Progress 2025: Generations upon generations of business in the lakes area

Progress 2025: Generations upon generations of business in the lakes area

While family business legacies were once the norm in small towns across the United States, they have become less common over the years. But there are still those second, third and even fourth generation businesses in the lakes area that are keeping local history alive. Schaefer's Foods The Schaefer name has been known across Nisswa and Brainerd for 111 years now, and their grocery store on Highway 371 south of downtown Nisswa still garners a gre…