There's a reason Meijer shoppers come back time and again. Convenience, quality, price, selection - the list goes on. Don't believe us? Check out the many awards we've received recently. We think they speak for themselves.

We don't like to brag but...the National Retail Federation STORES Magazine recently listed Meijer.com as #42 in the Magazine's Favorite 50! What's so special about that? The Favorite 50 online list is consumer generated. That means it's just straight up feedback from the people we care about the most - our customers. So we'd just like to say thank you to everyone that shops at Meijer.com. It is a pleasure to serve you and an honor to be your favorite.

Progressive Grocer recently recognized Meijer as one of 2009 Green Grocers. The company selected only 11 companies that have clearly demonstrated their ability to Go Green. We were recognized for the installation of our wind turbines at our Fred Meijer Office and two store locations (Grand Haven and Norton Shores, Michigan). Other green initiatives we were recognized for include the construction of LEED-certified stores, our plastic bag recycling program, and the continued expansion of green products sold inside the store, including reusable bags.

About Progressive Grocer

Progressive Grocer serves the largest audience in the food industry business, offering authoritative and research-based news and editorial to top management.

Forbes magazine recently published its annual list of the world's most reputable companies. Meijer was recognized on this list for the second straight year. The list is based on the latest study from the Reputation Institute, a private, New York City-based research and consulting firm. This is the largest study of Corporate Reputation in the world and synthesizes annual learning from 60,000 consumers.

Companies receive a global pulse score, which is based on what the Reputation Institute calls the seven dimensions of reputation: products and services, innovation, workplace, citizenship, governance, leadership and performance.

This year, Meijer placed #29 out of 152 companies with a global pulse score of 74.05. This was a dramatic increase in our position in last year's (2008) study, when we placed #57 with a score of 67.38.

Internet Retailer recently ranked Meijer 489 in the 2009 Top 500 Guide Rank. Meijer was also ranked 23 in the Top 500 Food/Drug Category. Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2008 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by Retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories.

About Internet Retailer

Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of an e-commerce conference and four directories that serve the retailing community. The Internet Retailer family of products focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multichannel integration. Its 42,500 subscribers are senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine. The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter n retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed four times a week to 30,000+ opt-in subscribers, operates the largest retailing information website, Internet Retailer.com, sponsors the largest conference in the e-retailing industry and publishes an annual ranking of the 500 largest web sites.

2009 Internet Retailer Hot 100 Retail Website Award

Internet Retailer cited Meijer.com as one of the HOT 100 retail websites for 2009, for reaching out beyond other e-commerce sites and connecting to customer needs with our innovative MealBox widget.

Our Latest: 2007 Supermarket News Whole Health Enterprise Award

Citing Meijer's sensible approach to wellness, our innovative product offerings and our numerous Healthy Living programs, the trade magazine Supermarket News has selected us as the 2007 winner of its Whole Health Enterprise Award.