Aaron’s Grocery
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Aaron’s Grocery, located in Fertile, will purchase new produce cases to provide better products to their customers and to save on energy expenses and reduce the carbon footprint of their business.
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Aitkin Farmers’ Market
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The Aitkin Farmers’ Market will purchase an enclosed trailer and reach-in coolers to provide more local produce, meat, and eggs for residents in Aitkin County.
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Amin Grocery
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Amin Grocery, in downtown Willmar, will expand the retail space for perishable goods such as locally produced meat, vegetables, and eggs by purchasing a larger walk-in cooler.
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Bolt’s Lake Benton Grocery
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Bolt’s Lake Benton Grocery, located in Ivanhoe, will purchase a merchandizer freezer and refrigerator to expand their retail space to offer the community more variety of higher quality products.
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Ditterich Mercantile
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Ditterich Mercantile, located in Vergas, will provide fresh meats, produce, and other grocery needs by installing refrigerator equipment.
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F&D Meats
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Located in Virginia, F&D Meats will install a new display cooler to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables, especially locally grown fruits and vegetables.
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Green Scene Market & Eatery
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Green Scene Market & Eatery in Walker, will increase space by purchasing a new retail freezer that they can dedicate to fresh produce in their store, ultimately increasing the ability to purchase more local produce and keep products fresher for a longer period.
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J&S Foods
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J&S Foods, located in Lancaster, will become more energy efficient and provide a better, fresher product with new temperature-controlled produce and meat cases.
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Kiester Market
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Kiester Market, located in Kiester, will provide healthy, affordable grab and go items for the community. By purchasing a new, cooled display case, they will provide customers with a wide variety of choices when choosing a grab and go meal.
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La Alborada Market
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La Alborada Market, in Eagan, will expand their fruit and vegetable areas in their store by purchasing new refrigerators. By doing so, they can look for more local options to offer their community.
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La Plaza F!esta
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Located in Madelia, La Plaza F!esta will create a new layout for their store that provides ethnic foods to the local Hispanic/Latino and American populations. They will be able to promote healthy cooking at home and expand their grab and go deli for busy families. La Plaza F!esta will purchase shelving for produce items that don’t need to be refrigerated and a freezer for their local beef and pork products.
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Lake Country Foods
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Lake Country Foods, located in Menahga, will expand their retail space by purchasing new refrigeration units so that they can provide fresh produce for a longer period, as well as provide additional products to their customers and reduce the amount of food loss.
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Lakewood Health System
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Lakewood Health System, located in Staples, will build a permanent pavilion on its hospital parking lot for the Staples Area Farmers’ Market. This will allow customers access to fresh produce and other goods every Thursday afternoon from May through October.
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Leech Lake Market
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Leech Lake Market, located in Cass Lake, will purchase a three-door freezer and a cooler to offer products that compliment cooking lessons offered by the store’s demonstration kitchen. The items offered will help to highlight healthy, local, and indigenous foods.
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Los Ranchos Mercado
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Located in Richfield, Los Rancheros Mercado will provide additional fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, and other perishable items using a new walk-in cooler and freezer to increase the store’s square footage and storage capacity for their items.
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One Stop Station
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One Stop Station, located in Minneapolis, will purchase, and install a new open air four-level display cooler for fresh produce in the central area of their store to promote their seasonal offerings and to increase fresh, nutritious, and delicious meal options.
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Patty’s Palisade One Stop
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Patty’s Palisade One Stop, in Palisade, MN will provide a new freezer venue for local farmers and their products as well as increasing the availability of nutritious food items in the community.
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Valley Hardware & Supply
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Valley Hardware & Supply, located in Halstad, will move their refrigeration units to the exterior of the store to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, and ensure that there are fresh fruits, vegetable, and other foods available to their community.
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Winnibigoshish Historical Center
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Winnibigoshish Historical Center, located in Bena, will update the refrigeration system to hold more fresh produce, milk, cheese, and eggs. They will also add produce bins to their shelving to offer more fresh produce.
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