I love menards, but it’s crazy to see it through the eyes of someone that doesn’t live by one to appreciate it

I set up one of their stores and worked there for a while back in 2006. Menards manages to have their new stores and merch paid for in full before the store opens to the public. The Menard family is very strict on paying cash for their materiel. It was a huge reason for their success.

The biggest thing you notice about Menards is that it isn't a mess like the other borgs. Every time I am in Depot or Lowes I am constantly saying if we had Menards I would be able to get what I wanted at a better price in a nicer store that's better taken care of and not a dark cave like Lowes is now with their recent lighting downgrade. Oh and their food prices are competitive with local grocery stores too. Their lumber is far better quality than the other borgs as well. They also have allot more landscape stuff like fencing and stones.

What I really like about Menards vs HD or Lowes, is the true hardware selection. Fasteners, electrical, plumbing, etc. Much, much more than either of the two alternatives. And their prices are better on a number of items.

Blessed to have Menards HD and Lowes all within 20 miles. Love Menards but Home Depot has better tools.

Another good thing about Menards that’s better than Lowes and Home Depot is their bags. They’re made from a thicker plastic which is really nice. Way more durable than your typical plastic bags.

Yay, finally a Menards walk through on the channel! Some know, some don't know but i'm an employee at a Menards myself. When it comes to the OPE, the Masterforce stuff is geared more for your pro level work and Yardworks is geared more towards your average home owner looking to just maintain their lawn. The batteries for the Yardworks cordless stuff aren't that expensive as well. When it comes to hand and power tools, we have a good, better, best approach with the good being the Tool Shop brand, better being the Performax stuff, and best being the Masterforce stuff. The area where the furniture is displayed is our seasonal area. It will have a little bit of Halloween decor around that time but the big change comes Christmas time. It's changed into what the company likes to call the 'enchanted forest' and it'll look nothing like it is now. If only you could see it yourself. Maybe another trip out this way, maybe to my store around that time, lol.

I loved Menards when living in the midwest. When I moved to California, there was The Home Depot, and Lowes. We also have ACE Hardware. Menards should expand nationwide.

"Save big money, you save big money, when you shop Menards" Annoying song that is played at every Menards. Love Menards!

You missed the Menards store in Waukesha, WI while on your recent road trip on I-94. The Waukesha store is two stories tall and has an escalator and a glass elevator between the levels in addition to all of the things you mentioned plus a huge, covered lumber yard and landscaping section that includes almost every kind of blocks, bricks, plants and mulch you can imagine. BTW there's a HD directly across the street.

The place is open, plenty of stuff & is very clean. Wish Home Depot & Lowes were like this.

I agree. Visited one when visiting extended family in Illinois. Cannot believe that it actually has groceries.

I think you nailed it in the beginning of your video. It's like the Walmart of home improvement stores. I have a couple of Menards in my area. When they first opened up they had good quality items. Later on it seems like the quality went down hill.

Menards will give you a free gift on your birthday if you have a Menards card and you get a quarterly reward too. When you get the 11 percent rebate they will give you the rebate on purchases paid for with the rebate money so you are actually getting 22 percent. I replaced all the flooring in my house and paid for all the materials needed to redo my porch roofs with the rebate. If you plan ahead you can stretch your budget on home remodeling projects.

Menards thank you I think that your store as what I need shopping at your store and have for years!

I have so many good memories at Menards with my dad. It’s still my go-to for projects.

Grew up with them in Wisconsin and we hit the Menards when we visit there. Sooooo much better than a HD, Lowe’s, or even Tractor Supply for most things. Can’t wait for them to make it across the Ohio border into western PA…..

I was a Menards Virgin, until last Thursday, they had a 2 horsepower irrigation pump for half the price of any of the other places. I drove from Northern Colorado to Cheyenne Wyoming.. and fellers I'm not easy to impress.

The masterforce tool chests are fantastic for the money. They're on par with the US general line in my opinion, but the grip latch drawer is my favorite part. I have a 42 in box and a 16 side cabinet after having an older 42 for close to 10 years. I prefer it over my 72 in series 2 at home.

Midwestern homeowner here, we love Menards. The tools are decent, rebranded like every store brand with a vast sourcing of manufacturers and they change constantly. Rebate dollars are your best friend and an open secret is that they'll still honor rebate receipts even if they're expired. Menards is a great place to go when they carry the same vendors as other big box stores because it's often cheaper: you pay probably 20% less for Nibco plumbng fittings, Southwire electrical products, etc. Regular everyday stuff. Appliances are all in the Whirlpool family including Maytag/Amana which are just fine for regular folks. Despite the fact that the tools are largely outsourced anymore Menards is still a retailer that's fairly dedicated to US manufacturing. They do also have a great selection of pet supplies which is often under-minded in these sorts of stores.

Sort of a cross between Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot and Big Lots. What's nice is if you need a toilet flapper and it's not one of the 2 or 3 at Lowe's, you can find it in the 8 different ones they carry. They have a lot of parts to fix things

I went to one for the first time not that long ago. NOT what I expected! Home Depot meets Sam's Club! What a surprise.

Any Of My Trips to The Midwest, Menards Is Always A Must Stop, Wish We Had Them Here In New England! IMO, Far Superior To The Other Big Box Stores! Thanks For Your Report!

I agree Jeff. There's a Menards 30 minutes from my home. It's awesome! 😊😊

Glad that you done this walkthrough, I’ve always heard of them. Now you have taken care of my curiosity, so thank you.

I moved from Illinois to Texas....I miss Menards.

One of the things I miss no longer living in Wisconsin is Menards. Especially at Christmas time, they go all out. The kids love it.

I used to shop at a Menards in Minot ND. When I was on a rotation in the oilfield there. I really wish we had one here in Louisiana.

You save big money, you save big money, when you shop Menards!

Some of my earliest childhood memories are of visiting Menards with my dad more than 50 years ago. I miss my dad.

My son is a general manager at one of the larger locations. He loves it there and they treat their employees well. That transfers to the customers!

When Menards opened 4-5 years ago in my small Kansas town all we had was Home Depot and a couple Ace and Coast. I only shop at Menards now. It's great. Blueberry blast snack mix is excellent

I live 90 miles from Eau Claire, Wi. This is where John Menard Jr. the founder of Menards lives. I can remember when he opened his first stores. When they first opened they sold only lumber and building supplies at deeply discounted prices. I have watched the stores slowly morph into what they are today. It didn't happen all at once. Mr. Menard definitely has a great team that developed his current business model into the stores that you see today. I shop at menards 2-3 times a month. There are great deals on everything from 2x4's to bacon. 😁

Man you guys in the states get all the good stuff!!

I love Menards. I first discovered them 30 plus years ago while visiting a brother in Indiana. It was like home improvement Mecca. More recently, one was built 40 mins. away and I used to look for reasons to drive and shop there. THEN, they built one only 4 miles away. I could live there. I have barely scratched the surface of the lumber and building supplies in the ginormous drive-through yard out back on top of everything else they sell. It's almost too big making it hard to find things sometimes. Our Lowe's is closer but I only go there for quick pick-ups of basic supplies. Everything else comes from Menards. The 11% rebate is always like bonus cash to me because they can be stacked together on any transaction.

living less then 60 miles from the original Menards makes me forget that this is a midwest thing. Love Menards.

They also have great deals on blemished interior and exterior doors, pre hung, and slab doors. They sold me two interior doors that matched for $25 each, they both had the knob holes drilled in them and the hinge routings, but they weren't pre hung though. Their Performax tools are okay but budget so so type tools. Their Master Force cordless tools are awesome and are competitively priced, very good quality!

Agreed. Live in the heart of Menard's county. More do it yourself friendly the Home Depot or Lowes. The 11% rebate all the time I weird.

Something I appreciate in the appliances that seems to be getting harder to find ... Chest freezers!

Menards is what a general store from back in the 1800s would be like for a community back in the day..a little bit of everything and what they don't have they'll order.. Oh have you ever been to a Rural King? I love that place.. It's like a tractor supply /fleet & farm on steroids

I don't know, I have Menard's, Lowes and Home Depot all within a few miles of me and I would not say it's better than Home Depot, Walmart etc, they all have their strengths. To me Home Depot and Lowes are more focused and are much better for real contruction stuff. They have a lot of stuff but most of that can be found for cheaper in other stores. The 11% rebate is good though. I tend to shop at all three with no real biases, just whoever has what I need I get. Also Home Depot and Lowes having amazing clearance deals that if you shop right you can score some incredible deals. For me Menards core strength is their garden and outdoor stuff. I still miss Sears. 😢

It feels like Menards isn't looking to go hard after the pro market, but if I need some oddball plumbing connection or other hardware they seem to always have something at a reasonable price. I've never seen a more bizarre collection of oddments, like their selection of light bulbs. I shop there constantly. P.S. Their prices on fasteners are fantastic.

I have three of these stores near me. The next time your in one, tour the drive thru lumber yard. The selection is much better than any Lowes or Home Depot every dreamed about. It takes me back to the old Furrow store we had here in Evansville, IN. They also carry a larger selection of plumbing parts that you cant find at the other stores.

I love Menards. Shopped there one time when I went to Missouri on vacation. Wish they were in Georgia.

The grocery section is handy as hell when you've got a winter storm coming in.

Menards is what a home center should be. i drive an hour and a half to get to one after I moved. I used to live a mile away from one.

So I'm just north of OKC, we don't have Menards, but Wichita has two. They have a program online where you can design your own polebarn, on a whim I called them and asked if they'd deliver a 40x60x14 to me, they said sure, it would be around $600 as I recall. Now I don't own a 3/4 ton truck or a long gooseneck trailer, I'd have to borrow one to pick it up, then there's unloading it, $600 is unloaded with a DonKey forklift. $600 sounded worth it as its 2.5 hours away.

Went in one last summer when visiting family. really wish we had them up here in the northeast!

I love Menards, it's got it all and prices are usually better then Home Depot or Lowe's on building materials and mill work. They have so much stuff that other stores don't have in those departments. Plus all the extras

Menards is the place to go for the freshest candy. And pick up tools, lumber and that kitchen sink

Gotta save big money!! As a side note, all that area where the furniture is located, turns into the Christmas area!

Menards is amazing. Materials, consumables, and DIY supply is consistently better than HD. I'm a Masterforce fanboy as well. Hand tools have been good enough. I agree with you about the prosumer vibe. I've been doing 70% of my Christmas shopping in Menards.

Never heard of them until I started watching you

OH MAN YOUR IN WISCONSIN! I WISH I KNEW ID LIKE TO OF SAY HELLO! I used to work at Menards I now work part time at FleetFarm thats a major tool place for me now. Thanks for making the video! God bless! and remember always make time to read the Bible daily !

Menards is pretty awesome. They do have a lot of weird stuff, but that’s also a positive point. If you need to find a random radio shack type part that was popular back in 1995? Menards will probably have it in stock 😂

Menards really is better. One of the very very very very very few things I miss about living in Illinois. Wish they would expand.

It looks like a pretty cool store. We don’t have any of those. I don’t think we do here in Georgia.

I love my Menards. I drive past HD and Lowes to get to Menards. I am a diy guy, the 11% back rebate does add up

I LOVE Menards...unless I'm buying 2x lumber...you order it in the back of the store...go all the way to the front and pay for it...then drive back to the yard and pick it up...which is fine until you find twisted stock in the yard...which adds the step of checking the yard BEFORE you order it...I go to Home Depot...pick up my lumber...load it...and go...

Have purchased all kinds of stuff from Menards. Merry st recently, I snagged that 10 inch Skil sliding miter saw. It is super sweet! I went back and forth on that one because I’m a DeWalt guy. But hey, I used my rebate check and got a beast of a saw from Skil.

Had to drive 55 miles to get to my local Menards while living in North Dakota. Don't even have one here in Arizona. They had things that you can't even get at Home Depot.

Lucky to live where there are all of these stores, Lowes, Menards, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Fleet Farm, Farm and Fleet (owed by brothers who stopped getting along) Northern Tool, and Harbor Freight. My favorite is HD, my wife's is Menards.

I'm in MN and all the stores are close by,but menards gets 90% of my business😎

My Local Menards is straight across the street from Lowes. I go to Menards the majority of the time. My town has two Lowes and two Menards. No Home Depot though. The closest HD is about 30+ minutes away.

I have a couple Menards in my area, but they're in very busy areas that are a drive, for me, to get to. I have about 6 Home Depots the same or closer distance to me than the nearest Menards.

Hey papa bear, you forgot to mention that they have a full-size lumber yard. I've been shopping Menards most of my life here in Illinois. Love that store. Go almost once a week. Three times a month. But yeah you need lumber they got it.

As Canadian this is as close as Canadian tire and a Walmart😂😂

11% rebate can only be used in store. They have decent lumber and a few deals on tools. That's as exciting as it is.

Nice for you, since Menards is based in Wisconsin. I'm in the South now and can't even drive to a Costco Business Center.

I am very blessed to live in Menards country, and I gotta say there Masterforce brand tools are pretty darn good

They have various designers on their site for post frame buildings to decks. You can design it and have the stuff delivered. I built a post frame shop from one of their kits and it was awesome. You get real, professional, high quality steel and hardware. The non-lumber stuff is fulfilled by Midwest Manufacturing. They do a great job. That is one of the amazing things. And I got the 11% on the building purchase. That was amazing.

The Den of Tools... Thanks for the walk through. I wish we had a Menards here in Florida. Would be nice to have another option.

OMG... How cool is that !!!

My only gripe with Menards (and it's a BIG one) is that almost all of their sales are done with a rebate that forces you to return to their store in order to benefit from the sale (but I could deal with that). Their rebates used to come in the mail as a post card and everyone could see that it was a rebate from Menards. That is like putting a stamp on a 10 or 20 dollar bill and sending it through that mail. Anyone could just pocket the rebate, go to Menards and use it. We complained because we had not received several rebates, they told us that they have had other complaints and were going to change that. Now they come folded over (whoopie), but still they have Menards plastered on it so everyone still knows what they are. I would rather just get the sale price in the store. But I'm pretty sure there are some people that really love Menards' rebates.

I go to menards almost daily for work. There tool selection isn't top tier, but they have a good range. The masterforce line of power tools is really lacking though which is unfortunate. Tried a few different ones trying to stock my workplace in a new battery line but we ended up going the Hercules route. No regrets there. The hand tools are great actually. They have a variety of lower end to higher end tools and I've got no regrets buying them.

Menards is good for oddball lightbulb sizes for appliances or display cabinets.

It’s a shame the only good tools sold at Menards are Bosch tools. No DEWALT, no Milwaukee, no Matika. They do at least have knipex and channellock though

Store has the Sears store vibes. I wish we had these out west.

They're carrying hormel black label thick cut bacon right now that's awesome. It's half the price of jewel. Worth stocking up on.

We have two Menards stores near me. when they built the second store a friend work on security and told me that a took over 700 semis to fill it up.

Never been in a Menards. Appreciate this overview. An amazing place. Too bad I am never likely to see one.

I live in the hometown of Menards, having moved here from HD territory, I really miss HD. I go to the grocery store for food.

I just did a road trip to Menards, went to 3 of them, Cheyenne, Scottsbluff, and North Platte, was planning on a few more, then came down sick, so drove home ( Wash State), this was in July.

I would LOVE to see Menards here in CA - HD and Lowes suck. I went to one in Illinois and it was amazing.

I like how you can drive into the lumber part of the store to load your lumber so you don't have to handle it twice!

I wish Menards would come to Canada.. They are like a mix of Canadian Tire and Walmart here all in one.. They don't seem to be a very aggressive company when it comes t building new stores..

Loved Menards in Ohio wish we could get some here in Montana.

His passion is very inspiring, I admire him

Now the only thing that can top this is a walk through of Hartville Hardware. 😂 Ive seen videos of that place and it makes Menards look small! I'd love to actually go there myself one day.

Menards is basically the "everything store" for me as a building maintenance person. I'm there once a week if not more.

It is. Wish we had them in FL 😭

Hey man, love your videos and the amount of effort you put into researching things talking to engineers and speaking on facts and truths I've been wondering what trade do you do for a living?

A lot of people like the masterforce boxes over the US general.They are 24 inches deep which is really nice.I personally dont see a problem with the draws last 2 inches not coming out as its still easily accessible.I like the service cart style tool boxes that us general has though..

Wish we had them in Texas.

Menards tends to have way more selection in most areas. They probably have more plumbing fittings & hvac ducting than lowes & home depot combined.

Other than Walmart, tractor supply and similar ones, Menards is the closest to me. Lowes and home Depot are 50 miles away. It'd be nice for more people to cover Menards.

After hearing my dad rave about Menards from Minnesota, I went to the Menards in Salt Lake City. This was before COVID. it was dark, dirty, confusing, and maze-like. Never been back.

I love Menards! I love that they are in my area.

I moved to the mid west because of Menards. I was sold immediately

Menards is my go to store now a days. Unless I need something Milwaukee and then I go to the depot for that.