Fred Meyer

As any Fred Meyer, this store has anything you could want. We were visiting Sandy, OR during a heat wave, and staying in a house with no air conditioning (and windows that didn’t open!). With only one ceiling fan in the house (and not in the bedroom!) we needed another fan. We knew FM would have what we needed — but finding the fan was another story.
The staff in the store were near useless. The first employee we found was too busy talking with another customer (who apparently was his girlfriend) to be able to help us. We were patient, let them finish their conversation — and then the employee just wandered away! We were near the paint department, so I figured we’d for sure find help there — and we nearly did except our Romeo was ahead of us and had already asked the next staff member we found for help himself.
So there we were: us, Romeo and now two other employees — none of which seemed interested in us. I was done with being brushed aside so I loudly stated, «Excuse me.» which got their attention (well, it got Mr Helper’s attention after I said it three times.)
Mr Helper took us to the fans, and explained a little about their fan stock.
When we got to the checkout we were helped nicely there.
Basically, they have good variety but the further away from the front of the store you are, the less interested the staff are in helping. And if you run into Romeo and his girlfriend is there — just move on. He only has eyes for her.

I buy everything at Fredmeyer’s, clothes, food, children, everything. I gave it 5 stars since i know every cashier by name.

They have the best sushi. The sushi is made fresh everyday and the ones made in this Fred Meyer location is definitely a must try.

Kudos to Fred Meyers Electronics for helping me get through the Thanksgiving Day Sale painlessly. I went ½ hr before opening to get the 55′ inch Proscan. Since I generally DON’T DO holiday sales and there were only 10 available I was worried… But the ticket program (first 10 there get a ticket and I was #6) it was painless and quick. No shoving, no waiting all night, no stress. THANK YOU for not only a TV in my budget range — but an enjoyable shopping experience.

Love Freddies!

I shop here, but not for produce or perishables. I usually will drive 30 minutes to the closest New Seasons. The produce section is so poorely kept and the natural foods department is pathetic. I have place several special orders, never to hear back. Whenever the section is out of stock for something I need, I will ask the lady who always seems to be there when I might expect to see it on the shelf again, and I get the same answer every.single.time. «I don’t know, just keep coming back and checking.» Seriously, you run the section and know NOTHING about it?! Ugh. I hate when I run out of something and need to stop in here. I primarily buy from the produce and natural foods department and both are extremely lacking, so I save my real shopping for New Seasons. It’s a pain in the you know what to drive 30 min out of your way for grocery shopping when you have a huge store 5 minutes from your house. I would like to give them more of my business just because they are so close to me, but I can’t do it. There is always rotting food in the produce department and the organic produce doesn’t even look edible half the time. I will give them an A+ for all their checkers, though. They are always really friendly.

They got a lot right, there are very few things they got wrong, but rather than listing everything that brings me joy about this place (I wish I had stores like this in my hood) as a visitor who only shows up around Christmas, I’ll say what’s wrong then.
1) wifi — as I have no cell signal at all in the store (Sprint) I require WiFi to place calls (GrooveIP) /​send texts (Google Voice) /​otherwise communicate with the outside world. While not a huge problem, the process to sign up for the free wifi and then the coverage were both spotty when I was using it, and it did not appear I was the only one.
Oh wait, that was my one complaint… every time I’ve been there around Christmas they are hustling to get people out of there, somehow the store manages to not look like a disaster area.
I can’t really speak to how personable the employees are as usually I do not bug them too much as there are six billion people behind me waiting to get out with their Christmas goods.
I like this store… if it were 2300 miles away I’d shop at it regularly.

It is hard to remember Sandy without Fred Meyer now. It has become a regular stop for us and it is one of the cleanest Fred’s. I know Fred’s gets a bad rap for being expensive and believe me, I have seen some prices in here that makes me wonder what I am doing in there, but I know the prices on some stuff is pretty reasonable. I like their organic section.
They just redid the produce section in that department, which I was happy they did, it used to be delegated to a tiny island of sad veggies by the bread. I do mean sad, some used to be in the death throes of squishy zombie mutation.
I am not sure why they thought nobody would notice a tomato with white fur on it or celery brown and slimy in the plastic, but it was there and it sent me to Trader Joes. It seems like since they added to the organic zone the quality got better as well.
I love they have gas now with the ten cents off with your Fred’s card. That got them a five. It isn’t as crazy as the Gresham gas station at Fred’s, but it does get crowded but nothing too bad.

I love Fred Meyers in Sandy. Only a few years old, they are one of the nicest stores in the area. Clean, fresh and bright.
They also have a really nice childcare area. You can safely leave your child at the designated area with the friendly staff, and they will watch your child for one hour. Your children can color, play with toys, or watch movies while you shop with out being distracted.