11-19-2010, 11:55 AM
I can't say I've ever encountered a rude customer at any of the mentioned stores. What gets me is the awful prices at the Natch that seem to be going up at rates of 20-30% a year on some items. I'm kind of shocked every time I go in there and find myself doing so less and less. Since I'm in Hilo most days, I go to Down to Earth and much prefer it. Being a vegan, the Natch Pahoa, and really Abundant Life too have to be the most vegan unfriendly health food stores I've been to. They all are guilty of selling tons of snake oil supplements that have no proof of efficacy, but I guess that's where the profit lies.