Schnucks

This is a classy chain out of St. Louis. With Brown’s closing in Sycamore, Schnuck’s has the best packaged meat selection in the area and often have great sales. Still, I have to shop. Meat and produce at Schnuck’s, but there are a lot of other high priced items. Select canned and dry goods, and some dairy at Wal-​Mart but absolutely no meat or produce. Produce, deli, bakery and frozen pizza at Hy-​Vee. Meat case looks good at HV but packaged is weak. I make a Saturday morning of errands.

I found out about this place through the NIU campus newspaper.
Very close to campus with a nice selection of produce and meats. Pricing is similar to a Jewel Osco and the sales are really great!

very clean and well stocked the only issue is isles always seem to have items to be stocked in the way

I only stopped by the alcohol section of the store and I found it to be a bit better than other big box stores. I liked their selection of craft beer. The wine and spirits section looked good too.
I absolutely found it hilarious that there was a display of ping pong balls and red cups right by the alcohol section. There was a section of beer right in front of that. I guess that’s what you get when you’re in a college town.
Oh, and I enjoyed the flowers in the bathroom — gave it a nice touch.

I like Schnucks a lot better than Jewel, but I only go here when necessary. Their prices tend to be way too high, especially their produce. True, the produce department is lovely, but I’m not interested in paying $ 6 for a bag of salad so they can have teak flooring under the bananas.
They do have a decent natural food section and they do carry several vegan ice creams, which is appreciated. Service is always friendly. I won’t do all my shopping here, but in a pinch it’ll do!

Never a dull moment, great friendly people

They have a really good meat and produce section. When you walk in there is a sale section or ¹⁰⁄₁₀ and you can grab some odds and ends. I think Schnucks can be pricey but if you shop the paper they always have deals on something and you save the gas/​trip to Walmart.

Schnuck’s has a nice produce section. The other two groceries in town can’t compare to their selection of produce.
I do NOT buy dairy here. I don’t believe it is kept cold enough because it seems to spoil very, very fast. If I buy dairy from Wal-​Mart or Jewel I never have this problem.
I’m also careful to check the sell by date on every item that I put into my cart. They’re notorious for having outdated items still on the shelves.

Solid prices, great staff, and a lot of cheese! Deli is awesome and Olive bar is cool too! Plenty of organic items avaliable, and sometimes on sale!

I have mixed feelings about Schnuck’s. They do some things very well — they sell organic produce and milk in addition to traditional; they have some interesting international cookies; they have a «healthy frozen food» section, a small organic-​ish personal care section with decent prices and a store-​brand organic food brand. I like their store-​brand yogurt a lot and they always seem to have some kind of ice cream on sale. They have a very comprehensive pizza selection and a small fake meat section. The deli carries some interesting cheeses but I’d rather go to Whole Foods — the prices are high and the selection merely OK. Packaged cheese (block, shreds) is reasonably priced.
My biggest complaint is that their baking goods aisle is very small and overpriced. I don’t buy baking chocolate here, for example, and I try to avoid buying cocoa here. And I am bewildered that a store that has so many brands of pizza — even brands like Annie’s — doesn’t carry a vegetarian frozen lasagna. (They carry exactly one kind of frozen lasagna.) Their organic milk prices aren’t very good either.
Still, while I may complain about the place, I usually spend at least $ 60-​$ 70 here. Other than the baking goods, which really are pathetic, it’s not a bad general purpose grocery.
Warning: the plastic sacks they put your groceries in are ultra-​thin; bring your own bags. The very first time I came here one of the bags broke in the parking lot. Also make sure the cashier applies your coupons; I’ve had them missed at least once.

Wow. Where can I start with this one. I had herd this place was great. Good Prices, Food Quality, Selection. Its all wrong. I went in this place and its not cheap at all. I was shocked to see 12 dollar box of Trojan latex condoms (5.49 at walmart). I am guessing that this store is either owned by some ultra conservative religious folk, or they are just gouging the price of condoms because its ½ mile from the NIU dorms. Their food selection is OK, but again, Walmart is taking over the world. Walmart is just a fresh and unless you need something out of the ordinary, its not worth it to buy here. I wont go back.