Shanghai Wholesale Market Place — Local services in Saint Paul

Shanghai Wholesale!! Don't get it confused with Shanghai Market. Wholesale is better and cheaper than shanghai market!

Shanghai wholesale is located in a dinky warehouse on industrial blvd. It might be a little hard to find if you're not familiar with the area, but there should be plenty of signs pointing you to the right location! It's conveniently located right off the 280 freeway.

This place is pretty spacious. There's a lot of good things about this place and I'll slowly go through them.

Vegetables: Very good selection of different vegetables. There's so much more options here than Shanghai Market or United Noodles. They are also cheaper than those 2 locations. They sell Enoki mushroom for really cheap here. I love enoki and I always pick up 2-3 packets a week when I come. The large enoki package is only $1.69 or so. Other places like United Noodles is like $3.00 for the same size!! Big difference in the long run. Bok choy is comparable to what they have at United as well.

Meat:

I don't eat much meat, but their meat is very nicely packaged. More specifically the sliced beef and sliced pork. I don't buy the beef because it's expensive, but sliced pork is pretty cheap @ about $4.99 a pound. They are nicely sliced and rolled and placed in a plastic box. I'll attach a picture for you to see. They are perfect for soup and hot pot! The beef is done the same way, but cost like $10+ dollars per pound.. too expensive for me right now.

Hot Pot Materials:

This is the go to place if you want to have hot pot with a group of friends. It is much more affordable and cheaper than United Noodles. The Enoki, the fish balls, meat balls, fish cuddle, etc... are all cheaper here and have greater selection than the other Asian markets around the cities.

Asian pastries:

They sell Asian pastries that are imported from San Gabriel, California! Close to my hometown!! The pastries are legit, not 85 degrees level, but good for Minnesota nonetheless. They have plain white toast, shredded pork on bread, green onion bread, coconut bread, and more!! They're not too expensive either! They are fresh! I'm so glad they serve it here.

Rice:

Rice is very cheap here as well. I'm never buying my rice at United Noodles again. it's $5-10 dollars cheaper here than United, depending on how large the rice you are purchasing.

Other goodies:

This place has almost everything...snacks, ramen, frozen buns, dim sum meat, etc....

Check this place out if you can! Great Asian supermarket. The only downside is they don't sell the soft tofu I use for soondooboo. There is also a $7 minimum for...

My first time here, with my family, we bought a few items, mostly candies, 2 ducks, 1 2lb bag of shrimp and a few soap...here comes the ugly part...when we're going to purchase it, the duck we got was 2.89 per pound, the cashier lady, weigh both the duck, not separately but together and it total 33 bucks. We were like...what....ok nope we don't want it. The duck is not even worth that much. We requested it to be removed. She was upset about it, so she threw the duck out of the box to my husband to return it to its aisle...this lady was rude...very...then she rang our shrimp bag which is 18.95 as 30.00 and I asked her why is it 30 bucks she said because it weigh 5lb and I asked my husband to confirm with me..its only 2lb and it says so on the bag and its 18.95, she tried to cheat us. I asked her to return the bag and I'm not going to purchase it, I will only buy the remaining stuff. I paid 36 bucks for the other items and this will be the last time I will pay and be here. She thinks I dont know what she was saying, lady, I'm chinese myself. I know what you're talking about. Very rude customer service, and horrible...

This store offers a wide variety of items—not just Asian groceries, but also soup bowls, plates, the small decorative dishes often used in Asian dining, cooking tools, and lunch boxes. I had expected to see more meats like ground pork or pork belly, but it seems larger quantities of meat and poultry are mainly stocked for restaurants. The space itself is very large, open, and easy to shop in—not crowded at all. At checkout, we were helped by a wonderfully kind lady. While my son was upset about not getting ice cream, she offered him a snack and even some bananas on the house. Such thoughtful gestures during stressful toddler moments really deserve recognition. I’ll definitely be back—especially to stock up on more...