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Overview

Schwan's has a rating of 1.59 stars from 139 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Schwan's most frequently mention customer service, ice cream, and delivery date problems. Schwan's ranks 200th among Grocery sites.

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    48
  • Value
    46
  • Shipping
    31
  • Returns
    25
  • Quality
    47
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 10.3%
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  • Food is great, delivery drivers are awesome, but your customer service supervisors are the absolute worst!
  • Very disappointed for a $19 box of ice cream comes.would never purchase again horrible.
How would you rate Schwan's?
Top Positive Review

“Very pleased on customer service and products!”

Terry D.
7/27/23

My husband was able to download their app on his laptop and order specific items in advance. This makes it so easy to shop and save without leaving home. It's especially convenient for my elderly relative wanting some groceries and not wanting to go out. Shwan's employees/drivers are very nice and helpful. Give them a try as I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

Top Critical Review

“Sad loss.”

Terry F.
1/6/24

I have been a customer of Schwans for most of my life but since the company became Yellow it has become a company I will no longer buy from. The prices were high before and now are ridiculous. The quality has gone down. More dough less meat on the breaded fish,chicken, and Chinese food. It is sad for me to lose Schwans as I live in a rural community and Schwans was always a nice treat.

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Thumbnail of user terryf28
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
January 6th, 2024

I have been a customer of Schwans for most of my life but since the company became Yellow it has become a company I will no longer buy from. The prices were high before and now are ridiculous. The quality has gone down. More dough less meat on the breaded fish,chicken, and Chinese food. It is sad for me to lose Schwans as I live in a rural community and Schwans was always a nice treat.

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Thumbnail of user marlycec
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 8th, 2024

It is t the first time but it's been awhile I thought I'd try the pecan praline cones again. The cones were so tough and chew one had to tear them to get them apart.no joke worst come of all times and left a funny after taste in the mouth. Very disappointed for a $19 box of ice cream comes.would never purchase again horrible.

Thumbnail of user julied1441
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 22nd, 2023
Verified purchase

I have to say my delivery person is excellent and I wouldn't switch to anyone else unless I had to - I've always had great customer service with the delivery people.

I am extremely disappointed by the recipe change for their vanilla ice-cream however. Ever since it changed to "Yellow", I don't think it is as good - it is not as creamy and really tastes like other cheaper ice-creams. The other flavored ice-creams still seem okay and I will continue to order. I haven't noticed a change to my other regular foods either. Please bring back the classic vanilla ice-cream as I will not likely continue to purchase this unless it changes. And if it does change, please alert customers who are like me and are not pleased so we can start to get the ice-cream we so looked forward to. My review for qualify only applies to the vanilla ice-cream.

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Ordering from the app and website is very easy. I actually get a reminder from my driver when he will be in the area and is the best!

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Many different items. A variety of ice-cream, chicken strips, potstickers, breaded Italian chicken breast.

Thumbnail of user renen1113
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 15th, 2024

We've been customers with them for over 20 years and this was the first time I felt really cheated by the products we chose. Specifically, the vanilla sundae cones. The cones themselves are completely flimsy and I realized they don't have that same layer of chocolate holding it together anymore. It's just the cone but it's hard to hold up and gets soggy so quickly. What happened to the quality it use to have? Since the switch to Yelloh, it seems like the quality has taken a dip on some products and it makes me question whether we should keep on ordering the way we do. It's sad because they've been a staple in my household for so long.

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Thumbnail of user tjswanson10
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 20th, 2024

Your prices are already above what is normally charged at the grocery stores. I've always allowed this because of the free delivery and quality of the food. However, now you're going to charge me $19.95 for delivery... you can keep your product too!

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Why should your customers pay the delivery for "your" product! 🤷‍♀️

Thumbnail of user maggiel207
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 26th, 2023

We have been customers of Schwan's/Yelloh for 30 years.Service and products were always excellent.
Since the sellout, the quality of the products has greatly declined and there is no way to contact anyone for customer service, they have fired everyone and closed the call center,no email or chat support either.
I am mostly concerned about safety of the food. We had very large, sharp splinters on the sticks of the fudge bars in two different orders, very dangerous!
There were foreign objects ( choking hazards) in the California Blend Vegetables and the last order of vanilla ice cream bars had opened and smashed product inside.

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I’m very concerned about children getting these splinters or foreign objects, it could be very dangerous or fatal!

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Thumbnail of user jamesw6526
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 2nd, 2024

As a long time Schwan's customer, I saw a very drastic decline in their service and a big increase in prices. When it turned into Yello, the last 2 orders were screwed up because I instructed them I will use my EBT card for payment, and Schwan's always honored that. But with Yello, both times, they whacked my debit card for the full purchase and left me no option to use the EBT card. Before, the delivery driver would swipe my EBT card at the door. Now, they whack your debit/credit card at the time you order it. So, forget about using EBT with this service any longer. And, on top of that, they totally eliminated delivery in my area so now I have to pay $19.99 for delivery and when you top that off with the overpriced food they now offer, I requested them to cancel and delete my long-term, good standing account with them today. Everything changed with the switchover with Yello, and it certainly was not for the better. Schwan's merger with Yellow was the worst thing they could have done.So sad.

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I am now using Instacart for my food needs now.

Thumbnail of user dennisg922
1 review
5 helpful votes
October 21st, 2023
Verified purchase

We've been rural customers for years if not decades, and we love our driver, courteous, friendly, on time every time. Come to find out we've been switched to UPS delivery, 2 weeks out, and we're paying $19.95 delivery charge. Guess what? NO WE AREN'T as we're CANCELLING. Terrible, this used to be a great convenience, now it's a rip off.

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varied menu items

Thumbnail of user nancyw1656
1 review
6 helpful votes
February 4th, 2022

I did not order anything ahead of time but the Schwan's driver came to my house anyway so I bought a package of shrimp & broccoli alfredo skillet meal which I had bought in the past and I think it is very good. What I do not like and don't understand is why I'm charged $3.99 delivery fee! I didn't tell the driver to come to my house and the product was already on his truck so he didn't go out of his way to deliver it to me. I don't think I'll order anything from Schwan's again.

Tip for consumers:
Know ahead of time you will be charged delivery fee even if you didn't tell them to come to your house and you bought a product off their truck. It cost me $3.99 for the driver to come to my door, go back to his truck to get my product, and then leave!! Rip Off!!!

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Thumbnail of user roxannel41
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
October 26th, 2023

Was just told by my delivery driver that in TWO weeks service will stop! Depots are closing in the southern region and 750 people will be jobless. A company that really cares about employees or customers? Nope! Its about money. So sad.

Thumbnail of user robertm8743
1 review
5 helpful votes
September 29th, 2023

$#*! company. Said they would be here between 9am and 12pm still waiting and it's almost 5pm. Will never order from them again.

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They are so bad that I quit ordering from them.

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Thumbnail of user jennifere1681
1 review
5 helpful votes
August 10th, 2023

My chicken cor Don blue boxes were obviously wet at some point the boxes were soggy and had Ice all over.I was also charged a delivery fee when I made an order because he was in the neighborhood already. I didn't call or ask for service today he just popped in so why was I changed a fee? Customer service would rather loose a long-term customer than refund that fee.I will take my hard earned money elsewhere

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Hidden fees were applied

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Thumbnail of user lindas5878
1 review
12 helpful votes
August 1st, 2023

I have been a customer of Schwan's in pretty much every state that we have lived in. Now since Schwan's has changed it just isn't worth it anymore. The items have doubled in price and they got rid of the Rewards Program which was very much worth ordering from Schwan's. Especially for us seniors on a fixed income! The new ordering system is a crock of crap! Just cannot afford to order from Schwan's anymore.

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Thumbnail of user deniseg527
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 9th, 2021

I don't care for white chicken and turkey meat, yet that is mostly all they offer even in the Chinese cuisines. I know for a fact that Asians prefer dark meat because the US exports dark meat to Asian countries. Also, they used to have that low fat vegetarian pizza and stopped selling it. The chicken enchilada had hardly any chicken in it. I stopped ordering it.

Thumbnail of user matthewu56
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 27th, 2022
• Updated review

One day after posting the original review, the company has finally resolved the issue to my satisfaction! As a result, I have updated the rating from two stars to four stars; hopefully, there will be no further issues with customer service, thereby causing me to edit this again.

Customer Service Issues
February 23rd, 2022
• Previous review

Food is great, delivery drivers are awesome, but your customer service supervisors are the absolute worst!
For more than two months I have been engaged in conversations with at least two different customer service supervisors attempt to resolve an issue; I have been met with incompetence and/or false promises each time. As a matter of fact, I am still waiting for the promised email / call back from the phone conversation on Monday, 7 February 2022@ 2:50 pm.
As a result of the utter incompetence of your customer service supervisors, Schwan's Home Delivery will be losing at least $2,000 in annual revenue from the members of this family! That seems a rather high price to pay for something that should have been so very simple to rectify... Y'all need to do better!

Tip for consumers:
Do not expect much help from customer service if there is an issue.

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Many food items purchased over the course of the last year.

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Thumbnail of user marys6181
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 26th, 2023

They are very expensive now and way overpriced and they no longer have the book as a option to order from and to look at. They no longer take cash. You can't order from the schwan's man now you have to do it by either calling the company or by downloading their stupid app. They got rid of a lot of product's that I love. Overall they're so not worth it anymore. It wouldn't bother me in the least if that company shut down all together.

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Thumbnail of user missym91
1 review
9 helpful votes
January 13th, 2022
Verified purchase

If you like being told your order will be delivered the next day but then it keeps getting cancelled and rescheduled weeks, months out - then this is your company. And then calling CS and being essentially called a liar when you have proof of the day your delivery was promised to you ( email and a text), then this is your company. This is not a new problem due to covid - this has been going on since before the pandemic hit. Enough. Cancelled my order - never again. I've given them way too many chances. And their prices are exorbitant for sub par frozen food.

Tip for consumers:
Hope you like waiting and unpredictable delivery dates and spotty communication.

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None - because they kept delaying it and I cancelled it. I've used their food for several years.

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Thumbnail of user dustinc170
1 review
8 helpful votes
January 4th, 2022

Horrible company to try to get hired on at! Make u spend hours of your own time doing interviews and a 10 hour day ride along that is not paid. Everyone leads you on like your going to get the job then a week later they email you saying they are going to go another route. Just a very bad group of managers in my opinion would not recommend This unless you enjoy giving away your time for nothing.

Thumbnail of user dw711
1 review
5 helpful votes
April 1st, 2023

Tried what I thought was going to be a delicious apple pie like I remembered. Boy! Was that a bad idea. It appeared smaller and top crust didn't look appetizing (more like cardboard). Recommended heating temperature too low was the first clue. Crust texture was more like cardboard just like it looked. Tasted about how one would think cardboard might taste! Then, the apples…nothing like the original pies in taste or texture! Bland, near tasteless. Normally, one had to force oneself not to eat the whole thing when piping hot. Now, it was so easy to step away and leave it. Just a sad ending to what should have been the enjoyment of a great dessert. And, to ad insult to injury, the price was extremely high for a less than third rate dessert.

Thumbnail of user roberth5665
1 review
6 helpful votes
January 4th, 2023

Beware of schwan's Loveland Colorado not to mention anybody in their customer service they will not call you back you can be disabled vet you could be hurt their driver can sexually assault your wife GRAB INAPPROPRIATELY and they don't care they are the worst company in the world caution Richard out of Loveland Colorado is a poor poor supervisor anybody in this corporation that reads this you should have your driver arrested and Richard Loveland Colorado with him for condoning this behavior!@

Tip for consumers:
Make sure you don't leave them alone

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None as they touched my 10 year old daughter inappropriate!!!!!!!

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Thumbnail of user beckyr335
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 1st, 2023

We had been customers for about 40 years. After the new owners started running the show, our delivery person kept changing. Our last two orders were unilaterally delayed, the second one twice. We dropped this service.

Thumbnail of user jenniferb4981
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 21st, 2023

Quality went down prices went up.long time customer here you lost seeing hundred.of dollars a month from our famly

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Thumbnail of user alex.naomi.2012
1 review
5 helpful votes
May 18th, 2023

Packaging was great, all the food was frozen when it arrived.
As far as quality, If I could give lower then one star, I would. The food was not good at all. It was sent to me and my family as a gift, and I was upset my mom spent her money on it. It was truly terrible food.
When my mother spoke to customer service, all the offered her was a $20 coupon, which she declined as she has no intentions on ever ordering from them again. Terrible food, and customer service.

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Thumbnail of user wildroze25
1 review
7 helpful votes
July 13th, 2023
Verified purchase

Out of my last delivery I'm 0/2. I ordered the chicken fajita sheet pan meal and it was super hot. I ate the chicken chili today and have had a stomach ache from it ever since. I've been a pretty long time customer and am disappointed that their food is not as good as it used to be. Also they use genetically modified ingredients. I'm done ordering their meals.

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Quality seems to have declined since the company was sold.

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Chicken Fajita sheet pan meal and chicken chili. Both were way, way too spicy. The shrimp skewers were good although greasy.

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Thumbnail of user danr1561
1 review
4 helpful votes
July 24th, 2023

The service used to be decent, however over the last few years they have changed their delivery model. On top of their already super expensive food, they now do not have a universal day they show up so instead of it being every Monday every other week they show up whenever the hell they want. And on top of that if you now choose to buy food off them without ordering it online they will charge a fee just for buying food off them despite the fact that they're going to show up regardless if you ordered something or not. And then if you go online to order it, they have almost tripled the price of the delivery charge for ordering online, (at the time of this writing is now $3.99 per order up from $1.75) from the last time that we ordered. And also now has days that you have to ship through UPS instead of using their vendor, and if you choose that option it's $20 for a delivery charge alone. The service is overall not worth what it provides anymore and anyone who is using the service is just wasting their money.

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Ice cream and various meat products and some peas

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