Sherm’s Thunderbird Market

Horrible place to shop. Prices are not very reasonable, compared to their competitors and I’ve noticed their staff must not be checking food or expiration dates because I’ve seen rotten meat and moldy bread before. Their customer service sucks: many pass you while you’re shopping and no one asks if you need any help or even acknowledges you for that matter, the cashiers are rude (some don’t even know how to accept coupons, while others fight you about them), the employees at customer service desk are abrasive and argumentative, when I told them about the rotten food the lady’s response was «so, that’s not my department.» With so many grocer options, this would be my last option.

If I had a choice I would of picked zero stars. Customer service in the produce and meat dept suck. U smile at them or even ask a the employee a question, they act like it is bothering them. Get a clue folks, and remember… the customer is the reason u have ur damn job. So treat them as though the customer signs your paycheck. No customers, no job…

Thunderbird has a good price on bottled water by the gallon. There is no other reason to go here. Well, they do pay their employees well. The store smells bad and is extremely outdated. Product selection rivals that of the most overpriced and understocked country market between here and Selma. The few products worth consuming are overpriced.

This place is classic and nostalgic! This grocery store is straight out of the 1980’s. Boy, just being in this store brought back memories of what groceries stores looked like in the 80s. They still have flaps hanging over the cold areas. Big gigantic numbers at their cash registers (no lighted up numbers). The look, feel, smell, everything reminded me of grocery stores in the 1980’s. You must go and check this place out!

Sherms Thunderbird is an older market. When you are in there, there is a bit of a time capsule feeling. It’s a smaller store than contemporary supermarkets in the Valley. They are dingy and old feeling, but they are a great community store. All the checkers are polite and helpful and most recognize you and remember your name. Their prices are much cheaper than the lush Albertsons across the road. Check out the Thunderbird parking lot and then look over to Albertsons half full one. They aren’t the prettiest store in town, but they are hometown, polite, and community minded and one best priced in town. Food 4 Less will have cheaper prices, but they are huge. Thunderbird doesn’t have the selection of Food 4 Less, but they are still my go to store for my neighborhood, eschewing both Albertsons and Safeway.

When you think of the meth-​addled, knuckle-​dragging, mouth-​breathing, slack-​jawed yokels that live in a small town like Medford, you realize that they’ve got to go somewhere buy their Bud Light, Camels, coldcuts, and cheese. Well, Thunderbird is where that happens.
Yes, things are generally pretty cheap at Thunderbird — it’s owned by Sherm’s, which also owns the non-​Kroger Food 4 Less in Medford as well. But the store, which looks straight out of 1973 — is a total craphole. It smells of I’m not sure what — but it doesn’t smell pleasant at all in there. The lighting — much like Food 4 Less — is awful, and also feels like it hasn’t changed since 1973. And while it’s at least generally clean in there, you feel like you wouldn’t be surprised to find cans and boxes covered with a thick layer of dust.
And I’m thinking the previous reviewer has Thunderbird mixed up with Food 4 Less. Thunderbird doesn’t at all stock natural foods. Food 4 Less is the one with the extensive selection of organics/​naturals. However, for some reason, Thunderbird has a very extensive sports card selection. So if you want to buy a pack of Topps trading cards, this is the only place in town (other than Walmart/​Target) to do so.
Too many other places in Medford to buy groceries where you don’t feel the need to wash yourself in bleach when you’re done. Just steer clear of Thunderbird!

This is a great place to shop and I make it a point to stop here if I happen to be in Medford. There’s a couple of things that I like about this place.
The first is that it’s a locally owned store. Locally owned businesses keep more of the money in our local community.
The second thing I like is that the prices here are really low all the time. Get there for their once per year case sale and score some seriously good deals. For example, I am a canned light peach junkie. I eat them for dessert, for snacks, for breakfast. I love the things. During their case sale you can buy them for about $ 0.73/can or half the regular price.
(For some of my friends in the City who are reading this perhaps you won’t understand the appeal of a case sale but when it is 15 miles to the store, one way, and you can can save money by paying lower prices AND stocking up (which saves you future trips to the store) it’s a total win.)
The third thing I like is their great selection of organic and vegetarian foods, again at really good prices. It’s nice to get your conventional and your organic goodies in one place. They have a lot of locally made products like tofu and salsa here, and these products are often cheaper and better than their nationally marketed competitors.
Their location is great, too. It’s just on the edge of Southwest Medford which spares you the worst of Medford’s traffic and makes it easy to pop in and out.
So there you have it: Convenience, good prices, and good products.
COOTZ OUT!