Who is meijer

About half of the Meijer super center stores are located in Michigan while the remainder is in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Hendrick Meijer was born on December 28, in Hengelo, a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands near the German border. He immigrated to the U. They settled in eastern Michigan where Hendrick worked in a variety of jobs and eventually operated his own barber job.

In he opened his first food store with the help of his wife, his son Fred and his daughter Johanna. Their store became successful and in they opened the second store, followed by four more stores in the s. In the early s Hendrick, with his family's help, had been able to grow the business to 14 stores, all in the Grand Rapids area of Michigan. Around that time the Meijer family opened their first hypermarket, a super store concept started in Belgium the year before. The first hypermarket in the U.

The Meijers called their hypermarket a super center store, a name that still conveys the concept now commonly used by Walmart and other national retail chains.

In , the year Hendrick Meijer died, the Meijer family had three super center stores in operation. Hendrick's son, Frederick, born in , the son who had worked with his father since the first store opened in , took over the reins of the company and under his leadership Meijer became a retailing giant.

Meijer continued to look for innovative opportunities and ways provide higher levels of service to his customers. After the war, growth at Meijer began in earnest. The company acquired an office in Greenville and opened its first store in Grand Rapids, the second largest city in Michigan.

With the start of the baby boom and advancements in technology, Meijer found new ways to help its customers. With the introduction of the automatic conveyor belt, Meijer was one of the first grocers in the region to help customers speed down the checkout lane. And when television took over in the s, Meijer soon followed, advertising on the popular Romper Room show.

In Meijer opened its first Thrifty Acres, a food and general merchandise store that allowed customers to shop for everything they needed in just one trip. It was the birth of the Supercenter and the springboard for a concept that would grow into a retail phenomenon. Meijer has always been a leader in finding and using new technology. Our commitment to innovation and taking care of our customers has led to continued growth throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

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