Wilkes Meats of Snellville

The only reason I am somewhat content giving one star, is the store, albeit begrudgingly, gave a store credit for the putrid meat they sold us and the unprofessional attitude they exuded. On a Thursday late afternoon we purchased an entire pork loin (butchered into 2 roasts and some chops). The butcher who was very pleasant and funny. He butchered the pork loin and wrapped the roasts and chops separately. We asked for a box to keep them colder for the ride home (about 8 or so miles in an air conditioned car). While putting the box into the trunk my mom noted a «meaty» odor. We put it off to being old chicken blood in the box the meat was in. Once we got home, the meat got put immediately into the fridge and freezer. Today, Sunday, less than 72 hrs later, I pulled one of the roasts out of the fridge, still that «meaty» smell and also some wonderfully green tints to the roast. This green tint is also known as spoiled, rancidness, putrid, gross… whatever. The shop tried to blame us for mishandling, then it was there was a pinhole in the first packaging, then it was only the roast was bad but the frozen stuff was fine. The original butcher and other staff member were very condescending and refused to give a refund, only a store credit. Sure that sounds awesome, someone could have gotten really sick because you guys don’t handle your products properly and you want me to eat something else from here? Perfect. Ultimately instead of losing 45 $ we just took the store credit and went for the bacon that is cured and less likely to spoil. My personal opinion is they will probably cut the rancid portion off the roast and resell the rest. Amazing right? Anyway here’s to not getting food poisoning, 9 lbs of bacon, and knowing that this place doesn’t care about their customer’s safety or health.

Went to the Web-​site and reviewed their «Freezer Deals» with my wife and picked the «MEAT LOVERS SPECIAL» at $ 69.99. Then drove to the market.
Walked in and saw the placards displaying all their «Freezer Deals.» Woah, the price was $ 109.99, and on top of that the items had changed.
Now I understand prices change, and maybe you just did a 10% adjustment but not updating your web page prices over several years of what amounted to a 57% change is just bad business.
So I asked if he had an updated price list for all their «Freezer Deals» and the lone guy their told me they were up by the cash register. I looked, didn’t see anything and after him telling me to look to the right and still not seeing anything he came up from the back, looked and said, «guess we don’t have any.»
Looking back in the meat cooler, there was a promo sign that read «Flank Steak Specials.»
«How much is the Flank,» I asked?
«We don’t sell too much Flank, I don’t have any.»
Signage is a disaster. Baits and switch couldn’t be any worse than this.

Friendly staff. Very helpful. I got the Super Stock Up and was very happy with the amount of product I got for about $ 170. But the best result was when I cooked the bacon and later that day the ground chuck. The bacon was great and had lots fo flavor. The ground chuck made great hamburgers and lost almost no size when I cooked them. They were a big hit in the house. I’m looking forward to cooking more of the meat I have in the freezer. I also plan to go back later today and buy a whole New York Strip.
Added this part a few months later. The meat was realy wrapped well enough to hold up in the freezer. If you buy a deal make sure to rewrap or vacuum seal it.

Although not fancy, this place provides great service. The meat prices are comparable to that at a grocery store but typically of better quality (sometimes it is less expensive.) In addition to the normal meats that you would find at a butcher they can also provide goat and lamb. They also have a variety of great family freezer packages. Their beef kabob meat was $ 4.99 a pound and is great if you like to make kabobs.

Stopped in for a last minute dinner idea and got 5 lbs of chicken breasts for $ 15.00. They had a big selection of meats and also had seasonings in the store in case you’re out of ideas. The gentleman who waited on me was nice, I’ll definitely try again.