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19 Annual Sales: $15 billion Number of Stores: 197 Store Banners: Meijer Address: 2929 Walker Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544 Phone: (616) 453-6711 Web: www.meijer.com Key Personnel: Mark Murray, president; J.K. Symancyk, executive vice president of merchandising; Tim Calderone, director bakery/deli Meijer Meijer, the Grand Rapids, MI-based retailer, recently joined the US Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership. Created as a voluntary partnership, GreenChill members focus on reducing refrigerant emissions and decreasing their impact on the environment and ultimately people’s health. By joining GreenChill, Meijer is pledging to meet higher standards that go beyond the regulatory requirements to protect the ozone layer and combat climate change. According to GreenChill, partners have refrigerant emission rates that are nearly 50% lower than the national average; if more supermarkets and supercenters set forth similar procedures, the industry could save more than $100 million in refrigerant costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to 2.5 billion gallons of gasoline. In addition to joining the GreenChill partnership, Meijer is building all new stores using Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program guidelines and principles, and is testing wind turbines at several locations with the understanding that tapping wind as a renewable power source can make a difference in reducing a total carbon footprint. 20 Annual Sales: $750 million Number of Stores: 11 Store Banners: Fairway Market Address: 2284 12th Ave., New York, NY 10027 Web: www.fairwaymarket.com Phone: (646) 616-8000 Key Personnel: Omar Burhan, deli specialist; Sara McConigle, bakery Fairway Market Special events drive the ever-growing business at Fairway Market, one of the nation’s best at creating marketing promotions for seasonal occasions. Fairway Market stores recently conducted their annual “Hosting the Holiday” event in which shoppers sampled main courses, side dishes and baked goods. Featured items included autumn vegetable puree soup, pumpkin bisque, candied sweet potatoes, roasted butternut squash, savory sausage stuffing, roasted Murray’s Turkey and gravy and Fairway’s famous apple, pumpkin and sweet potato pies. Other fall promotions involved Fairway bakeries selling Obama and Romney-related cupcakes in blue and red, featuring donkeys and elephants and other election-related images. Overall votes were tabulated on Nov. 5 to determine the winner in each store. The election cupcakes sold for $1.49 each at all Fairway Market locations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Earlier this year, Fairway Market opened a 68,000-sq-ft store at Long Island’s Roosevelt Raceway Center in Westbury, NY. A 12th Fairway Market was expected to open in November in a unique midtown Manhattan location on Second Avenue. | 34 | inStorebuyer | November 2012 | http://www.meijer.com http://www.fairwaymarket.com

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Front line news - RBA Roadshow in Chicago
Cedar’s Launches T.G.I.FRIDAY’S Dips
Meiko Launches Unique Washer
Stop & Shop Opens LEED Store
The Innovators
Profiles - Ahold USA
Profiles - Walmart
Profiles - Safeway
Profiles - H-E-B
Profiles - Trader Joe's
Profiles - Wegmans
Profiles - Whole Foods Market
Profiles - Giant Eagle
Profiles - Hy-Vee
Profiles - Target
Profiles - Publix
Profiles - Kroger
Profiles - Schnucks
Profiles - Fresh & Easy
Profiles - Kings Food Markets
Profiles - The Fresh Market
Profiles - Harris Teeter
Profiles - Roundy's
Profiles - Meijer
Profiles - Fairway Market
Profiles - United Supermarkets
Profiles - Brookshire Grocery
Profiles - Cavier & Bananas
Product Trends
Product Showcase
Marketplace Network

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