Walking the road to Our Market

Our Market grocery store will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. It's been a long road to get here, filled with twists and turns. Follow along as we look back over the past two-and-a-half years.

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July 9, 2021 - 3:37 PM

Humboldt's Our Market grocery store and butcher shop opened in May 2021. Photo by Trevor Hoag

Our Market grocery store and butcher shop celebrates its grand opening today in Humboldt.

Yet amidst all the fanfare, it’s easy to forget how long a road it was in getting here.

In what follows, then, we take a look back over the past two-and-a-half years in order to construct a timeline of events that ultimately made Our Market a reality.

WE’LL begin on the last day of the year, Dec. 31, 2018, when Register veteran reporter Bob Johnson wrote the Moon’s Hometown Market building in Humboldt had been purchased by Monarch Cement.

Owner Mike Moon of Osawatomie had been facing a number of challenges, including low inventory, flat sales and competing businesses, so Monarch stepped in to relieve some of the pressure.

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