I don't think Meijer would do very well in Denver. Target is strong in that market with quite a few Super Targets and Wal Mart also has a pretty noticeable presence. Meijer would be seen as a lower end alternative to Target. Denver was a decent but not great market for Kmart but they closed a number of Super Kmarts in that market in the initial closure wave of the bankruptcy. During that time Target had not yet opened the number of Super Targets yet that they currently have and Wal Mart was just getting going yet Kmart still closed a lot of its Supers in Denver. Meijer is VERY similar to what Super Kmart was in the late 90's/early 00's. If it had problems with less competition, Meijer would have much bigger problems.retailfanmitchell019 wrote: ↑February 25th, 2024, 10:44 pmMeijer was also talking about expansion into Florida at one point- they might’ve acquired some land sites along the I-75 corridor in Florida.storewanderer wrote: ↑February 25th, 2024, 10:16 pm I think there was also some confusion with Kroger if they should go into FL with Kroger Marketplace format or go in with Harris Teeter. I would have gone in with a few well placed Kroger Marketplace units and designed them as destination stores that could have done $2 million a week in sales (wouldn't have been very hard to make that happen, people would drive for miles to get to a store other than Publix or Wal Mart in FL that was well priced and brought a better item mix into the market). Of course they'd need fuel stations. Basically handle the expansion in the same way HEB is handling its expansion into Dallas.
Meijer also bought a land site in the Twin Cities suburbs (I believe Brooklyn Park) a few years ago. I’d think the Twin Cities, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh will be the next Meijer expansion areas.
I wonder how Meijer would do in Denver though…
Also recall Cub was in Denver- also closed up early 00's. Shopko never quite made it to Denver but was in surrounding areas and also of course did not do well and a lot of those closed long before the chain went under. Something about that upper midwest retail style does not work in Denver.
I don't think Meijer would do well in Denver for a variety of mix reasons also. Hy Vee would have a better shot but to get the necessary mass of stores in the market would be very challenging.