Get an Ariens. The orange colored series, not the cheaper versions. They use a B&S engine on the orange series.
The big box Ariens are the same as the ones sold by power equipment dealers. Why do I say this you ask?
About 4 years ago I ordered a Ariens from Home Depot dotcom with free shipping. I thought it would be delivered to my house in a box and some assembly would be needed. At least this is how it was 10 years ago when I bought a MTD from HD.
Well, much to my surprise, about a week after I ordered it I got a phone call from my local lawn equipment/ Ariens dealer asking when I would like my snowblower delivered!!! They delivered it fully assembled and then ran it for me and gave me instructions on how to operate it. All at no extra cost. It even came with a dealer sticker applied on it by the local place. So apparently HD and Ariens have some sort of an agreement with local dealers for delivery and set up.