Meijer Marketplace

[wolverine]

I'm a little concerned about Meijer. Even while Target started building urban stores, Meijer still had the opportunity to compete and succeed. They have been slow to react. Now Walmart has slipped in and is opening small stores in neighborhoods....and none of them have parking.

It was an untapped market Meijer could have taken advantage of in the Midwest. They did not. Now their growth is limited to an area where they already have competition.

[iheartthed]

I'm a little concerned about Meijer. Even while Target started building urban stores, Meijer still had the opportunity to compete and succeed. They have been slow to react. Now Walmart has slipped in and is opening small stores in neighborhoods....and none of them have parking.

It was an untapped market Meijer could have taken advantage of in the Midwest. They did not. Now their growth is limited to an area where they already have competition.

Yeah, Meijer was surprisingly extremely slow to react. But Meijer also doesn't have a large presence in the markets where urban big box has taken off.. maybe excepting Chicago.

[wolverine]

Yeah, Meijer was surprisingly extremely slow to react. But Meijer also doesn't have a large presence in the markets where urban big box has taken off.. maybe excepting Chicago.

And the fact that they don't have that presence is a good thing I think consumers may be more willing to try something new. Walmart has a stigma attached to it. Target not so much. But if you never heard of Meijer and they suddenly opened a small grocery store on your block, you may opt to shop there as opposed to Walgreens or CVS [[which now have produce sections in larger cities)....reiterating the fact that the door has closed for markets they could have expanded into.

[Scottathew]

I'm a little concerned about Meijer. Even while Target started building urban stores, Meijer still had the opportunity to compete and succeed. They have been slow to react. Now Walmart has slipped in and is opening small stores in neighborhoods....and none of them have parking.

It was an untapped market Meijer could have taken advantage of in the Midwest. They did not. Now their growth is limited to an area where they already have competition.

The big issue with Walmart is that once they figure out a way to "make it work" they will rapidly throw capital into it, and before you know it they'll be in every market.