pushy sales people... would not take no for an answer so he offered the steaks at half off. I had people pushing their religion less aggressive than this place but he was nice.. anyway, the steaks are tiny, pumped with some salt solution, just not very good. can get better cheap steaks at the grocery store, real meat with nothing added to them like these steaks not 100% steak. not sure how they stay in business, cant be on repeat customers, must stay in business by schmucks like me who gave in but they probably lost money on me as it only ended up costing me about 3 bucks per steak so thats a steal because i gave them to my brother and he said his pit bulls loved them.... read more

The Meate Shoppe is prowling in Crofton, MD today. Same scenario many others have described. The guy knocks on my door telling me how he screwed up an order and has a great deal for me. I have been thinking about buying meat in bulk recently so I took a look. They proceeded to show me box after box of different cuts of frozen steak and chicken and telling me stories of how each cut and marinade is the best. I am not a meat aficionado, but I know enough to know that all frozen meat looks pretty much the same. There was no way to tell if this was grade a meat or dog food, and when they repeatedly told me about their guarantee, all I could think about was the guarantee Chris Farley gives in Tommy Boy. When I balked at their initial price, the other guy in the van then gets his "boss" on the phone and tells me that he wants to negotiate a deal. Things felt a little sketchy at that point and I told him I needed to grab my phone from inside the house. The first thing I did was go to yelp and thankfully all of the terrible reviews made my decision a no-brainer. I went back out to the van and told them I was not interested. They reacted the same way as others have described but didn't have an answer when told them I wasn't buying because of their terrible reviews on yelp. Thank you Yelpers! read more

If there is one review you read of the Meat Shoppe (also going by the name Champion Meats), I hope this is the review that you read. A pushy, but admittedly nice, salesman (Named Tim) showed up on my porch on January 28th asking astronomical prices for frozen meat (I live next door to a quality butcher and enjoy fine cuts of meet, and I'm willing to spend the money for GOOD meat). I explained to the salesman that we weren't interested, but he wouldn't take "no" for an answer so I ended up paying $60 for 4 ribeye steaks and 8 filet mignons, all with a money-back guarantee. I figured I had nothing to lose, if this meat was even decent at all, $60 is a good price for 12 steaks. Of course, the meat was terrible. It tasted like bad hamburger meat. You should absolutely be wary when they tell you not to thaw the meat, but to cook it from a frozen state. Upon thawing the meat, you'll quickly see how poor of quality this meat is. No worries, I reach out to the Meat Shop the next day to request a refund. Here is where it gets crazy: To request a refund, you have to submit a written request through certified mail. I did such on 1/30 and didn't hear anything for a week. I called in and they explained that they would schedule someone to come pick it up (all of the sales people are 1099 contractors, so that specific salesman needed to stop by and pick it up since it was coming out of HIS pocket essentially). I scheduled 4 (yes, FOUR) separate appointments for the salesman to pick it up, and Tim never did. Finally fed up, I called back and received the address for the Meat Shoppe and spoke to the customer service person (Megan) and then was transferred to the GM (Jerome). Jerome explained that he would meet me last night (02/27) at the Meat Shop location for me to drop off the meat and I could pick up a refund check directly from him. Of course, after this, Jerome and Megan both began to screen my calls and nobody ever showed up to meet me last night for my refund. I sat outside of the offices for 30 minutes waiting for Jerome to show up and he never did. I called 5x and left a voicemail. No returned call, nothing. I ended up leaving the uneaten portions of meat at their front door because at this point, I'm over it. It's not about the $60 anymore. I knew that money was long gone. Here is the bottom line: do not give this company your business. Not only is their meat terrible, but their "guarantee" is a complete joke and the employees will treat you like a piece of garbage. Their lack of customer service is rivaled only by their complete dishonesty and disgusting company culture based on ignoring customers. I can't even explain how this all makes me feel. I should have done my due diligence and read all of the 1 star reviews before I forked over $60, but I didn't. Please take my warning. Please don't give this company, or any of its affiliates, business. read more

RUNNNNN!!!!!! This place is by far the WORST company I've ever had the displeasure of doing business with. Bought these in a moment of weakness and it was the worst mistake I've made as a consumer. Ate this meat ONE time and got sick! After requesting a refund for weeks on end and getting an insane amount of excuses, blown off appointments to pick up the meat, I have officially thrown in the towel and pitched this garbage, no refund in hand. Planning to report to the BBB, this is no bueno. read more

DO NOT BUYYYYY SCAMMMM!!!.. Today is 2/14/2016 Valentines Day and on 2/12/2016 2 guys came to the house saying they had a deal blah blah blah to make a long story short I paid $300 for the worse meat I've ever seen in MA life...after it defrosted my boyfriend apologized and said "there's no way I can cook this, it looks like it defrosted already and someone refroze it"...and after looking at it I agreeded....it looked almost infected...i wish I would have seen these reviews beforehand...PS I do not live in Maryland so I'm guessing they are starting to travel outside of Maryland because people in Maryland are starting to get hip to them so now they are traveling to places who do not know them...and the only reason I know they are from Maryland is because his business card had a 443 area code... read more

The Meat Shoppe - Meat looks horrible once defrosted - Meat Shops Near Me - Nottingham, Maryland

Waiting for a full refund on a purchase made at 430pm on Thursday feb 16,2017 Called customer service after 5pm to complain because upon putting meat in the freezer everything was either freezer burned or had been defrosted and frozen again some Meat was discolored as well. On 2/17/16 I called again at 3pm because I didn't get a called back. Spoke with a girl in customer service very nice and professional. She explained to me that I need to send a certified letter with on 3 business days of purchase. They have certified letter. Now I'm waiting for them to respond. I will change my ratings once I receive a full refund of good sold to me that were not what they should of been. Will update read more

This is the worst meat. I was pressured into buying it yesterday and the steak is tough and the hamburgers are more like meatloaf. Don't make the same mistake I did. Tell them "NO means NO!" read more

Finally threw out the rest of the meat. Was the worst purchase I made awhile back but it was easier buying than spending the day with the two high pressure salesman. They kept lowering the price when I keep saying no and took the boxes of chicken back to the truck, but wouldn't leave so I finally said yes to the beef box They were honestly the worst streaks I ever had, super thin and tasteless. They have never been back. read more

Worst meat I've ever had. Total scam. Buyer beware. It is eating a hockey puck. How is this a company? Not even sure this is meat. Update: I've disputed my CC charge since the company is unresponsive. read more

****BEWARE**** If I could give them no stars, I would. What a sham! I am pissed at myself for buying this garbage! We foolishly bought every box this guy was selling.We spent over 600 dollars on crap! Every thing was disgusting and ended up in the trash. NEVER BUY FROM THEM!!! read more

The absolute worst deal ever...the meat is terrible and under weight. How can filet mignon be bad....??? It is like eating a shoe! 6 oz chicken...NOT! I realize chicken does not come in 6 oz portions but mine came in 4 oz-5 was the largest....(not one even close to 6 oz) Chicken was in different marinades but none of it labeled?? We cooked 2 of the NY Strip Steaks and they were all gristle. RUN far away if they come to your house! read more

Do not order from here... Towards the end of October two high pressured salesman came to my door to sell us meat. They promised it was high quality and good for 1 year. We decided to give it a try and made two different pieces of chicken. The quality was horrible, it smelled when I opened the bag and shrunk to half the size. My husband called our sales rep and he asked us to try a different cut, we tried another chicken and the steak and had the same issue. I have been trying to reach our sales reps for weeks and they will not return our calls. I now have $370 worth of bad meat stuck in my freezer. read more

Can only confirm others experiences. Guys pulled up in a van on my block trying to give me this for "practically free" cause they had "extra from another delivery." SKETCHY. After I declined, they targeted other folks on my block. Just say no and walk away read more

Terrible steaks!!! Thin, full of gristle and no flavor what-so-ever. Chicken is ok but very small serving. Boil in bag fish? What is that?! Also small pieces. This stuff is definitely not worth the cost. So don't succumb to the nice sales guys who even offer to put the stuff in the freezer for you. read more

I'm of the same mind as pretty much every other review posted as of today. Got a knock on the door from a salesman saying they had a few cuts left on the van they wanted to sell. Go into high pressure sales mode. I fell for it and ended up with a full case of steaks and a case of chicken. My experience with the steaks is exactly the same as everyone else. Once defrosted, these things look extremely sickly. I just defrosted two of the fillets. They smell bad, and look a sickly gray. I am not sure I am going to cook them. The chicken seems OK, but then again, it's chicken. The meat is way overpriced for what it is, and given how terrible it looks I am going to assume I won't want to eat the rest of this. Will try for a refund. If no refund, glad I used my AmEx as they won't make me deal with the nonsense. read more

Why did the chicken taste like fish? Hmmm. Let's see. The most obvious answer is probably because the chickens are fed fishmeal (which is not uncommon). Followed by the sweats, horrible indigestion and an upset stomach. Beware, do not eat the chicken. But this is not where the story begins. Also, if this place is a legit business where is their accreditation? Website? Facility? Ect. Why is it so hard to locate information about this company? Why do they seem overly desperate to sell their meats? How can they sleep at night knowing that they overcharge for the worst meat, honestly, no one should consume? And, let's ponder the reviews for a minute... Why do you see one star then 4 stars? If I could, I to would give them no stars. But this is not where the story begins... We heard a wrapping, not a tapping at the front door. A man, who claimed to be with this legit "meat shoppee," sold a sob story about a lady who lost her job couldn't buy the meats. From the outward appearance the man was unkempt. While I was in the house visiting, he kept working my mother. He explained that he was a retired vet trying to make a living driving what looked to be like an unrefridgerated van. It was hot outside that day, however the meat was frozen. Though, how many other pourches did he spend hours hustling innocents in the hot sun while the meat thawed on previous occasions ((and he later refroze))? After an hour, I became extremely peeved and went outside to see what all the commotion was about. The man was telling tall tales about how all the animals were free range.... Soooooooooo why did the chicken taste like fish meal? With the physical symptoms after consuming baked mystery meat that cloaked itself as buffalo chicken... I will be filing out further reports of this horrible experience so that others are informed. read more

Horrible product. Looks good in the frozen package but quickly turns brown and smells rotten when thawed. If you plan on cooking it, sharpen your chainsaw blades, cause that's what you'll need to cut through it. SCAM! read more

NOPE, No stars from me. We bought food from these scam artists in April 2017 and are still waiting for a refund. We were given meat that IS freezer burned. When we called the blame was shifted from the driver to the receptionist to the cleaning crew...not really but they really didn't take ownership of the issue. They actually gave us phone cell numbers to call people on their company to try to fix this ourselves. I am going there to take the meat back in person to get my CASH back. These people disgust me and are nothing but scam artists. If they refuse to give me a refund I will go to the better business bureau. This place needs to be shut down. DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM. IF THEY COME TO YOUR PORCH TELL THEM TO COME SEE ME...I HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM. LOL #Assholes read more

Beware of solicitors from the Meat Shoppe knocking on doors... The guy that just came by my house tried to use every sleazy sales trick in the book... he "apologized" because he "doesn't usually knock on doors," then he made a reference to veterans, thanked my husband for serving in the military, had a story about how a neighbor veteran only took half of an order they needed to fill, played on my sympathy to try and sell the "other half" of the order that my "neighbor veteran" was not able to purchase today because he "couldn't return to his boss with half of the order." After he left, I looked them up and they have 75% negative reviews on the Better Business Bureau, 1 star on Yelp, and 2 stars on Google. read more

DO NOT BUY!!! Meat is terrible. Rubber and has been refrozen many times. I've been trying to call to return, I want my money back. This is absurd! No one answers the phone. Poor customer service. read more

Bought some steaks several weeks ago, filet and Kansas City cut. They were both very terrible. I plan to call my rep and request a refund.

This company is a total scam! The meat quality is almost inedible and the customer service is non existent. Do not buy any of this overpriced crap when they come knocking on your door. read more

Two guys, which at first was only one, came by my in laws house. Very friendly at first. Once they told the horrendous price of 500 dollars for a box of meat, with the incentive of 2 free, my in laws declined. Then, they pushed stating they could give a.military discount..... which wouldn't even apply to them. They didn't care. Once again, my in laws said no thank you. And they demanded to know why. He pushed them saying he has other boxes that are smaller. Again, my in laws said no thank you. The once happy person then threw a hissy fit and gave major attitude. My mother in law kindly asked if they could come.back another day and the guy said No, he only does this 2 times a year and started packing the boxes up with a huge attitude. My in laws apologized and thanked them for their times and the sales guys walked out without saying a word. So rude and extremely shady. Avoid them read more

A man driving The Meat Shoppe truck banged on my door today. I live in a very rural area so when anyone shows up unexpectedly it's a red flag. After not answering for a few minutes he banged hard a second time until my boyfriend answered the door. The salesman explained that he had extra meat left behind from sales today and they like to go door to door to sell leftovers. My boyfriend told him that we weren't interested and the guy gave him a hard time. He acted like he couldn't believe we wouldn't possibly be interested in purchasing his strange meat from a truck. My boyfriend asked him for a business card out of politeness and the guy said they don't have business cards. We live outside of Reading, PA and I find it odd, that according to this Yelp page, this place is from MD. read more

I came home to find a white van at my home. One guy was walking around back of my house the other was in the van and rolled up the window as I approached. I could smell marijuana and asked them what they were doing. I unholstered my side arm and asked if they had seen my no tresspassing signs. The guy wondering outside my home ran into the van and asked if I was a cop. I asked the driver to see his solicitation permit since our township has a strict no solicitation ordinance and has the signs posted on all main roads. The driver acted like he was looking for the permit and quickly backed out of my drive. I called the regional police and recommend everyone else do the same as these guys seemed very SHADY! A call to the main toll free number forwards to a cell phone that does not return calls. read more

Updating review to reflect that the meat shoppe did finally reach out to me and give me a refund. I am hesitant to raise it a star because it did take them far, FAR too long to do so, and only after I had used almost every social media outlet to contact them and leave reviews. Only responding to a negative experience when enough negative reviews have accumulated that they hurt your sales isn't good business practice. However they did issue me a full refund of my original purchase. For this only, I am raising a star. I was told that the complaints had never been sent to the proper channels to be resolved, and that may be so- I will give them the benefit of the doubt there. But, in the end, I still was not satisfied with the product. read more

Very rude guy drove a truck license plate, PA ZHV-9292 parked on my designated parking spot, when I saw him back to his truck I asked him to move his truck, he did not even apologize and refuse to move his truck, also said something with racial discrimination When he heard I called the police, he drove his truck disappeared right away, read more

Pushy sales people came to my door. I have a very prominent no soliciting sign posted on my door and they still knocked. Dogs went crazy and woke the baby up. There's a reason I don't want people knocking on my door. Please educate your employees. read more

Our sales rep, Kenny, came to my door on November 17th, 2 days after we moved into our brand new house. I was unpacking and had boxes everywhere, and the last thing I wanted to deal with was a sales rep knocking on my door, selling meat. He said he was trying to get into the neighborhood and all he wanted was for us to give a referral to new neighbors moving in, blah blah blah. Anyway, we decided to buy a case of steak, because he said he'd throw in a case of chicken for "free". I paid $369 for a case of steak (which was 6 boxes) and assumed that the chicken would be free, as he told me. He didn't have the chicken with him and said he'd drop it off the next Tuesday. Never got it. He dropped a pamphlet off at the house the following Saturday, a week later and when I called him, he asked me to call him Monday evening and he'd bring it by Tuesday. Never came. I finally got the chicken on Dec 8th. Fast forward to another neighbor moving in and we get to talking. She told me that she only paid $180 for her case of steak. Please explain to me why i paid double when my chicken was supposed to be "free"?? I called Kenny, our sales rep, and we got into a screaming match about how I accused him of pulling one over on me, he wouldn't ever sell to me again, and I couldn't pay him $10k to sell anything else to me. Well, that's fine because I'd never in a million years purchase anything from that shady guy. If you're going to charge someone in the neighborhood one price, keep it consistent. Neighbors talk and he better hope to God that no one asks me for my opinion on their company or him. I plan on calling corporate and filing a complaint, but I'm not sure what, if anything, will happen. I can't believe he would actually yell and talk over me and actually say that to a paying customer, overpriced paying customer, i might add. I would never recommend him and because he's left such a horrible impression, and in turn, I'd never buy anything from The Meat Shoppe again. Highly disappointed!! read more

So,I purchased a box of steaks from a random guy driving down the street. He wasn't pushy, but he was convincing ! After realizing how much I spent on meat (definitely not the full price, I'm from NEWARK, NJ I know better)! Needless to say, I googled the company after the fact, read reviews and thought I was screwed!! I asked my Dad to only cook 4 of the 8 filet mignon incase they were like the reviews said! #fml I'm not sure where the other reviews got there meat from,not only was mine fresh,the filet mignon was still tender after my dad cooked it medium well and I had to warm it several hours after I got of work. Not only that, if you want food to taste good season it! Other reviews said it didn't have SEASONING, at no point in time did I read that the beef was pre seasoned. Too each its own, do I regret buying this case of Meat, absolutely NOT,would I purchase again yeah for a lower price! read more

The Meat Shoppe - Filet mignon!! After reading reviews, I was sceptical! - Meat Shops Near Me - Nottingham, Maryland

I do not appreciate someone banging on my door also ringing the doorbell several times in quick succession to attempt to sell me meat at my door. He wanted to come in and set up in my kitchen and I was not having that so he brought boxes of meat to my door and tried to get me to sign up today. In addition, the sales person smelled strongly of marijuana. I was suspect of a company that would approve this kind of sales style and had representatives that smell of pot so I looked them up after they left to discover the long list of reviews about subpar meat. No thanks. read more

I live in PA near Philly. I was walking outside to my car when the Meat Shoppe van drives by. Guy is hanging out the passenger window and starts talking to me, trying to sell me meat FROM HIS VAN! He was also calling to my neighbors from the van! Can you get any more shady? When he drove past, I noticed the van had a Maryland plate. Seemed really, really weird. Who the heck sells meat from a van like that!? It had the whole, "Hey little girl, want some candy?" vibe to it, especially since these guys are all the way up in Philly from Maryland. read more

I just got scammed because I didn't have enough money to pay for it all and the meat and seafood looked really good, so he said he could take a post dated check.So I gave him a check for $620 to be cashed in 10 days.Today I woke up to a bounced checking account because they cashed it the next day so all of my bills will now bounce and I am broke.They said I was gwtt6 a free freezer, which is listed in their brochure and I never dated the check.They have a guarantee on their meet so either way their getting a phone call.Thia salesman says that he lives his job even though people sick there dogs on him and people yell at them to get lost. We sure fell for it.Ger ready to go to court, Meat shoppe!!! read more

I was one of those foolish enough to be taken in by these guys. I paid $310 for what they told me was 48 pounds of meat. I personally weighed it afterwards and came up with no more than 25 pounds. I contacted my credit card company and they went to bat for me. I got my money back and no one ever came to pick up the meat. read more

Meat was tough, watery, just plain bad. As a testament, my dogs LOVE meat. One pulled a steak from the table but did not eat it! The other smelled it and walked away! I will say the marinated chicken was tender and tasty but couldn't help but feel it was engineered to taste good (ie amped up flavoring, not natural). There is better meat out there. Mike read more

I would give it zero stars if i could. My husband spent $1300 on meat and the company threw in an off brand freezer to put it in. 4 months later the freezer quits working and all the meat goes bad along with $200 worth of store bought meat. The company replaced the freezer and offered us 75% off the replacement meat. Firstly, the meat had a lot of gristle in it. It wasn't great to begin with. Secondly, I already paid for the meat that I didn't get to eat because of the freezer that they gave us to put it in. I will NEVER EVER buy from them again. In fact if they come to my house again i will call the cops. read more

I've never done business with them and never will!!! I overheard them tell my elderly neighbor they had just delivered meat to me, thank goodness she didn't fall for it. When they left I spoke to her and told her they lied. I also showed her all the bad reviews on google. Scam artists!!! read more

Had a horrible experience as well. Man in a white van pulls up. I am thinking that I should give him a chance as I hate judging people. Should have judged. My meat all had freezer burn as soon as he left and I put it in my freezer. When I cooked it in the bag like he mentioned water seeped in. Ended up throwing away as I was worried that I would get sick. UGH read more

Apparently they hire people who don't understand what a no soliciting sign means. Tried to say they didn't know what it meant, then still tried to force their way into my house after I was kind enough to explain it to them. Sorry, I don't want people bothering me all hours of the day trying to make a sale, and I certainly do not want them trying to stick their foot in the door to keep me from closing it while holding a box that is dripping blood on my porch. Dead freezer unit? Sounds like a good way to get food poisoning. How do scam companies like this stay in business? read more

Poor quality steaks and chicken. Very disappointed. Salesman was responsive however. Going to return all of it. Shrewsbury PA