Meijer

Meijer made a $1.1 million donation to Simply Give on behalf of its LPGA Classic, which had to be cancelled.

Meijer will begin accepting beverage container returns on June 15, after temporarily discontinuing them in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keyes, who is president and CEO of Meijer, will take over the chairman role from Richard Ashworth, the outgoing president of Walgreens. 

Meijer procured and distributed 750,000 KN95 face masks to those currently on the frontlines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Meijer’s Buy Local meal program purchases meals from local and independent restaurants for employees in its supercenters, grocery stores and distribution facilities.

Meijer has begun to monitor the number of customers entering its doors during each shopping trip.

Meijer designated special shopping days and times for essential service workers and its team members.

Following a pilot program that sliced food waste at test stores by more than 10%, Meijer is expanding the sustainability effort to its 246 stores by the end of 2020.