Al Cook is literally in the middle of nowhere. And it's worth the drive…read more There are several smaller nurseries in the area, and the big-box home improvement stores carry plants, and Al Cook beats them all. It has a large layout with a large selection. I noted several prospective shrubberies and researched them, and all of them will do well in the Piney Woods area with its frequent rain and hot weather. Which tells me that Al Cook would not sell a plant if it wouldn't do well here, whether it's flowers, bushes, or trees. Prices are in line with other nurseries and a little higher than the big boxes, but Al Cook doesn't benefit from bulk wholesale like the big boxes do. The man who helped me out was indeed helpful, including helping put the many shrubberies I bought into my SUV, and quite chatty. He even gave me a tip about a new barbecue joint near Bevil Oaks, and mentioned Beaumont's most loved BBQ place (as a newer resident who loves his meat, this information comes in handy). Highly recommended!

Good selection and helpful staff!…read more What's different about this place as compared to Lowe's or Home Depot, is that they have a larger selection of mature plants, like trees, so you don't have to wait as many years for them to grow up & start giving you shade.

Doing a little shopping at Walmart looking for my Pantene Gold Series hair care line and we're…read moregoing to pick up a couple of things for dinner tomorrow I like coming to this Walmart over here on Dowlen in Beaumont Texas the store is always really clean the staff is always really nice and the lines go pretty fast and I do love all the self-checkout that they have was a lot of activity going on in Walmart today. Plenty of cashiers no waiting. Lots of Shoppers lots of stocking glimg on. That's what I like to see shelves full. We also found lots of clearance items that we picked up on some of the stuff was a dollar some of the. 1.50 some were $4.00. So there's lots of clearance stuff going on right now. Love Walmart

They took forever to cut a piece of wood in half Left my…read morepregnant self waiting for a hour just to cut it! :( And it wasn't the right length!!

This Home Depot is the worst. From management specially. I found items at a price and them manager…read moredecideds to say "ohh, someone made a mistake or moveit" when the price is attached to the item and you can't move.. also rude when talking to you. On the curbside pickup, so far I arrived at 4:50pm by 5:15 I call the store and no answer. Then it's 5:30 and still waiting Can't get down due to personal reasons (that's why you select curbside pick up !! And they can't do that. IF YOU NEED TO COME (cause there's not other option) GO INSIDE AND DONT DO CURBSIDE, ALSO BE READY FOR EMPLOYEE NOT KNOWING WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT OR NEED

Beautiful flowers and a lovely arrangement. Forever Yours was very helpful on the phone. I called…read moreto thank them after the service. Thank you.

Thank you so much for the most beautiful flower arrangements you made for my precious daughter's…read morefuneral. I cried when I saw them. They were every bit as amazing as she was. I couldn't have asked for anything better. Thank you for going above and beyond on the beautiful arrangements.

I've been going to this Man for years ! Him and his wife a very nice people ! And he does a…read morespectacular job fixing lawn equipment!

Great, neighborhood Mom & Pop buisness. They are very knowledgeable, and have been in business for…read moreover 30 years.

Warning! I'm going to call a Spade a Spade in this review as…read morewell as use colorful language,.... because today's experience at Ritter begs for colorful descriptive language. Drive into their drive thru lumber yard. After about 7-8 trips to this particular Ritter over the last 5 weeks I'm stopped at the entry point. I'm asked to tell the greeter exactly what I want to buy. Well hell, I need to look at what they have to decide on what I will want to buy. This is a first problem. With no handoff announcement I'm handed off to a nice young man to show and load the lumber. The first item I want to look at is their 1 by 12 by 12ft boards. The nice kid can't give proper directions to where the boards are located. So I try to play follow the leader. He's walking I'm in the truck. He walks up to 1 by 10 by 12ft boards and says, "Here are the 1 by 12's but these are 14ft long". I say, Nope. These are 1 by 10's by 12ft,... where is your tape measure? He says, " I don't have a tape measure" Second & third problems discovered. Yard kid doesn't know lumber sizes and has no damn tape measure. After the kid wonders around the yard for 3-4 minutes I say, Forget the 1 by 12's. Let's get to the 1 by 8's. We move back inside the main lumber barn. He pulls out a 1 by 8 only suitable for firewood. Fourth problem discovered. Kid now says I know where pressure treated 1 by 12's are located. I say, I don't want pressure treated anything. I have about half the lumber I went there to get and pull up to the cashier station. The Cashier is sitting at the desk wasting. She sees me. She continues to eat. As I get out of the truck she heads out to get my loading ticket. I tell her there are none of the 1 by 12's in the truck and to remove them from the order. She asks why I don't have them. I say, The kid cant find them. She walks off and is gone. A Ritter guy walks up to me and stands there looking at me. I say, Do I pay you? He says No with a stinking ass'd attitude. After 4-5 minutes the cashier comes back. She says I showed the guy where the boards are located. I say, I'm in a hurry. I've spent t too much time here. I only want to buy what's in the back of my truck. She walks in cashier booth. Kid walks up and puts one 1 by 12 by 12ft in my truck when I wanted 2. I tell him to take the 1 by 12 out because I'm not buying any Then the dialogue starts between 3 Ritter employees and nothing is getting done. I say again, I'm in a hurry. Nothing happens. I walk inside the booth and ask for my credit card then walk to my truck bed and yank out the damn lumber onto the floor. I get in truck and go to Tri Supply. I've threatened to never go back to Ritter. I'll be damned if I ever go back to any Ritter store. This place is Consistently horrible. You can count on it.

Contrary to some of these other reviews I have always found the employees very helpful. And while,…read moreas a locally owned business, they cannot compete with the mega stores as to how many things they can stock and at what price they can charge I find most of what I need there. But I'm an old fashion sort that still believes in supporting locally owned stores were most of the profit stays to people who live and spend a lot of their money in the community. So far they have managed to stay in business unlike a lot of smaller businesses that have been closed because all the profit goes to people who don't even live in the same state.