Grocery Outlet is set to open its doors to shoppers Thursday morning, Feb. 4, in north Lynnwood, occupying the former QFC site that closed last March.
Boasting an extra shopping aisle, 500 more products and a wider organic selection, the new store — located at 17525 Highway 99 — will bring a “fresh” style to grocery shopping, said owner Colleen Studioso.
“It’s definitely a more modern feeling,” she said.
Studioso said the new store will be roughly the same size as QFC was, but larger than the former Grocery Outlet location in the 19800 block of 44th Avenue West. The new site has 10 aisles, unlike the the prior location that offered nine, and the extra space means the store can feature roughly 500 more products. Shoppers will also find graphic art decorating the inside of the store, she added.
Grocery Outlet will now offer NOSH (Natural, Organic, Sustainable and Healthy) products, which Studioso said will be priced 60% lower than other natural organic products.
Though shoppers will have more and healthier products to choose from, Grocery Outlet will not continue to offer the onsite post office previously located in QFC. Initially, Studioso said she was in talks with Grocery Outlet’s corporate office to see if the new location could also include a post office. However, the location was closed due to federal budget cuts to postal service, she said.
The former QFC was a neighborhood fixture for more than 20 years and the post office was used by several north Lynnwood residents, including Studioso.
“It was my go-to post office, too,” she said.
Per the lease agreement, the gas station previously operated by QFC will remain in the parking lot, although the future is unknown. Studioso said Grocery Outlet will not be offering fueling services.
The store opens at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. Store hours are 8 a.m. from 9 p.m. everyday. To learn more, visit the store’s Facebook page.
–By Cody Sexton
Yay! I saw the renovation to the old qfc & was happy to see grocery outlet go in there.
For me, easier access & handicap parking closer to the door.
Love grocery outlet! And their staff is awesome. Always helpful f friendly!
I’ll be down there tomorrow!
I won’t be shopping there as the owner was extremely rude to us. It was actually a blessing because we started going to Walmart which is right across the street from this location.
Walmart doesn’t discriminate against people with disabilities and they do curbside service, which is awesome! They also have so many choices for organic produce and their prices are amazing! We LOVE Walmart!
Most Grocery Outlet franchises hire people with disabilities. They are locally owned, therefore profits stay in our community. I have been to the Lynnwood Grocery Outlet hundreds of times and have never had any negative experiences.
Walmart is a multi-billion dollar money making machine for the Walton family (they own 50.85%). All of the children are worth over $40 billion dollars and support political policies that DO discriminate against people with disabilities. Walmart’s products are estimated to be up to 80% imported from China. Those profits do not stay in our community. Their prices are low because they pressure their suppliers to sell at a discounted price. Once these suppliers are caught in the Walmart web, they must stay in it or go bankrupt, or move to China.
I personally do not understand your comparison between the two. Grocery Outlet is a discount store with minimal products that caters to bargain hunters and low income families. They can not afford to provide curb-side service. Walmart is one of the most profitable, non-union, low wage-paying businesses in the world. They sell literally everything, while they take over neighborhoods and run all the local stores out of business (which eventually means employees of family owned businesses that lose their jobs end up working at Walmart). Walmart employees are not treated fairly and a large percentage of them are on government-subsidised insurance and food programs. Walmart employees probably have to shop at Grocery Outlet.
Think it over.
And, by the way… people are often rude for a reason.
What a disappointment…they managed to waste gobs of aisle space, can’t figure out where they want to put their produce…it’s like a 5 year old with a crayon designed the Floorplan. Sigh. On the upside, the produce looks better than 44th’s and the meat doesn’t look too bad either. Still a poor cheese selection though.
Saturday: 02/06/2021
Wow: Erik & Dorian!! I’m going to stick with Constance & Lin on this Issue. I have Not Shopped
at Grocery Outlet or the Walmart you mention,=.
HOWEVER
Grocery Outlet Opens a New Location and Hires A Lot of Local People in the Middle
of a “Covid19 Economy” Adding New Jobs for Lynnwood, But you You Complain about the Store and
Floor Plan!
I’m Going to Give “Grocery Outlet” Five Stars for Opening the New Store Location.
Cordially
Mike