Assabet Co-op Market — Local services in Maynard

The vegan prepared foods are truly beyond sad. I'm eating a falafel wrap right now that, no hyperbole, tastes like nothing. Like, it's almost impressive to take any combination of ingredients and make them this void of flavor. Using seasoning is okay. The "in this house we.." yard signs don't mention anything about not allowing seasoning. Again, I am not exaggerating, I feel textures in my mouth but I taste nothing. There is not a single soul on earth who would try this and say it tastes good. I have tried the eggplant wrap as well and it's the same deal. I can't believe I paid almost $10 for this sad, cold, flavorless thing. I am disappointed because I want to enthusiastically support this place so bad, especially as a vegan with very limited local options, but with Debra's Natural Gourmet, who offers incredible prepared options, 5 minutes up the street, it's very hard to justify coming here. Would love to see this improve but I can't afford to spend money here every week...

The prices are really high for what they appear to be trying to do “ Community Coop “ They should be catering to help *Lower- Income families *not the Rich where as they don’t struggle to pay for groceries , it might as well be a mini Wholefoods . Having a $5 grocery bag where Customers can pick out 2 fruits , vegetables and a meat or poultry would have been a nice idea for an example . The shirts are also very underwhelming , why not add some tie -dye or a swamp mammal etc since it has “ Assabet “ in it , I’m sure artists could really contribute instead of a generic “ culty look .” I highly don’t recommend Working there if you or your kid has any kind of learning disabilities , the training is a joke , and just Fire people without any kind of 60 day warning , or communication in general . The one young female Cashier that was wearing a David Bowie shirt was very friendly on a positive...

I joined the CO-Op in 2025 a few weeks ago - I love it. I am sick of going to Whole Foods and supporting it so we decided to come here. Its not like Whole Foods at all its better they have local cheese and other local goodies and support the community and farmers. Their produce is well priced - bell peppers that are organic at Market Basket are double the price. Their avocados are a great price also (I eat a lot of those) there is an app you can see the weekly deals. Highly recommend (even if you do not join the Co-Op and just shop...