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Hendrik Meijer purchased $328.76 worth of merchandise on credit, and together, with his 14-year-old son, Fred, they opened Meijer’s Grocery. 1938 The Depression had not ended yet, but Meijer acquired its first shopping carts – a new innovation for grocery stores.
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In 1934, Meijer entered the grocery business during the Great Depression in an unrented building he constructed beside his barbershop. [7] At the time, he borrowed $338.76 to purchase goods for the unused space, believing that if they did not sell, his family could use them.
He decided to open a grocery store, hoping to cover the building rent and operating costs from store profits. With $338.76 of goods bought on credit, Hendrik Meijer opened his food store in 1934, competing with a grocer across the street as well as more than 20 competitors in town.
Mar 2, 2009 · Two years later Hendrik Meijer converted the grocery store to a cash-and-carry format because it allowed him to lower his prices; at the same time, he changed the store's name...
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Mar 29, 2022 · Hendrik Meijer opened his first store in 1934, but that store wasn't the same as the one Meijer shoppers will see today. Meijer's Grocery, as it was called, opened in the middle of the Great Depression in Greenville, Michigan (the chain's headquarters is still in Grand Rapids, Michigan, today).
Jun 7, 2022 · Sixty years ago Hendrik and Fred Meijer opened a store in Grand Rapids called "Thrifty Acres" – and pioneered the American supercenter. While that innovative concept has grown into a retail...
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Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company.
