Meijer opens latest supercenter Tuesday in Evergreen Park

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By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy

Grand Rapids-based Meijer will open its latest Chicago-area location on Tuesday in Evergreen Park.

The 156,000-square-foot supercenter employs 300 team members and is the retailer’s fourth of six new supercenters it planned to open this year in the Midwest, co-chairman Hank Meijer said in a release.

Meijer will kick-off its grand opening celebration with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting event at the store at 9200 S. Western Ave. The ceremony will be followed by remarks by Meijer officials and local dignitaries, along with the presentation of checks for $10,000 to the Beverley Arts Center in Chicago and $15,000 to the St. Bernadette Parish in Evergreen Park.

The store will also feature grand opening events, beginning Thursday, which include daily giveaways and the chance to win free groceries for a year. Additional events on Thursday include free 15-minute CoverGirl Makeovers, fun and games with Radio Disney’s “Magic of Healthy Living” team and $50 Meijer gift card giveaways every 15 minutes with WBBM-FM radio personalities. 

The store will also feature a cooking demonstration with Food Network star Herb Messa from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 3, and a free Digital Fingerprinting for Kids from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4.   

Meijer said the new supercenter will also offer more than 600 varieties of fresh produce, a meat department with butcher shop service and custom cuts of high quality meats and a bakery that carries bread baked fresh four times daily.

Meijer operates a smaller scale store at 159th Street and Harlem Avenue in Orland Park and plans to break ground this year on a supercenter at U.S. 30 and Wolf Road in Mokena and at Vollmer Road and Crawford Avenue in Flossmoor.