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SHIPT
Meijer and Shipt Announce Home Delivery Service
at Detroit and Southeastern Michigan Stores
11 be blunt — I hate shopping for
first order as part of a special launch
groceries. Just ask my wife; she'll
promotion.
tell anyone who will listen that I
Meijer has been working hard to
shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a
improve its customers' experience,
grocery store. I wander off. I
expanding curbside grocery
forget what I'm doing there.
pickup to 17 stores by the end
I don't know why, but I'm
of the year.
entranced by every gimmick.
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As long as you're getting
The lines drive me crazy and,
all of those groceries deliv-
for some reason, I can never
ered, you'll certainly need
remember the right phone
somewhere to put them. And
number at the register for
if you're the kind of person
their customer loyalty pro-
that needs hundreds of stor-
Ryan
grams.
age options to choose from,
Fishman
Enter Meijer home-
then you're in luck. A second
delivery. Last Thursday, the
Michigan location for the
store launched the program,
Container Store opened
partnering with Shipt to offer online
over the weekend at Troy Commons
ordering on your computer, phone or
(805 E. Big Beaver Road). But it's not
tablet. Some 55,000 grocery items are
just Tupperware — the store features
available for delivery from 25 stores
almost any home, office or car storage
across Southeastern Michigan.
solution you might imagine. To cele-
An annual membership is just $99.
brate its opening, the store donated 10
If you opt to pay monthly, the cost is
percent of the weekend's proceeds to
$14, and you can cancel at any time.
Humble Design, which helps families
With membership, there's no delivery
transitioning out of homeless shelters.
fee for any order over $35. If your
total order is less than $35, there's a
FINALLY, CHICK-FIL-A
$7 charge. Groceries are delivered the
Fast food lovers don't have to wait
same day and, if possible, in as little
much longer for Michigan's first
as an hour with the help of some 300
Chick fil A the popular Atlanta-
employees hired by Shipt to shop for
based chain is opening at Troy's
you.
Somerset Collection (2800 W. Big
It might seem to some like an
Beaver) on Oct. 13. A second, free-
unnecessary expense, but if you order
standing location will also open the
weekly over the course of a year,
same day in Lansing. There's a "First
you'll be paying less than $2 per trip.
100" party planned for the open-
Factor in the cost of gas and the value
ings — the first 100 customers who
of your time, and it certainly seems
step up to place their order will win a
like you'll come out ahead financially.
year's worth of free chicken sandwich-
Plus, they're offering $25 off your
es and waffle fries. Another 15-20
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store openings are planned across the
state in the next five years.
MARKET BASKET
SAGA RESOLVED
As discussed last week, it seems the
Market Basket's longstanding tenure
in Franklin is coming to an end some-
time before the end of the year, with
the store's owner now announcing
plans for a new business venture. Chef
Carl Hakim is also raising funds to
open a boutique cafe. The building's
owners, in response to community
outreach, are working to find another
market/grocery tenant for the space.
SAVE THE DATE
Mark your calendar for ROCO Real
Estate's Fourth Annual Fundraiser on
Oct. 13 at the Cranbrook Institute
of Science (39221 Woodward Ave.,
Bloomfield Hills). The event will
support Horizons-Upward Bound, a
Cranbrook Educational Community
program that helps prepare students
with limited opportunities from
Metro Detroit to enter and succeed in
post-secondary education. Tickets are
tax-deductible. For more information,
email ddebose@cranbrook.edu or call
(248) 645-3137.
MAZEL TOVS
Happy birthday to Ilene Abrin, Barry
Brickner, Amy Douville, Howard
Hertz, Mark Keller, Mark Kudisch,
Robin Nadler, Perry Ohren, Michelle
Rubin, Jeremy Sasson, Kari Silver,
Lauren Singer and Josh Zimberg. *
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