Meijer investing $375M in new stores and renovations

Meijer investing $375M in new stores and renovations

Walker-based Meijer, which operates more than 245 stores, began in 1938 when barber Hendrik Meijer purchased $328.76 worth of merchandise on credit to serve customers during the Great Depression. Courtesy Meijer

Meijer is set to invest more than $375 million in new stores and renovations this year.

Meijer President and CEO Rick Keyes said today the investment will include seven new superstores and 22 remodel projects.

The new stores will be in Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, while remodels will be completed throughout five states, including stores in several "key markets": Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky.

“These projects represent an investment in our customers, team members and the local communities that have supported us for so long,” Keyes said.

Included in the projects will be the first stores in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

New stores

Escanaba

Sault Ste. Marie

Franklin, Indiana

Greenfield, Wisconsin

Howard, Wisconsin

West Ben, Wisconsin

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Based in Walker, Meijer has more than 230 stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

By the end of 2017, Meijer will have opened 50 stores and remodeled almost 90 stores since 2010.