Meijer

This Meijer seems no different than the rest. I shop here for my normal routine groceries and also mark down/​clearance items. Their lawn & garden section is usually well stocked and more often than not I find what I need here. For produce and any rare/​specialty food items I go up the road to Rt. 4, but everyday shopping here is fine.
Sure you might save $.10 on an item here & there going to the nearest Wal-​Mart, but at least the customers aren’t shady! And if you do your shopping homework Meijer comes out quite price competitive.

LOVE this meijer, their store is always organized, it’s clean. They always have staff available to help you. Ample parking, and their clearance is fantastic you can find some really great deals here.

This is an enormous combination supermarket and department store, including a pharmacy, and a bank located within.
Generally I don’t care for mega-​stores, but this Meijer has some good points:
The grocery store side is well laid out, and if you enter in the left side entrance to the store, you’ll walk straight into it, starting with deli, bakery and fresh produce.
Bakery is very good to excellent in selection and quality. It was here, oh irony of ironies, that I’ve found the best quality supermarket baked breads in the region; including a «crusty Italian» that is the closest I’ve found to the much loved and missed Italian breads I could buy in New York. Much more authentic than Jungle Jim, with Kroger bakery a distant, distant third.
Produce selection is extensive and very high quality.
Canned/​packaged goods are of greater variety than Kroger and prices seem to be competitive. They have a good number of delicacies, imported products, a lot of stuff you’d be surprised to find outside of a specialty store.
Surprisingly, I find the dairy prices to be significantly HIGHER than Kroger or JJ. And I am not too impressed with the deli counter.
They have a BIG section of pet foods & accessories, even tropical fish for sale. It’s more like a small pet store than a section of a supermarket. It forms kind of the finale of the grocery, and you must be careful not to be sucked into the department store aisles after you get your cat food.
The pharmacy is unfortunately located all the way on the opposite side from the grocery entrance, forcing you to pass all the end aisles of clothing, home goods, etc. if you needed to hit both grocery and pharmacy. It’s a hike! Meijer pharmacy offers I believe three prescription drugs completely free, yes I said no charge. Happens my husband takes two of them which is what started bringing us the extra miles to Meijer. Now Meijer pharmacy also has a drive thru window, which I can only describe as ‘back to the ‘90s.’ You’ll have to visit it yourself to see what I mean.
Another thing I like about Meijer is you DON’T have to have a «loyalty» card. If something’s on sale, that’s the price. Overall I give the edge to Meijer over Kroger.

The prices aren’t as cheap as Walmart, but the clientel isn’t as either.
Bakery is ok, the deli is garbage. If i have to go to a big chain this is my usual choice.