Grand Rapids, Mich. — On May 2, 1017, Meijer opened new 192,000-square-foot supercenters in McCordsville, Ind., and Franklin, Ind. The new locations are built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.
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Rockville, Md. — What could be said 20 years ago is even truer today: The U.S. food retailing business has never been more competitive. According to The Future of Food Retailing: Value Grocery Shopping in the U.S., a brand new report by market research firm Packaged Facts, there are a number of trends that are putting pressure on food retailers of all stripes, from supermarkets whose bread and butter is groceries to supercenters and drugstores for which food is a smaller but still crucial part of the product mix.