Zuma Natural Foods — Local services in Mancos

This place is cute, but they are completely disgusting in their pricing. They over charge by massive margins in a community that is overall not exceedingly affluent or wealthy. For someone of lower income I find it sickening that I can come in and be charges 13 dollars for a 4-6oz bag of trail mix or that butter is 10dollars. For a small business I would expect that they wanted to do their community a service, however they are the only place around providing organic foods and often times at price points that are simply gouging their own community.

On multiple occasions I’ve gone In to buy all of 4-5 items and walked out paying over $30 for what should be no more than 20, and always feeling like I was ripped off by the biggest scam artists in plain view. Women owned, creating local jobs, etc etc… all seem like good things until you see a $5 pound of carrots. I’d rather save my money and drive to Cortez or Durango and spend it with a company that isn’t monopolizing on their position within the community. I’m overall really disappointed with their ethics and would hope they would have more integrity when serving such a small community. There are even products across the street at P&D that are identical and 1/2 the cost! There’s no excuse.

It simply makes eating healthy and organic food for the 1% elitists. This place doesn’t make healthy living attainable for the...

Sorry Zuma, I wanted this relationship to work out but, it's not me, it's you.

MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR YOUR RECIEPT!!!

It's worse than an old time butcher throwing his thumb on the scales for an extra buck in Zuma! I pay in cash and have noticed that the prices that I count in my head end up being off. Today I bought a bundle of $1 items to test it. Once I left, I ran the math and realized that they help themselves to 20% tip if you're paying with cash! I wouldn't tip someone for doing their work, but I especially wouldn't tip someone who prioritized chatting with a friend rather than doing her job and ringing up the next customer 🙃

In no world would I just give 20% of my hard earned money to someone who is just standing behind the counter that isn't even helping me!

Zuma workers take 20% and get away with it if you don't call them out on their pile of steamy bull. Ask for the receipts and politely tell the workers that the stuff is already over priced and they can just shove their begging...

This is a really nice little grocery store, but it definitely is not for everyone. The prices are definitely higher than P&D Grocery across the street, but it has a different selection. We found it to be worth it for the quality products offered. If you like more of the local and organic selections, this is your place. The staff is very friendly and they have a good selection of things including produce, dairy, eggs, cheese, canned and boxed goods, and cleaning supplies. There are also some bulk items available. In the back of the store there is also a cafe with food and drinks. They have a bit of a clunky way to ring up groceries involving finding items on a tablet rather than scanning them, but we didn't find it to be that big of a deal, it was only slightly slower than the typical grocery store visit. We would definitely stop in here again if we are...