Amish/Mennonite Grocery Stores

Mamak · #1 04/08/10, 11:59 PM

Does anyone know of a good Amish/Mennonite Grocery Store close to Minnesota?

palani · #2 04/09/10, 05:20 AM

Kalona Iowa ... Stringtown grocery ... near Iowa City

ronbre · #3 04/09/10, 07:07 AM

one near me in Michigan..

#4 04/09/10, 07:09 AM

Beloit WI, Kauffman's Country Store? or there may be one in Augusta WI up near Eau Claire, not sure on that but they have a big community up there.

Ken Scharabok · #5 04/09/10, 09:09 AM

Try this: Get a map of MN and find the county seats for the area you are interested in. Send a brief letter with an enclosed self-addressed stamped postcard to the Chamber of Commerce in each of the county seats. You can get their address off Internet services such as Switchboard.com.

I suspect most just shop at stores which had learned to accommodate their larger volume buying.

DW · #6 04/09/10, 09:11 AM

I've been to the one in Kalona and there's a nice one in Cantril, IA...close to Farmington, IA. Kalona also has some COOL quilt shops.

RLM · #7 04/09/10, 09:31 AM

There is one in Barron, WI. It is called Country Lane Pantry I believe.

Excellent prices & wonderful selection.

Mare Owner · #8 04/15/10, 03:49 PM

There is a large population of Amish and Mennonite in Todd County, MN but I don't know of any special grocery stores...

fatrat · #9 04/15/10, 08:44 PM

Ask an Amish.

ozark mike · #10 04/16/10, 02:13 AM

there were a lot of Amish at Hinkley when I still lived in Minnesota... I don't know about a grocery store but there was a buggy and a harness shop in town some years ago...don't know if they are still there now or not, been many years since I cut wood for them...there also were Amish at maple grove, but I never did any work for that group...
someone said that after they put in the Grand Casino at Hinkley that the Amish moved away...I don't know if they did or not... what I do know is they paid real good and always prompt, I never had to wait for my money... I was told I was one of the lucky ones... mike

glenn amolenaar · #11 04/16/10, 06:17 AM

We live in SW Missouri there are a few around Seyour, Springfield. WE shop Aldis and there are a lot of Amish and Mennonite patrons in the surrounding Aldi stores. They load up on staples strange.
Glenn

beaglebiz · #12 04/16/10, 06:07 PM

our mennonite stores are mostly "salvage" and "local", selling both overstock, bulk and local stuff. You can make out like a bandit there...I went today to one in Meyerstown and got cheese for 1.29 lb (muenster and farmer) american for 6.95 a 5 lb block, cereal,, granola (bear naked for .99) canned goods etc.

paintlady · #13 04/16/10, 07:20 PM

What part of Minnesota? There is a good one in Withee WI but the closer one would be Country Lane Pantry out of Barron, WI. They have lots of foodstuffs. What exactly are you looking to buy?