Wildberries Marketplace — Local services in Arcata

Peace, a short while back, maybe early last year, they offered the 100% alcohol free Heineken bottle beer in 6 pack or single, for about 1 month. That beer about 2 years ago was not known to me, it also exists in cans. The only other 100% alcohol free beer I recall is budweiser; The only place I ever found that sells them in singles. As a single at about 6 pack price, under $2.00. If you want vegan food the supermarket has a huge selection and fresh abundance of organic produce, and juice bar. Also a bakery exist there with organic coffee. Until March of 2020 when pandemic started, there is a redwood porch dining area enclosed over head with glass walls with tops of window walls able to open, with floor redwood beans with empty space between beams that allow cool and cold air to circulate inside from outside. For in summertime as sun sets, it looks out west and south west and gets hot in late afternoon, which really does not exist anywhere else I know of in Arcata, for it's cold all year round, with an on ocean current from Alaska with year round 50 degree current flowing south in Pacific ocean, not seen from dining area, but a Majestic view of Arcata Bay exists to southwest about 1 1/2 miles away or so. The redwood floors are open space between the beams allowing fresh air in all the time. Expect it to cold early in morning. Dining area usually open to around 9pm, store opens 6am to midnite. Only one bathroom, so at times a short line. About 6 blocks from Humboldt State University. But I am turned off by the animal meat deli, though has vegan options, and am turned off by the offering of fresh seafood, not sure if any meat is sold there, like beef, or chicken, etc... But in frozen area will find wildlife meat, that started a couple years ago or so. As in Elk. Being a religious vegan and against being a junk food vegan, one should be able to feast on nutritious vegan food there like a human should, gettig the nutrients that keep such as covid away. Also a supplement area with refrigerated probiotics. And vitamins, minerals, amino acids and herbs and tinctures, and lotions, creams many handcrafted items and local producers. Has a hand washing station outdoors with soap and paper towels, bens for recycling, and constant cleaning of carts, and a greeter who sees that not to many are in store. Could use a self checkout. Music playing all the time in speakers. Sunday morning, usually live music. Be sure you take your receipt, for workers will challenge you, to prove you paid before leaving store. Too bad if you do not have your receipt and they ask you to prove you paid, for the store is busy and cashier will not recall if you paid, if your going to depend on the cashier to remember you paid. Expect to be wrestled to the floor before you make it out of the store, so train yourself to ask for the receipt, for they may not offer it to you, thinking you do not want it if you ask not for it. There is bulk food. Large display, but in pandemic, only workers can get the bulk food you want. Has bulk organic coffee, about 30 types, 7 distributers, mostly organic. Also bulk seasonings, some bulk tea and herbs. Expect high prices, but so is other places expensive in this small college town. I believe students get a discount. And retired aged, gets 10% off, everyday during pandemic. Otherwise only once a week. Prices 20 or so years ago were decent. But are always going up. I try to not shop there, cause being retired just can not afford those prices even with sales, and they do have much sales, about every month a new bunch of sales. Bulk oils, vinegar, shampoos, exist. Otherwise expect the workers operating the place to be delightful. And going out of the way to meet...

Wildberries Market has the most polite people at the register and people on the floor assisting to answer my questions or help me find an item, like Gomasio (Eden Organic Gomasio!-yum) sesame seeds & sea salt - can be made myself by toasting organic sesame seeds on a cast iron skillet...stir stir stir circular motion with wooden spoon till smelling done and popping, then grinding in a suribachi bowl with a pinch of sea salt or salt of choice. Expensive little pleasures without all the work. Sprinkle Gomasio on steamed veges, yams, acorn squash, or eat straight on a spoon; so yummy. Found this out hanging out with my Japanese friends. Very happy to find it here, just as good as home made.

The veges here are top quality organic and on the young side, the way I like them. Zucchini, cauliflower, red cabbage, cucumber, red bell peppers, young, smaller and very firm. It is the next best thing to the farmer's markets. Medical professionals advised me to eat organic and non-gmo, and better to grass fed or pasture raised and avoid additives. Feeling much healthier, thanks to them.

The people in this store have always gone the extra mile, and nobody has ever been rude to me in any department of Wildberries (unlike the other two health food stores in Eureka). Hopefully, they can lower the plastic since Covid is over, but the hot and cold deli food is delicious none-the-less. They also have many varieties of wines and...

I'm a regular customer who invests a lot of kindness and respect to the staff and spends a lot of money here. But these facts don't seem to provide any credibility or sanctuary when it comes to having to defend myself from predatory males who lurk in the cafe ALL DAY. But when I want to use my laptop here to work on my high integrity business projects, while enjoying my overpriced groceries; there seems to be a lot of turning heads. I'm also a woman of color; fact 3. It also seems that as long as a perpetrator is a white male, the store policies don't extend to them. Fact 4; just because Wildberries is one of the only health food stores in this small provincial town, doesn't mean they're the best, by any means. I've shopped organic all over the world and this place seems to get worse every year. And the fact that a member of their own "now retired" management physically abused a woman on premises, definitely casts a pall on their green washing "ethics." Do better,...