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- 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.
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Hendrik Meijer (December 28, 1883 – May 31, 1964) was a Dutch businessman who founded the supercenter chain Meijer in the United States. He is the great-grandfather of former Republican Michigan congressman Peter Meijer.
- December 28, 1883, Hengelo, Netherlands
- May 31, 1964 (aged 80), Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
- Frederik Meijer, Johanna Meijer
- Founder of Meijer
Our History. 1934. In the midst of the Great Depression, a modest local barber in Greenville, Mich. had a need and saw an opportunity. In an effort to take care of the customers who visited his barbershop, Hendrik Meijer purchased $338.76 worth of merchandise on credit. Together, with his 14-year-old son, Fred, they opened Meijer’s Grocery. 1938.
Jun 7, 2022 · Jun 7, 2022. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 7, 2022 / PRNewswire / -- Sixty years ago Hendrik and Fred Meijer opened a store in Grand Rapids called "Thrifty Acres" – and pioneered the American supercenter.
Hendrick Meijer was born on December 28, 1883 in Hengelo, a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands near the German border. He immigrated to the U.S. with his father and sister in 1907. They settled in eastern Michigan where Hendrick worked in a variety of jobs and eventually operated his own barber job.
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.
- 70,000 (Jan. 2020)
- Walker, Michigan, U.S.
- 1934; 89 years ago, Greenville, Michigan, U.S.
- US$20.5 billion (2022)
May 23, 2018 · Hendrik Meijer emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1907, settling in Michigan. In 1914 he opened a barbershop, expanding it to a double storefront by 1923. When the Depression hit, Meijer had trouble finding a tenant to rent the new space in his Greenville, Michigan, location.
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.
