That they opened in Detroit and don't just have a walkup window with bullet proof glass should make you thankful and not worry about "demeaning". It is the price you pay for the very high density of thugs and criminals in the population.
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I actually grew up close to the original Meijer "One Stop Shopping" Thrifty Acres at Kalamazoo/28th Street in Grand Rapids. Glad that this Gateway store is open and that they seem to have done a nice job on the place, from the reviews. I certainly hope they keep it clean and safe and that folks will venture south of 8 mile to shop there.
Has anyone taken any pictures of the new City of Detroit Meijer yet? Down here, I've heard that Meijer is going to build a "somewhat-scaled-down" store in Flat Rock at the intersection of two residential streets! Plus, I've heard on Wiki that Meijer is planning on opening their first Wisconsin locations next year, is that true? Plus, are any of their stores in Indiana and Kentucky open 24 hours?
That's why I said "slightly." Because first impression was..."Really...one entrance." But I get why.
Anyway, the main reason I was writing was because I actually got to go there first hand after work today. I talked about the single entrance, but to give it a break, it is a VERY large entrance. Probably the size of 2-4 entrances that go into other Meijer stores. So it is nice to see that they were conscious of crowd control. The store is very nice inside, and seemed to have everything I would expect. Inside, everything feels "normal" [[though, the electronics section is sectioned off at the front of the store...which is understandable for security reasons)...and I like the look and arrangement of items better than the Royal Oak and Rochester Hills locations. It was super easy getting in & out of the lot [[for me, at least) with so many entrance/exit points.
I looked at the website and only found the Columbus location as Ohio's only non 24 hour Meijer. There are five locations in Illinois that are not open 24 hours as well, they are in Evergreen Park, Berwyn, Melrose Park, Orland Park and Niles, the other 15 Illinois locations are open 24 hours.
Has anyone ever seen mannequins at a Meijer before? Cuz I saw some in the back of the new store today.
I have also never seen so many employees in a dept store at once in my life. I swear there was over 100 blueshirts buzzing around. And the parking lot was completely full the entire time I was there. Plenty of cops hanging around. And yes, there were Ferndale and Hazel Park people shopping there too. The neighborhood is so excited, they are actually going out of their way to stop in and spend money. I know I did.
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Great news overall. I prefer Meijer over Walmart and have had to go to the 12/ Telegraph or 96 Middlebelt locations up to this point.
I beg to differ CP. Sadly, crime was high at that Kmart in Detroit [[7 mile and Meyers) thus it closed. I stopped going about a year before it closed. One incident I recall clearly was a Detroit Public Schools math teacher murdered in that Kmart parking lot towards the end of their time there. There were several car jackings and what not. A friend of mine was robbed at her car. I will try to pull and post the link for slain high school teacher.
The Home Depot has higher security. They check your bag against your receipt, so far so good. I shop there often when I need home improvement or other stuff.
^^^ Yeah the murder at that location was 1997-98 I believe. The man was one of my kids HS math teacher.
Did forget to congratulate Meijers on supporting our city, albeit on the border. I wish them to "live long and prosper".
Thats no rumor.
http://newsroom.meijer.com/news/meij...an-whole-foods They own the site.