Meijer

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

We've heard the good news about Meijer in Wisconsin, now here's the bad:

¡Ay, caramba!: Woodman's president submits complaint over Meijer's 'ridiculous' low prices

Sep 30, 2015, 9:30am CDT

The complainant identifies as Willard P. Woodman, president of value grocery chain and competitor Woodman's Food Market Inc. It includes photos of bulk coffee priced on sale for $4.98.

"Normally we don't turn others into you but: this is ridiculous!!" writes Woodman, who goes by Phil.

Clint Woodman, the Janesville grocer's vice president, said he suspects the complaint indeed came from Woodman's, but declined to comment further on the Unfair Sales Act or Meijer's prices.

It's one of several filings claiming the Michigan grocery and retail giant is pricing certain items below cost.
A laundry list of other complaints has been filed on behalf of an unidentified competitor by a Milwaukee attorney.
The state, which hasn't levied fines against a retailer under the act in 10 years, has sent Meijer a warning note and is looking into the other complaints.

MacIver is on top of all this because it has a bone to pick with the state's Unfair Sales Act, commonly known as the "minimum markup law."
Wal-Mart is among the retailers who claim the Depression-era policy inhibits its ability to offer certain discounts and specials. The act's stated purpose is to protect small businesses.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer opened four of an anticipated dozen or more Wisconsin stores this summer.
Meijer competes heavily on price, particularly in the grocery department, and its Oak Creek location is barely a stone's throw from the nearby Woodman's.

[ynkeesfn82]

Same thing happened to Walmart more than 20 years ago.

[Hudsons81]

What's coincidental is this fact about the Meijer in Southgate, Michigan. When it first opened in 1994 it had no competition within a half-mile radius (other than supermarkets in the Southgate Shopping Center area). Then a Super Kmart went up right across the street in 1998 and the two went neck-to-neck until that Kmart closed exactly one year ago today. What's odd (although it's expected) is that for every single year that Kmart was in business, the Meijer parking lot almost always had three times more cars than Kmart's lot.

[busman_49]

I visited one in the early 2000s in Columbus.  I thought it was a nice store, clean and well laid out.  Better than a lot of Walmarts I've seen.  I was excited to see that one was supposed to come to Wooster, Ohio, nearer to where I lived at the time.  The lot was fenced off and a "coming soon" sign was posted, and then....nothing.  since then, a Lowe's and Kohl's and a bunch of smaller shops had been built there.  I'm curious as to why they decided not to open in NE Ohio...

[TheFugitive]

I have heard that Meijers' decision to not go forward in NE Ohio was a combination of market
factors and an issue they were having with their unionized employees in Michigan.  Meijers
stores in Michigan are union, but not in other states.  The union was reportedly getting upset
that as the company grew the % of non-union employees was growing proportionally.  Since
Michigan is home base for Meijers so they did not want to risk any labor problems there. 
The Cleveland market was looking less attractive by that time so they opted just to pull the plug.

[Hudsons81]

If you didn't know, Meijer is again planning an expansion into northeast Ohio. Still unaware? Read these articles.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/meijer-store-chain-seeks-site-in-northfield-center-1.645422
http://www.cleveland.com/west-geauga/index.ssf/2015/12/bainbridge_residents_give_wish.html
http://www.cleveland.com/avon/index.ssf/2015/04/avon_planners_approve_meijer_s.html

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Meijer's planning another Wisconsin store this time: in Manitowoc.
Meijer already announced plans for two stores in Green Bay and one in Appleton, with one in Manitowoc making their fourth store planned for Northeast Wisconsin for a 2017 opening.

[Hudsons81]

Reposting this from another forum with some minor changes.

Here is a history of the various exterior architectural designs Meijer has used over the years as it grew from the first Thritfy Acres outpost in 1962 to having over 200 such stores across six states today.

EXTERIOR DESIGN ERAS:

• Discount Store-Style (1962-1985)
• Solarium-Style Atrium Entries, Dark Brown Brick (1979-1989)
• Solarium-Style Glazing Window Wall, Light Brown Brick (1989-1993)
• Whimsical Indiana Pineapple (1994-1996)
• Southport (1996-1997)
• Presidential (1996-2000)
• Village Square (1999-2005)
• Signature Series (2002-2007)
• Eyebrow-Style Entries (2005-present)

Upon observations of every active store either through personal knowledge or through Google Earth, I've discovered that each of these standard designs had their own variations which will be mentioned and that there were even periods when one prototype's run overlapped with that of a newer prototype. However, quite a few stores which were originally built under the previous prototypes have since been remodeled into an Eyebrow-Style Entries variation or even had their red bands and/or roofs repainted blue. Examples include Taylor, Michigan (a former Discount Store-Style location from 1977), Midland, Michigan (a 1992-era former Solarium-Style Glazing Window Wall, Light Brown Brick store); and Carmel, Indiana (a former Whimsical Indiana Pineapple store dating from 1994) (all three examples remodeled into Eyebrow-Style Entries Type C). Another example is the Findlay, Ohio store, which only received the Eyebrow-Style Entries appendages which extended to the stairs to that store's balcony.

Discount Store-Style (1962-1985)

This was the very first prototype used by the Thritfy Acres stores, the first partial instance being that of the Thritfy Acres expansion of the original store at 28th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sadly, that well-known location was ultimately torn down and replaced by an Eyebrow Type A store in 2010. There were two different types of this design. Renovations of many stores in this design during the late 1990's added the Dutch-styled gabled entries from the Presidential prototype. There were four different types.

Type A featured rectangular box-shaped entries and a balcony which featured tenants not much different from today's in-store alcove tenants which each had windows along the store's front facade. This was debuted in 1962 by the store in Norton Shores, Michigan and was used through the store in Burton, Michigan in 1973.

Type B mostly removed the balcony (the few that still contained one no longer contained exterior windows). This began with the Airport Road store in Jackson on the same 1973 day the Burton, Michigan store opened and was used through 1986 with the current Sterling Heights, Michigan store, which was remodeled approximately 1997 into the Southport prototype. Certain stores, such as the 16th Street store in Holland, Michigan, had windows running along the front corridor facing the checkouts.

Type C had angled box-shaped entries and were clad in dark brown brick. This was used only on the two Saginaw, Michigan stores, both of which opened in 1980.

Type D combined much of the aesthetics of Type C with the straight box entries of Type A. This was first seen on the Adrian, Michigan store in 1981 and was discontinued with the Waterford, Michigan store in 1985, although that store contains certain aspects of the Solarium-Style Atrium Entries, Dark Brown Brick exterior.

A revival of sorts of Type B was used by the four small-format Meijer (Marketplace) stores that opened in suburban Chicago between 2010 and 2012.

Solarium-Style Atrium Entries, Dark Brown Brick (1979-1989)

After nearly twenty years of erecting supercenters, it was clear that it was the perfect opportunity for Meijer to devise up a new exterior design. Prototyped by the 54th Street/Clyde Park Avenue location in Wyoming, Michigan in 1979, the entrances to that store were the Type D style but was covered in solarium-style near-black windows. It wasn't until a new MEIJER logo was introduced in 1983 that this prototype went into use when the original Greenville, Michigan supercenter (old store 1) was remodeled into an extension of the design that added an extension of the solairum-style wall between the grocery and center entrances, which was in solid white and contained the store sign. The first new store to be built in this prototype was the Wilder Road store in Bay City, Michigan in 1984 and lasted until the Ann Arbor-Saline Road store in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1989.

Renovations to certain stores of this design during the 1990's replaced the original solid white solairum-style wall in the center of the front facade with an arch-shaped structure containing the MEIJER Fresh sign which in turn in subsequent remodels were replaced by the new logo.

Expansions in this Era

Beginning in 1980, Meijer would launch several short-lived concepts, such as three clothing store chains, a standalone pharmacy called Spaar; and a concept called Meijer Square, which was essentially a Meijer without the grocery section. In 1981, Meijer expands outside Michigan, acquiring several former Twin Fair stores in Ohio and converting them into Meijer Square stores. Meijer now operates stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Wisconsin as well as of 2015. In 1984, Meijer would see it's first supercenter in Ohio, a Solarium-Style Atrium Entries, Dark Brown Brick store in Newark, about 45 minutes east of the capital city of Columbus. Unfortunately, that store was shuttered permanently in 2013 and has been torn down.

In 1988, after years of experimenting with pushing the closing time further late, stores finally remained open for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day.

Solarium-Style Glazing Window Wall, Light Brown Brick (1989-1993)

In 1989, the Roseville, Michigan store debuted a third standard design. In this prototype, the front facade is dominated by solarium-style glazing wall of curved windows which immensely flood the sales area with natural light. Continuing with the windows-and-glazing theme, the cafe contained a large arch window and the garden center was covered by a transparent arch-shaped canopy.

For unknown reasons, in 1991, the store number sequence jumped directly from 72 (Van Buren Township, MI) to 101 (demolished Harshman Road-Dayton, OH). The last store built in this design was the Alexis Road store in Toledo, Ohio in 1993.

Whimsical Indiana Pineapple (1994-1996)

A new, "whimsical" design prototype was introduced in 1994 with the first Indiana store on Grape Road in Mishawaka. Different shapes and roofing designs form the front facade of the building, including a Dutch-styled angled structure containing a red gable roof and four small windows each on all four sides next to the grocery entrance and a yellow pineapple structure containing one of two cafes, constructed from yellow ceramic brick and glass blocks. This prototype was devised as a way to introduce Meijer to Indiana as a "store of discovery".

This prototype also debuted the use of a large green translucent glass curtain wall above the alcove stores that allows natural light to filter in across the sales floor without the need for actual windows. This prototype also debuted gray concrete panels and silver framing on windows and doors.

In 1995, two stores were built with a dark teal pineapple instead-the first Illinois store in Champaign and the store on East Washington Street in Indianapolis. The store in Fraser, Michigan, opened as a Source Club (a membership warehouse concept) in 1992 and converted into a full-fledged Meijer in 1994, combines the Whimsical Indiana Pineapple design with Source Club's exterior design of a large circular canopy at a corner of the building, which is today over that store's pharmacy drive-up window; and glass blocks over the canopy. Some later stores in this prototype made the glass blocks of the pineapple larger. The last store to open in this design was the store in Orange Township, Ohio (north of Columbus) in early 1996.

Southport (1996-1997)

This prototype was somewhat an interim transition prototype. It is the Whimsical Indiana Pineapple design without the varying shapes and roofing designs and with Dutch-styled gable entrances-red for grocery entrance and beige for general merchandise entrance. I took the name of this prototype from the first store to use it, the Southport Road store in Indianapolis, when that location opened in early 1996. It was used until the opening of the Michigan City, Indiana store in 1997. It is during this design era that Meijer sees it's first Kentucky store in Florence. An interesting application is the Fairfield, Ohio store, built in 1996, which combines the Southport and Presidential Type A prototypes.

Presidential (1996-2000)

This design is similar to the Southport prototype, but the gables are slightly different and the MEIJER (MEIJER Fresh on later stores of this prototype) sign was moved back to the center of the front facade. There were two very similar types with the same common traits of gable-roof entrances, center logo and translucent glass wall.

Type A uses light brown brick and dark green roofs. After being prototyped on the aforementioned Fairfield store, it was debuted in 1997 simultaneously on the same day on two stores: the Knapp's Corner store in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the store on East 96th Street in Indianapolis. The last store built in this design was the Washington Township, Michigan store in 2000.

Type B uses gray concrete panels and red roofs. Ran from the Fort Gratiot, Michigan store in 1997 until the Coldwater, Michigan store in 2000. Type B designs are typically smaller than their Type A counterparts.

Village Square (1999-2005)

A major renovation to the Cascade store in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1999 debuted a new exterior design and the first to debut with the MEIJER Fresh sign from the start. There were three types, each with at least four fake building facades on the actual front facade, including one resembling a barn.

Type A contains the most amount of fake facades, a large barn structure containing the MEIJER Fresh sign and dark brown brick. After debuting at Cascade, the first new store built in this design was the Springfield, Illinois store in 2000. The last new store in this design was the White Lake Township, Michigan store, built in 2005, which is somewhat of a curiosity, as the second-to-last Type A store was built in Algonquin, Illinois, in 2001. The White Lake store was also the last Meijer built without a pharmacy drive-up window. Whether how this was due to the White Lake store being delayed several years yet was still built in this design anyway is unknown. This also makes it the only Village Square prototype store that has always contained the new sign from the beginning.

Type B contains just four fake facades-a different, yet still barn-like, facade over the grocery entrance and three additional facades for the general merchandise entrance. The exterior is in light grayish-brown or reddish-brown brick. Debuted on the Richmond, Indiana store in 2000, ran until the Lowell, Michigan store in 2001.

Type C contains a total of six fake facades, including a red one at the grocery entrance that resembles the front of a barn, but is flat unlike the other two types. This was originally intended to replace the other two types, but refer to the parts relating to the White Lake store under Type A. First used on the Shaver Road store in Portage, Michigan in 2001 and last used on stores on Harrison Avenue and Marburg Avenue in Cincinnati that opened on the same day in 2003.

Signature Series (2002-2007)

In the first few years of the new millennium, Meijer found itself stuck in a bad situation resulting from increasingly intense competition, cutbacks and a recession that resulted from the 9/11 attacks. In response and to cut costs, Meijer debuted this prototype. It contained rectangular-shaped box entrances with a green roof and with entrance and exit corridors separated by a cart storage area. This prototype also debuted the drive-up pharmacy window and the current prefabricated construction method, which drastically cuts the cost of building a new store. There were two different types.

Type A places the pharmacy in the grocery section. Debuted by the Rivertown Crossings store in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2002 and was used through the Noblesville, Indiana store in 2004.

Type B moves the pharmacy back to the general merchandise section, but still at the front of the store, exactly as called for by the new interior design described below. First used by the Kalamazoo Avenue/M-6 store in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2005 and was last used on the Oswego, Illinois store in 2007.

A New Interior Design

In 2003, the Cascade store was renovated again...this time to prototype a completely new interior, graphics and layout design created by New York City-based firm Rockwell Group Limited. This redesign was designed to bring Meijer's general merchandise offerings on equal footing with it's grocery section and propel Meijer into the new millennium by providing a more hip, upscale image, which even included redesigning the logo, all in various forms of a lowercase Franklin Gothic font. This prototype was so successful that nearly all stores built or remodeled since then employ this interior design. Major changes included wider grocery aisles, the creation of a new electronics section dubbed E4, moving the pharmacy to the front of the general merchandise section and making the cereal shelves the same height as the rest of the grocery aisles rather than have it 15 feet tall. The Cascade store was renovated to a new interior design again in 2007, but despite that, this design remains in use.

Eyebrow-Style Entries (2005-present)

With the aforementioned interior redesign also came yet another exterior design and the first to be designed with the new sign from the start. This design is broken into three different types, but each have the same common trait of box-shaped entrances towering over the rest of the store building and covered in glass windows in an eyebrow-like appearance, therefore giving the name I assigned to this prototype.

Type A places the roofs of the entrances on a diagonal angle, giving a sense of more space. Debuted by the Holland Township, Michigan store in 2005.

Type B has a gable roof for the entrances, sometimes even including additional roofing designs. Debuted by the Warren, Michigan store in 2006.

Type C has the entrances given a flat roof. These entrance variations were prototyped in the late 2000's on the Cascade and Findlay, Ohio stores. Debuted in full in a renovation of the Knapp's Corner store in 2013.

Type CD is a sub-variant of Type C that only places one entrance to the store at the center of the front facade. This design is used by both of Meijer's stores within the city of Detroit, therefore, the D in CD stands for Detroit.

One-Offs

Despite all the standardized exterior designs, a handful of stores contain their own exterior designs instead, used only by their respective stores. These stores include Lincoln Park, Michigan (which reuses the exterior from it's previous tenant, Super Kmart); East Lansing, Michigan; Findlay, Ohio; the demolished store on 16 Mile Road in Sterling Heights, Michigan; Owosso-Corunna, Michigan; Lapeer, Michigan and Hartland Township, Michigan.

I hope you enjoyed this trip through the history of Meijer's many architectural designs. This took quite a while to compose.

[TheFugitive]

I remember shopping in an old Discount Store style location in Adrian, Michigan in 1988.

By the time I got to Flint the Burton location had remodeled.

[Hudsons81]

I remember shopping in an old Discount Store style location in Adrian, Michigan in 1988.

By the time I got to Flint the Burton location had remodeled.

Well, you will be happy to know that the Adrian location still has the Discount Store-Style exterior today, but the interior has been remodeled into the current interior format mentioned in the "A New Interior Design" section.

It appears that the Burton location has been remodeled once more since your time there and today it retains the interior design that Meijer used before the current format, as shown in this WJRT ABC 12 photo.

[danfifepsu]

http://www.kare11.com/news/could-meijer-open-new-stores-in-twin-cities/25133072

[Hudsons81]

http://www.kare11.com/news/could-meijer-open-new-stores-in-twin-cities/25133072

It's surprising how Meijer has been entering new metropolitan areas recently. Right now they're opening stores in the Milwaukee area, they already got approval for stores in the Cleveland area and now this.

Could Pittsburgh be next?

[TheFugitive]

I would like nothing better than having Meijer in Pittsburgh.
They were about my favorite place to shop when I lived in Michigan.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

I would like nothing better than having Meijer in Pittsburgh.
They were about my favorite place to shop when I lived in Michigan.

I feel the same way about them expanding into New England (especially Maine, where I was born and my father currently lives). Maybe someday they'll open a store out there, if there are enough vacant Sears, Kmart, Ames, or Walmart stores top open them in, or vacant shopping malls to be torn down. They could also build some locations on vacant farmland, greyfields, and brownfields.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Here's a Meijer Toy City Gift Card (with the previous Meijer logo) featuring SpongeBob SquarePants:

[danfifepsu]

will Meijer suffer from overexpansion? I hope not

and is Meijer expanding cause Kmart is dying? and pick up where they left off? will they get to Pittsburgh or PEoria, or St Louis? the nearest one to ST LOUIS is in Springfield.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

will Meijer suffer from overexpansion? I hope not

Meijer will not suffer from the same problems as past retailers.

They're slowly expanding into Wisconsin, which means Meijer is doing something right. Overexpansion is the least of our worries now, Dan.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

and is Meijer expanding cause Kmart is dying? and pick up where they left off? will they get to Pittsburgh or PEoria, or St Louis? the nearest one to ST LOUIS is in Springfield.

Dan, they're focused on expanding into Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and quite possibly a future expansion into Minnesota for now. Central and Southern Illinois, as well as Missouri will come at a later date.

I don't know about Meijer taking the place of Kmart, although Meijer did open up inside some former Super Kmart locations in their home state of Michigan.

Meijer is a superstore similar to Walmart, except that Meijer is family owned, belonging to the Meijer family of Walker, Michigan.

[Hudsons81]

...although Meijer did open up inside some former Super Kmart locations in their home state of Michigan.

Two so far to be specific, but only one of those is in Michigan. The other is in Indiana and a third Super Kmart-to-Meijer conversion will be in Illinois.

[danfifepsu]

and is Meijer expanding cause Kmart is dying? and pick up where they left off? will they get to Pittsburgh or PEoria, or St Louis? the nearest one to ST LOUIS is in Springfield.

Dan, they're focused on expanding into Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and quite possibly a future expansion into Minnesota for now. Central and Southern Illinois, as well as Missouri will come at a later date.

I don't know about Meijer taking the place of Kmart, although Meijer did open up inside some former Super Kmart locations in their home state of Michigan.

Meijer is a superstore similar to Walmart, except that Meijer is family owned, belonging to the Meijer family of Walker, Michigan.

well Meijer seems to be in expansion mode and pciking up where Kmart has left off. How do you know of  South and Central ILL, Missouri coming, I bet ST Louis will come sooner than we think like 2019, cause the nearest one to there is 100 miles away. whats next the Quad cities???  will thy come to Madison WI? And whats the chances they will come to Minneapolis? Where in UppeR Michigan will they be?

will they come to NEw England? If they do they wONT EVER Get in Vermont, No one can get in Vermont.

[danfifepsu]

Meijer anyone?  http://wbay.com/2016/01/22/new-life-ahead-for-marinettes-nearly-vacant-mall/

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

MY ANSWERS TO DAN'S QUESTIONS ABOUT MEIJER:

well Meijer seems to be in expansion mode and picking up where Kmart has left off. I don't know if that's the case or not.

How do you know of  South and Central ILL, Missouri coming, I bet ST Louis will come sooner than we think like 2019, cause the nearest one to there is 100 miles away.
They already have stores in the Chicagoland/Milwaukee Metro area, so there might be a possibility of them open in Central Illinois sometime down the road.
Another sign: they already have stores in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
Keep in mind: Meijer likes suburban locations, not urban locations, for their large superstores, the format which they're well-known for.


whats next the Quad cities???  Not yet. Remember: nothing's been announced.

will they come to Madison WI? YES, I've seen advertisements for Meijer on the neck of the basketball hoops during a televised Wisconsin Badgers college basketball game,
so that may be a sign that they will be opening soon in Madison.

And whats the chances they will come to Minneapolis? There's a possibility that they'll open over there after they've had success in Wisconsin.

Where in UppeR Michigan will they be? Meijer will open in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (located at the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula on I-75 near the Canadian Border)

will they come to NEw England? Not within five years. Maybe ten or fifteen years, they will.

If they do they wONT EVER Get in Vermont It is really up to the people at Meijer where they want to expand next.

No one can get in Vermont. Most retailers have a hard time opening in the state of Vermont due to lack of space.
They should just turn a few buildings into one building, like they did with most Home Depot stores and Walmart stores in Vermont.

[danfifepsu]

MY ANSWERS TO DAN'S QUESTIONS ABOUT MEIJER:

well Meijer seems to be in expansion mode and picking up where Kmart has left off. I don't know if that's the case or not.

How do you know of  South and Central ILL, Missouri coming, I bet ST Louis will come sooner than we think like 2019, cause the nearest one to there is 100 miles away.
They already have stores in the Chicagoland/Milwaukee Metro area, so there might be a possibility of them open in Central Illinois sometime down the road.
Another sign: they already have stores in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
Keep in mind: Meijer likes suburban locations, not urban locations, for their large superstores, the format which they're well-known for.


whats next the Quad cities???  Not yet. Remember: nothing's been announced.

will they come to Madison WI? YES, I've seen advertisements for Meijer on the neck of the basketball hoops during a televised Wisconsin Badgers college basketball game,
so that may be a sign that they will be opening soon in Madison.

And whats the chances they will come to Minneapolis? There's a possibility that they'll open over there after they've had success in Wisconsin.

Where in UppeR Michigan will they be? Meijer will open in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (located at the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula on I-75 near the Canadian Border)

will they come to NEw England? Not within five years. Maybe ten or fifteen years, they will.

If they do they wONT EVER Get in Vermont It is really up to the people at Meijer where they want to expand next.

No one can get in Vermont. Most retailers have a hard time opening in the state of Vermont due to lack of space.
They should just turn a few buildings into one building, like they did with most Home Depot stores and Walmart stores in Vermont.

what I put above is an IDEA , the mall in marinette is MOSTLY Dead and they could turn that into a MEijer.  its an hr from Green bay where they want to put Meijer

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

what I put above is an IDEA , the mall in marinette is MOSTLY Dead and they could turn that into a MEijer.  its an hr from Green bay where they want to put Meijer

If you paid attention the story, they have not yet announced what they are going to put in the Pine Tree Mall in Marinette, Wisconsin yet. Meijer is a possibility. They are going to tear down Memorial Mall in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to put up a Meijer store, so anything could be possible right now.

[danfifepsu]

what I put above is an IDEA , the mall in marinette is MOSTLY Dead and they could turn that into a MEijer.  its an hr from Green bay where they want to put Meijer

If you paid attention the story, they have not yet announced what they are going to put in the Pine Tree Mall in Marinette, Wisconsin yet. Meijer is a possibility. They are going to tear down Memorial Mall in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to put up a Meijer store, so anything could be possible right now.

its maybe a likelyhood and are they going to open in Sheboygan soon? Whats next for Meijers expansion, I LOOVE THAT CHIAN OK, it seems to be problem proof or whatever as even Walmart has its own problems now, Kmart is dying and Target had some problems like the credit card stuff and a failed Canada expansion, but Meijers is expanding.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

its maybe a likelyhood and are they going to open in Sheboygan soon? Whats next for Meijers expansion, I LOOVE THAT CHIAN OK, it seems to be problem proof or whatever as even Walmart has its own problems now, Kmart is dying and Target had some problems like the credit card stuff and a failed Canada expansion, but Meijers is expanding.

Meijer will open in Green Bay, Appleton, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, before entering Marinette, so yes, they'll open in Sheboygan. Yes, I know Target has had problems in Canada, but that doesn't affect their American stores very much, since they were established separately, north of the US-Canada border, as a separate company that purchased Zellers. Kmart is introducing a new Big Lots-like strategy of purchasing closeout items from bankrupt retailers to resell in their stores, so Kmart is not exactly dead yet.

Have you even been to a Meijer store, Dan? I'm only one person.

Don't keep asking me question after question.

[danfifepsu]

its maybe a likelyhood and are they going to open in Sheboygan soon? Whats next for Meijers expansion, I LOOVE THAT CHIAN OK, it seems to be problem proof or whatever as even Walmart has its own problems now, Kmart is dying and Target had some problems like the credit card stuff and a failed Canada expansion, but Meijers is expanding.

Meijer will open in Green Bay, Appleton, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, before entering Marinette, so yes, they'll open in Sheboygan. Yes, I know Target has had problems in Canada, but that doesn't affect their American stores very much, since they were established separately, north of the US-Canada border, as a separate company that purchased Zellers. Kmart is introducing a new Big Lots-like strategy of purchasing closeout items from bankrupt retailers to resell in their stores, so Kmart is not exactly dead yet.

Have you even been to a Meijer store, Dan? I'm only one person.

Don't keep asking me question after question.

I have been to many Meijers, and I LOVE that chain actually the most, despite my nearest one being in Sandusky OH. I love how they are expanding more and more, sucks how one in Ohio in Newark closed despite not being relocated too. and I read their possible expansion in Minnesota, they prob wont open for another 2-3 yrs. 

[Hudsons81]

I have been to many Meijers, and I LOVE that chain actually the most, despite my nearest one being in Sandusky OH. I love how they are expanding more and more, sucks how one in Ohio in Newark closed despite not being relocated too. and I read their possible expansion in Minnesota, they prob wont open for another 2-3 yrs. 

The only other Meijer store that closed without being relocated was the one on Pierson Road in Flint, Michigan and that was nearly a year ago.

The Sandusky, Ohio Meijer opened in 1995 under the then-current Indiana Pineapple design, but during a 2012 renovation into the current interior design the exterior bands were repainted blue and the pineapple was repainted brown.

[danfifepsu]

I have been to many Meijers, and I LOVE that chain actually the most, despite my nearest one being in Sandusky OH. I love how they are expanding more and more, sucks how one in Ohio in Newark closed despite not being relocated too. and I read their possible expansion in Minnesota, they prob wont open for another 2-3 yrs. 

The only other Meijer store that closed without being relocated was the one on Pierson Road in Flint, Michigan and that was nearly a year ago.

The Sandusky, Ohio Meijer opened in 1995 under the then-current Indiana Pineapple design, but during a 2012 renovation into the current interior design the exterior bands were repainted blue and the pineapple was repainted brown.

so surprise as thats Flint for ya. of the Sandusky one did they reduce departments? I heard in 1995 they had a Cleveland expansion plan and canceled it back then. Where around Cleveland and Akron will they open?

[Hudsons81]

of the Sandusky one did they reduce departments?

Can't say, I've never been to that store despite it originally being a near-twin of the Southgate, Michigan store when both stores first opened, however, Southgate has the grocery area on the left and pharmacy on the right and Sandusky is vice-versa.