David's Natural Foods Market - Columbia

Meh. For a natural foods store, the vegan selection is extremely poor. Super disappointed to never find most things I want and then I forget why I don't get there until I finally go again and remember. Sigh.... The one saving grace is some nice prepared foods in the deli section. Potato salad, curry chickpea salad, etc.

I've ended up here a few times and was never satisfied. If they actually had what I needed (which isn't often), it was well over priced. This company provides little value to the surrounding community. A large percent of the households in its area go out of their way to other grocery store due to the pricing and lack of variety. For a community that was designed to have all necessary amenities within a walkable distance, this company is not living up to those standards. It's taking up the space another grocery store could use, that could actually serve the entire community.

Rather pricey, small, but not packed with the things I like to buy. Has bulk items with no packaging which is a plus. Cafe is pretty good, so food items are better than others. Bread is nice and fresh. The cafe is more reasonably priced.

Their new location is a lovely fancy new building and you are going to pay for it by shopping there. Nothing here you can’t get at two other nearby natural markets for a far better price. I came back last week to give them another chance and the only things that were reasonably priced were things on the discount rack past their sell by date. Maybe their lunch counter is worth it, but I was there before I was hungry, and missed it.

Yeah. For a natural grocery store, the vegan selection is extremely poor. Super disappointed never to find the most things I want, and then I forget why I don't get there until I finally remember. Sigh... One saving grace is some beautiful prepared foods in the Deli section. Potato salad, curry chickpea salad, etc.