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You now have one more reason to do your grocery shopping at Meijer because of a program that helps local food pantries called Simply Give. The program helps raise money for local food pantries through Northwest Food Coalition, which helps 60 food pantries and meal sites. Meijer in Acme and Traverse City is hosting this program now through June 17

Thousands of Michigan children and families face homelessness, so volunteers are working hard Wednesday to feed the less fortunate. Food pantries face a perfect storm each summer when demand is high and food supply is low, but with your assistance Meijer’s “Simply Give” program can help.

Meijer Inc. will open a new store June 28 that replaces the Henry Ford Macomb Hospital campus in Warren. The Meijer at 25225 Schoenherr Road anchors a $30 million development from Southfield-based Redico LLC at the corner of East 10 Mile Road and Schoenherr. The 195,000-square-foot store cost $20 million to build and will employ 300 part- and full-time workers, Grand Rapids-based Meijer announced Wednesday.

With summer in full effect, the Meijer LPGA 5k run/walk is giving parents the perfect opportunity for some healthy summer fun for their kids. Not only will this event provide a way for kids and adults alike to get out and get active in the sunshine, but the cost also includes two daily tickets to the LPGA golf tournament, a free t-shirt, and a complimentary breakfast.

The Grand Taste Garden will make its debut this year across the fairway from the Grand Taste tent. It will feature food, outdoor games, chef demonstrations throughout the weekend and barbeque and live music from local bands Great Scott! and Blue Water Kings Band, following play on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank and Meijer are partnering this spring to provide hunger relief to local families through the Michigan-based retailer’s food pantry donation program, Simply Give. The program encourages customers to purchase $10 Simply Give donation cards, which are then converted into Meijer food-only gift cards and given to a local emergency food providers in the store’s community.

Sure, 144 of the world’s best women golfers will play at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. Maybe even better, characters from SpongeBob and Paw Patrol will be there, too. The fifth-annual event returns to Blythefield Country Club this year with a new addition: the Discovery Land kid’s center. The on-course playground will be full of photo ops with Nickelodeon characters, autograph sessions with LPGA professionals, board games, yard games and other hands-on activities from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 13-17.

As the weather warms and outdoor celebrations start to take shape, Meijer has added five new, fresh, protein-based salads, including two new vegetarian salads, in all stores across its six-state footprint. Taking into account recent flavor trends, the Meijer test kitchen chefs created the protein-based salads to make summertime meal prep and entertaining a breeze.

Marquette’s Meijer opened this morning after months of preparation. The 195,000 square foot supercenter welcomed its first customers with over 300,000 items – from produce to clothes – proving that they can be more than just a retailer. For employees and patrons alike, it’s been a long time coming. “We started opening stores in the U.P., and probably the biggest question we were getting in the Sault and Escanaba was when we are coming to Marquette,” said Meijer President and CEO Rick Keyes. “So we knew this was going to be a homerun when we came to the Marquette area.”

Meijer and Kimberly-Clark worked together Wednesday and Thursday at the new Meijer store in Grand Chute to build a bath tissue pyramid that set a new mark for the Guinness World Records. Check out the time-lapse video here that shows the pyramid going up.