Walker based Meijer operates 223 super-centers and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

Meijer’s 2015’s donations total 69 million in free supplements and generic medication to customers, regardless of insurance coverage: 6 million free prescriptions marked a record-setting year and are valued at 422 million dollars.These dollars are based on what customers would have paid for medicines or vitamins at a private retailer.

“Meijer is a family owned company committed to meeting the needs of other families, performing positive solutions to everyday problems”.- via Meijer
The program began a decade ago with free oral antibiotics, most commonly prescribed for children. It expanded by 2008 to include free prenatal vitamins, Metformin (RX drug for type 2 diabetes) and Atorvastatin calcium, a substitute for cholesterol-lowering medications.

The breakdown for free Prescriptions in 2015:

• 14% antibiotics: 1.3 million prescriptions equaling $10 million in savings.
• 16% prenatal vitamins: 540,000 thousand prescriptions equaling $11 million in savings.
• 15% Metformin: 1.4 million prescriptions, equaling $10.6 million in savings
• 54% Atorvastatin, 3 million prescriptions with a total of $37.7 million in savings

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Thank you, Meijer, for your generosity and goodwill within our Grand Rapids community! Your company is a pillar among the many that we citizens have been so fortunate to have access to here in West Michigan.