Thrifty Acres
N 42° 54.746 W 085° 37.711
16T E 611947 N 4752002
28th Street SE and Kalamazoo Avenue, Grand Rapids at Meijers
Waymark Code: WMPBC5
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2015
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In 1962, grocers Hendrik and Fred Meijer pioneered the combination of two popular retail models, discount department stores and super markets, in a single store. At this site, on June 5, they opened and 80,000 square-foot addition to the 20,000 square-foot Meijer Super Market they had built in 1958. Called Thrifty Acres, the new store was grounded in the expertise in food retailing the Meijer family had gained since Hendrik Meijer (1883 - 1964) opened a small grocery store next to his barber shop in Greenville in 1934. The family company, led by Hendrik and his son Fred (1919 - 2011), was operating seventeen supermarkets in western Michigan when it decided to create its first self-service discount service department store with the hometown touch.
Parking nearby?: yes
Registered Site #: S0729
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