Meijer, Inc.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Adding to its growing presence in suburban Chicago, Meijer Inc. based here cut the ribbon on a new store in Oswego on Wednesday. "We entered the Chicago market in 1999 and are committed to providing more and more Chicagoland customers with the high quality, low price convenience of a Meijer supercenter," said Hank Meijer, co-chairman and c.e.o. of the family-held chain.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here inked a new long-term agreement naming The Nielsen Co. that is intended to help the supercenter chain sharpen its abilities to conduct more effective collaborative category management with major vendors.