Recent Stories

Although we’re just approaching biking season here in the Midwest, the Indianapolis Meijer store in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of the city has supported kids and biking since late last year...

Everyone deserves a chance to succeed, and that’s exactly what Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) – the recipient of the Pleasant Prairie, Wisc. Distribution Center’s Meijer Team Gives donation...

When the Angola, Ind. Meijer team voted on the finalists for their Meijer Team Gives donation this year, the overwhelming consensus was to donate their entire $10,000 check to the Community Humane...

When Rolling Meadows, Ill. Store Director Jasmine Edwards began to prep her store team for their second annual Meijer Team Gives donation last fall, she encouraged them to think big and look for...

We get thousands of visitors to our stores every single day, but one recent shopper’s story inspired our Seven Hills, Ohio store team and brought joy to Cleveland-area families. Ten years ago,...

In partnership with the Daisie Foundation, our stores in Milwaukee and Chicago surprised entire schools of students with gifts and a sense of “Holiday Magic” that will last a lifetime. The...

Lions and Tigers and … Red Wings … oh my! Detroit sports teams partnered with our stores to make the holiday season bright for area children. Presents from the Pride Students from the Detroit...

When Ryan VanKuiken, a Warehouse Clerk at our Walker, Mich. Distribution Center, came up with the idea of a hockey shootout as a fun workplace competition, he didn’t realize it would soon have a...

Thousands of families across Wisconsin and Indiana had a Thanksgiving to remember, thanks to our partnerships with their favorite sports teams. Wisconsin The chef for the Green Bay Packers made...

When Kevin Hurn learned he won the 2021 Fred Meijer Award, he was truly surprised. “Through COVID, I was head down and working, so it was an honor I didn’t expect,” the Director of Pharmacy...

When a fire nearly destroyed a local nonprofit’s headquarters less than a week before the first day of school, Store Director Ben Negron and his Adrian, Mich. Meijer team did not hesitate to...

When the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center opened in 1969, the facility was the first center of its kind, built specifically for the purpose of serving those with special needs in North America....

Andrew Offenburger remembers the first time his daughter, Lindsay, went to summer camp at Flying Horse Farms. “My wife and I couldn’t relax,” he said. “We were so incredibly nervous...

Meijer supports hunger relief in many ways beyond our signature Simply Give hunger relief effort. Recently, we helped Northern Illinois Food Bank with one of its largest annual fundraisers. More...

In 2018, we were excited to not only open one of our first Meijer supercenters in the Upper Peninsula – in Marquette, Mich. – but also present a $25,000 donation to the Beacon House on opening...

For Marco Gomez, opening the doors at one of our new Meijer stores in Northeast Ohio marked the first day of business, but not the first day of being part of the Jackson Township community. Even...

For three days in February, Marquette, Mich. had the feel of an Olympic Village as it hosted the Winter Meijer State Games. The cold and snowy setting of this rustic upper peninsula town made it...

Girls on the Run is a program that teaches girls in elementary and middle school to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running....

Green Bay community members came together at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, to donate hygiene items for the annual “Help for the Homeless” hygiene drive-through event. Residents...

Every time the Indianapolis Colts threw a touchdown pass in the 2021 season, kids won. That’s because we donated $500 to the Riley Children's Foundation for every Colts touchdown pass. The Colts...

When he moved to Alpena, Mich. in 2015, Warren Richter wanted to do more than open a supercenter. Even before cutting the ribbon on the new Meijer store he would lead, the store director believed...

Our New Albany, Ind. Store Director Bobby Warren says Sadiqa Reynolds has set the bar very high on ways to celebrate a birthday. Last month, the President & CEO of the nearby Louisville Urban...

Since partnering with Rende Progress Capital in 2020, we watched them make great strides to reduce racial economic disparities among West Michigan businesses. The organization’s co-founder, Eric...

All of the Above Hip Hop Academy is using expressions found in Hip Hop culture such as beat-making, rhyme writing, breaking, graffiti art, and DJ'ing to inspire Lansing youth. They’ve also been...

The morning of Saturday, Dec. 11 was a difficult one for many communities in Western Kentucky as they surveyed the wreckage from the devastating tornado that swept through the night before. First...