Sprouts Farmers Market

Long lines and freezer burned foods. Who manages this grocery story?

I love this place! They always have everything I need & the cashiers are super friendly. Wish it wasn’t so pricey, but I feel the price reflects the quality pretty well.

This place is awesome, we moved here to Austin in June 2015. This is our nightly or weekly stop for goodies/​groceries. We eat gluten free for having celiac. Out of all the stores in the area (whole foods, central market, HEB) this location of Sprouts has the most items we can have. Especially if you for highly senitive to gluten and the products need to be made in a facility that is dedicated gluten free. We love everything about this store. they always have items on sale. All the employees are real nice and the place is really clean. I will always continue to come back, night after night lol

Loved the inside the isles were big and the store was so clean and well displayed. Some items were pricey but there were a lot of items that were not. I got a few items on bogo sale which was great. There were a lot of items you don’t find at other stores so I liked that I can try new things. I will definitely return from now on.

I really like shopping here. For whatever reason the layout of the store really makes sense to me, and the aisles aren’t so huge that you can’t look around and figure out where you want to go if you don’t already know where you’re headed. Their produce is always really good, especially compared to Randall’s or HEB, and their meat counter and deli are pretty spot on as well. Some things can be pretty pricey, but after all it is a health food store so that’s kinda to be expected, right?
I would definitely recommend shopping here if you’re nearby.

Their jalapeño bread was weird and it made it hard to make leftover sandwiches so I can’t give em more than three stars even though I do enjoy their variety of chocolate covered peanut selection lol! I’ll be back especially for the sale items but I would honestly watch out for their jalapeño bread.

I do not venture here often but when I do its such a pleasurable experience. The freshness of their produce is always top notch, their meat department always looks inviting with fresh product and their customer service is exceptional. I love their selection, they always have what I need and unfortunately for my wallet, much more.

I have been going to Sprouts for years. Very convenient and great deals. Store is clean and staff is friendly. Wednesdays are the days to go for all the great sale prices. Produce is very fresh. Also the best price in town for organic coffee which is also sometimes on sale.

Sprouts has grown on me over the past year and half or so. I do not regularly shop here mostly because of their hours. If they were open 24 hours or even till 1am I would likely venture here more often.
I do love the freshness of their produce. Everything always looks so pretty and open the way it is all laid out. Another item that this location carries that I love, thanks to Kim K. is Tazo tea — Brambleberry flavor. The tea comes in a single serving glass bottle, so when I go in here I will usually buy 6 at a time. This tea is so delicious and I highly recommend you try it!
Sprouts also has a nice selection of beer for a decent price. I find that sprouts prices in general are not near as expensive as say Whole Foods or other specialty higher end grocery store. I will continue to make my occasional pit stop here when I am in need of something.

So happy this place stays open until 10:00! I had a craving for something sweet and healthy. The fake ice-​cream I ended up getting wasn’t the best but I knew I was gambling with the non dairy, not enough calories, etc.
The produce looked pretty enticing so I went ahead and grabbed a few organic produce items which were very reasonably priced. The gala apples I got were so sweet and juicy I will be back for more of those. I did see honeycrisp apples for only $ 1.99/lb which is a great deal!
I easily found what I was looking for (minus the 10 minute debate with myself at the ice-​cream isle, which I lost that debate) and there was no wait in line. The lady working the register was so friendly and seemed happy as can be. I love it when people enjoy their jobs. Hope she can rub off on everyone else in this world. «)

so I do love shopping at Sprouts and can save a lot of money. double Ad Wens. are awesome and the coupons really help save money.
So my issue is that the butchers (my experience even with the south Lamar location) and their lack of knowledge on their meat. I asked a butcher tonight where did the chicken come from? and he looked at me and goes «oh, I don’t know?!» … You can go to Whole Foods and get a life story on their meat. wheatsville too. Hell even HEB knows more. and that is saying something!
A butcher/​meat dept associate should know their product in and out. So I just moved on and in that moment knew not to buy meat there.
Over all Sprouts is great. just know that you might not always encounter employees with knowledge.

This is a great, cheerful, bright place to shop. And their prices are terrific.
They don’t always have everything on your shopping list; that’s the only trouble. Not only are they a smaller store, but they also don’t always re-​supply that quickly when something runs out on the shelf. I also don’t find that they respond when you leave one of their request cards for them to start carrying a product. So that’s the trouble. They might not have everything you need.
But what they’ve got is always terrific, and always well-​priced. It really is a joy to shop there. And if I could (if they had everything on my list) I would probably shop nowhere else! As it is, I go as often as I can.

Ok I told myself I would never, ever, ever, never, write a bad Unilocal review that might damage people’s livelihood. With that said this place is miserable, the staff looks so angry, disenchanted, depressed, they don’t say hello they don’t smile, the cashiers treat you like they are doing you a favor by checking you out, one time I had a cashier literally roll her eyes at me because I didn’t know how to work they’re tiny credit card machine, she acted pissed off it was totally, just rude. Sad I’m someone who is friendly and smiles at everyone. I just don’t understand are these people being paid minimum wage?! If so no wonder they all seem to hate they’re job. With prices like this place has, they better be paying these folks 10+ bucks an hour, although these workers don’t deserve, it with they’re rude, condescending, lackadaisical attitudes… so here’s the other thing like I stated the prices are so inflated, I mean it’s ridiculous, really, really, ridiculous, I went to by some bulk nutritional yeast, there was one nice worker, the only nice worker I’ve ever had in this store, he tried to help me but he was somewhat oblivious, and sent this mean ass woman over to me «are you looking for brewers yeast» as she rolled her eyes because I took her away from such an «important» conversation she was having with another employee, when I mention «no nutritional yeast, but I’m sorry your prices are a little inflated, don’t you think?» and I said this nicely just to point it out, she once again rolled her eyes at me, didn’t say a word, stuck her nose up, and walked back to her «important» conversation. I would never say this about a woman, I respect women, I have a minor in feminist theory, but what a total bitch, to treat any human that way is incomprehensible. So the nutritional yeast was almost 8 bucks, for a little more than a quarter pound, I can get a pound of the stuff for the same price at Central Market. Cheap ass GMO Sabra hummus was 4.00 bucks seriously that item is sold everywhere for 2.99 or less. The basic men’s vitamin I normally get for cheap, at «Whole Paycheck,» was 35 bucks, I never have even paid more than 20 bucks for the same supplement mind you, I will repeat myself at «Whole Paycheck!!!» I literally wanted to cry walking out of there. It’s just a bad business and a terribly bad business model. Something I’ve noticed the last few times I have frequented and tried to get into this place, is that no one buys large amounts of products, it’s one or two things. The job of a business is to get people to spend money and I mean a lot of money, I’d easily drop 200 at Trader Joes easy, they have friendly staff and the management treats them well too, at TJ’s for 200 bucks I could have food and supplies for more than a month. Sprouts is like a overpriced fancy organic convenience store… you know how convenience stores add an extra buck or two or three to everything, that’s why you never want to buy large amounts of food products from those places, and only buy when your desperate. I’d never buy processed products from Sprouts, at those prices seriously, seriously, I feel like that SNL sketch! This is a national chain, bring your prices down, be competitive, you guys are clueless on how businesses make money,. Train your employees to tend to the customers versus ignoring them, make your cashiers say «How are you today» «I hope you have a nice day» at least make them SMILE I don’t care if it’s all a façade, at least I’d feel like they are trying, heck pay them more money too smile, lord knows at your prices you should be paying them to be happy, but then there’s the issue of your not selling quantity kinda ruins your profitability huh. Employees should always greet you when you walk in, every business does this, it’s Walmart 101. There were 5 boys at the door that worked there, once again having personal conversations, ignoring the customer… I hear the place has great produce, supports local farmers, poor, poor, local farmers :-(The attitude and poor quality of service and the ridiculous pricing scale, seriously! The thing about business is you want to sell quantity this buy «one thing» sales concept every shopper is doing, instead of buying all they’re groceries from this store, a really terrible business model. Sprouts if you need a district manager to come kick some butts, I’m available have experience and know the organic industry like the back of my hand, not serious, you’d be so lucky to have me, I do know the organic industry fully, it’s second nature to me, I’m just saying somethings gotta give… Ok just so you know your manger did come talk to me he was friendly enough, but as I said to him damage was done, I will never ever advise anyone to use this store. Stay far, far, away and go to Central Market, Trader Joes or dare I say even «Whole Paycheck» I think Sprouts deserves that moniker cause even Whole Foods is cheaper than this place. Blah, hate writing a bad reviews

Good selection of organic veggies, about a ¹⁄₃ cheaper than HEB. Love the meatloaf they make in store. Meat case, is a hit or miss depending on what day you go. Sometimes the meat and seafood looks great, other times looks like it has sat there a few days or more. Biggest turn off is one of the cashiers ask random questions, such as
«Could you eat a person, if so could you you kill someone.» Inside of store looks dated. Keep going back for the organic veggies!

New to the area and this location is nearby. Sprouts is quickly becoming my favorite store. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They have THE BEST roasted chickens I have ever tasted (that I did not make myself). Very juicy and not at all salty. I go once a week just for that. It is not crazy crowded. Produce is always fresh, and they have a decent bulk product section and a nice little selection of garden plants and fresh cut flowers. I plan to check out the beer selection more thoroughly the next time — Make your own six pack sounds great.

I live down the road and this store is very convenient. It’s easy to shop here with the kids and it’s usually much quicker than going to HEB or Randall’s.
I went there last week and there was a special on the sword fish, which we got and also got lobster tails (both for less then one steak at other stores, the lobster was ½ of Randall’s. I checked after because I was so impressed.)
It was going to be just a low key night and we ended up with swordfish steak and lobster tails. We asked the butcher about the best way to cook them and they were very helpful.
We also decided to take advantage of the make your own 6 pack… We both got what we liked. Awesome!

How to Calculate if I Need to Visit Sprouts
Is it Monday?
Am I in the mood for amazing music by the likes of Hall & Oates, The Beatles, and Whitney Houston?
Is it Saturday?
Am I out of pineapple because I somehow managed to peel and eat a whole one in record time?
Do I need an insane supply of frozen blueberries, coconut water, an overly ripe papaya, Greek yogurt, navel oranges on sale, or discounted backup wine?
Is it Wednesday?
Would I like to be greeted by a friendly staff, including Danny, who always wonders where I’ve been (because I probably should’ve been at Sprouts instead)?
Do I want to pretend I didn’t buy cinammon toasted almonds from the bulk section? Or the dark chocolate covered ones? Or the peanut-​butter stuffed pretzels covered in chocolate?
Is it between 8am and 10pm?
Is there a damaged 32oz container of the aforementioned Greek yogurt that I want to return, and insist I purchased at Sprouts, even though the manager cannot find it as having ever existed in the system, and I eventually remember that I bought at HEB as the manager is nonetheless kindly giving me a refund on the product this store has never sold?
Is it Thursday?
If any of these are true, I probably need to go to Sprouts. I may even be there right now, while you’re reading this. I am always at Sprouts. For all of time.

I like this place. The selection is limited but I really like their produce and meat. The staff is always friendly and the lines are usually pretty short.
I don’t really like grocery shopping but this place is well organized and clean — which is part of the reason I hate other grocery stores — they are neither.

It’s OK, most of the fruit and veggies are good, some are not. Don’t expect their produce guys to have any produce knowledge other than pointing it out.
Other items you might want, because you came here for the produce, are going to be more pricey than elsewhere.
As far as the bulk items, if it’s not a dry good, it’s probably stale.

Sunflower Farmers Market is now Sprouts… I don’t think I like Sprouts as much as a company as I did Sunflower, it seems all together a bit more corporate. Fortunately they didn’t change this store too much.
I love how the store promptly opens at 7am. It seems like when I was working nights I could always count on these guys to open and have all their meat and produce out and in perfect running condition. When my local HEB opens at 7 it looks like they are still struggling to put the store together.
The beer selection here isn’t bad at all and I love the make your own six pack option. I got tell you how many times I’ve gone here and bought a steak and just a few Dog Fish Head 90 minute IPA’s.
The employee’s here have always been super nice. Wither I’m checking out or need help looking for something they always seem to be so happy to help me out.
I hope changing from sunflower to sprouts doesn’t impact the quality of this store too much. I love having a market like this so close. Its no Whole Foods or Central Market. and the selection is limited but this place isn’t that bad!