Meijer

Unilocal asks; «What keeps you coming back?» To Meijer? What other choice is there? I’ve made the occasional trip to the other supermarket chain in GR (rhymes with «Mall-​Art.») and I keep getting pulled back to Meijer. Better selection, only slightly higher prices.
I can’t really recommend it, it’s huge. It’s an afternoon-​drainer to fulfill your shopping list, but when you need a cartful, it’s where you end up.

If you are having to read Unilocal to learn what Meijer (‘s) is, then you must be new to Michigan. Meijer invented the superstore concept decades ago. If someone says they are going to the store, they mean they are going to the Meijer store. It is a given. I never find national brands cheaper day-​in, day-​out at any place else in the country or in town. Usually 15% to 50% cheaper than other places. I never go to Walmart anymore because Meijer is much better. Better prices and better selection. The downsize is that it is a superstore and popular. On the upside is they are open 24 hours and it is a great place to go if the weather is awful and you only want to stop once.

The prices here are a bit high but the quality is great. They have treated our community well over the years and that is the main reason I am willing to pay more.

I give the cashier S in lane 26 one star for blatantly lying to me. I asked a specific questions about some coupons and mperks she said «no», I asked her to call the manager or the store director, She got very defensive, called the manager, who supposedly said“no” also to my question, then I wanted the store director, and she replied he was NOT in the store, didn’t even try, well I wanted to get to the bottom of my questions about mperks, and had another cashier call the store director Gabe, within 1 minute I was speaking with me and solved the problem. Cashiers you are not the know all end all at Meijers. I give Gabe five stars!~!!!

Horrible service, slow lines, bad place. We go to Meijer almost every week for our supplies. This place continues to disappoint me. The deli counter is by far the worst. You get a number and your suppose to wait for your number. This process takes on average 20 minutes. But no you can’t do other shopping because if you miss your number you have to wait again. Once you finally get called the ladies are awful. I alway ask for ¹⁄₃ of a pound of honey smoked turkey. They never understand me and I have to repeat myself 4 to 5 times. Also I asked for my turkey shaved. Oh no, you can’t have it shaved. Why? Because they don’t want too. I’ve had people skip/​switch employees in the middle of my order because they didn’t want to shave my turkey. Lazy! Don’t even get my started on how slow the lines are. I always do self check and those machines are horrible. Good variety of choices but horrible service and employees. Zero stars if I could.

Oh Meijer, how I miss my Cincinnati Kroger! IMO, Meijer is expensive especially compared to Kroger. At this store in particular, there are not a lot of organic produce options, and I’ve had to return oranges twice now because they have molded the day after I bought them! The fruit and veggies in general here do not seem very fresh. They are constantly moving around the produce, so I never find the same thing in the same spot, which is very annoying. I mainly shop at this store because it’s the closest one to me. I try to buy food at Costco and Aldi also in hopes that the prices are better and the produce is fresher!
Meijer does have a nice selection of ethnic foods, and I appreciate the non-​food sections, so that I don’t have to run around town to buy everything that I need. They do also have a nice beer and wine selection with wine & cheese tastings on the weekends.
Overall, Meijer’s prices are cheaper than D&W Fresh Market (or Publix in some cities), but more expensive than most of the other grocery stores that I’ve shopped at around the country. I really don’t like Meijer’s monopoly on the area, and I cannot wait until Trader Joe’s opens at the end of the year! I wish that Whole Foods would move in soon too!

This is probably the best Meijer store I have been to. Always clean, great selection also.
The produce and meat are always good. There is a very good pharmacy, and the vitamin selection is outstanding. They have a good selection of everything overall.
I am disappointed that they are pushing the Fall Creek clothing, I have found its kinda cheaply made and shrinks very badly,
There is a very good beer selection including craft beers from all over. If you like to drink like me this is s good thing.
The bathrooms are not cleaned as often as the should, I often stop in and toilets are plugged, seats are disgusting or there is no toilet paper.

I have been going to this Meijer for years. Prices are generally ok except I noticed their produce and meat prices are getting expensive. Just as much and sometimes more than D&W or Forest Hills Foods.
Its disappointing because the main reason I went there was for the reasonable prices even if I have to drive a bit farther to get to them. It looks like I’ll go to FH Foods more now unless I want fresh seafood. So far, Meijer’s prices are less than FH Foods on seafood items.
Then there’s Aldi and Walmart super center too.

I headed to Meijer to search for some local Michigan beer to bring home to my husband (you can call me the best wife ever). I wasn’t expecting the amazing selection I would find there. There was practically an entire row of Michigan brews, along with a refrigerated case with individual bottles that I combined to make a Super Six Pack full of various local beer.
I was super excited to find a UK Cosmo magazine in the rack and it didn’t cost a ton like they usually do. Everything is cooler in the UK.
This store has a little of everything, so no matter what you are looking for, they will have it.

Much to the chagrin of my Chief of Staff, I like to grab a cart and go up and down all the aisles. This can take an hour minimum. I’ve been around the world, and around this great nation but nothing makes me prouder to be an American than the Meijer shopping choices. You can get golf balls, bird feed, ½ percent milk (in case 1 percent is too fatty, and skim is just too thin, it’s like a Goldilocks dairy solution), fresh pomegranate, a helmet mounted flashlight, deck shoes, a tea pot, a Timex watch, and Blueberry Mead all in the same shopping trip, a gasoline fill up for the car, at any hour of the day (this is not a hypothetical combination). The Chief of Staff would not allow me to get a bow and arrows, which is probably just as well. Meijers in Western Michigan are superior, I’ve found the Meijers that have expanded into other states like Indiana and Illinois aren’t as good, it has to do with the way the workers here are sincerely friendly, neighborly, as well as competent, it’s an ideal combination that apparently can’t be exported out of state. This particular location isn’t as pristine as some of the other locations I’ve been to, it may be showing its age a bit.

It’s great if you’re early with your shopping. It’s pretty frustrating when you go in the afternoon and many of the weekly ad items are out of stock. Prices are good as well.

Meijer is pretty awesome. Coming from a land of Walmarts and Kmarts, Meijer was a huge upgrade. Everything just seemed so much more in order, and the employees were much more friendly. They had a «Buy 1 pair of shoes, get another for $ 1» which was perfect as that was the main objective of my trip. They don’t have a lot of different brands of shoes, but I was able to make the sale work out in my favor.
The one downfall ended up being a huge downfall. We were there late at night, and the 2 check out lines they had open had long lines, so we opted for the self checkout. Which… would have worked perfectly, until there was a problem with the checkout machine. They had one guy monitoring the 6 or so checkouts and he was REALLY slow. My friend couldn’t get an item to scan, and he told her to go back and get another one. She came back and the item wouldn’t scan again and he just told her that «he didn’t know how to fix it»…so the item wasn’t purchased. Really weird customer service there.

Biggest and most confusing Meijer I have been to. Either way I like Meijer more than any other of the supermarkets because it is Michigan based and has decent prices.

Okay, I love the concept of Meijer… It’s where one can one go to buy eggs, control top pantyhose, a fish tank, some tires, and cliff bars? Hell, I bet you could find disposable slacks and a infant shark cage if you really wanted too. And I love that it’s local. The hell with Walmart I say!!!
But over the past year I have noticed that this location (my favorite) has gone down hill in many ways. First and foremost clean the bottle return area! It is always a sicky mess and half the machines never work. Oh, and today the trash was over flowing onto the floor. Second, get some employees who can answer my simple questions. If the store is so large and disorganized that the employees can’t tell me where my beloved salad dressing is there’s a problem in river city. Oh, and greet me at the check out. If I ask for paper don’t roll your eye’s. That just pisses me off.
I do love the beer and wine area you have added. Kudo’s to that however, the store is just a hodgepodge of aisles and aisles with no rhyme or reason at times.
Just clean up your act Cascade Meijer… You are a West Michigan institution for God’s sake!
That is all…

I love Meijer. L.O.V.E.
The sales are great, they have clean stores, fresh produce, shelves stocked, lanes open, good deli, and it’s MEIJER for God’s sake!
I just moved away from Michigan and I miss the thrifty acres so much.
The Cascade Meijer is the best one by far, but the others aren’t far behind.
Extensive wine section too! Plus, the best in cleaning products, makeup, hair stuff, holiday décor… Meijer has it all, and the best bonus is is a local business. Stay away from Walmart and get to Meijer.
I don’t know if this still holds true, but I worked there part time thru college and I had health benefits. They treat their employees fairly, and respectfully.
Meijer RULES

Michigan tempts me with tasty inexpensive local wine that is sadly unavailable out of state. This particular store has an exceptional range of Michigan wine at amazing prices — during my last visit I bought wine that would sell for $ 25 at Safeway in San Francisco for $ 5. (It was on sale, with a $ 1.67 discount.)

This Meijer has recently gone through a complete overhaul in look and feel and now is one of the most pleasant locations in the area. The outside appearance of the store is a faux Main Street and the inside has been remade into a clean, modern store.

first, if you’re ever in the midwest, be sure to visit meijer thrifty acres.
second, if you currently live near a meijer, you know the magic and majesty that is meijer. and the cascade meijer is the belle of the ball, in my opinion.
the positives: cleanliness, produce quality and variety, olive oil selection, bottle return, bulk dog treats, garden section, print your own photo deal (with like a dozen individual stations!), great pharmacy (with a drive through for the particularly lazy), huge deli, bakery with whole grain baguettes, pour over coffee filters, solid alcohol selection with empty six pack boxes to make your own), toys, and everything else under the sun.
the negatives: the book section is overflowing with ultra conservative and religious «literature». simply a reflection of the area, so i’d subtract half a star. however, meijer gets an extra half star for still keeping it real with sandy, the $ 0.01 mechanical pony, entertaining kids for decades and decades.
finally, if you’re like me (and for your sake, I hope you aren’t), you like to do some grocery shopping with a huge cup of coffee. the cascade meijer has a starbucks, which is great in a pinch (I prefer the purple cow, rip). a better option is to swing into the meijer gas station on the way in and grab a huge extra strength coffee– much tastier and cheaper. plus, you can fill up your car!
all that you may need
and sandy’s still a penny
let’s go to meijer!