Furniture & Grocery

Shopping Platform

Online: Amazon, Ikea, Temu, From other older students (wechat dd - group)

1️⃣ Price: Ikea >= Amazon >> Temu

2️⃣ Reliability: Amazon >= Ikea > Temu

3️⃣ Delivery Speed: Amazon (1 ~ 2 days) >> Ikea ( < 1 week ) >> Temu

🌟 It's recommended that you buy furniture and second-hand items from older students who are leaving Ann Arbor, but make sure you have places to store them until you arrive at Ann Arbor, usually it's a good choice to ask some senior students for help. 🙋

Big Market Nearby North Campus

❤️ Kroger: general supermarket, it's recommended to buy groceries weekly. You can find all kinds of meat as well as much western vegetables, and a bunch of seasoning here. Other daily items like mineral water, tissue, milk, egg and beaverages are also cheap here.

❤️ Way One: chinese supermarket, all kinds of chinese foods, including hotpot season pack, pig offal, chinese vegetables like water spinach and white radish, and noodle and rice.

❤️ Costco: big market, buy items at low price and large size/quantity. It's far from north campus, in the south Ann Arbor, you may need to apply for a membership card before you buy them.

❤️ Target: close to central campus, cheaper with Target's co-branded credit card

Items Needed When First Arriving

• Bed Frame (King > Queen > Full > Twin ~ SJTU Dorm bed size)

• Mattress (Costco)

• Lamp (Target/Ikea): Willow Tree has weak in-door light, it's recommended you buy some extra lamps with bulb (some lamps here does not has bulb as default)

• Dining Table & Chairs

• Desk and Chairs (Make Sure the Desk is Big Enough to Hold a Screen Stand)

• Screen and its Stand: for better computer using experience

• Shower Curtain (willow tree will charge for this!!): bring it or get it at leasing office for WT residents

• Router + WIFI (Xfinity): the company will hold special market on the move-in day at Wilow Tree

• AT&T/T-Mobile (Mint : cheap, Enc: buy it in China): T-Mobile has better user experience on North Campus while ATT has better ones at central campus.

• Pot (frying pan): you could buy them in Way One

• Rice Cooker, Microwave Oven: It's recommended to bring it from China (of course it should support US standard 110V)

• Portable Wardrobe

• Mac/IPad/IPhone: UMich has its own tech shop with slightly cheaper apple items, and when comparing its price with those in China please take the tax into consideration.

• Kettle and Water Filter (or buy bottled mineral water in Kroger): tap water is not tasty, you could buy drinking water from Kroger or drink fresh water on Campus.

• Coat hanger, Rack

• Tooth Brush, Shampoo… (from Kroger)