Gotta disagree with the granny-panty reviewer. The point of Meijer is one-stop shopping that doesn't break your wallet. A little pricier than Wal-Mart but worth it: 24 hour shopping, organic options, dietary options for gluten allergies etc., tasty deli sandwiches, and all the cheap stuff to boot. Most ppl in this college town, especially students, don't have the time, car or gas money to run to IGA, the Co Op, and independent businesses to get their supplies for the week. Bonus: ridiculously good Meijer brand cottage cheese. So can I get an AMEN for this truly awesome church of consumerism where midnight shopping becomes an entertaining and affordable outing (Meijer carpools are part of the Champaign experience)?!! By the way, if granny panties put you off don't stare at them, stare at the racks of decent and decently priced wine. And the clothes aren't terribly tacky, some of us can't afford head to toe Abercrombie, you know. read more

Love love love Meijer! If you listen to the negative I feel sorry for you! Everyone is so very friendly, store is always clean, and I love the grapes and other fruit! read more

I have conflicting feelings about Meijers. So cheap! So crowded! Everything I need in one store! But the cheese is so $!*&!# expensive! Oh, my god, overwhelmingly crowded! But the cookies in the bakery are so amazing! I went on a Sunday afternoon. I really should've read Teej's review before doing that, but alas, I did not. I'd been there briefly sometime during a weekday to pick up comfort food (garlic bread and cookies) after a particularly traumatic afternoon of state employment testing and the DMV, and it hadn't been that bad. But Sunday? Oh, god. Oh, not Sundays. I swear that people were actually trying to aim their cart into mine. Everyone ambled around slowly and aimlessly like zombies on barbiturates. They would plod along at .001mph and then stop and stare for 5 minutes at the rack of tomatoes. They wouldn't move when you tried to reach around them for the tomatoes you also needed. Take this experience at the tomato stand and multiply it by every place you needed to stop and get something. I wasn't one of the zombies, and my Sunday-Meijers experience took me over an hour to escape. Also, I had the bad luck of happening to need things that were on sale, so they were out or almost out. Like Prego and tofu. And why didn't they have any bricks of Mozzarella? That wasn't even on sale, it was just inexplicably absent. But the cookies are so good. read more

This store seems to have more variety than the Urbana store. As with all Meijer stores, the layout makes no sense, but this one is a little better than the Urbana store. I can always find all my groceries here so it makes for great one-stop shopping. The produce is usually pretty decent and their meat is better than Wal-Mart. read more

Waited for about 10 minutes in check out line then the guy came out and closed the line and I had to move to another line. This line didn't move for another 15 minutes....just as bad as Walmart..... read more

Great grocery store, large selection and very reasonable prices. They have a particularly good selection of produce. The gluten-free section is reasonable, but not extensive. I wish they had a bigger selection of gluten-free grains, such as flours, oatmeal, seeds, etc. Most of the people who work there are very friendly and helpful. They also have a good selection of plants, crafts, electronics and clothes. It can get uncomfortably crowded, particularly on weekends. I try to go during the week when it's not so busy. Complaints include the fact that sometimes produce is bought out too fast and they haven't restocked specific items fast enough. Also, many of the checkout lanes are never used, causing long lines at the ones that are. I could also do without the Walmart-style greeters. Yes, I know it gives someone a job but to me, it's just really annoying and feels so forced. read more

I felt compelled to leave this review after experiencing yet another frustrating shopping experience with Meijer Curbside. Meijer's website is sluggish on a good day, the items are difficult to find, and the system lags interminably just waiting for the green box that shows that the item made it into the cart. I think the items can be found by department as you shop, but they don't end up in the cart that way, so it's hard to check my list when I think I'm finished. I'm always forgetting something. And although they offer substitutions, the emails that you get telling you what they've substituted often list completely unrelated items, and a lot of times it's completely inaccurate. It's really glitchy and untrustworthy. I feel like a beta tester for their shopping site rather than a valued customer. I will say that the *people* who work at Meijer--particularly the folks who work Curbside--are awesome. They're very friendly and conversational, and when the system's running right, they make the whole experience very positive. But I think Meijer underestimated how much people would use the Curbside service, and I just don't think the system is keeping up. What I was hoping would be a time saver ends up costing me more time in the long run, with plenty of frustration to accompany it. I'm starting to wish they'd never introduced Curbside, because I was fine with my old shopping habits (I end up there probably once a week). The prices and selection are good, but with other stores tiptoeing into the curbside delivery market, I find myself looking for other options. read more

Overrated. Disappointing. Store is full of items my 35 year old self does not like much or need a lot of. Clothes section discounted but very small. A few decent sales. Not much of a cafe there. read more

I do not like being surrounded employees who don't care to wear masks correctly. Normally I can stay clear of stockers etc but today I was hemmed in among three cashiers talking to each other with noses uncovered. This has been my primary store for a long time, but I'm not risking my health there anymore. read more

My goto grocery store for "American" groceries. This store is big. I can get most of the groceries I want here & they usually have really good deals/weekly discounts on the stuff I happen to want! They also have Goat milk, which a lot of stores don't have. They have really nice beauty, bath, makeup, etc. sections as well. Popular drugstore makeup either gets sold out quick here or they don't restore often. I only wish it could switch spots with Schnucks =( read more

Their produce selection and quality beats Walmart by far. Pretty good sales on a regular basis. They manage to keep plain Greek yogurt in stock most of the time. The store is always clean. My only complaint which is typical of most stores is that they need to keep a couple more registers open. For what they save with self checkout they can afford to hire a couple more people. read more

When I can't find what I need at Target which is closer to home, this is where I go. Always find what I need, great prices, and normally friendly service at checkout. They also have a great nail salon right inside the store (see my Angel Nails review!). read more

Bought chicken dinner with potato wedges cause the mashed motatos were dry and the macroni was runnie...the customer service was rough and people were rude and ghetto...they act as if you were bothering them when you go to order and pay for the food...all the years i been coming here i was pissed...havent been here in a while that was plain out ridicoulus read more

Meijer - Removed microwave and condiments for people to use when they sit down tables are a mess - Grocery Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

See all

The store is well stocked and tidy. The grocery store offers a nice selection of fresh fruit and veggies. The one thing that would make the shopping experience more productive if the staff would be more outgoing. When you approach a staff member all the efforts go to assist you in solving your question or search. I would like to have a staff member ask me if everything is ok. When you are roaming the store the staff should make the first approach. "Can I help you?" Lots of time you are in the wrong aisle. Overall, a good experience. read more

My Co-Worker has been raving about Meijers for months so today I stopped by to pick up fried chicken, cole slaw and potato salad for dinner. I have to admit I was impressed. A friendly employee welcomed me and gave me a cart and answered all my questions on where everything was located. I was transfixed on the selection of their produce section and everything looked fresh, even the produce which was on sale. Once I arrived to the Deli, i was a bit confused on finding the $4.99 deal for fried chicken, my co-worker mentioned. In a rush I figured I just grab a few pieces. As I was listing my selection the sweetest woman told me of the original deal I was looking for... I want to clarify here: although she saved me money and was eager to help, I consider her kind because she was listening to me, looking me in the eyes and had a smile. Most Deli personnel barely glance at you or smile... As I checked out the lines were a bit longer than I liked, but it was also 1700 & their busiest time. The checkout person was also nice, smiling and offered her hope for a great evening. Overall, a fantastic experience. Yep, I guess I am going back... Visit and I bet you will, too :) read more

Like Wal-Mart, but higher quality meat, floral, organic, and produce sections. Prices are a few pennies higher on all items, but it's worth it to patronize a smaller Midwest chain than ubiquitous Wal-Mart. Workers are slow and not helpful, and they regularly only have 5-6 checkouts open during weekday hours, so I have waited up to 30 minutes in line at noon any day of the week. Suggest avoiding weekends altogether, though, because even with 20+ lanes open, you will never have a line shorter than 5 people. Nonetheless, they have everything under the sun including items that I cannot find anywhere else like Illini window stickers for $2, and as long as you buy 12 or fewer items, you can always by-pass the slow service through the self-checkout lanes. Clean, big, good store in which to pass at least an hour. Favorite generic items: Ultimate Oatmeal Cookies (in the front, fresh bakery section) and BBQ kettle chips. Everything else is universal to all big-chain stores. Update: January 2008 Meijer has been running out of stock on all its sales by Thursday of any given week, and even staples like cottage cheese and pecan pie are sold out (off-sale) all week long. I find myself going here to pick up 4 items and having 3 be out of stock while the price of the 4th has risen. Plus, the service has gotten even slower, if anyone imagined that possible. More lanes are open than before (on any day) but it still takes 30 minutes to get through one line! Every Saturday they do some in-store program for kids or the community which only makes it more insane. You're lucky to find a cart and leave with your life on the weekends. Originally, I gave the store 4 stars for variety and being a Wal-Mart competitor, but it's gotten pretty ridiculous to shop. read more

They always have good deals every week, so it's worth going to just to check those out. A lot of their grocery items are cheaper than Walmart, and it just feels like you're getting better quality items. I always buy way more than planned when going here. Store needs a bit of a facelift, a lot of the store just feels old. read more

I really enjoy the produce at meijer, and the mperks have saved me quite a bit. I have been disappointed by the service at the deli on multiple occasions. It just has seemed as though they have been annoyed by me just picking up one or two items. It has made me start getting my deli items at other stores or avoiding meijer because of the poor service. read more

It's not Wal-Mart, and that is good enough for me. Aside from the obvious, they also have some decent kosher and ethnic options when one is in that neck of the woods (North Prospect). Decent produce is a plus, and if I am in need of toiletries, winter wear, summer wear, or anything that is required ASAP, I know I can count on Meijer. read more

My review is of Meijer as a grocery store. They offer "one-stop-shopping," (think Super Wal-mart with better food), but I almost never buy anything but food there. A few big pluses for Meijer are: They are the only local store (that I know of) that offer Dean's dairy products. I've been making special trips out there for Dean's Over-the-Moon fat free milk that tastes like full-fat milk. (BTW, It's expensive). If you want Dean's milk or ice cream, come here first. They are also the only store (again that I know of) to offer kosher foods (something my Jewish girlfriend appreciates). They have cheeper prices on a few products like eggs, which are usually less than 90 cents. They have a very large selection of great-looking fresh produce. A few drawbacks are: They are on North Prospect, the major shopping area of town; but also the most crowded area of town and the area with the worst traffic in town. Avoid Saturdays and Sundays unless you're going after 11pm. Check-out is horrific every hour of every day. About half the check-outs are self-check outs. A great idea in theory, but in reality a cost-cutting pain-in-the-***. If you're buying alcohol, or have a coupon you'll have to wait for someone to come certify your transaction. God help you have both coupons and alcohol! I once got screwed because I couldn't use a coupon after scanning a six-pack. Frustrated, I left and planned to return to the service desk. When I did I was told to go **** myself, I had to percent the coupon at time of purchase. The check-outs are not bring-your-own-bag friendly. If you're an environmentally friendly shopper and bring your own re-usable bags, you'll find the check out a bit more awkward than other stores with different bagging set-ups (but not impossible). There is no deli service counter. If you want fresh sliced deli meats and cheeses, go somewhere else. Sale items might be out of stock by mid-week. Given the great produce, the low-cost of some items, and the offer of Dean's products, I still visit Meijer on occasion, but it's not my first stop for groceries. read more

My first experience with the "buy everything including groceries here" concept, used to be the only game in town until Super Walmart opened up. Very useful for the college student in that it is open 24 hours. There are some up in Chicago in the suburbs I have seen, but they also have to compete with Super Targets as well. For groceries, I always prefered Schnuck's in Urbana (for selection and service), but they always had very good prices in the Meijer. read more

Love when they have rambutan however when they have it, it is no longer that beautiful red color that it is when it's good and fresh, it's very dark almost a maroon brown, which means it's near rotting, however I'm able to get it fresh at another place in town on certain days :). Good store, generally busy most of the time with a lot of college students, employee friendliness is 50/50 half are kind the other half seem like they don't want to be there. They do have a great selection of products, little bit of this and that :) if I can't find it at Walmart of schnucks I can here :) read more

Their pharmacy is terrible on North Prospect the woman pharmacist is a smart a-- and she's been there since 2007-- she would not fill a prescription for morphine even though the PMP and the doctor had the release date due to be filled she still had to call the doctor which is not necessary and ask them and of course the doctors office said yes please fill it. She even threatened to throw my friend out and it was for him and I decided to write this up in behalf of him ...he is not an addict he has chronic pain and he did not need to be threatened because he was just trying to get his prescription filled. anyway the point is they were wrong and they lied to us to him and they had to fill it after they called the doctor. I do not recommend this pharmacy don't go they lie to you read more

I used to really like this store. Lately the aisles are always blocked by shelf stocking. Some of the check out people do anything but act like they have a job. Carrying on conversations with other employees near or far, eating snacks. Need some serious retraining for some of these people. read more

My daughters and I stood at the counter to get some fried chicken wings. There was one customer in front of us and we stood directly behind him. When Brett finished helping the customer in front of us he then turned and walked away. We continue to stand there for sometime never be in at knowledged. Finally another lady came over putting gloves on and getting a box to place had food in. We assumed that she was getting ready to help us. But to our surprise she didn't acknowledge us or help us. Finally Brett came back and walked right by us and I stopped him to have a conversation. I asked him why no one bothered to help us and he said that he was technically on lunch. I said we weren't even acknowledged by saying someone would be with us momentarily. He never apologized but instead said that they are short staffed, management is aware of it and that they don't care. I then told him I was very sorry for his situation but in no way should that affect the customer. He then told me that I could go to customer service and complain! And I did. The manager apologized and was embarrassed by his remarks concerning management. read more

Very busy today! Just driving through and bought some apples. Very friendly workers and clean store. They didn't have my favorite golden delicious apples but oh well lol read more

Waited 20 minutes at the bakery for service. Called the service desk to see if they could send someone over with no success. Spoke with the store director who informed me they did not have anyone working in the bakery but someone from the deli would be over. Still waiting. By the way they have a sign posted in the bakery that states " Open to Serve you 6am-9pm". It's only 6:30pm. Time to go elsewhere. read more

I used Meijer curbside. I was very pleased. I showed up 15 minutes early. I was in and out. The young lady was very friendly.

This has become the regular grocery store for my husband & I. They have a great grocery department and the prices are reasonable. The greeting card section is also well stocked. We buy a lot of funny cards and at Meijer these are easily found. I only wish that they had a larger home & office section. They only have a few rows of stationary supplies and not much selection. It would be nice to get everything at one store but sometimes it doesn't work out. If you're into coupons, you'll want to combine your Meijer perks with your coupons. We probably save around $10/trip using both of those. It's so worth the time put i read more

I think this is a Midwestern-chain supermarket. They sell everything from furniture to food to clothing in a 24 hour shop. However, beware of the walruses. Everytime I come here, I end up leaving vowing never to eat sweets and junk food ever again. The junk food here is unbelievably cheap from $3.50 rotisserie chicken to $2.50 hagen daaz ice cream. No wonder everyone that shops here fills up more than just one chair. read more

3 AM grocery shopping at its finest. yeahh it can be kind of disorganized but so is your brain at 3 AM. plus it's hella cheap so those impulse buys don't hurt in the morning read more

Stopped in today while traveling for a few things; produce was pretty low in the late afternoon. I self checked out, so no idea how slow lines can be here. The restrooms need some serious remodeling.... read more

A very large establishment for all items for your daily needs: groceries, toiletries, home goods, electronics, etc. When we visit we take our student to stock up on food and such. This one stop shop is convenient. Although there are a lot of check out counters there never seem to be many open resulting in long lines. read more

Just called store to confirm and they DO NOT have delivery at this time. Kind of a bummer for the college students living in apartments with no car. read more

This past Thanksgiving break I was thinking to myself I wish grocery stores had Black Friday discounts. Next I walk into Myers and what why find, some staple items have been discounted for the day! read more

Their weekly adds are so small that you can't read them. When you magnify them they go to their biggest and you can't put the item you want to look at anywhere to see it. I have to take out a magnifying glass and even then I can't read most of the listing. A great grocery store, but their clothing is over-priced cheap stuff, the school and office supplies tiny, and in general it's too difficult to find quality except in groceries. Well, the fruit is all rocks, but some vegetables are good and the meat is. Canned goods and such compete well with places like WalMart. read more

Employees are generally rude and unhelpful. I shop here only because they have the best produce in town. I shop here every week and Mike and Norma B who are greeters and an Asian lady in the deli whose name I do not know are the only friendly, helpful people. read more

Meijer is my favorite grocery store in the area. I live two blocks away from County Market on campus (Springfield and Fourth) and I only go there when needed. I take the bus to north Prospect, namely to Meijer, but I do wish Meijer had allowed Aldi to be built where the Panda Express and such are now. You see, I love Aldi, too, and I go there, too, and since I take the bus I sometimes have to skip Meijer (although I don't want to) and go to Aldi (and unfortunately sometimes walmart). Had Aldi been built on Meijer's parking lot area, it would have been perfect for me: my two favorite stores side by side and able to go to both the same trip. read more

I love the Champaign Meijer! I'm from Peoria, where the closes Meijer is 45 minutes away (Bloomington), so I was beyond excited when I found out there was one here. The first couple of times I went grocery shopping I went to the Walmart across the street, and always found it dirty and crowded, and it never had the things I wanted. Meijer, by contrast, is rarely crowded when I go on weekday evenings, 95% of the time has everything I'm looking for, and is much larger and cleaner. As other reviewers have said, though, DO NOT EVER go on Sunday afternoons!!! It's horrible. I did that once and will never do it again. I don't blame the employees for that, though, that's just because of the customers. Like some others, I also would much rather support a family-owned business than Wal-mart. Four stars instead of five because some things (like cheese) are ridiculously expensive, and the Meijer brand is just not the same. They have an excellent produce section and a lot of the store brands are really good. read more

If I could give 0 stars I would. EVERYTIME I am in the prosepect Ave location I have a horrible experience everytime. There are never any registers open besides the self check out lanes. When having a cart full I am not using those and yes I know they have ones for big orders but getting off of work I do not want to check my own groceries out...pretty sure that is why they pay cashiers. Then if they do open any manned lanes it's people that are from other departments and screw up your order or don't know what they or doing. Most of the time there are about 3 to 4 people at the service desk just staring at the lines looking stupid and giggling and just having conversations. Then if u have a few items the people at the service desk tell you that they cannot check you out at the service desk only returns and money orders. I prefer Meijer but at least across the street at Walmart they have people running registers and get more help up front when needed... Meijer has lost me as a customer for life and I spend about 1200.00 a month in groceries and odds and ends. read more