Editing Meijer (section)

==Store design==
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[[File:Meijer Pineapple.jpg|left|thumb|The Meijer Yellow "Pineapple" signature design of the mid-1990s Meijer stores: The Yellow Pineapple housed seating for cafes inside the store. Note the translucent wall panels above the yellow area. This picture was taken at the store on North Portage Road in [[South Bend, Indiana]] which opened in 1994.]]
[[File:Polished Concrete 1.JPG|thumb|Interior of a Meijer in [[Cedar Springs, Michigan]], which opened in 2009. The store was renovated in 2021.]]
[[File:Meijer (Lincoln Park, Michigan) 1.jpg|thumb|left|The Meijer in [[Lincoln Park, Michigan]] which opened in 2004 in a building that was originally a Super Kmart, in 2017]]

Meijer stores are typically designed with the [[supermarket]] section to one side and the general merchandise section to the other side. The chain's stores are almost always constructed from the ground up, with very few Meijer stores having been converted from other retailers. Exceptions include the:

* [[Lincoln Park, Michigan]] and [[Portage, Indiana]] stores, both of which were former [[Kmart (United States)|Super Kmart]] stores, though the latter was significantly renovated during conversion to Meijer and the former would also receive a significant renovation in 2021
* [[Traverse City, Michigan]] store, a former [[W.T. Grant|Grant City]] store which closed in 1977, and has since undergone significant renovations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Look At (Some Of) Traverse City's Iconic Buildings |url=https://www.traverseticker.com/news/a-look-at-some-of-traverse-citys-iconic-buildings/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=The Ticker {{!}} Traverse City News & Events}}</ref> most recently in 2023
* [[Sterling Heights, Michigan]], the former location on [[Metropolitan Parkway (Detroit area)|Metropolitan Parkway]] (which relocated to [[Madison Heights, Michigan]], in 2002, and was subsequently demolished for [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Lowe's]] stores), which was also a former Grant City, 
* [[Fraser, Michigan]], which Meijer converted from its failed SourceClub concept store
* [[Newark, Ohio]] (which closed in 2013 and was subsequently converted into a [[Kroger]] Marketplace store), which was one of the stores Meijer purchased from [[Twin Fair]].<ref name="book1"/>

Some stores built in the 1960s and 1970s, including a since-demolished location on Pierson Road in [[Mount Morris Township, Michigan]] (which marked the chain's entry into the [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] market in 1972), included a [[balcony]], containing service tenants such as a barber shop and nail salon. During the late 1990s, [[McDonald's]] restaurants also operated inside Meijer stores, primarily in those with balconies, though some locations without balconies like [[Taylor, Michigan]]; [[Muncie, Indiana]], and the location on [[Ohio State Route 184|Alexis Road]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]], also had McDonald's locations; in addition, the first stores in the [[Metro Detroit|Detroit area]] featured a short-lived fast food concept called Thrifty's Kitchen, which also operated a standalone location in front of the Meijer on Alpine Avenue in [[Walker, Michigan|Walker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/May-June-2009/Hank-Meijer/#.VLA_c2TF98s|title=Hank Meijer|work=dbusiness.com|date=April 28, 2009|access-date=April 18, 2015}}</ref> Most stores feature a sit-down café, while some also feature a [[Starbucks]] coffee shop or a [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] restaurant. Stores built between 1989 and 1993 featured a curved wall of windows that ran along the area between the entrances, examples include many early locations in Ohio and the Midland, Michigan store (many of these such stores have since been renovated into the current exterior design described below).

[[File:Meijer (St. Charles, Illinois) 1.jpg|thumb|A Starbucks inside the Meijer in St. Charles, Illinois, which opened in 2000, in 2021]]
[[File:Meijer Sterling Heights, MI 7 (34405325112).jpg|thumb|A Subway restaurant inside the Meijer in Sterling Heights, Michigan, in 2017]]
Early in the 1990s, Meijer developed new integrated prototypes for their rollouts. One example was the "whimsical" design prototype introduced with the 1994 expansion into Indiana. Different shapes and roofing designs created the facade of the building. Most notable was the yellow pineapple constructed from yellow ceramic brick and glass blocks. The different shapes on the facade were to introduce Meijer to Indiana as a "store of discovery".{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Also notable was the use of a large translucent wall above the grand concourse facing the registers. This allowed natural light to filter into the area above the registers without actual windows. Another feature of these stores was the introduction of grey concrete panels and silver framing on windows and doors. Slight variations of this prototype were also introduced with the 1995 expansion into Illinois and the 1996 reentry into Kentucky.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

On August 5, 1997, the store in [[Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan]], debuted a new prototype that evolved out of the mid-1990s prototype. This was the Presidential prototype, in which the logo was moved to the center of the building. Later Meijer stores of this design introduced the Meijer Fresh logo with the then-current Meijer logo and a large cursive "Fresh" on the right of the Meijer name. Most of these signs have since been phased out in favor of the current logo, with the lower-case "meijer" (in red) with blue dots over the 'i' and 'j'. In the year 2000 the Presidential prototype was replaced with the Village Square prototype, which featured fake storefronts running across the front of the building and a barn-like section on which the Meijer logo was situated. That prototype, however, was soon replaced by the Signature Series prototype, which removed the fake storefronts, which itself was replaced in the mid-2000s with the current prototype, which features emphasis on the entrances, which feature towering glass walls with a tilted roof, resulting in an "eyebrow" appearance.{{cn|date=October 2024}}