Schnucks Lindenwood

This store reminds me a little of my beloved Wegmans in NY. The produce department is large and in charge with beautiful fruits, veggies, and plenty of organic options.
They have prepared food departments where you can get sushi, sandwiches, subs and pizza. The meat department carries a decent variety of antibiotic-​free meats with no added hormones. The floral department is near the entrance of the store so you can grab some flowers for Lovey and make a quick exit.
Good variety of brand name almond milks which are reasonably priced. There is a small selection of GF items but there may be more throughout the store.
There is a bank located inside the store, Redbox, lotto machines, a huge wine department that promotes wine drinking with a larger discount (15%) for purchasing 6 or more bottles on Wednesday vs other days of the week (10%).
It still isn’t a Wegmans which ranks 5 stars on my scale. It’s probably 4+ stars, rounded up to 5.

Overall if you are in this area and you prefer not to go to a Wal-​Mart and do not mind paying more for your groceries, then this place is alright to go to. They tend to have what you’re looking for in stock. They have a decent produce area but nothing special. They do have a salad bar and also a good lunch-​to-​go area that’s easy to grab a sandwich, chips, and a soda to go or eat there. Also, they do accept Apple Pay which is a nice feature that not a lot of stores have active yet.
From going here several times now I can say the customer service here is average on a good day. You do pay a little more for your items here for the service of bagging; on several occasions I have had to bag my own groceries even when it hasn’t been busy. The people at customer service have been somewhat rude when I have had a question or have had issues with the self-​checkout area.
Since this store is within a half-​mile of my house, I tend to find myself going here more often now than driving somewhere else, however if I’m not busy and do not mind driving to another grocery store then I tend to go somewhere else for cheaper groceries.

Good things — The array of produce is much better than anything else in St. Charles; the meat counter is the best around short of Valenti’s; the liquor/​beer/​wine section is the most extensive in the area.
Ok things — The deli counter has a both Schnucks and Boar’s Head meats to buy but there is often a long wait time to get help. But the cheese selection is nice.
Overall, this is a great addition to our neighborhood, hopefully they will continue to keep a good selection of choices.

Really nice store, lots of fresh looking produce to choose from. Everything looks great in our short time visiting this store, it was clean and the cashiers seem friendly enough.

+ wider aisles
+ larger selection (less than Schnucks Des Peres)
— unfamiliar layout plus larger size store means it took longer than normal to shop
Nice newer Schnucks… I am just not used to the layout.
A quick errand for a few items was complicated by the size & layout.
It took me awhile to find pre-​made cookie dough.
The two outside entrances seemed to be funneled into the same center entrance into the store.
I am sure with time & experience I could really like this new store.

I used to be loyal to Schnucks and I was so excited for this new store to open closer to home so I could start shopping there more frequently again. However, I just returned home from the fourth trip in a row in which this Schnucks was of multiple basic ingredients in the produce department. I ended up walking out and driving over to Dierbergs on Zumbehl where I found everything I needed in half the time it takes me to pick my way through the new poorly laid out Schnucks.
The store layout is not at all intuitive — this is probably done to encourage you to browse and buy more than you intended but I like to get in and out of the grocery store as quickly as possible and find it frustrating that I still cannot find the basics without going on a scavenger hunt every time I’m in the store.
The staff is really nice and I love the craft beer selection in the liquor department but I simply do not have the time to make extra stops every time I grocery shop because Schnucks can’t keep basics in stock.

I am sooooo in love with this Schnucks! I came here to buy some food to make dinner at a friend’s who lives close by. This Schnucks is huge in comparison to the one in Arnold. The employees are super nice & helpful too! This place is food heaven. Easy to get to from 70 West.

After multiple visits and countless laps around this place, I think it has officially become my favorite place to get groceries, and, effectively, one of my go to lunch spots.
My first trip here was quite the introduction, as I walked into a store wide event with booths set up in multiple aisles featuring tastings of a number of different beer brands, none of which I had ever heard of. I’m no beer guy by any means, but it was nice to have a chance to try some brands I may never have tried before, and hosting events like this will make me at least pay attention.
Most of the rest of my time here has been a lunch stop, where the salad bar has been a weekly stop for me. Along with the salad bar, there is a decent sized selection of hot foods, pre-​made sandwiches, soups, and desserts. Despite all the options for the food, I think my favorite feature of this particular Schnucks is the mini checkout counter for the entire lunch area. Forget taking that salad to the main registers for checkout, just pay at the lunch checkout and be on your way. It’s a fantastic feature that I use every time!
Aside from great events, and an awesome lunch selection, this Schnucks stocks the most beer variety of any grocery store I have ever visited. The rest of the store is clean, neat, and organized beyond expectation, and it has been a great shopping experience for me at each visit.

I can’t believe I haven’t written a review for this store yet. It’s now the closest Schnucks to my house and also the closest grocery store to my house (although IGA might be a tad closer, it’s a lot smaller.)
Was pretty excited for the opening of this store. While I find Dierbergs to be acceptable, their prices are also pretty outrageous sometimes (at times entering the Whole Foods/​Paycheck realm of insanity) so I am glad I can drive a shorter distance to get cheaper food at the same quality or better.
But there are still items they simply do not carry at this store, e.g. Soy Vay. I was crushed when I saw they didn’t have it. But instead of going to Dierbergs, I just bought a three pack on amazon, hell yea! You can request that the begin carrying a certain product at the front, though I did this right when they first opened (I wanna say August 2014?) and they never called me about it, so I wonder if they just couldn’t get it thru the distributor or what? Either way, not the end of the world, just a point I wanted to note.
I like the sushi counter because there’s this one really friendly dude who has my favorite combos memorized and he sees me coming and knows what’s up. I usually grab that, and a bottle of wine, or two, or three… their wine prices still can’t beat TJ’s unless there’s a sale, but whatevs. Until they open a TJ’s in St. Chuck, I don’t mind coming here. Nice, new, and clean.
Unfortunately, every time I go to check out, there’s ALWAYS a person in front of me paying with a check. I was like… wtf. Bro, do you even credit card? It wouldn’t be a pain or anything normally, but in the particular instances in which I had the misfortune of getting sandwiched into a lane with said check writer in front of me, the individual made an error, or the cashier made an error, which led to the whole thing becoming a 5 – 10 minute ordeal. At which point all of my crap was already on the conveyor and I just shrugged and stood there reading trashy magazines and forcing myself to not start eating kit kats. :P Really not a Schnucks problem as much of a weirdo St. Chuck people thing. lol.
Oh yeah and they have tiramisu gelato. Fuck yes!

Do not, I repeat do NOT go to their pharmacy! They have no idea what they are doing. They told me at least 3 times that my order was not in their computer which I thought was odd, then I called my doctor and they told me, they did send it, I was wondering did they send it to the wrong place or something? No, my stuff was ready, the stupid girl «Mackenzie» did not know where to look apparently in their computer system? I guess she’s new? But don’t tell me my order is not there when in fact it IS. Finally after the 5^th time of her looking for it, I finally got it. Then when she, the «pharmacy tech» swiped my debit card and it came back declined but the funds are fine. I don’t know what she did when she swiped it, but now my bank has to send me a new card for whatever she did to my debit. she asked me FOR my pin number. um, no. I am calling the manager tomorrow, Repeat!.. don’t use their pharmacy! what a mess. I have to change pharmacy now. Cuz, NEVER again!
but the rest of the store is perfectly nice and pretty and all good.

This store just opened in August 2014, but I’m surprised no one has reviewed it yet.
There’s nothing to complain about here, folks. It’s a nice, new store with a layout that is quite similar to the Des Peres location.
Produce, the bakery, and meats are located at the right of the store. Aisles take up the rest of the store. The main difference is that the Lindenwood location does not have a mezzanine level. However, they have a room with café seating at the right –hand side of the store. The only other differences I noticed were that the Lindenwood store did not appear to have hand-​scooped gelato or that weird, walk-​in cheese room like Des Peres. None of those things really matter to me. :)
I’m sure I missed some other discrepancies, but the two stores are quite similar in appearance and atmosphere. Like Des Peres, this store has self-​checkout stations. I almost always use those, and if they’re important to you as well, fear not. Lindenwood has them. All of them were taken when I was ready to check out today, so I ended up checking out in the express lane with a very friendly cashier.
One thing to note is that Google and the Schnucks website both list the address as 1900 First Capitol Drive. Unilocal currently lists the address as 1900 Lindenwood Square. Perhaps that is the name of the shopping center. I just thought I’d mention that in case you have trouble finding it.
I can’t think of anything else to add here. It’s your typical, fancy Schnucks! :)