This Menards is relatively close to me and it's handy.  However I don't really come here very often and it seems it's mainly when I need light bulbs or furnace air filters and such.  It's a large, bright, and clean location, and is seldom crowded as I almost never come on the weekends.  The interior was renovated maybe 5 years ago and it is bright and attractive throughout.  Their prices are competitive for most hardware and utility items.  They also have a packaged goods grocery section, and one item I have found that is a great value here is coffee filters, and they are much cheaper here than anywhere else for whatever reason.  Some other items I used to buy here regularly years ago were bird feed and garden flowers, but we have since gone to other suppliers for such. I once also got a quote from them for a big kitchen cabinet replacement project.  The staffer was helpful, but in the end, they weren't competitive with just going directly to a cabinet supplier for any particular cabinet quality.  Their approach was one of being a middleman, and they had no real control of the project timing as it was up to the cabinet supplier anyway.  But Menards was helpful for the project research anyway, and they could possibly be right for you depending on your project execution style. Menards also has frequent 11% off promos.  Sometimes it involves whatever you can fill in a paper shopping bag, but more often it is in the form of an old-fashioned mail-in rebate which is annoying and antiquated these days.  Overall though, it's a big plus to have this Menards around us. read more