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Fred Meyer, Inc. is an American chain of hypermarket superstores and subsidiary of Kroger based in Portland, Oregon. [1] The stores operate in the northwestern United States, with locations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.
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Miller is a director of Fred Meyer. [4] He formerly served on the boards of Rite Aid, Harrah's Entertainment, Wild Oats Markets and Caesars Entertainment Corporation. [4] Miller currently serves on the Board of Directors of Albertsons Companies and Jim Pattison Group. [3] Miller received the Horatio Alger Award in 2012. [1]
The Fred Meyer stores were rebranded as Fry's Marketplace, unifying the stores under the Fry's brand. The full size Fred Meyer store in Phoenix was completed but never opened and was later demolished to build a Walmart, as the store was too large for Fry's to use, with Fred Meyer’s expansion plans for Arizona scrapped.
A Fred Meyer grocery store is located at 5230 W. Franklin St. in Boise. Fred Meyer and Kroger merged in 1998. Kroger says it plans to buy Idaho’s Albertsons chain.
Fred G. Meyer (February 21, 1886 – September 2, 1978) [3] was an American businessman who founded the Oregon-based Fred Meyer store chain, which had 63 stores in four western states at the time of his death. [3] [4] He was known for successfully introducing several innovative marketing concepts. [5]
By the mid-1990s, many Hughes store locations were sold to Ralphs, which was soon sold to Fred Meyer, later acquired by Kroger. [15] A new flagship store opened in downtown Kirkland in 2019, with 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2) of space. [16] A rebrand to "the Q" was proposed in 2018 but later rejected. [14]