Lunds & Byerlys

Yes it’s pricey compared to your Cub/​Rainbow but the atmosphere compensates for that. The produce department is far better than I’d find back home in Tombstone. Ample amount of parking for my mare but I can’t give them 5 stars due to them not allowing my peacemaker onsite.

Lunds is my favorite place to shop. Clean, well lit, always stocked. A bakery and a deli, with a nice selection of fresh prepared foods. A great selection of groceries, including some nice high-​end items — olive bar, meats, cheeses, and other specialty items for those special occasions. Awesome, fresh produce. Well-​staffed, and unless you’re here late evening or something, always plenty of checkers, including express aisles, and quick check-​out. PLENTY of parking in their lot. And speaking of late evening, they’re open until midnight, which is a godsend for those of us who travel a lot, or work crazy hours. Quality and class all the way here.
I do not get people who take stars away because a business that is clearly catering to higher-​end customers is more expensive. I mean, seriously? Are you going to walk into a Ferrarri dealership or an Armani boutique and then complain about the high prices? You can either afford it or you can’t. Don’t go hating on a business because of your decisions and lot in life.

Seems almost pointless to review Lund’s. If you haven’t heard about them then you must not have lived here for very long… But as a new resident of Highland Park I’ll write one anyway.
Good selection. Fantastic meat and produce. Expensive — yes. But can’t find the peanut butter? — A friendly Lund’s employee will escort you to the right place and hand it to you. Try getting THAT at Wal-​mart.
For me, their biggest asset is the deli. I don’t cook much in summer so we eat a lot of sandwiches. I’ve never had better customer service. They’re all great but if you’re lucky you’ll get Mary. The best! Imagine a personal chef and your mom rolled up into one… Not sure which ham looks best? They’ll cut off a slice and let you sample. Picky about how your meat is sliced? They bring the first slice over and ask if they should adjust it. Goes without saying they have some excellent meats and cheese.

Gosh, I remember when I first moved to the twin cities in 1993. Grunge was in, smoking was allowed at the CC Club, and Lund’s/Byerly’s were the height of upscale hrocery stores. Carpeted floors! 10 items or fewer instead of less! And it seemed so gourmet. Is it me? Have I outgrown it? Or is it Lund’s? Have they decided to rest on their laurels? Or is it just this Lund’s?
The produce selection: weak and overpriced. You can’t get a decent watermelon or peach to save your soul. And the meat counter! Holy cow! Getting them to do something for you, like cut chicken breasts into fillets, is a job of work. Their meat and fish is just meh.
They do have a huge selection of every boxed or canned food you could want. The service is very good. The prices are outrageous. I so wish there was a decent grocery store in Highland.

The Highland and Edina Lunds stores are my favorite grocers.
Lunds has the best produce, can’t find elsewhere items, useful printed materials, and excellent atmosphere. Some things I like best at Lunds that I don’t find as satisfactory elsewhere are the friendly and exceptionally helpful staff and the variety of items.
You can certainly find high-​priced items at Lunds. But if you shop carefully, there are bargains and coupons just like at other stores.

I’ve shopped at your location for at least the last fifteen years. I’ve always enjoyed your fresh produce and your friendly staff. We were in a rush one night and grabbed a take and bake pizza of yours, an Italian meat pizza, thin crust. We are familiar with the local pizza scene, Fat Lorenzo, Latuff’s, pizza Luce, and Parkway Pizza. We were both astounded at how good your take and bake pizza really was, wow, this was really a good pizza! Keep up the great work Lunds, you are really doing a great job!

Paper or plastic? Everything on your list? or everything and more?
Lunds in Highland Park is amazing. I had about 10 things on my list and then oh looky here what’s this? Corn husks? Star fruit? Ok I didn’t get those, but everywhere I turned there was something odd and interesting food-​wise.
Every shelf is full and lined up like Sleeping with the Enemy cupboards.
They have your Smuckers jam, but they stock organic brands, european brands; just all the brands!
This is true for every section of this store. I’m usually a gal who doesn’t like too many choices, but here I was like a senior citizen on coupon Wednesday/​free bus day. Taking my t-​i-​m-​e and enjoying myself.
The prices were not bad either, especially compared to Kowalskis. ($$$)
Oh and those 10 things on my list? Er… I ended up with 6 full bags that were carted to my car. (No shopping carts allowed in the parking lot).
A side note: near the front of the store there were about 15 senior citizens having coffee and sitting at tables chatting away. See? I’m a shoe in!

It’s expensive but much better than Cub. And occasionally they have great BOGO specials. They will carry your groceries to your car for you at no charge, which is a nice plus especially in the winter. I love shopping here, but have to admit that the prices tend to be a little high

I probably shop at Lunds Highland twice a week. I like the openness and sales. What drives me crazy however is that so often when I walk in, there are carts everywhere. You have to walk around them. I don’t get it. Management seems oblivious. Sometimes hard to find someone for help.

No nicer store around (except for maybe its cousin Byerly’s). Always clean, always stocked… fresh produce and one of the best seafood and meat counters around. I find that if I watch for sales I can get out of here for not much more than Cub or Rainbow, and the ambiance is so much nicer. And three cheers for their staff, many of whom have worked there for decades.

Twice now my fiancé and I have gone to this Lunds and both times the customer service was terrible! We stood around in the bakery section for ten minutes and finally my fiancé went off to find someone and they then took another fifteen minutes to come ask us what we needed and begrudgingly searched for the birthday cake we had ordered. The second time we went to the bakery an employee walked right past us pretending we weren’t there and went in the back to talk with other employees. I will not be returning any time soon.

The only reason I don’t give this place 5 stars is because it’s small. Well, small as far as grocery stores go. Thereby the selection is limited and they don’t seem to have any (or many) generic or store brand items.
That being said, their bakery area is awesome. The donut selection alone blows me away. The variety of other baked goods is great too.
Also, the deli and ready to eat foods area is impressive. If you ever just want to grab something for dinner and heat it up, this is a great place to get something tasty.

This Lunds is not my favorite grocery store in the area but it certainly will get the job done if you need. The one thing in its favor is that I find the employees to really truly go out of their way to be helpful. On my most recent visit, the woman at the deli did not blink an eye when we asked her to slice us some meat literally seconds before she was set to close the counter. Even though that meant she would have to re-​clean the slicers and redo some work, she handled our requests, sliced our meat exactly the way we asked for it and handed our order over with a smile. Also, another woman volunteered to fetch me a hand basket when I simply asked her to point me in the direction of the nearest stack. Selection-​wise, it’s pretty average here, though I will say they seem to get the freshest strawberries at this store somehow. We don’t shop here on a regular basis, and when we do, it’s usually for very specific items. But, we do find that it’s a nice addition to the neighborhood and a nice option when we’re on that side of town or in a pinch for a certain thing. Also, props for being one of the dwindling number of Twin Cities retailers to sell Home Run Inn frozen pizzas. That, if nothing else, will keep us coming back.

Still four stars, but I am upping the price range and I am now a totally different customer. I used to do my shopping here, but have switched to Target after seeing a real difference in prices. Its just a little bit here and there, but it adds up to be a difference that makes a difference to me. The produce at Lunds is far superior to Target, and the service is 100x better as well, but as long as price matters, I have to switch to Target.
I am still here weekly with my mom, who I bring here to do her shopping. She loves this place, and shopping with her I can totally see why. The staff know her by name and say hello. She chats with lots of folks, and they take the time to talk with her.
So I am now a totally different customer than I used to be, and despite the prices, Lunds treats my mom like a queen, and anyplace that does that gets props from me.

We just moved into the neighborhood. Love, Love, Love Lund’s! Great selection of produce. Quality cheeses & meats. It’s also nice that the baggers still take your groceries to the car…

The parking lot here can be a bear… I love that the check out bag boy will take your groceries to your car for you. They have above average bakery and you can get some really cute little fancy treats for special times in your life. They also have a very large selection of most everything but I have noticed they have interesting fruit and produce that you don’t see all the time at other places. I think that the prices are a little on the higher side compared to other grocery stores you can find in the area but it is a nice store and you can find most everything you need if you are trying to get everything in one location for a party or dinner.

Over priced. Great selection, especially for unusual items, but not a place I would do my regular shopping.

Don’t shop here to save money. Shop here because here is where you will find the particular thing you need, e.g. a broad selection of specialty and hard to find grocery items, quality local/​imported cheeses, excellent meats cut by a real butcher, a long and well stocked salad/​hot food bar. Employees are always friendly and helpful, will help transport your purchases to your car. I’ve been going here for years, and when you need that special something, Lunds is the place to find it.
Pro tip: check their website for frequent sale/​BOGO offers. Lund’s prices tend toward the high end, but when they put something on sale, it really goes on sale.

I’m a fan of this place for the «occasional» special purchase (including particular on-​sale items). Saturdays bring food samplings all over the store, and I do love the food sampling…
I recently learned they offer *free* knife sharpening — straight edge only, no serrated blades — up to three knives at a time. Bring them to the seafood counter, place each one into a cardboard sleeve that’s offered at the counter, write your name and info on each sleeve and give them to someone behind the counter. The knives will be ready for pick-​up the next day.
I’m thinking of bringing my Cutco straight blades here rather than sending them back to the factory for sharpening and then being without them for weeks (not to mention the postage cost).

I like this grocery store for the most part. They have a wonderful bakery section with a variety of selection. The prices are a little higher than your Cub or Rainbow so I go here if I just need a few items rather than fighting University traffic. Staff here are fairly friendly which is nice.
One thing that I don’t particularly care for is the layout of the store. There are a couple aisles (cookie and crackers aisles) that run east to west rather than north to south. which cause congestion for people trying to come out of the north and south aisles. It just doesn’t feel like it flows very well for me.
One note, which I did not impact the stores rating, is the parking lot is a nightmare at times. People are in such a hurry to find a spot since the store is part of a strip mall that they don’t always pay attention to where they are going. So expect people to crazy and distracted in this parking lot.
In a pinch, this store works, but it is not my go to store.