Sherms Thunderbird

Just be careful in the produce section. Although the it seems as if there is a lot to choose from, typically their produce… watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches, pears, ect are either under ripe or spoiled. Especially the watermelons. Save your receipts, take them back, better yet, open them in the parking lot and save yourself a huge disappointment when you get home and your fruit is awful. Best bet it to go to Brocises farms, kruse produce, the local farmers market on Saturday to get your produce than here. Also, make sure you wash your produce ALWAYS. Sometimes you can taste the pesticides in their grapes.

I wish I could love it here just because the prices are best in town but I just can’t. I’m disappointed how depressed all the employees look every time I see them.

I came in with a group to get ingredients for dinner and each of us were assigned to purchase ingredients. I was in the quick express lane and the experience took a turn for the worse. I had found a deal on a wine we all like, so as a given, as I look younger than I really am I always take my ID out to be carded automatically. I just had it in my hand and was waiting for it and Wanda said, «You need to wait, I only have two hands,» she waved both of them in the air and the tone was a sarcastic, unwelcoming voice. I was in shock and looked at her.
«I’m so sorry,» I said but made sure her tone was unwanted.
«I’m not,» came her shocking reply to me!
I rolled my eyes and said nothing then she returned with, «It’s called a joke.»
«It’s not funny,» I said.
I made my purchase and walked out. When a young person, with money, willingly provides their ID, don’t make them feel badly for doing so. When you have make this percentage of the population uncomfortable, than we will just take our business someplace else.

One of the best things about living in Oregon was the scenery/​forest. Next best thing was Sherms Thunderbird. I love the variety, and fresh produce from the ranches nearby. An entire natural, and organic food section. A buyer who will order anything you need and want. Oh, and a huge butcher counter. Lots of pre prepped foods. They have a deli counter with all kinds of foods prepped for use. Not over priced either. I used to buy the eggs in the freight style containers. They have them in multiple sizes. Love love love! MISS YOU SHERMS!

Cheap foods, large selection, ’nuff said.
Well, almost ’nuff. For a grocery store in a town (Roseburg) lacking many other gourmet choices, Sherms has a good breadth of natural foods. There are several aisles devoted to them, in fact. If you’ve been to other grocers in the area, you’d notice how they are mostly stocked with national brands. Sherms has those too but you’ll be able to get your organic items as well. The produce is really decent and there are some terrific deals. Just the other day, they had HUGE cauliflowers for $ 1.88. We weighed it and it was over five pounds. Five friggin’ pounds. That same day, red and/​or orange bell peppers were 3 for a dollar. You’d be THRILLED to find them for three times that price in Portland. You’d shout it from the rooftops. I wouldn’t but you definitely would.
It’s a bag your own kinda place but that don’t bother me none. Plus, you can still get plastic bags so you save on buying dog poop bags to boot! They are practically paying you to come shop.

Would love see this grocery store occupy the 330 Dakota Street Sutherlin Oregon. Sutherlin Oregon is in desperate need of a grocery store. There is no competition right off I5 and Highway 138.

Setting old intolerant Portlandia snobbery aside, true this is not a Portland high brow Market of Choice nor my beloved Uwajimaya, this is southern Oregon. As local markets go, this is a fair priced market without pretentious price gauging markups to keep the «pedestrians» out. And too, Sherm’s lack of decent French bread makes me long for just 15 minutes in St. Honoré Boulangerie in the Portland Pearl district. I just go elsewhere to buy it. (Sherm’s so-​called French bread really does suck… they have the ability to fix that but they do not even know what good French bread taste like!)
Sherm’s is therefore just an okay large grocery store with great Health Food and Organic Produce departments. Canned, boxed and frozen isles to delight those that shop for them. The Meat department for carnivores is also just okay. We personally eat fish and I can tell you what they call, TUNA, is Not. They Do Not have a decent selection of fish, again, go elsewhere if you value quality seafood.
Do not expect Sherm’s to be a Portland gourmet, multicultural market. It is not. (They do carry the common Asian and Hispanic staples) That being said, they do have better prices on everyday items so just be prepared to go to Fred Meyers or another local market for other items such as French bread, seafood and better cuts of red meats.
I steer clear of asking the department workers for help; they need to be re-​trained in sincere friendliness and be reminded that to even have employment & paycheck are a blessing these days. Even faked sincerity would be welcomed as opposed to the sneering and loathing attitudes I’ve encountered from the produce gentlemen and health food lady.
The closet Market of Choice is just west off exit 192 of the I 5 in Eugene, one hour north… snobbery allowed and accepted yet sincere friendliness from ALL the employees is worth the drive.

They had expired meat on the shelf. When I brought it to the attention of the meat department they were pretty lackluster. That raised a red flag with me…

This is the alternative to WINCO in Roseburg. It seems like all the people that don’t have a Costco card go here! It gets very crowded right after 3pm! So be sure to go in the morning or late at night after 8pm! ;) You bag your own groceries here like Winco! Always good prices here! Definitely beats going to Walmart around the corner! :P

I’m a fan for the fresh produce. They seem to have the best selection in the area and fair prices.
The parking and the rest of the store is just «meh».

This place could be 5 stars if you never shop before the 5^th of the month. It also helps to go in the evening, as you will have to dodge fewer of people, especially shoppers in electric scooters. The parking lot is also hairy. I suggest you park at K-​mart and walk. You will have a nice walk back to the car to eat your ice cream cone. The best thing about this store, is they carry almost everything. The bad thing is waiting in line and dodging all of the customers. Also the cashiers are slow. But if you want some deals, Sherms is the place to go. They have all of your tree-​hugging favorites, a great bulk food section, good international food section and they even have an institutional sized product section in the back left corner of the store… not to mention it. And on your way out, have some cash in your pocket because you can get a waffle cone loaded with Umpqua Dairy ice cream for only $ 1.50. Wow!

Sherms is a sweet place to shop, they’re pretty low tech, have good selections of food, great prices… definitely fits in backwoods Oregon. I like the low key atmosphere more then going to a snazzy store.

It’s okay. The prices are consistently lower than most places in town. The parking is what drives me crazy. It’s always busy and you can’t really do a quick «hit & run» stop, but if you’re into low prices they are a place to go. I typically hit other markets for produce and look for the sales they have to off-​set having to go here all the time.

Wow. Jussssst wow.
So I was prepped for this by my colleauges referring to Sherm’s as the white trash market. I’m not sure people are white trash as much as just kind of farmish down here, but who am I to argue since my colleauges have been down here for over a week longer than I have.
I don’t think there was anything that could be done to prep me for this wild place.
Its a market right, but things just don’t seem on point. I mean when you check out, you walk by a huge wall of 4-​H «thank you notes» from sellers thanking «Sherms» for buying their_____(insert name of farm animal here). We had to ask. And, as I suspected, they animals are bought… and then sold in, uh, another form at this market. WOW.
Oh, and I wanted one of the employee sweatshirts that said THUNDERBIRD real bad, but alas they are not for sale. So don’t even think about it.