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Meijer
Category: Shopping Department Stores Shopping Fashion Department Stores Department Stores [Edit]
2500 S Philo RadUrbana, IL 61803
(217) 365-5200
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for Meijer
6 reviews in English
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Review from David B.
Broadlands, IL
3/26/2011
In my rush to get home, I left a 12 bottle case of Samuel Adams on the lower level of our shopping cart yesterday. Called them to see if someone had handed it over (yeah, right!). No, came the reply but, if you bring in your receipt we'll replace it.
Wow! Sorry, I meant WOW!!! My bad but you still looked after me.
I salute with a salaam & a deserved 5 stars, Meijer! -
Review from Tim J.
5/4/2010 2 Check-ins Here
I hate their layout so much I avoid the store whenever I can. Trips take at least twice as long because if you are like me and have a list, you will traverse the store 3x each for the last 4 items on your list, in the end either giving up or finding that Cream of Tartar between Fruit of the Loom and Sauder furniture. The dairy is in the junior miss section.
When I go, they have really good selection of lots of stuff, but their unique stuff rotates, so dont count on them having kohlrabi or daikon or golden beets or whatever whenever. Call ahead. They have a limited (but very cheap overall) seafood selection. Like many Wal-Marts, they refuse to staff enough registers to get people checked out at a reasonable pace. -
Review from Tim D.
Arlington Heights, IL
10/14/2008
I've been waiting in quiet anticipation for this Meijer to open its doors ever since I've moved to Urbana. When they finally turned on the giant spotlight welcoming beacon, I hurried right over to acquaint myself with what I planned to make my new home base for groceries.
Boy, is it going to take some getting used to.
The layout of the store is a bit baffling to me. I guess I'm not expert on ergonomics, but it feels like they just threw sections around haphazardly. I found myself walking around in circles -- seeing food, then non-food, then food again -- and I swear I saw lunchmeat show up in three different spots. The prices were okay; better than Schnuck's, at least. I'll probably still go here because it's so darn close to where I live and the employees seem nice enough, but I'm giving a thumbs-down to the floor plan that spits in the face of efficient shopping.
I'm all for changing things up and taking new directions, but when it comes to groceries, I guess I'm just a hard-nosed conservative. -
Review from Paige D.
State College, PA
4/29/2009
I will completely agree with everyone that the store is laid out in a very odd manner-- but I think that the positives outweigh that.
It's much easier to get to than the Meijer on Prospect, and a lot easier to park. We live halfway in between both and choose this one despite the layout because how easy it is to get there. I've never waited in line to check out at this Meijer, and the staff is extremely friendly, helpful, and respectful, which I haven't always gotten. This week, we accidentally left a bag of groceries there. I called and talked to their store manager, explaining that it was our fault, and he said that as long as we brought the receipt in he would fully refund the money. When is was our fault, I thought that was an excellent example of customer service.
They have pretty good sized departments and a nice wine selection. You just have to learn to plan your trip around where you want to end up last. -
Review from Jenny S.
Urbana, IL
2/25/2011 30 Check-ins Here
They have a good selection of produce. Their meat is a bit to be desired though. They have friendly staff. The demo company constantly leaves samples on their carts unattended. Just wait until the day that a child takes a sample without their parent knowing and has an allergic reaction.
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Review from N A.
Urbana, IL
10/1/2008
It was with much excitement that I stopped in today, their first day of business. The store is beautiful, as one would expect. Clean, bright, and plenty of almost eerily happy and helpful staff. I expect this will all go downhill over time, but for now it's very impressive.
Unfortunately, by the time I left I felt pretty crestfallen that the Meijer I had been so looking forward to isn't going to become a regular stop for me. The main reason for this is because the store is incredibly poorly laid out. The sections people visit on a typical grocery shopping trip are separated as much as possible, forcing customers to cut through all the home decor, clothes, automotive crap, and the like I'm guessing for the purposes of encouraging unnecessary impulse buys. Going to Meijer for groceries on a Saturday is enough of a pain in the ass without having to cover every single square inch of the store to get the stuff I need. Forget a quick trip in to grab a few items for dinner, it's just not possible. It's so obnoxious that I can't see myself making a lot of grocery trips here since I just don't have the time or patience for a sight seeing tour of every last thing big box retail has to offer.
The other major issue I had was that the selection was surprisingly limited. Their organic produce offerings are negligable. I went in to pick up four particular, and not at all unusual, items and they only had two of them. It really sucked to hike all over the store for almost 45 minutes looking for what I needed only to find that they didn't have half of it. What's the point of dealing with a monster store when you're going to have to make a second stop at County Market or Schnucks to finish off your grocery list? It's much easier and not that much more expensive to just skip Meijer.
