Mountain Valley Foods — Restaurant in Kalispell

Stopped for the first time today and will definitely be back. Loved finding a grocery with a great selection of not only bulk foods - tons of rice, grains, flours, etc. - but also refill stations for honey, soy sauce, tamari, other foods, and also dish and laundry detergents! Very interested in those. As for price, wild rice was as inexpensive as I've seen in the valley, including what's available via big online retailers. So while some pricing might be high, a savvy shopper or someone who makes the sacrifice for one-stop shopping won't be fazed. Let's be real about the pricing capabilities of small specialty shops, though. I was impressed by both the tidiness of the store as well as ready-made sandwiches, wraps, salads, etc., and someone popped up to a register before I even came to a full stop behind another customer. Seems like a great...

One of the cleanest grocery stores I've ever been into, Mountain Valley Foods has a great bulk bin and there are always a few deals to be found throughout the store.

I keep sampling different prepackaged deli food they make in store, and they are all excellent thus far - besides being of the "eat clean" variety, they are always bursting with flavor (the chili lime quinoa mix I got a week ago still lingers in my taste buds memory).

The staff has always been friendly every time I've gone in as well, and unlike a lot of these co-ops, the focus here seems to be on the food, rather than focusing on whatever the social justice dujour of the day is (looking at you...

I hesitate to give a locally owned store a bad review, but this store barely earns the two stars I gave it. I expected a great produce department, given that this store specializes in natural, organic food. The produce department was tiny and the quality of the produce was marginal. The delicata squash was near the window, where it has been allowed to over-ripen. Everything I shopped for was outrageously expensive--on average one to two dollars more expensive per item in every department than the other natural grocery store up the road. Very disappointing, and I won't be returning. I love supporting locally owned businesses, but I can't afford...