text: I actually was one of the first employees hired at this store when they opened in the summer of I was working part time but had to quit as my now wife was having some health issues long since resolved thankfully nnAshevillebased Earth Fare is definitely a great place for the ecominded andor health conscious consumer Note that it is not an organic store as they sell thousands of items that are not organic It is however a natural foods store You may find minimally processed cane sugar on the shelves and in some of the products but you will not find thinks like high fructose corn syrup or artificial preservatives Due to the nature of the store items can be expensive however they have some pretty good special offers With organic and natural products becoming more mainstream it is easier to find coupons for these items now I suggest grabbing one of the coupon books they always have at the front of the store before shopping as well as signing up for their email list They also have some coupons in this year in the Charlotte Citipass book which is a nice bonus You can also find some good closeout buysnnThe salad bar and other meals are halfway decent I ate enough of them on my breaks since they were half off while working I would however stay away from the bulk foods I will never purchase any bulk foods from anywhere after some of the things I saw here like little kids or even adults sneezing in their hands then grabbing food out of the dispensers and eating it gross nnThe parking here is also a bit of a pain We had to park two floors below in the parking deck due to it If you do not want to park in the deck there is a small lot at the end of the building One other cool thing about working here was that with this being South Park I often saw local celebrities including many Panthers and Bobcats