In 1934 Hendrik Meijer started a humble grocery store in his barbershop on Main Street in Greenville, MI, with the help of his wife Gezina and his two children - Fred and Lena. Today, that grocery store has grown into a hypermarket because of the insight of Hendrik's son Mr. Fred Meijer. Below is a picture of Meijer Store #4, in Grand Rapids, MI, Sept. 16, 1949.
Thanks, Hendrik and Fred, for giving me a place for one stop shopping! I think that I will go again today, because I just can't get enough. Meijer IS open 24 hours!!! And for the record, WalMart cannot and will not ever compare! :)
Scrapbook page about Meijer by me - yeah, I'm a little nutty like that!
Please share your thoughts about Meijer, but only happy and pleasant ones because this blog is a HAPPY blog!
Susan
I had to go to Meijer last night to do my grocery shopping. At like 10:30 at night.
I loooove Meijer.
Posted by: Joni | June 20, 2006 at 07:23 AM
love your happy blog! :)
LOVE Meijer's produce section! Ed and I have been known to shop Meijer after midnight-I bought my favorite pot at Meijer after midnight one night! :)
Posted by: Carrie | June 20, 2006 at 07:56 AM
K - never been there! You so need to take me next time we are together!
Still putting together my list of fav's for you! So sorry! I have so much to do right now! I only have three more to go! Of course I have to summarize why I love each of them!
Talk to you soon!
Posted by: Carolyn McAfee | June 21, 2006 at 01:31 PM
AH HA! So, it WAS okay for me to mistakenly call is Meijer's when I first referred to it--LOOK at that photo! Anyway, I love Meijer (or Meijer's, if you prefer). We finally have one here but it's too far to go to on a regular basis. So sad... :)
Posted by: Gabriella Biancofiore | June 22, 2006 at 12:40 PM