{"id":266272,"date":"2024-05-15T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-meijer-opens-new-supercenters-in-alliance-and-north-canton\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:50:02","slug":"meijer-abre-nuevos-supercentros-en-alliance-y-north-canton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/meijer-abre-nuevos-supercentros-en-alliance-y-north-canton\/","title":{"rendered":"Meijer Opens New Supercenters in Alliance and North Canton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 14, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Meijer opened two new 159,000-square-foot supercenters in <span class=\"xn-location\">Northeast Ohio<\/span> today, bringing its state-of-the-art, one-stop shopping experience to customers in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8dc0left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg8dc0left\" title=\"Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 241 supercenters throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the \u201cone-stop shopping\u201d concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/773739\/Meijer_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 241 supercenters throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the \u201cone-stop shopping\u201d concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As we celebrate our 90<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary as a family-owned retailer, providing value and convenience to our customers is still our top priority,&#8221; Executive Chairman <span class=\"xn-person\">Hank Meijer<\/span> said. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to bring our unique shopping experience to customers in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> while also investing in these communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Located at 2500 West State St. in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> and 1505 N. Main St.\u00a0in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span>, the new stores feature convenient digital shopping solutions, including Shop &amp; Scan, which allows shoppers to scan barcodes via a mobile app and bag their items as they shop to make checkout convenient. The stores also feature deep discounts on surplus food via the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=3575794329&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.meijer.com%2F2022-05-05-Meijer-Redirects-More-Than-1M-Pounds-of-Food-Waste-Through-Flashfood-Program&amp;a=Flashfood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Flashfood<\/a> app, expanded areas for <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=490081279&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meijer.com%2Fshopping%2Fservices%2Fmore-ways-to-meijer.html%3Ficid%3DEyebrow%3AMWTM&amp;a=Meijer+Home+Delivery+and+Pickup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meijer Home Delivery and Pickup<\/a>\u00a0services, and <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=1084770905&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meijer.com%2Fmperks%2F&amp;a=mPerks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mPerks<\/a>\u00a0rewards to help customers earn on every dollar spent.<\/p>\n<p>Known for grocery options like more than 600 varieties of farm-fresh produce, 150 USDA-certified organic items, and a deli and meat department, the new Meijer stores also offer pharmacies and general merchandise items. Additionally, they feature expansive baby and pet departments, apparel, beauty care, floral departments, and garden centers.<\/p>\n<p>Meijer opened its first store in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ohio<\/span> in 1981. By the end of 2025, the retailer will have invested nearly half a billion dollars into the area by opening and remodeling nearly 20 stores, creating nearly 4,000 jobs, and contributing to the missions of local nonprofits. Meijer employs more than 11,000 team members statewide at 55 stores and its distribution and manufacturing facilities in <span class=\"xn-location\">Tipp City<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thankful for the energy and enthusiasm from our team members, who have worked so hard to prepare these new stores for opening,&#8221; Meijer President &amp; CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Keyes<\/span> said. &#8220;We&#8217;re honored to welcome customers through our doors in <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span>, and we are excited to serve these wonderful communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meijer Alliance Store Director <span class=\"xn-person\">Patrick Hughes<\/span> and North Canton Store Director <span class=\"xn-person\">Sheila Dowgiert<\/span> and their teams welcomed customers into the stores with a round of applause, later followed by a ribbon-cutting events attended by Keyes.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to opening the new stores, Meijer demonstrated its support of both communities by making <span class=\"xn-money\">$50,000<\/span> in donations to local organizations. In <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span>, Hughes and the store&#8217;s team members donated <span class=\"xn-money\">$12,500<\/span> to both <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=4253573481&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clothedinrighteousness.org%2F&amp;a=Clothed+in+Righteousness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clothed in Righteousness<\/a>\u00a0to support unhoused neighbors with food, clothing and supplies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=4131581105&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.honorthelegacy.org%2F&amp;a=Legacy+of+Honor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Legacy of Honor<\/a>\u00a0to provide mental health and housing assistance to veterans and first responders. In <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span>, Dowgiert and her team donated <span class=\"xn-money\">$15,000<\/span> to <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=2213826646&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fpeople%2FLocal-Hope-the-Jackie-Davison-Foundation%2F100067539902512%2F&amp;a=Local+Hope%2C+the+Jackie+Davison+Foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Local Hope, the Jackie Davison Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0to help local women struggling with cancer and other life-threatening medical challenges. In addition, the team donated <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span> to <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=714217514&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonsliftoff.com%2F&amp;a=Houston%27s+Lift+Off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-location\">Houston&#8217;s<\/span> Lift Off<\/a>\u00a0to provide care baskets for families with children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.<\/p>\n<p>Meijer donates at least 6 percent of its net profit to charitable organizations annually, and each of its stores works with local food banks and pantries to help fight hunger. Since 2008, the retailer&#8217;s <i><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=1579758892&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeijercommunity.com%2Fsimply-give&amp;a=Simply+Give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Simply Give<\/a><\/i>\u00a0program has generated more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$86 million<\/span> for its food pantry partners throughout the Midwest. The <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> store chose \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=2028586230&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAllianceCommunityPantry%2F&amp;a=Alliance+Community+Pantry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alliance Community Pantry<\/a>, as its first <i>Simply Give<\/i> pantry partner and the <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span> store chose <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=3562078203&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nccpantry.com%2F&amp;a=North+Canton+Cares+Pantry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">North Canton Cares Pantry<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the retailer&#8217;s ongoing efforts to ensure accessibility for all customers, the stores feature new larger, height-adjustable changing tables in the family restrooms for the added convenience and dignity of customers with disabilities and their caregivers. As in all Meijer stores, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span> stores also offer free access to <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=1199906496&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.meijer.com%2F2020-06-25-Meijer-Among-First-Midwest-Retailers-to-Support-Low-Vision-Customers-with-Free-Aira-App&amp;a=Aira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aira<\/a>, an app-based service that provides live navigation assistance to blind and low-vision customers using the camera of their smartphones.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Meijer: <\/b>Meijer is a privately owned, family-operated retailer that serves customers at more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets, and express locations throughout the Midwest. As the pioneer of the one-stop shopping concept, more than 70,000 Meijer team members work hard to deliver a friendly, seamless in-store and online shopping experience featuring an assortment of fresh foods, high-quality apparel, household essentials, and health and wellness products and services. Meijer is consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work and annually donates at least 6 percent of its profit to strengthen its communities. Additional information on the company can be found by visiting <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=251483380&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.meijer.com%2F&amp;a=newsroom.meijer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">newsroom.meijer.com<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4166719-1&amp;h=1683403244&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F773739%2FMeijer_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F773739%2FMeijer_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/773739\/Meijer_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Meijer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 14, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Meijer opened two new 159,000-square-foot supercenters in <span class=\"xn-location\">Northeast Ohio<\/span> today, bringing its state-of-the-art, one-stop shopping experience to customers in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alliance<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">North Canton<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8dc0left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg8dc0left&quot; title=&quot;Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266272"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266301,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266272\/revisions\/266301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}