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Fred G. Meyer (February 21, 1886 – September 2, 1978) was an American businessman who founded the Oregon-based Fred Meyer store chain, which had 63 stores in four western states at the time of his death. He was known for successfully introducing several innovative marketing concepts.
Learn about the life and legacy of Fred G. Meyer, who built a self-service, one-stop-shopping empire from a door-to-door coffee business. Discover how he influenced Sam Walton, created the My-Te-Fine label, and established a charitable trust after his death.
Learn about the life and legacy of Fred G. Meyer, the founder of the Fred Meyer chain of stores in the Pacific Northwest. Explore his early years, his business innovations, his war efforts, his family and his love for nature.
Who was Fred Meyer? Fred G. Meyer (originally Frederick Grubmeyer) came to Portland, Oregon in 1908 when he was 22 years old. Drawing on his experience working for his family’s grocery business, Mr. Meyer began selling coffee from a horse-drawn cart to workers at farms and lumber camps.
Website. www .fredmeyer .com. Fred Meyer is an American chain of hypermarket superstores founded in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, United States, by Fred G. Meyer. The stores operate in the northwest U.S., with locations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.
Fred Meyer's self-service drugstore, Third and Morrison in Portland, c.1933 (Courtesy Oregon Hist. Society Research Lib., Oregon Journal, 371N5407) A Fred Meyer booth promoting juice and juicers, 1936
Biographical history. Fred G. Meyer was born Frederich Wilhelm Heinrich Grübme er in Bruchhagen, Niedersachsen, Germany, in 1886. In 1889, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. He moved West in the 1900s, starting in Alaska and ... Content and structure elements. Scope and content. Transcript.
