I haven't actually been to our Menards yet, just comparing in-store prices on line, and Menards beats our Lowe's hands down on prices for like items. I know at Lowe's I usually have to go through the lumber real good to get the quality I am expecting to get. It's usually cracked, warped, split or pithy, Some pieces are from the outer parts of the tree's and still have not some but quite a bit of bark on them. Stuff I really don't want to go through to get good lumber.