There's a lot of discussion about that here:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/4868730/reviews-on-menards-klearvue-cabinets

IKEA is environmentally responsible while Menards has a history of dumping toxic waste in wetlands.

"Menard has been at the center of high-profile pollution cases in Wisconsin in the past.

• In a criminal case in August 2005, an Eau Claire County judge ordered Menard to pay $2 million in fines and other charges after the company pleaded guilty to discharging pollutants that spilled into an adjacent watershed. The case represented the largest environmental fine against a company in the state.

" • In another criminal case in 1997, the company and founder John R. Menard Jr. pleaded no contest and paid more than $1.5 million in penalties on charges of violating state hazardous waste laws.

"The case included allegations that John Menard, a billionaire and one of Wisconsin's richest people, used his own pickup truck to haul bags of chromium-contaminated incinerator ash produced by the company and dump it into his trash at home.

At the time, it was the largest criminal environmental fine ever imposed in the state.

Exposure to chromium can irritate skin and cause lung cancer, federal health officials have said."

http://archive.jsonline.com/business/114143619.html/

I also think that Ikea may have a larger selection of insert customizers and arrangers.

Ikea cabinets and shelves warp and bow after a year or 2. You get what you pay for... Junk!!

Bridgett-

Sorry to hear that, but it may be hard to generalize from one experience. My neighbor has had his Ikea cabinets for 10 years and they are still in perfect shape, inside and out, despite the fact that there are 3 teenagers in the household.

Sorry BridgettKK, but not true.

I‘ve had both and zero complaints on either. has anyone do e a cost comparison?

I have had ikea for 5 years and I love them ! No issues