Meijer helping teachers, parents with back-to-school shopping

Meijer is working to make this back-to-school season easier for both teachers and students.

The national chain store will implement two big features for the lead-up to the 2024-25 school year.

Once again, teachers will receive 15 percent off of school and home office supplies for the entirety of the 2024-25 school year, according to external communications manager Erin Cataldo.

“For the fourth consecutive year, Meijer is offering teachers 15 percent off school and home office equipment through a coupon available at the customer service desk,” Cataldo said. “Through Sept. 7, the coupon can also be used on additional categories like kids’ apparel and cleaning supplies.

“Meijer will continue to offer a 15 percent coupon on school supplies and home office products for teachers throughout the school year.”

For parents and students, the store is introducing a new electronic school supply list, according to Cataldo.

The list is connected to a number of lists from around the country, she said.

“The new digital School Supply List technology allows parents to enter their zip code, search for their school’s supply lists and then add those items to their cart with a single click,” Cataldo said. “This technology can be accessed through a QR code in the store or via the Meijer app or Meijer.com.

“The functionality connects Meijer shoppers to teacher-curated lists from more than 5,000 school districts.”

Additionally, the chain is launching a new line of products for this back-to-school season, Cataldo said.

Meijer stores will carry its own brand of school supplies throughout the back-to-school season.

Cassandra Robinson, director of the Lorain Meijer, said these programs can be especially helpful in areas like southern Lorain.

“This will be year four (of the program),” Robinson said. “Lorain, just based on the poverty rate … a lot of teachers help out their students, and that’s what the coupon program is for.

“A lot of (the supply costs) comes out of their own pockets.”

Karen Langeland, vice president of merchandising for Meijer, said the promotion ties in perfectly with the mission of providing value to families.

“We know families already have full schedules, and back-to-school season is a busy time with lots of information coming in from schools, teachers and extracurriculars,” Langeland said. “Our goal is to make back-to-school shopping as easy as possible for families while providing as much value and savings as we can, so we’re excited to offer the new school supply list technology, teacher coupon, and our new Meijer brand school supplies.”

The Lorain Meijer location, 5350 N. Leavitt Road, is open from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.