St. Cloud-based Coborn’s Inc. has agreed to purchase two grocery stores in northeastern South Dakota: Kessler’s Food and Grocery in Aberdeen, and Kessler’s Food and Fuel in Miller. The sale is expected to close later this month, adding about 250 employees to Coborn’s workforce of more than 10,000.
Coborn’s began as a one-room produce store in Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1921. Today it is a fourth-generation family run, employee-owned business operating 77 grocery stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois under the Coborn’s, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher’s, Tadych’s Marketplace Foods and Sullivan’s Foods banners. In addition, Coborn’s operates fuel, liquor, and pharmacy locations, bringing its total retail locations to 135 (137 once the Kesler’s stores are acquired). It also operates its own central bakery, dry cleaning facility, and grocery distribution center.
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