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Meijer, Inc. is a regional American supercenter chain with its corporate headquarters in Walker, Michigan, in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Founded in 1934 as a supermarket chain, Meijer is credited with pioneering the modern supercenter concept in 1962. About half of the company's 200 stores are located in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, with additional locations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kentucky. Meijer has no affiliation with Fred Meyer. The chain was ranked No. 19 on Forbes' 2015 list of "America's Largest Private Companies" and 19 in Fortune's 2008 "The 35 largest U.S. private companies". In 2016, Supermarket News ranked Meijer No. 15 in the 2016 Top 75 U.S. & Canadian Food Retailers & Wholesalers. Based on 2015 revenue, Meijer is the 26th-largest retailer in the United States.
Meijer is an American hypermarket chain headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Meijer may also refer to:
- Meijer G-function a mathematical function on the complex plane
- Meijer (surname), a Dutch surname
Meijer is a Dutch surname. It refers to a profession similar to a bailiff or steward. It originates from the Latin word maior.
As of 2007, there are 39,801 people with the surname Meijer in the Netherlands.
People named Meijer:
- Annita Meijer (1954), professionally known as Anita Meyer, Dutch singer
- Arnold Meijer (1905–1965), Dutch politician
- Cornelis Simon Meijer, Dutch mathematician
- Eduard Meijer (1878–1929), Dutch swimmer and water polo player
- Elien Meijer (1970), Dutch rower
- Erik Meijer (politician) (1944), Dutch politician
- Erik Meijer (computer scientist), Dutch computer scientist
- Erik Meijer (footballer) (1969), Dutch soccer player
- Frans Nicholaas Meijer (1875–1918), anglicised as Frank Nicholas Meyer, Dutch-American botanist
-
(born 1960), Dutch voice actor
- Frederik Meijer (also known as Fred Meijer; 1919–2011), American businessman
- Geert Meijer (1951), Dutch soccer player
- Gerard Meijer (1935), Dutch masseur and physiotherapist
- Hennie Meijer (1962), Surinamese-Dutch soccer player
- Ischa Meijer (1943–1995), Dutch journalist and author
- Jaap Meijer (1905–1943), Dutch cyclist
- Johnny Meijer (1912–1992), Dutch accordionist
- Jonas Daniel Meijer (1780–1834), Dutch lawyer
- Karel Meijer (1884–1967), Dutch water polo player
- Lavinia Meijer (1983), Dutch harpist
- Patrick Meijer (1973), Dutch stand-up comedian
- Paul Meijer (1985), Dutch racing driver
- Rogier Meijer (1981), Dutch footballer
- Sal Meijer (1877–1965), Dutch painter
- Theo Meijer (1965), Dutch judoka
- Willem Meijer (1923–2003), Dutch botanist