• Ocean Beach People's Organic Foods Co-op

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Cooperative market with a vegetarian deli and juice bar upstairs. Provides selections in fresh produce, vitamins and supplements, bulk staples, chilled and frozen food, personal care products, and natural products. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-9:00pm.


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19 Reviews

First Review by marla5575

Gopala108

Points +3610

Vegan
03 Nov 2024

Superb All Vegetarian Natural Food store with vegan deli

This is the best grocery store in San Diego and best natural food store I have been to in awhile. OB People’s Food Co-op is community owned since 1971 and is a vegetarian grocery store. I love the vibe here. All produce is organic with many local items along with some unique items. Bulk bins are solid.

Bonus points for the all vegan Deli. I went with the People’s Rueben Sandwich. It came with tempeh bacon, sauerkraut, vegan smoked gouda cheese, and red russian dressing on rye bread. It was quite alright.

Compostable produce bags. Affordable prices. What’s not to like?

They are open daily from 8am to 9pm.

Highly recommended!

Pros: friendly staff, all vegetarian , vegan deli

VeganLion777

Points +216

Vegan
19 Feb 2024

Vegan Deli and Soup/Salad Bar upstairs!

Vegan organic salad/soup bar and hot deli rotating hot bar entrees daily! They even have a vegan pastry section with grab and go items! Everything is vegan and organic!

Pros: Vegan!, Organic!, Deli with salad bar !

Vast

Points +428

Vegan
25 Dec 2023

Organic buffet!

Many options from cold bar, hot bar and baked goods, all freshly made with a lot of variety including many gluten free and most if not all vegan.

Pros: Organic, Reasonable , Variety

PureVeganStarSevadar

Points +265

Vegan
18 Sep 2023

ALL vegetarian: no meat, fish, fowl at least.

ALL vegetarian: no meat, fish, fowl at least. discounted culled produce thus affordable.
after my employment at rebel bakers in my 20's i then applied for job at people's and was rejected/denied: b/c i "just said no to drugs" and that was the reference the people's co-op had got from rebel bakers [we had supplied our bread to people co-op. so a drugless quality that ought have got me hired, instead was cause for me not being trusted to become drugless employee, as if i'd snitch on druggie fellow employees or whatever. so, they kinda ruined my life that way. an entire alternative/alternate life coulda been mine and was/is on/in a parallel universe. riding waves, working people's co-op to pay rent at my childhood home of the heart where i had lived with beloved gramma in HS. affordable 2bedroom beach cottage half block to the surf and sand !

Pros: People’s has Live Music upstairs at our Vegan Deli, You can also post events on our Community Board, ALL vegetarian: no meat, fish, fowl at least.

Cons: original location when i was kid it was too dark.., when HS teen they lure me w/illegal coffee instead, instead of vegan healthy food2grow on, offer job

LorraineGadsden

Points +7352

Vegan
09 Apr 2023

Vegan Friendly

This was my first time at a “co-op” market, but I love the concept. The store is very vegan-friendly, with a vegan deli on the second floor. I mainly wanted to look for more “hard to find” vegan products and was happy with the selection. The produce was beautiful and fresh. The prices were a bit higher for some items than in other stores, and the staff was neither friendly nor rude.

Knoxland

Points +597

Vegan
26 Jun 2022

Grocery Alternative

Finding seeded organic grapes and watermelon here is morely like than other spots. Deli supports plant based cuisine. Quality is who prepping at the time. 2 floor and outdoor seating. Customer service is fine. Parking tight on busy day. One of the few who may honor membership from another coop. Need better refunding process for defective product if you're just coming through.

emilybarbera

Points +94

Vegan
06 Apr 2021

Better prices than Whole Foods

Some items were cheaper than Whole Foods which was shocking to my family. The people working there are awesome & friendly. The co-op concept is fantastic

anutthar

Points +783

Vegan
09 Oct 2020

Great little store for vegan stuff

Co-op with TONS of vegan choices in food and toiletries. Found a delish vegan tiramisu that I’ll definitely be buying more of

heahayitsme

Points +43

Vegetarian
08 Oct 2020

Bulk Everything!

I love shopping here, because they have one of the best bulk selections I’ve ever seen. You can get all sorts of things, including bulk clay, tea, rice etc. The produce is also great, fresh and local.

Pros: All vegetarian or vegan items , Large bulk selection, Local produce

ElJay2019

Points +44

Vegan
14 Jan 2020

Lots of options!

This market was great!! It has so many plant based options. Coming from Canada, it was fun to see different brands. We picked up a few snacks for our hotel room.

JazzoyaJuliette

Points +13

Vegetarian
16 May 2019

LOVE IT!

I've been coming to people's for years. It's a fantastic grocery store.

Pros: Good prepared food, Good selection, Friendly staff

Cons: Sometimes super busy

ForAnimalsJapan

Points +5242

Vegan
29 Dec 2018

Awesome!!

Nice selection of food with friendly staff and good vibes.

Dai4Hay

Points +86

Vegan
27 May 2017

Heaven on Earth

love this place. so many options, love the produce, you can become a member and order pretty much anything you want that they don't carry. Whats not to love about this place.

Updated from previous review on 2017-05-27

Pros: produce, staff, GF/VGN options

Cons: parking , location

Danisevolved

Points +95

Vegan
22 Jun 2016

Great Co-Op

Lots of selection of things I like at a decent price! Many organic options with a deli upstairs that has some slim vegan options.

ShantiPeace

Points +496

Vegan
21 Mar 2015

Great!

Okay, this place is great. I've been doing full load grocery runs here for 10+ years. Always great high vibe fruits and veggies. Excellent bulk section. Excellent high quality dried herbs and spices bulk section. This is a young hip(py) happening place where you can also get a homemade meal upstairs. (great price on quinoa too) So glad it's here.

jasonlheath

Points +184

Vegan
05 Nov 2014

Awesome Place

Excellent retail space and range of goods. We also had a few items from upstairs and found these delicious and good value. If you're in the area stop here.

Pros: Great Shop, Great Cafe, Tasty Food

maulydaft

Points +649

Vegan
25 Sep 2012

How I spent my last day in town

Great food co-op. I don't think I have ever been to one that was completely veg. So cool. They didn't have a whole lot of new indie products - you can buy most of it at other stores - but there was still enough for this Canadian to buy more than her traveling back pack could handle.
Highlights were the raw truffles - UliMana (I got the Mayan ones), the deli (healthy stuff and not so healthy stuff), good selection of cheezes (some haven't made it to Canada yet), good selection of Field Roast (again, not in Canada yet), local organic oranges for 59c a pound (!) and a nice raw snack section. I also was happy to find some locally made food bags and wrapping that take the place of plastic. They have made with nylon on the inside and fun fabric on the outside.
The bakery section of the deli was a little disappointing, I was hoping for some outrageously decedent vegan sweets, but I still managed to get some apple cake (yum!) a pumpkin puff cookie (pretty good) and agave sweetened chocolate chip cookies (I want more!)

Pros: all vegetarian!, deli, large selection

sglcklch

Points +3081

Vegan
23 Jan 2012

Best store in the area

This store is just great! We came here for travel supplies couple of times during our short trip to San Diego. Wide selections, lots of local products (breads, meals to go, etc) that you can't find anywhere else. Atmosphere was brisk and lively. Didn't eat at the cafe upstairs but food looked solid. We visited pretty much all the health food stores in the area and this one definitely stood out.

Pros: selections, atmosphere

marla5575

Points +107

Vegan
19 Feb 2008

Great market

I love love love the Buscuits, Sausage & Gravy breakfast! the tempeh sausage is home made, the gravy and biscuit are delicious. i wish i lived nearby. the prices are very comparable to other health food stores - even lower than some i've seen.

Pros: all veg, delicious deli




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