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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.
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.
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...
May 23, 2018 · With $338.76 of goods bought on credit, Hendrik Meijer opened his food store in 1934, competing with a grocer across the street as well as more than 20 competitors in town. With his son Frederick, born in 1919, Hendrik Meijer traveled as far as necessary to find the best goods for his grocery at the lowest prices available.
