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Great Lakes Castings, in Ludington, Michigan, manufactured hand weights for the Meijer Active brand. As gyms in most states struggled to stay open at the height of the pandemic, Midwestern retailer Meijer created a Michigan-made solution to bolster supply and address the more than 300% increase in demand that its stores were seeing as shoppers enhanced their home gyms. Port Washington, New York-based-The NPD Group reported in May 2020 that fitness equipment like kettlebells, hand we...

Meijer Partners with Michigan Businesses to Address Home Fitness Demand Retailer shortens supply chain as local businesses source, design and manufacture hard-to-find hand weights News provided by Share this article Share this article GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- When fitness equipment like kettlebells, hand weights and dumbbells became hot sellers at the start of the pandemic, Midwestern retailer Meijer created a Michigan-made solution to bolster supply and address the m...