Meijer Corporate Office Café and Dining
Meijer’s corporate office renovation included a corporate café which serves 1,200 people, includes a 4,400 square foot main kitchen supporting a 4,400 square foot servery with three different food venues. Seating in the dining area is 3,700 square feet which can seat up to 300 individuals. A 600 square foot private dining area supports group lunch meetings and other programmed events. Meijer wanted to develop a café which provided different food offerings that could be interchanged at different times of the year and be incrementally controlled for a reduced population during off-hours. The u-shaped servery offers good visibility from the entry point to the various stations which helps facilitate employee use and flow to the venues and to the points of sale, eliminating backtracking congestion. The full-service kitchen not only supports the café servery but also provides refreshments for an adjacent event space. A variety of seating types from soft seating, countertop, hi-top, booth, banquet and tables provides many options to staff and employees to suit individual taste.
