Edited sentence: " Specifically, the HRC claims that Meijer does not offer "even minimal benefits or workplace protection for gay employees" and lists it as a consistently gay-unfriendly company.In 2006, Meijer scored a zero on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, which the HRC calls "a measure of how U.Meijer was one of only three companies out of over 400 graded to receive this extremely low score.Meijer's ranking stands in contrast to the high ratings of its bigger retail rivals, such as Federated Department Stores (80%), Sears/Kmart (100%), Target Corporation (80%), and Wal-Mart (65%).companies and businesses are treating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors