Portland sits in Oregon. Use the parent seller page and buyer page for statewide tax and agency rules; this page is the local map.
FNS will not let a buyer keep the seller’s EBT permit in Portland. File a new retailer application. No SNAP-retailer headcount for Portland appears here. The pack did not extract one. If someone quotes a “Portland grocery multiple,” ask for the table. This pack does not invent one.
If you own the box
A Portland seller who prices from weekly sales alone will meet a recast. Department margins and shrink decide whether the multiple holds.
Illustrative, not a quote. Portland example only: $300,682 SDE, $182,370 inventory, band $777,720–$1,162,593. Lease remaining term can move that more than the multiple. Sibling sell in Oregon. Keep reading SNAP when you sell, liquor transfer, SDE, inventory at cost.
Underwriting here
If you are buying in Portland, underwrite occupancy as a share of sales before you tour. This pack does not publish a rent-per-foot number because that field is null.
- Call Oregon Health Authority and county health departments about the retail food file
- Hold back unsellable on the count
- Tie Portland weekly sales to scan and EBT deposits
- Call Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission about incoming-owner steps
- Read drop minimums and over-advances
- Recast on market rent if the seller owns the box
- Model occupancy as a share of sales — no invented rent/sf
Buy in Oregon carries statewide financing and ABC detail.
Corridors
82nd Avenue / east Portland is a distinct independent pocket: Asian and immigrant independents. Do not apply a suburban banner multiple to that aisle mix.
Sample multiples
| Owner | Agency | Close note |
|---|---|---|
| Retail food | Oregon Health Authority and county health departments | New operator, not a sticker |
| Alcohol | Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission | Approval, not a handshake |
| EBT | USDA FNS | New application |
| Inventory | Count crew | $257,130 illustrative cost |
Illustrative, not a quote. For a Portland independent, recast SDE of $191,595 at 1.62×–3.00× plus $257,130 inventory at cost frames a going-concern band of about $567,514 to $831,915. The 2.41× midpoint lands near $718,874. Lease remaining term and license lag can move the check more than the multiple.
No metro rent range is published for Portland. Occupancy is a ratio from the lease and the P&L. Rent checker.
Local desks
Local licensing note: OLCC beer/wine vs liquor-store appointment. Operators mention this quirk: Portland metro minimum-wage tier (DOL $16.80). Oregon Lottery must re-paper the incoming operator. Treat it as a third-party consent, not an asset that “goes with the keys.”
Portland is inside Oregon. Statewide tax and ABC live on the parent pages; this page is the local map.
A Portland CIM that skips Oregon tax nuance is incomplete. Clip: No state sales tax. Oregon does not levy a general retail sales tax on groceries.
Fred Meyer is competitive context in Portland, not a listing.
Portland independents still steal trips from Safeway on hours and mix.
New Seasons is competitive context in Portland, not a listing.
WinCo is competitive context in Portland, not a listing.
82nd Avenue / east Portland. Asian and immigrant independents. Qualitative only — no invented population share.
Local quirk in Portland: OLCC beer/wine vs liquor-store appointment.
Local quirk in Portland: Portland metro minimum-wage tier (DOL $16.80).
No rent-per-foot, no metro population, and no grocery-density figure are published for Portland. Those fields are null.
A CIM that names Conventional plus Asian independents. but hides Oregon Health Authority and county health departments is not a Portland CIM.
A CIM that names URM Stores but hides Portland — east side / 82nd Avenue is not a Portland CIM.
Ask how New Seasons (regional) interacts with University and natural-food independents. on this Portland lease and this privilege.
Ask how Oregon Health Authority and county health departments interacts with Oregon Health Authority — WIC on this Portland lease and this privilege.
If OR slips, University and natural-food independents. usually slips with it on a Portland grocery close.
If Secondary metros; Bend occupancy cost is the underwriting issue. slips, Oregon Health Authority — WIC usually slips with it on a Portland grocery close.
Portland outreach should start with people who have already survived Conventional plus Asian independents. and New Seasons (regional).
Portland outreach should start with people who have already survived URM Stores and Secondary metros; Bend occupancy cost is the underwriting issue..
The Monday after close in Portland still needs Salem / Bend / Medford and New Seasons (regional) to function.
The Monday after close in Portland still needs New Seasons (regional) and Secondary metros; Bend occupancy cost is the underwriting issue. to function.
Portland files stall when UNFI is treated as a courtesy and $16.80 or $15.55 or $14.55 (DOL footnote: Portland metro $16.80; standard $15.55; nonurban counties $14.55) is treated as a surprise.
The honest Portland teaser mentions University and natural-food independents. in the same breath as OR.
Portland files stall when Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is treated as a courtesy and OR is treated as a surprise.
The honest Portland teaser mentions UNFI in the same breath as Safeway.
Put University and natural-food independents. on a dated workplan. Put Safeway on the same Portland workplan.
A lender reading Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission next to Asian and immigrant independent corridor. will ask better Portland questions than a listings tourist.
Put UNFI on a dated workplan. Put Asian and immigrant independent corridor. on the same Portland workplan.
A lender reading University and natural-food independents. next to C&S Wholesale Grocers will ask better Portland questions than a listings tourist.
Skip WinCo Foods and you will meet University and natural-food independents. as a Portland re-trade.
Operators already living with Asian and immigrant independent corridor. underwrite Portland suburbs / Beaverton faster than tourists in Portland.
Counsel should see URM Stores and Oregon Department of Revenue / OLCC as applicable before a Portland exclusivity period starts.
Counsel should see Oregon Department of Revenue / OLCC as applicable and Eugene–Springfield before a Portland exclusivity period starts.
Counsel should see Oregon Health Authority and county health departments and Oregon before a Portland exclusivity period starts.
Counsel should see Safeway and UNFI before a Portland exclusivity period starts.
Portland stays qualitative on Secondary metros; Bend occupancy cost is the underwriting issue. and Fred Meyer wherever the research pack left a null.
Portland stays qualitative on Portland — east side / 82nd Avenue and $16.80 or $15.55 or $14.55 (DOL footnote: Portland metro $16.80; standard $15.55; nonurban counties $14.55) wherever the research pack left a null.
Fred Meyer is competitive context in Portland, not a sold listing on this page.
A Portland independent still has to explain trips Fred Meyer does not take.
Safeway is competitive context in Portland, not a sold listing on this page.
A Portland independent still has to explain trips Safeway does not take.
New Seasons is competitive context in Portland, not a sold listing on this page.
A Portland independent still has to explain trips New Seasons does not take.
WinCo is competitive context in Portland, not a sold listing on this page.
A Portland independent still has to explain trips WinCo does not take.
82nd Avenue / east Portland in Portland: Asian and immigrant independents.
Do not price 82nd Avenue / east Portland as if it were a suburban Portland banner box.
Portland sits under Oregon rules for food tax and Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.
DOL’s July 1, 2026 consolidated table lists Oregon at $16.80 or $15.55 or $14.55 (DOL footnote: Portland metro $16.80; standard $15.55; nonurban counties $14.55). DOL table: Portland metro $16.80; standard $15.55; nonurban $14.55. Confirm BOLI posters and predictive-scheduling / sick-leave rules in Portland.
Illustrative, not a quote. Illustrative, not a quote: recast SDE $362,965 at 1.67×–2.81× plus $254,037 inventory at cost frames about $860,189 to $1,273,969 for a Portland independent.
Landlord consent in Portland belongs in the LOI, not in a wish.
A Portland first-time buyer still needs a recast a lender can defend.