November 25th, 2011 at 11:17 PM ^
keep him and his family in peace.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:23 PM ^
November 25th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
Fred Meyer is under the Kroger banner.
November 26th, 2011 at 12:42 AM ^
How did he not sue the piss out of them.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:25 PM ^
November 25th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
Was always cool growing up in the town of the first "meijer" (greenville, mi) Hopefully his sons will continue the battle against Walmart in the greatlakes region.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
hey, im from crystal!! (carson city for high school in case you never made it that way)
November 26th, 2011 at 9:35 AM ^
When I was growing up (just off the west end of Crystal Lake on Colby Road), we used to make our weekly trek to Meijer Thrifty Acres in Greenville. Of course, as a kid we had our silly nicknames for it; we called it 'Meijer Shifty Acres'.
A few years ago, my parents were at a Christmas Party at, believe it or not, an Amish farm in Greenville and met Fred there. From all accounts, Fred was a great businessman *and* a great person.
I just wish he had extended the Meijer chain down here to Alabama.
Tim
November 25th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
Beat ohio
November 25th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
November 25th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
I don't know about anyone else but I rode the shit out of Sandy back in the day.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
Goes crazy every time she sees this horse. Plus they only charge you 1 cent to ride it. Very nice.
November 25th, 2011 at 11:46 PM ^
November 25th, 2011 at 11:48 PM ^
I've got three boys and this horse got a lot of our pennies. Where else can you get anything for one cent?
November 25th, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
Same price 30+ years ago. Kinda feel like I got ripped off.
November 26th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
But I can't. It's too sad. I will have to wear a black band when I head down there to pick up pre-game munchies in the morning.
November 26th, 2011 at 7:25 AM ^
I still ride her when I get the chance
November 26th, 2011 at 12:03 AM ^
That's a damn shame, RIP, Fred.
November 26th, 2011 at 12:08 AM ^
He ran Meijer as well as any company I can think of. May he RIP
November 26th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
I worked at Meijer's one summer. A lot of places give lip service to being a "family business" with "values", but Meijer's was really that way because of Fred.
November 26th, 2011 at 1:30 AM ^
Has been a meijer employee for 31 years and would frequently run into Fred at the offices. He truly looked up to that man because he treated everyone from the vice presidents to the 14 year old kid sweeping floors with the utmost respect. he will be deeply missed in our family
November 26th, 2011 at 1:54 AM ^
RIP Mr Meijer from a former employee
November 26th, 2011 at 6:21 AM ^
I have the unique opportunity of being about equidistant from the stores in Belleville and Taylor in Wayne County, and I like Meijer enough that I always have trouble deciding.
RIP, Fred. Your stores are just that good. Thoughts to the family and employees of the company.
November 26th, 2011 at 7:33 AM ^
I never met Fred, but I worked there for a few years in high school and the summer after my freshman year at Michigan. Hank Meijer, his son, might have been one of the nicest guys I've met. At least, nice enough to shoot the shit with a cart boy for five minutes in the parking lot.