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According to this article, we will not be seeing anymore 200,000+ sq. foot Meijer stores constructed. From this point forth Meijer intends to build stores sized to a scant 156,000 sq. ft. with the ability to be expanded to 192,000 sq. ft. when the need arises. What this means is that new Meijer stores will be only slightly larger than the 28th street and Kalamazoo store and grow to the size of the Rivertown Crossing store when expanded.

Even though this is the end of the line for 200,000+ sq. ft. Meijer stores, I would not count constructing any new stores of that size completely dead. Square footage has fluctuated wildly through out Meijer's history since the opening of the first Thrifty Acres. Some years Meijer builds very small stores like the former Ionia Store while in other years building behemoths the size of the Cascade and Knapp Corner locations. So who knows. A few years from now Meijer may turn around and build a batch of 300,000 sq. ft. monsters.

I am also guessing another reason why the Ionia store was small, was it even small for back then, was that it was built in Ionia in the 70s.

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That's also the emptiest Meijer Parking lot Ive seen... was it Christmas?

Try 2am to 4am at the Meijer in Lowell I work there 3rd shift, it was dead Sunday night into Monday morning. Rain probably didnt help either.

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Nope. I believe these 500 have been axed. However most of them will be getting severance packages. The remaining managers are going to be repositioned.

We lost 3 to firings/quiting, 1 got demoted to a team member, 1-2 moved to a different Meijer, at least two promotions. This for the Lowell Meijer.