Meijer Recalls Being ‘Too Busy to Talk’ with Sam Walton

June 29, 2009

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Fred Meijer recalled Sam Walton’s attempt to buy his company back in the 1970s and said he has no regrets about his decision to hold onto his family’s business.

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