And with more than 300 locations, Menards is the go-to store ... To test snow blowers and power snow shovels, we turn the scene outside our Yonkers, N.Y., headquarters into a virtual blizzard.

At other stores contacted during this latest wave of snow, there wasn’t a show shovel to be found when a reporter called to inquire. “No, we’re out,” said a salesperson at Menards.