This weekend Julie and I drove up to Grand Rapids to visit my parents and attend the ArtPrize Contest. If you haven't heard of it, ArtPrize is a world wide art competition held throughout the city. Most of the art is inside of various venues, such as downtown restaurants, hotels, and public buildings like the Library and various museums. This picture was taken inside the Gerald R. Ford Museum. The large rock next to us is a piece of the Berlin Wall that was brought over by Fred Meijer. I don't know if the Meijer painted on the wall has any connection to Fred, but it is pretty cool.

Click here for more about ArtPrize.

Blessings in a Backpack

Today, Julie (my wife), who is a teacher at Wayne High School in Fort Wayne, had the privilege of hearing Liz Murray speak. Liz is the author of "Homeless to Harvard," a story of her life as a teen and daughter of addicts and how she was able to persevere and succeed where most people would have given up and allowed life to run them over. The speech was sponsored by Meijer, as part of the Blessings in a Backpack program. Julie said the students were really touched by Liz's story and many of them were motivated to start fund raisers to support the program.

An added bonus to the event, was that Doug Meijer, second son of Fred Meijer, was present at then event. My wife informed him that her husband (me) is a Meijer fanatic. That may be exaggerating just bit, but I think Doug was pleased with the news. It unfortunately didn't turn into a job offer, but I am still holding out hope.

Check out Blessings in a Backpack @ blessingsinapackback.org

Meijer Testimonial

Conversation I heard at work today:
Emily: mmm (she was eating a strawberry)...have you been to Meijer lately?
Rachel: A couple of days ago. Why?
Emily: They have all these great sales on produce right now. I love their produce!
Rachel: Ooo! I'll have to go.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Emily said that she posted about it on her blog.

http://beyourdistraction.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-i-love-meijer.html

Feel free to share your "Why I Love Meijer" story. you can post a comment, or email me at meijerblog@live.com

Great Deals at Meijer

This week at Meijer there are several wonderful deals, as there always is, but I felt I should let you in on a couple that are extraordinary.

First, this week at Meijer you can purchase a $100 Visa Gift card and you will get a Meijer coupon for $10 off you next shopping trip!

Second, if you are in the market for a vacuum, You can purchase a Dyson Animal DC25 at Meijer in store or online and get a Dyson handheld DC31 FREE! I know Dyson vacuums are a bit steep to begin with, but the DC31 is a $220 value. Not a bad deal if you have had you eye on a Dyson for a while. Click HERE for the link.

Katie Brown – Simply Awesome

In case you haven’t been paying attention to what’s cool at Meijer, I want to make you aware of Katie Brown. She is a real person, like Martha Stewart, only more down to earth and less of a felon.

So, what exactly does Katie Brown do? Pretty much everything. She cooks, cleans, decorates, and smiles a lot. There are also videos of her showing you how to do all of these wonderful things, simply.

I was fortunate enough to get to try out one of Katie’s dessert recipes. It was a Chocolate Mousse Torte. See pictures below.

The Bag

The Goods, the green card was a gift card used to buy the perishable stuff2

The finished product.

We served it at a social gathering at our house and someone got into it before we added the shaved chocolate and raspberries. It was still quite tasty. Total cost to make this was probably less than $10, and that included buying most of the stuff. Everyone was impressed with how easy it was to make and how fancy it looked. I doubt Martha or Julia could have done any better.

Email me at meijerblog@live.com to get the recipe!

Travis, Meijer Associate with skills

Win an XBOX 360 autographed by Fred Meijer!!!

Meijer Facebook fans, enter for a chance to win an XBOX 360 that is personally autographed by Fred Meijer. Once on the Meijer Facebook page, click the "Contest" tab to enter. You can enter today, Friday, and Saturday.
Good to Facebook, or CLICK HERE

Another Great Meijer Commercial

Great lunch near Meijer on Maysville

If you shop the Meijer off Maysville Rd. in Fort Wayne, B. Antonio's Pizza is a great place to get lunch before you start shopping. For $5 dollars you get a slice of pizza the size of a Buick, a "mini" salad that looks like it contains all the lettuce in Mr. McGregor's garden, and a drink with free refills.

Enjoy!

Meijer Naturals Coupon

Here is a link to get a coupon for $4 off a $15 purchase of any combination of Meijer Naturals products. You will need to be a Meijer Facebook fan. Once on the site, click the "Coupon" tab. The coupon is good 6/07 - 6/21.

Click Here

$2 off $10 coupon

If you are a friend of Meijer on Facebook, go there and click the "Coupon" tab to get $2 off a $10 purchase of Meijer Gold Products. Meijer Gold was recently released as a branding of Meijer products that are unique from around the world. Click the link to learn more.
www.meijer.com/content/content_leftnav_dynamic.jsp?pageName=meijer_gold

The coupon is good through June 14th.

ecoStore Product Giveaway - April 11th only!

In celebration of our one year anniversary at Meijer and to announce to your shopper that we have expanded into the Baby category we will be handing out the following at 100 select stores...

FREE Samples:
One Wash Liquid Laundry Samples

Baby Mositurizer Samples

PLUS:
$1 off Coupon for any of the 10 ecoSTORE USA products that Meijer carries which are as follows:
32 ounce Liquid Laundry
33.5 ounce Oxygen Whitener
32 Ounce Liquid Dish
17 Ounce Citrus All Purpose Cleaner
12.7 Ounce Lemon Cream Cleanser
Baby Mositurizer
Baby Nappy Balm
Baby Shampoo
Baby Sleepytime Bath
Baby Body Wash

All ecoSTORE USA products are plant and mineral based and contain No Nasty Chemicals(TM).In conjunction with our anniversary at Meijer we are so excited to announce that we are now manufacturing in Michigan. This is a major selling point with the Meijer shopper....Made In Michigan!!

To see more about us please visit www.ecostoreusa.com .