Menards

When Builders Store owner R.W. Wolfram joined Hardware Wholesalers Inc. in 1945, as member No....

Menards plans to open a new superstore in Port Huron, Mich., putting the home-improvement retailer right on the U.S.-Canadian border, according to an article in the Times Herald. 

Pet supplies are one of the many non-traditional categories found at Bering’s Hardware in Houston. “People love their animals, and they take good care of them,” Augie Bering Jr. said. “You may not come to Bering’s for pet supplies, but when you walk by our department, you may think, ‘You know, I should pick up something for my dog while I’m here.’”


This is not the only retailer reaching out in ways a traditional hardware store might not. 


Motor oil in Lowe’s. Paper towels in Home Depot. Groceries in Menards. 


Menards plans to build a 162,000-square-foot store in Pittsfield Township, near Ann Arbor, Mich., according to an article in the Ann Arbor Business Review.

Luther Midelfort Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., also the location of Menards’ headquarters, will receive...

Menards is expanding into several new markets in the Midwest, with store formats ranging from...

The $10 million project is expected to include a 4.5-acre lumberyard....

A Menards store planned near The Heartlands subdivision of Owensboro,  Ky., would be the first Menards store to open in Kentucky.

Representatives from Eau Claire, Wis.-based Menards met with home owners this week, according to the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. Tom O'Neil, from Menards real estate division, told the newspaper: "As the overall plan evolves, we'll be able to submit the development plan, and at that point we can show the site plan to the homeowners."