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Meijer in Northeast Ohio?


Rybak 187

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Northeast Ohio has been a difficult market to crack. The grocers are heavily unionized and many storng local operations exist-Heinen's, Acme, Buehler's to name a few. Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle is left as the dominant chain with the folding of Tops(once locally operated as Pick N Pay, then part of Finast/Edwards from the East). Even Cincinnati-based Kroger, dominant in most of the remainder of Ohio, gave up in the early 80's after years of labor disputes and declining market share.

Wal-Mart is really only beginning to increase its presence in the region, as has few Supercenters which carry full-line groceries like Meijer. I think Northeast Ohioans would appreciate a well run competitor like Meijer, but the company seems to be focusing on fending off Wal-Mart on its home turf in Michigan and expanding in Chicago, Louisville, and Cincinnati these days. I don't think NE OH is off their map, they have just steered a different course for the time being.

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Meijer supposedly had options on several sites in the Cleveland area. The large, long-vacant commercial parcel at OH 2 and Lost Nation Road in Willoughby was supposedly a Meijer site.

Wegmans was supposedly looking at expanding to the Cleveland area several years ago, but their expansion strategy changed, and they're not concentrating on the southern Northeast Corridor; specifically DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and suburban New Jersey.

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