Reply #7: Thanks for that link. I have the magazine with the article in it...somewhere, but

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it's good to have an e-version too. From my experience with Menard's over the years, I have made the following conclusions/observations: Menard is a French word that means, "Shitty building materials;" If you want quality building materials, go to Lowes or a small local lumberyard. (Yes, it will cost more, but you won't have to spend hours looking for straight lumber and more hours dealing with lumber that turned into "hockey sticks" after you got them out of the store); You most likely won't get any of those rebates they lure you into the store with; Food should not be purchased at Menard's. In his never ending obsession with acquiring even more money, Menard has branched out into groceries. Given his philosophy of selling rejects as quality product, his groceries have to be at least as bad as Woodman's (rotting produce, moldy deli items, and selling outdated product, even after pointing it out to a store manager); Menard's sells a lot of crap made in China, and the quality(or extreme lack thereof) is obvious.
Like most assholes/Republicans, Menard is a vile piece of shit whose passing will make the world a substantially better place to live for people who aren't assholes/Republicans. I suspect he once heard the phrase, "Caveat emptor" and figured that if people were stupid enough to buy crap, he could make a fortune selling it to them.