Marc’s

I always forget about Marc’s, but it is handy sometimes, and I always walk out with some good deals. There is a little household/​décor section up front that might be handy sometimes, and a good selection of typical grocery items at slightly-​lower-​than-​normal prices. Also, I found some brands and varieties that I haven’t seen elsewhere. I will definitely keep this in mind for a quick stop, or even major grocery shopping.

I’ve shopped at Marc’s a few times since moving to the area and will probably continue to do so in the future. They’re a discount grocery store, so their prices are comparable for Aldi, but they carry name brands and accept credit cards. Very easy to pop in and grab a basket of essentials for less than $ 20. The staff is friendly and helpful. I haven’t had to wait in line long.
Walking in reminds of Kmart or a really old Odd Lots building. The aisles are laid out in standard grocery fashion but the departments seem to be placed randomly with no smooth flow or transition. You can be walking down a food aisle then suddenly find yourself in housewares, food, then somehow in clothing before you’re back to food.
So while they have cheap prices and name brands, they’re very limited on their selections despite the size of some aisles/​departments. For example, there is entire counter display dedicated to peanut butter and only peanut butter. No other nut butter alternatives.
They also carry a small selection of Boca and Morningstar products while is always nice.

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Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the wonderful world of Marc’s! Today you will find out that this store has more to offer than your average local grocery store. So without further or do let’s meet the Marc’s of Northwest Ohio.
Marc’s is one of a kind market that offers wonderful playing tunes for your enjoyment as well as some good darn deals! While shopping please keep all hands to yourself and only on the cart. You may ask the attendee’s (aka staff) if there is something you need but please be kind and courteous to them as they are just as much normal human beings as you are.
While shopping you may notice there may be a wide array of selections in all scattered areas. Please don’t mind this as every store we have is pretty much a scattered maze. In each section you may run into your typical household items (kitchen ware, hardware, household cleaning products) and then right ahead you will notice the food is right next to décor don’t mind this as we just believe this is a good marketing technique.
The food prices are hard to beat your normal Kroger or Giant Eagle grocery store may be a little higher because they come from the distributor. We break those prices in half from our competitors. We want you to feel good about what your buying and we stand behind our prices and products.
Let’s meet customer #1 while he was shopping today, he decided to let employee A, know man your music is just happening today! Employee A was like thank you sir, we here at Marc’s value your input. Customer #1 continued to say, oh well at Kroger’s you know they just seem to have zombies walking around to the dead music. While at Giant Eagle it’s fiesta! They got their jam going so the employees seem to be partying to the loud music. Well we here at Marc’s value your input but we believe your overall experience here today is more important than our musical selections today.
Please come back another day if the music is not happening! We will make sure it’s a party like Giant Eagle! Thank you from your one and only neighborhood Marc’s!

I’m from Northeast Ohio, so I’m always going to be a fan of Marc’s! This one in particular stands out for me because of one important thing: they accept credit cards! Whaaaat? In all of my history of going to Marc’s, whether it was in Akron or Cleveland, I’ve never been to one that accepts credit cards. Thanks for getting with the times, Upper Arlington Marc’s!
I haven’t gotten to explore this Marc’s as much as I’d like, but I can say this: great deals, like most other Marc’s! We saw pumpkins at Market District for $ 5.99 a piece. At Marc’s they were $ 2.99 each! Saving $ 3 a pumpkin? Yes, please!
I will definitely be back!

I love Marc’s. Everyone needs to stay away so that I can snatch up all of the closeout items! Their Target leftovers are by far the best deals, but they have great prices on their non-​perishable food items as well. Actually, the prices for most of the food here are more than competitively low, but lacking in organic produce. It’s a bit dingy and cramped, and it’s one of those blast-​from-​the-​past stores that doesn’t have an automatic door opener (you step on the pad to open the door). This is part of the charm, in my opinion, as it reminds me of IGA stores of old. Fun fact– the ones in Cleveland don’t take credit cards! Fortunately, the one on Henderson Rd does.
Now that I live in the Hilltop, I miss my weekly trip to Marc’s to scour the shelves for closeout deals. Check this place out for great seasonal holiday decorations, plants in the spring/​summer, and cheap sauces/​condiments.

I’ve shopped here on several occasions since this throw-​back like grocery opened a decade ago, but I have yet to become a weekly cutomer.
The reason is not because of price. The prices here are wonderful; I bought enough chicken to make four fajitas, once a week for two months for only $ 7.49. I also got a great deal on pancake mix, eggs, and potatoes. For the budget, Marcs is 4-​stars.
For my ADHD/​claustrophobic mind, though, Marc’s ranks lower. It is the kind of store that fills the aisle with assorted junk: dilapidated displays, cracked and crumbling cardboard shippers, and cockeyed casestacks randomly impede shoppers everywhere; ostensibly, their philosophy must be if you trip over something, you’ll buy it. There is no game plan, nor method in the madness; Stuff is crammed wherever – crackers in the aisle front of toothpaste – that kind of thing.
The aisles are so full it makes passing by someone an act of applied topology. The aisle are so small that I feel like Indiana Jones yelling for an arachnophobic heroine to «pull the damn lever.»
Moreover, there is no natural flow to the store. Often I will leave my cart to ‘go on foot’– easier to navigate– when hunting for an item on my list. Then I will forget where I put my cart, meaning I will use more time and energy to find it, only to repeat the process later.
Other marks against Marc’s are for the too often low quality produce, and the flea market like hardlines area, which I doubt have been straightened in months. There are too few employees on the floor for help; the cashiers are seldom friendly, but they are not rude.
The front end is too crowded; I dislike places that I feel I can’t easily get out of.
In total 3-​stars. Great prices, but you get what you pay for. It just pushes all my neurotic buttons.

Marc’s is one of my favorite groceries stores!
Their prices are amazing, and I really love that they have a great selection of healthy grains/​seeds (chia seeds, flax seeds, quinoa, different whole-​grain flours, etc). I also love shopping their produce — yellow, orange, and red peppers were only $ 0.99 the other week! The staff is also very nice and respectful.

Nothing particularly fancy about Marc’s but they often have good or comparable prices on the staple goods you want to have around the house. Just be sure to check the expiration date to make sure you’ll use it before it expires.
They sell gift cards at a discount and want cash up front for those.
During the spring and summer months they often have plants and mulch out front.
Checkout is usually a breeze. If you bring your own bags they’ll use them.

Love, love, LOVE Marc’s! They have some really, really cheap stuff here. I love going to their «cheap» section of different, miscellaneous items. I managed to get an iPod charger for $ 2.99 here. They just have a ton of knickknacks for really cheap.
Then they have groceries! Also, cheap. Great Fox wine, which is cheap (3.29 and actually pretty good for cheap wine– not like the Wal*Mart cheap wine Oakwood). The employees are friendly, one encouraged me to run back and grab the sugar I’d forgotten while she rang up my other items. Very great place!

It puts me in mind of a small town grocery store. There’s a decent selection of most everything you need but maybe not everything you might want. If you weren’t picky you could do most all you grocery shopping here.
They have very competitive prices on groceries and the other sundry’s they carry. There’s always a fun closeout section waiting to be explored too.
Checkout is very quick and typically friendly. I always like paper bags which the checkout lady said they did not have. (big frown on that one Marc’s).
The store is always clean, well stocked and well organized, making it an easy store to shop.
If you like Big Lots, Dollar General, Aldi’s and Save-​A-​Lot, .it’s worth checking out to keep the food budget in line.

The prices here can’t be beat. However, the service leaves you wondering if the cheap prices are worth it. I have yet to meet a nice, smiling employee. I enjoy a great shopping experience and great prices. Unfortunately it seems like you only get the cheap prices. I’ll continue to go for the prices, but honestly I dread going in every single time.

I frekin love this place! Lol its kinda like a cross between a walmart, big lots & a dollar general. It’s cool bc it’s old school and their prices are dirt cheap! I didn’t know what the heck this place was till I wondered in one day… and I find myself going back again and again and again ;p
I love the popcorn machine and the giant bins of local chocolate at the register. The neon signs that hang over the dairy and frozen food are really cool too and where the heck do you ever see a giant display of dog chewies that is like 10×10 feet (see pic) lol
You will be surprised at what you find at this place. Awesome wine selection & prices. They even have a big selection of professional hair products and a awesome magazine and greeting card section!
Check it out and don’t forget to try the popcorn :)

okay, people. i came in here with the lowest of low expectations. i had never been to marc’s and hadn’t ever planned on going. but the day came where i was desperate for some items to help facilitate my car washing activities but did not want to drive all the way to the nearest target.
so i decided to give this place a whirl. it’s ugly and not very welcoming on the inside. but they had everything i needed and more. a travel-​size section (i was looking for some travel-​size advil and tums for the car), an auto section (for cleaning wipes), a school/​office supply section (i was in the market for mini notebooks for when you get a call in the car and need to take notes). And I even fell upon a section of organic cereals and Bob’s Red Mill products. It was awesome. And everything is really cheap here. The day I went I inadvertently bought a box of cereal that expired two days later but I went back to Marc’s and the customer service person let me do a little switch-​a-​roo with no questions or paperwork— who does that? Usually, stores want to document the exchange– drives me nuts.
I’m sorry I prejudged you, Marc’s! This place is absolutely worth another visit!

Ok, Ok the produce is sometimes suspect, and they never have enough checkout lanes open, but I still love Marcs. You can’t buy everything at Marcs, but you can do the majority of your shopping at a fraction of the cost. 6 bags of groceries at Marc’s is the equivalent of 3 – 4 bags at Giant Eagle… do the math.

I swear I thought I was in Parmatown’s Marc’s!!! It was exactly the same in EVERY aspect…
From setup to even the snowshovel in the exit area!!! Pricing was identical so I know they’re consistent, didn’t really need anything but since I was running early I thought to pop in before my meeting…

DEALS ALL DAY.
Close-​outs change constantly so frequenting is still spicy. I got a hand bag that receives copious compliments for $ 5 and they often carry Target left overs. Things are unorganized but you find interesting grocery items and prices are significantly lower. Bob’s Red Mill EVERYTHING for way cheap. They always have a 2lb bags of cheese for $ 6 (approx 30 delightful quesadillas). I’m not one of those creepy people that price check different stores and complain at customer’s service for my 40 cents back but f’real… a half lb bag of cheese of Kroger brand usually runs $ 4.
Bonus tip: There is a free scale as you exit the grocery store if you’re into that sort of thing.
This store is in close proximity to a decent thrift store and Taco Bell afterwards for post-​shopping snax.

Marc’s is a fairly typical discount store, and appeared clean on our visit. The building is definitely not fancy and the selection is random and covers a lot of stuff in a small space, but it’s interesting to explore. The staff was very friendly and helpful — while in the bread aisle, one of the employees told us fresh bread had just been delivered and brought the cart over for us to pick one.
The prices varied as to whether they were very discounted. We ended up buying only items on sale, several of which I also had coupons for, which did make for good deals. The best deal I got was $ 2 Bob’s Red Mill gluten free crust, which runs around $ 5 at the standard grocery stores.
Another aspect I liked was that they carried a number of in-​state brands, particularly in the dairy aisle with cheeses and such, and some ice creams like Pierre’s. That was a nice touch. While I wouldn’t switch to do all my grocery shopping here, I would go in again if the ad shows products I like on sale in the future.

Ok… If you are from the Cleveland area or have family from there, chances are that you have been to one of these stores before! Albeit they are all the same… Dumpy, full of really strange items sometimes, etc. However, I have really good memories of a kid going here for strange things and always getting toys… so I am sure that has something to do with my slight adoration for these stores.
That being said, you can’t beat getting a bouncy ball to play with outside with your toddler for under $ 1. You also can’t beat some of the other deals they have there. You can’t also beat some of the Cleveland items they have there (smokies, pirogi, etc). I do not think that they have great deals on all of their food items, but if you know your prices, you can weed out these things.
Novelty items, cards, toddler toys, and possibly baking things (canned poppy-​seed filling is very reasonable) are the things to get here.

I have got to admit, I am from Cleveland, and the Marc’s stores are teeming up there. I grew up going to this place with my dad, because he is extremely frugal. And I have to admit, even though I don’t shop here weekly, I will always recommend it to friends and clients.
The reason I like Marc’s is that they carry name brand products at cheaper prices. They even have organics, which I think is extremely helpful when so many people are trying to be healthy.
Honestly, if you want to go to a hoitey-​toitey grocery store that has that brand new smell, amazing service, and a wide-​array of exotics, I wouldn’t necessarily go to Marcs. But if you don’t care about all that frou-​frou stuff and just want good deals, this is a great place to save a buck without sacrificing name brands. They sell a lot of stuff and are definitely worth a check.

Marc’s deserves an update because it now carries YUENGLING BEER!!! Woo freakin whooooo!!!
That’s it :)