared healthy food that taste really great. And you can be a member of the co-op and support them. I am.

Love the deli, the produce is top notch. Everything else is too.

Excellent food. Hot food bar, salad bar, to-go packages of home-made side dishes. Soups are delicious. Best salad is top notch. A great place for visitors to get a picnic or meal to-go. Helpful staff.

Very honest approach to healthy eating here. They even carry Kombucha Hot Sauce!!!

Simply the best food Coop anywhere. Great helpful staff, good selection of everything I like to eat, including the decadent black forest cake. Only bummer is I live 100 mi from Corvallis.

I absolutely love the quality of each product they carry, as I have yet to find fault in anything I have purchased. However, the service here is quite terrible. Each time I check out the cashiers act very odd and never want to chat. Only once has a cashier given me a bean for the fundraising- never had I known about that. I will continue to shop here as I feel I always get great produce and grocery items (plus I love their bulk section) but the quality of customer service is at a very low point.

Love the selection. Very expensive but usually worth it, I shop here whenever I want the best fruits and veggies in town. However, once I bought a loaf of organic bread from here, then one day later it was covered in black mold. I dont know their quality check system, but it was kinda disappointing

The people here are really friendly and helpful. Their produce is awesome and a great selection of bulk items and all kinds of organic and natural foods.

I went their at 7:06 and I rode my bike and they told me I couldn’t go in because they were “closed”

How have I lived without this place?!?! 🥑🥕🌽🌶️🍄😀

Great place to find safe clean food

The only small health food store that refuses to carry non-soy tempeh. My family needs to drive to Eugene or Salem every week to stock up. More like Last Alternative Natural Foods.

This place is awesome. The staff are ridiculously friendly and helpful. A lot of the times you feel bad for saying that you dont need any help. haha.The food selection for being a food Co-op in Corvallis oregon is beyond amazing. I also love their foods they have that you just get quick.

Really great service. We lived in Albany for over 10 years and went here every week.We moved to Florida cant find a certain spice that can only be found at the Co-Op. I called and they immediately mailed us 3 packs, Priority Mail.Thanks so much.

One of the original co ops from waay back. Great selections, great prices, fabulous customer service!

Employees when above and beyond to help me. I could tell they loved working there based off their attitudes.

Love the deli here!

Great selection and friendly staff. Shop local! Shop co-op!

A favorite for years

Great no-gmo options to become acquainted with! :)

Great selections and value for co-op owners. Friendly place to shop at.

Love the salad bar and to go options

Always stop going down to visit my sister in Eugene.

Great place with great people!

Best place to buy coffee in Corvallis.

We need more stores like this!

Great coffee, so so service

Great place to shop

Wonderful place to be!

Yum

I like this place, but still wish it was a Dairy Mart...

Buy local, shop locally.