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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Meijer, a grocery store chain based in Michigan, is recently preparing to expand some of their businesses into Western Pennsylvania. Meijer spokesperson Cara Lutz told WTAE in a statement: “Building on our success in Northeast Ohio and the amazing response we’ve received from those communities, we have started acquiring properties in Western Pennsylvania.” It has not been announced yet about any specific locations in the region of Pittsburgh where these Meijer stores will be located. Meijer has over 500 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.