Meijer hiring for new Howard, Escanaba stores

From cashier to cake decorator, Meijer is hiring in northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The Grand Rapids-based retailer plans to hire 600 people between two new openings this year in Howard and Escanaba, Mich. Available jobs include meat cutters, customer service staff, receiving clerks, pharmacy technicians and team leaders.

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The company has set up a website, jobs.meijer.com/new-stores, to process applications. Applicants simply need to select the Howard or Escanaba location on the search and a list of available jobs will come up. The company will screen applicants during the next several weeks before contacting candidates for in-person interviews.

The company expects to open its Howard location, on Shawano Avenue east of Interstate 41, in spring.

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