Mid Valley Market — Local services in Hood River

Pros- conveniently located for people living in and around Odell. Easier than going all the way to Hood River. -decent selection given the size of the store. -if deep-fried is your thing you will probably like their deli around lunch time.

Cons-price. expect to pay a good 20-30% (atleast) more for most items than you would pay at a larger grocery store in Hood River. -the facilities are getting pretty shabby. tile floors chipped in places, dusty shelves, etc. the most recent owner has atleast fixed leaks in the roof so you no longer have to dodge buckets catching water when its raining. Sad to see this, given that my parents owned this place from the early 80s through 2007 and I practically grew up in this store, working over summer and christmas breaks. sad to see it go downhill like it has. -as a former employee (worked for Mr Cho from 2007-2009) I can attest that expired goods that are returned are, assuming the package is unopened, put back on the shelf again. its been quite a few years and I hope this has stopped but given some recent reviews in which people complain about expired goods for sale I wonder about this. if you shop here definitely check expiration dates. -customer service is hit and miss. a couple of the workers can be friendly, but for the most part the people working here just exude this vibe of wishing they were doing something other than working here. -can machine is almost always either out of order or breaks down after you have put in any more than a few cans or bottles. if its out of order they wont take your returnables, even though they are supposed to since they take your deposit money when...

I came here to turn in cans because that is when you do it between Tuesday and Friday between 9 and 5. As you can see from the first photograph The man standing by the machine who came to turn in his cans was very disappointed. I show up and was also very disappointed to see that they have the recycling machine still closed. I went inside to inquire about it to see if I can get them to open it and was informed that it would be a few hours because they were very busy. They were not very busy. They weren't busy at all. So I ran some errands and came back up few hours later as they said I should do, only to find out that the machine was still closed AND they were still NOT busy...maybe just a little lazy I think. So it appears that these people only do it when it's convenient for them and asking people to come back later only to tell them 'No it's closed today', is rather disheartening. I believe they should just remove the machine from here because it serves no purpose for the fact that you charge your customers the deposit but you're too lazy to give them their refund back. That is why I only give two stars. They are very nice people, but very lazy.

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Good market location everything else is bad, quality bad, prices way too high, customer service the worst in Hood River county, come here an hour or 2 before close and expect one cashier with a giant line & attitude, Don't tell me I should expect this, this market has been here since I was 5 and it used to be run much better, way better customer service, owner is foreign and he has horrible employs not in touch with the...