Miller's Meats — Local services in Winnipeg

A great meat market, close to the middle of nowhere.

Location: as a non Winnipeg resident, the location is excellent. It's on my way out of the city, I can grab what I need on my way home so my goods aren't sitting in a hot car all day. The parking lot, while somewhat busy, is never really packed to capacity, easy to get to, and easy to get back onto a main route. I could however understand that a Winnipeg resident may find the location a bit out of the way.

Facility: clean, organized, and operates quick & efficiently. Products are well marked, prices are always visible.

Staff: friendly, eager to help, there's always enough bodies to help everyone as the customers pass by the counters. Staff are always presentable, and clean considering they work in a meat shop. I do find the staff in general seen knowledgeable about three product as well.

Product: product is good, and consistent. Many places I find a cut of meat one week will differ greatly from your previous visit. I don't find that here. Prices are a little higher than what I'm used to paying, but I can justify it given the facility, product and convenience as a whole. There are also many other shelf type products in the main area of the store.

Suggested product: I'm a beef advocate so... -rib roasts and steaks -grilling steaks -burger. Can be purchased prepacked and pre frozen in 10 lbs boxes. As we buy meat for a household this is great. The 10 lbs box has been broken down into 10 x 1lbs individuality wrapped packages. I don't get the impression that the frozen meat I've purchased has sat in a counter unsold for days or weeks prior to freezing. Most other places you will need to buy a bulk pack, take it home, break it down, and re-wrap it for the freezer. No need for that here, and who really wants to do that. And might I add the packaging and wrapping it very tidy. If this isn't what you're looking for, they will custom package fresh ground beef as required.

I do not care for the meat sticks however, they seem weird somehow, but I'm sure that's just my own preference.

I highly recommend Miller's meats. I do find you get what you pay for in...

I've got a serious issue with Miller's meats. On Monday of this week I bought a ribeye, a New York strip, and a ring of garlic sausage from their Headmaster location. I paid for the items, went out to the car, and smelled a BAD smell coming from the bag. I narrowed it down to the New York strip, and went right back into the store with it. The manager looked at it, and assured me it was normal and was the "bloom" of the meat, since he had just opened a fresh bag of steaks. I took his word for it and went home. A few hours later I took it out of the fridge to get it ready to cook, and the stench of rotten meat was overwhelming. I took it right back to the store. The manager refused to come out to talk to me, but the guy behind the counter agreed that the meat was clearly discoloured and was not fit for sale. They replaced it with a fresh one. Today....Thursday....I opened the garlic sausage, and the entire outer casing is oozing with slime, and smells foul. I don't know what's going on in that store, but 2 out of three items I purchased on Monday were ROTTEN. I'll never set foot in a...

Finally, a meat store arrived to our neighbourhood after Keller Meats closed its doors a year ago. It is a fourth location for the Miller's Meats in Winnipeg in addition to it's stores on Grant, Pembina, and St.Mary's. I was very impressed with the store. It is not big, but looks modern and spacious. The meat is from local producers, it is fresh and delicious. I have tried their store made sausages and deli meats and really enjoyed them. I usually have trouble finding deli meats that are not too salty and have a lot of flavour. Their garlic sausage, smokies, and onion meat loaf are what I was looking for. Hungarian sausages were very popular among many customers I have seen during my visit, but I did not have a chance to try it this time. The store also has aisles with pasta and BBQ sauces, condiments, and a frozen section with pies. Great store, hard-working staff, come and...