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Meijer opens new supercenter store in Detroit

Published July 25, 2013
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Philip Nations Contributing Editor
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Dive Summary:

  • Meijer opened its first new supercenter store located in Detroit on Thursday. The space will be a pinnacle of the company’s new Gateway Marketplace retail project.
  • The historic new location consists of over 190,000 sq. ft. of retail space and will employ nearly 550 workers, according to the Detroit Free Press.
  • “The opening of Detroit’s first Meijer store means new jobs, continued economic growth and greater convenience for the residents of our city,” says Detroit mayor Dave Bing.

From the article:

The Detroit Meijer store will be the latest to highlight Michigan small businesses through the retailer’s Made in Michigan initiative with the Michigan State University Product Center for Food-Ag-Bio. Last year, Meijer expanded its program that supports small Michigan businesses to feature 55 new Michigan-made grocery items in all stores statewide. ...

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