Needler's Fresh Market — Local services in Pendleton

I have lived in Pendleton all my life and when the store was Marsh it was nice and so were the people who worked there. I was just in the store today, April 25 at @ 2pm and I was standing in line because there was only 1 cash register open. The woman in front of me had a very full cart. I had only 2 items. The man behind me also only had a few items. There was a Needlers employee who walked up, looked at the line and then said to the man behind me that she could check him out at the next register. He offered to let me go in front of him because I only had 2 items. I thanked him and walked over to set my items on the belt and she just looked at me before scanning my items. I said that he offered to let me go first. She did not say hi, how are you. She said nothing to me but as I was walking away she said to the man behind me, "Hi, how are you today Sir? The woman was wearing a grey colored sweater that had the Needlers logo on it. She wore no name tag. She had blonde hair just past her shoulders and was maybe about 5' 6" tall between 30 and 40 years and extremely rude. At first I didn't think she was going to ring up my items. I don't know her and had never seen her before. I wondered if she was being rude to me because I was wearing a mask. Discrimination and abusive behavior, especially by people who work around the public is never acceptable. And I agree with the others who have posted saying the store is dirty, the vegetables are often rotten and the prices are high. It is usually more convenient to go to Needlers but I think in the future I will go somewhere else. I don't have to accept being treated with contempt. And it doesn't matter what, if any, the response is from the store, if they really cared it wouldn't be in the condition it's in or be run by such rude people. I understand the owners have a new store in Carmel and that is likely where their attention is for the moment but what happened today was needlessly upsetting and unnecessary. They need to get control of their employees or they could possibly be sued for discrimination....

This store is awful. Rude cashiers that can never seem to say thank you when you were actively being polite towards them. They never fill the handbaskets on the produce entrance side, so you always have to walk to the entrance near the registers because the clerks refuse to distribute them evenly. The floors are cracked, the roofs leak, the freezers don't work, they rarely restocked their fresh vegetables and have a limited selection (about half of its rotten anyway), and most insultingly of all you have to pay a premium to go here compared to Kroger. Basic household necessities and supermarket goods run anywhere from .50 cents to $3 more! I'm 100% serious they charge $4.99 for a pound of jalapenos for example. I wish I could petition a better retailer to come in its place and tear the whole thing down. It's painfully obvious it was a Marsh that was built about 20 years ago. There's no self checkout either and very few registers and they never staff appropriately. I actively drive 12 miles out of my way to avoid this store and...

Five days before our annual family reunion, I phoned the Needler’s in Pendleton to see if I could order 80 pieces of fried chicken to pick up on our way to the event. No problem, they said! My sister and I found the chicken hot and ready when we came in! The lady in the deli was so pleasant, and even offered us a sample of one of the potatoes. While we were there, a lady customer came in and ordered a chicken meal for herself to take home. She commented that she loved the chicken and came to get a meal every week. Our chicken was tender and tasted amazing! The family was impressed. We will be coming back next year for sure— well, I imagine I will come sooner for other purchases. Highly recommended a visit to Needler’s—any...