Meijer

Oh my gosh I came in here about ten years ago when I came into town to visit a friend. He kept going on about the place and how great it was. I’m from the Kansas City, MO area and had never heard about this store. My friend had reason to boast and brag that he had a cool store to shop at and I didn’t. The only thing near me is a Target and a Wal-​Mart. I have longed to have Meijer move into our area. We need it bad, and I hear they treat and pay their employees decently too!
Meijer had food, clothing, and furniture and so much stuff that if Target and Wal-​Mart joined together they would still be put to shame. I can’t imagine how the South can keep this like the best kept secret. Will someone from Meijer please contact me and tell me if you are doing anything to get out to the Missouri/​Kansas area? I’m still waiting.

I don’t go to Meijer often because I overspend, but it is a great one stop shop. The produce section is amazing. I think it is way better than Kroger and they have more international selections as well.

I like Meijer — it’s kinda an in between Walmart and say… Target. When your po’ Meijer is the poor man’s Target. That’s the way I like to think of it. Quality items that do not break in a week, better quality vegetables — you can notice a huge difference. Only trouble I see with Meijer — is Kroger — their veggies are still better, and their selection is much bigger on organics (Meijer carries their own organic line) — but Kroger lures you in, lurking in the wings with that 10 for 10 stuff. Wow, when you’re on a tight budget — they can really get cha with that stuff… especially if you need 10 of it! :p lol.
When we lived in a small town — I knew an older lady who was a greeter for Meijer, I also knew a customer service rep or commonly known as a (CSR) at Walmart — several of them in fact, and a bunch of cashiers and a few baggers at Kroger… and what speaks to me more than the quality of food — I’ll step off my soap box here in a sec, but I think it should be duly noted — that I never heard Meijer employees complain. Now that could mean they wore hidden shock collars under their uniforms, I don’t know. Lol. But it just seemed that the atmosphere at Meijer was and is so much different from stores of it’s genre.
It’s a bit pricey for me to shop there for household items, unless I know someone else doesn’t carry it, but try as I might — I try very hard to budget Meijer into our food budget. Even down to their milk — it is better. It just seems to me Meijer has a better philosophy about what it is going to sell to it’s customers. AH — yes — there’s a better analogy — like Whole Foods for moderately poor people. :-)
But I think if I did have all the money in the world to budget for food, I’d probably still shop at Meijer. They have an extensive international section, a great vegetarian section, and their organics don’t break your bank.
Although even if I were rich — I’d shop there even more because then I could afford the rest of the stuff in the store and I could truly become a one-​stop shopper! :-p lol.