Posted on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 : 5:12 p.m.
Meijer eliminates free publication racks in effort to clean up stores
By Julie Baker
These red racks will disappear from most of Meijer's 199 stores across five states.
MLive courtesy photo
“Meijer made a corporate decision to remove all the racks in order to maintain a clean, consistent look in the front of our stores, which was not currently the case at most of our locations,” Meijer spokesman Frank Guglielmi said.
The racks will remain in Lansing and Detroit area stores until March 15 after concern over their removal was expressed by free publications in those communities.
Meijer, which is based near Grand Rapids, operates 199 stores in the Midwest.
Comments
M1687
Sat, Mar 3, 2012 : midnight
I think Meijers should rethink this issue. The free publications that they allowed to be in their stores were equivalent to the junk they used to put in newspapers that everyone would throw out. There is still a demand for publications like Wheeler Dealer and Auto Trader. They need to allow free local publications as well. It might attract customers just for that reason.
a2baggagehandler
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 : 9:40 p.m.
That's not even news for the employee break room.
zanzerbar
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 : 9:16 p.m.
I kinda miss the free ads you could up to sell stuff, but that was way back when before Craig's list
Gorc
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 : 1:35 p.m.
Last fall, my neighbor raked the leaves in his yard to spruce up the place. Why didn't annarbor.com run an article about him?
KimS
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 : 2:17 p.m.
Great story, Gorc! I'm sure that most readers, like myself, just want to know...what did they do with the leaves?! We can't rake them into the street anymore...bins or bags? :D
smokeblwr
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 : 2:59 a.m.
Nobody reads Auto Trader anymore, unless your name is Joe Dirte.
say it plain
Thu, Mar 1, 2012 : 11:34 p.m.
Slow news day?
JCK
Thu, Mar 1, 2012 : 11:13 p.m.
Good move Meijer. Employees end up taking care of that stuff and it junks up the look of the store. Leave that stuff to Wal-Mart...at least in the Ypsi area since that Wal-Mart is a piece of trash.
Marguerite
Thu, Mar 1, 2012 : 11:01 p.m.
That is a good thing less stuff going into landfills.