Meijer Offers Sneak Peek into Black Friday Weekend

Retailer provides customers a multitude of savings options and all-day deals

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Nov 06, 2014, 01:20 ET

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With excitement for the holidays ramping up, Meijer is providing a sneak peek for customers looking to maximize their savings at Meijer during Black Friday weekend, said Peter Whitsett, executive vice president of merchandising and marketing for the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer.

"Meijer means a lot of things to a lot of people, but we're especially focused this holiday season on making the experience easier for our customers," Whitsett said. "By providing a sneak peek and featuring our traditional three full days of sales, our customers can plan ahead and choose how early or late they want to shop for the hottest holiday gifts."

A link to the ad previews for the three days – Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Saturday – was sent to mPerks customers, who currently receive e-mail alerts from Meijer, as well as the more than 1.2 million Meijer Facebook fans and Twitter followers. The deals on electronics, apparel and toys begin each day at 6 a.m. and continue while supplies last. Examples of these hot electronics deals include:

Save $290 on an Element 48-inch LED HDTV on Thanksgiving.
Buy one 16 GB iPad Air 2 with Wi-Fi or iPad Mini 2 on Thanksgiving and receive a coupon for $100 off your next Meijer shopping trip.
Get more than $70 in savings when you buy one Sony PlayStation 4 System Bundle on Thanksgiving and receive a coupon for $50 off your next Meijer shopping trip. Bundle options include popular games like Grand Theft Auto 5, The Last of Us, Little Big Planet 3 and Lego Batman 3.
On Black Friday, save $40 on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite and receive a coupon for $20 off your next Meijer shopping trip.
Save $30 when you buy one 8 GB Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet on Black Friday and get a coupon for $20 off your next Meijer shopping trip.
Save $61 when you buy Caterpillar Men's "Electric" Work Boots on Black Friday.
Save 50 percent when you buy one LeapFrog LeapPad 2 Power Tablet for $44.50 on Black Friday.
Buy one Keurig 2.0 K350 Brewer for $149 on Saturday and receive a coupon for $30 off your next Meijer shopping trip.
Save $40 on the Canon ELPH 135 digital camera on Saturday.
Get 50 percent off all gallery wrapped canvas, mounted prints, photo books and photo greeting cards on Saturday.

Hot toy items for Thanksgiving and Black Friday will include the Disney Frozen Scooter or Kid Trax ATV Quad for $99, Fisher-Price Imaginext Eagle Talon Castle for $28, and Megabloxs Deluxe Building Bag for $15. Other Black Friday toy deals will include the Monster High Catacomb Accessory for $89.99, Nerf Mega ThunderBow for $30, Barbie Dreamhouse for $140, the Barbie Doll with Fashion Set for $7, and select Imaginext figures and vehicles are buy two, get one free.

Holiday shopping at Meijer would not be complete without Santa Bucks, which will be available the Saturday after Thanksgiving and give customers a chance to save up to $50 on items across the store. The always popular coupons will be available in weekly advertisements and through mPerks, the company's digital coupon and reward program that allows customers the ease of digitally clipping savings on their smartphone, tablets or desktop computers. Signing up for Meijer mPerks is easy and free at mperks.com or on the Meijer mobile app.

Anyone wishing to access to the ad previews can click here or connect via Facebook or Twitter. While customers can see the ads prior to distribution, the preview does not change the effective date of the advertised products.

"Shoppers continue to be very strategic, focusing on special sales and promotions," Whitsett said. "We hope that providing the opportunity to create their own deals with custom coupons and shopping without the need for an alarm clock will prove, once again, that Meijer is the destination for all of their holiday shopping needs."

About Meijer: Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 213 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. As the inventor of the "one-stop shopping" concept, Meijer stores have evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, garden centers and electronics offerings. For more information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/meijer and @twitter.com/meijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.