According to a recent Meijer customer survey, 75 percent of shoppers are expecting to buy as much as they can on their back-to-school list before the first day of school.

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The Meijer customer survey also found approximately 92 percent of households with school-age children plan to spend the same amount or more than last year for back-to-school supplies. Additionally, Meijer learned that families will be sharing the cost of pencils and paper more than ever with 40 percent of students helping with school expenses (up from 33 percent in 2014).

Past popular school purchases, such e-readers, calculators and tablets, are making less frequent appearances on shopping lists and being replaced with classroom basics like pens, pencils, notebooks, paper, crayons and binders. However, they're being purchased in larger quantities to last the entire school year.'

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