Meijer, Inc.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - One Michigan legend honored the memory of another yesterday, as Fred Meijer, chairman emeritus Meijer, Inc. here, spoke publicly of President Gerald R. Ford, who died at 93 on the day after Christmas, as "one of the finest men we ever knew."

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here inked a sponsorship deal with Andretti Green Racing -- which bills itself as the winningest team in Indy Racing League history -- for the 2007 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season.