Few vibes were better than going to the Meijer at 2 am, sometimes for no other reason than just to go. Getting a 20-oz frozen Slurpee when the store was a ghost town made it taste that much better. So much so that when I would have friends visit from out of state, I would force them to go to Meijer at night like it was a rite of passage. The era of Meijer being open for 24 hours, 364 days a year (since it is always closed on Christmas) was a glorious time.
But there are many that won’t ever understand that feeling. Before 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the supermarket never closed. However, during those unprecedented times, the stores began closing from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. to give workers space to socially distance/restock safely.
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This is a change that was never reimplemented following the “return to normal”, and since Meijer never made an official statement about this crucial aspect of Meijer’s shopping culture. We have all silently hoped the company would bring back the nightly hours.
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