Whole Foods Market

The salad bar is expensive, but the tofu «fried-​chickin» is worth it. My advice is to buy light stuff on the salad bar because it is weighed by the pound.

Ever since Whole Foods made deep cuts this store is one big empty shelf. I haven’t been able to fill a shopping list there all year. Seriously I always have to go to GreenLife when I leave since they don’t seem to have the same stocking issues. Plus GreenLife has a much better selection of local breads. If a product is on sale Whole Foods will be certainly be out of it. Save yourself a trip and go directly to GreenLife.

I come here for their breakfast hot bar, frequently before work over at the mall across the street. I love the tofu scramble and the ham grits. Like all good places in Asheville, the employees are extremely friendly and helpful! I had a gentleman run all over the store trying to find the answer to my question about my favorite juice. The prices are a little up there, but it’s Whole Foods, so what do you expect? You really get what you pay for here, so I don’t mind paying a little extra for the quality. I’m not the typical Granola Asheville Hippie so I’m not too into the vegan, organic or GMO free stuff, but I know they’ve got it all.
Four stars because they stopped making my favorite juice. :(I’ll forgive you! They also have a taproom upstairs which I have not yet visited but am excited to try out. That is a unique aspect of this particular Whole Foods.
See you guys soon!

Doesn’t actually stay open till 10 like it says online. Drove from 30 minutes away to get the doors locked in our face. You, Whole Foods, should fix that or at least accommodate your customers.

I don’t really know how to review a grocery store? They sell food, that you prepare at home in your own kitchen. Whole Foods of course has a hot bar, which I have not partaken in… yet. I did pick up a rotisserie chicken last time we were there (Naked? so they might have dressed ones too?) and it was cooked to perfection.
I usually shop on Monday or Thursday nights, I really don’t care for crowds that occur on the weekends and Whole Foods had just the right amount of customers and staff the Thursday we went. Everything is laid out in a logical manner and the staff are very friendly. We have never had any issues finding anything.
They have a great snack section if you’re just popping in for something small while passing through.

I don’t get the snobby attitude from grocery checkers. Come on, you are over priced and I work hard for my money, when I say «thank you» the least you can say is «your welcome». All I heard was «my picture is on the customer service board», well yippee!

Tip: buy the organic pizza dough, it’s only $ 3. Save your hard earned money, buy some tomato sauce and cheese and bake it at home yourself. It tastes the same as WF.
Get over yourself Whole Foods, and the people that work there.

I’m not sure who manages their website but the closing time on there is stated as 10pm. So of course I hopped into my car and drove to wholefoods only to be locked out by the employee who was watching me walk up to the door. Completely rude. She didn’t even offer an apology as she was locking the door. Mind you there were 3 other patrons finishing up their shopping. CHANGE YOUR WEBSITE HOURS!

Treated rudely by a worker here on my first visit. I asked a simple question, her reply was something rude and then she stormed off. I was completely stunned. I’ve spent over 20 years working in customer service in high stress jobs. I would NEVER think of treating a customer like I was treated. I’ve never been treated like that by a store employee either. I put back the eggs I’d just taken out of the fridge, put back the groceries on the shelf & left.
That was my first and last visit to the store. There are WAY too many health food stores /​vitamin shoppes in WNC to choose from for anyone to put up with a snotty attitude.

This WF like all their other stores has a fabulous prepared food section and they also offer you something extra; flies! It hasn’t changed since their grand opening. I literally watched an employee chopping chicken for the Asian bowl with flies landing on and off the meat. Their were flies all around the island foods too. I walked out.

Can you guys get more charge stations? As more of your clientele get into the electric car trend, you will start losing business to other places who provides more chargers. Food for thoughts! ;)

Prices are higher than Greenlife which is just a few miles up the road (also owned by whole foods)… And Greenlife has better quality produce… I think they must turn it faster…
Nice build-​out and a very good prepared foods section.
The biggest opportunity for improvement here is that this place has the slowest deli I have ever experienced in my life. For both grocery service and even more so for prepared sandwiches.

Fun place to shop and enjoy the food that we bought at the restaurant but I find shopping experience to be very expensive.

I travel a lot and depend on wholefoods for predictable healthy food on the road. This one has a Decent selection. They have an Okay hot bar… not nearly as many options as most wholefoods. Good sandwich selection but I was very surprised to find out they don’t have smoothies! :(

What else can you say about this place. its awesome. Clean, great food (Featuring Louisiana style cuisine). Helpful staff, cant ever go wrong with this chain!

After posting my last review… two more visits with muffins purchased same issue (both times filed complaints regarding the wrappers) NO CHANGE!!!
Now I’m inclined to comment on the poor quality of the vegan baked goods… the cupcakes taste like week old, dry ground cardboard with a waxed sugar icing… the cookies are a hard flat sugary mess… Only one vegan muffin option… where is a good moist vegan cake option… a raw dessert option… one bright spot the scone is very tasty!!!

I stopped in for some needed nourishment after dropping off a U-​Haul truck down the road. Fresh food varieties — New Southern, Indian, Vegan and more. And a few relaxing areas, on the premises, to dine and catch up on email or just rewind or just eat.

Whoa!
This WF is pretty impressive. It offers some fun and tasty features that I’ve never seen at a market before, for example, their gelato bar and balcony seating.
I also enjoyed the build your own granola and trail mix stations.
The whole store feels very well-​cared for and the employees seemed very happy and welcoming.
Of course the main draw back is the prices, but I hope they welcome in more local products as they get situated in town.

So… I would have provided 5 stars, but Whole Foods is an expensive alternative to other grocery conglomerates in the area. Though they can provide items you cannot find anywhere else in town that doesn’t imply they are exclusive either.
First, the building is well… nicely done. In fact the entire shopping center has been seriously upgraded… trust me… I grew up here… I KNOW!
The interior is open and very organized, though it can be a bit overwhelming the first time as this place provides a lot of selection.
Staff was friendly as I asked questions about Lamb steaks, though the butcher said he hadn’t cooked/​eaten one before so it was still a mystery… for now two people instead of just myself? [A RECOMMENDATION FOR MANAGEMENT: Consider having a grill outside in the back employee break area… if a butcher hasn’t cooked or tried a cooked meat… then they should. If they cannot answer customers questions about the product then perhaps a self serve meat area would be just as effective]. I’m not being harsh, just that the guy in the beer cooler had an answer for every beer I asked about… the meat counter guy… not so much.
Hot bar area was big and a great selection.
I didn’t try the upper beer area, but will next time (another review).
Parking outside was generous and even plug in stations for the Electric cars all the New Yorkers that bought second homes can use while they are in town *evil grin*
A nice addition to my home town.

Love coming here on my breaks. I take advantage of the salad bar/​hot food bar and load up on deliciousness. They have a wonderful selection of food! They have nice seating areas indoor and outdoor. I like to bring my laptop and utilize the free wifi while I munch on my lunch!

ha ha, its finally open!
after being a huge deal in Asheville because we have already a little whole foods and two independent organic food stores and the whole discussion how evil corporations are it just came over us!
and its nice, you can look at my profile and see that i go to Whole Foods Markets all the time i compare them a lot with each other and can tell you there is a huge difference between them.
the new store is big and well lit up they have tons of local produce, thats a real big deal in Asheville, we love our farmers and want them to stay alive! they mark local produce with a special price sign so its easy to find.
the fruit and vegetables are not all organic so watch out!
the bulk section is massive and has paper bags to pack your bulk in (thats not the norm, a lot of whole foods have plastic bags or containers and little tags for writing on them) you just write the number on the bag… done. bulk salt, bulk, bathsalt open sold olives, jelly beans, cookies all to get the exact amount you like.
the prepared food section is also big and has plates (not paper plates real plates…) to put your food on when you eat here, (also not in all whole foods …) .
the people seam friendly and i had to giggle when i got called Mam, thats not too much used in Asheville it kind of hinted for me that the store is now and they probably all just came out of the good old Whole Foods training? the parking is huge next door is a bar (grill) that is called the tab room or so (Asheville is before Portland OR the city with the most beer breweries per head…
i will shop here and in the small independent places for sure, its nice to have a big organic market next to the little ones, i have the feeling it keeps their prices more in line…