Meijer is opening Independence Market in Clarkston, a smaller, more neighborhood focused store located near the I-75 and Sashabaw Road exit. It opens on April 30.
The fifth in a series, the neighborhood style stores are 25 percent of the space of a typical 200,000-square-foot Meijer location.
The neighborhood markets include Rivertown Market in Detroit, Woodward Corner in Royal Oak, Capital City Market in Lansing, and Bridge Street Market in Grand Rapids.
Independence Market, located at 5820 Waldon Rd. in Clarkston, will feature a large assortment of grocery items, including fresh meat and deli items, fresh produce, a bakery, and Meijer and national brand items.
Spanning 50,000 square feet, the store also will include local products like coffee from Shaded Bloom Coffee Roasters, skin care products from Allow Nourishment, and ice cream from Cook’s Dairy Farm. Additionally, the market will feature:
- A floral and gift shop
- Health and beauty care products
- Pet food and supplies
- A cafe space, featuring coffee and Latin street food from Honcho in Clarkston
The store will employ approximately 80 people earning “competitive wages (with) access to health benefits and a 401(k) program with a company match.”
The store’s regular hours will be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
“Independence Market is committed to serving our new neighbors with value and convenience that makes it easy to get in and out quickly,” says Robert Lajcaj, store director of Independence Market. “Our team has been working hard to get the store ready to open with a great assortment of local and national brand products.”
Meijer, founded in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, today is headquartered at the Fred Meijer Corporate Office building in Walker, northwest of Grand Rapids. The privately owned, family-operated retailer has more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets, and express locations in the Midwest.
The company, which helped pioneer the one-stop shopping concept, today has more than 70,000 employees.
For more information, visit meijer.com/.
