Search results
Industrial/Commercial Leader. Hendrick Meijer is the founder of the current Meijer super center retail chain serving five States in the Midwest. The Meijer retail chain has managed to grow in recent years while successfully competing against Walmart and other large national retailers.
History. Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company.
Aug 20, 2009 · Meijer started 75 years ago, in the midst of the Depression, because Hendrik Meijer couldn’t find a tenant for the empty space he had next door to his barbershop. Meijer, a 50-year-old immigrant barber from the Netherlands, had his own shop in Greenville, a small town northeast of Grand Rapids, Mich., mounting bills and a declining customer base.
Jul 9, 2023 · Community Columnist. Hendrik Meijer’s story inspires us to never discount a factory worker or a barber’s innovative genius. After working in foundries in Holland, Chicago, and Yakima, a...
Jun 7, 2022 · Jun 07, 2022, 08:15 ET. Share this article. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sixty years ago Hendrik and Fred Meijer opened a store in Grand Rapids called "Thrifty Acres" – and...
History. Dutch Americans. Hendrik G. (Hank) Meijer [1952] Industrial/Commercial Leader. Hank Meijer was the oldest son of Frederik G. H. Meijer [1919-2011] and the grandson of Hendrik Meijer [1883-1964], the original founder of the Meijer super center retailing chain.
Jan 1, 1984 · Thrifty Years: The LIfe of Hendrik Meijer. Paperback – January 1, 1984. by Hendrik G. Meijer (Author) 4.6 5 ratings. See all formats and editions.
- Paperback
- Hendrik G. Meijer
Related searches
