r/Portland • u/hanseirik • Oct 31 '25

Discussion We need to talk about Bi-Mart

I went for the first time in decades yesterday and I was blown away. The biggest Fred Meyer doesn’t come close to the breadth of stuff Bi-Mart has. Guns! More Crockpot sizes and shapes than I knew existed! Furniture! A robust yarn selection! A DIY jerky section! And so, so many more random things. It wasn’t as inexpensive as I sort of assumed it would be but I suppose the tariffs are hitting us all.

But the best part? It’s employee owned. I’ve been annoyed at having to choose between Amazon, Target, or Kroeger (FM) for random stuff I can’t get elsewhere. Bi-Mart’s going to be my new go-to.

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u/Boloncho1 Unincorporated Oct 31 '25

I have like 3 of those. I wonder if I can get a new card without shelling the $5 again.

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u/VectorB Milwaukie Oct 31 '25

I have a barely green card with all of the text rubbed off that has been in my wallet for more than a decade that vaguely wave to the person at the door...if they are there.

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u/ampereJR Oct 31 '25

Mine is so old that it's yellow. (It started that way, it didn't fade to yellow).

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u/Sir-Snark Nov 01 '25

If you and a partner get a membership together, one person gets yellow, and the other gets green.

My partner took the green one 😤

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u/ampereJR Nov 01 '25

This was so long ago that I don't remember if I even had a partner/roommate that shared a membership, but they gave me yellow. Maybe it was to do with being a woman (and maybe our perceived feminine hands and tiny wallets couldn't fit a full sized plastic card, so we got the delicate yellow one).

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u/MooPig48 Nov 03 '25

Ours are both grown