Friday, 11 January 2013

Grocer, 70, gives stores to his employees — for free

On Nov. 21, Joe Lueken began his day at 4 a.m. at the north Bemidji Lueken's Village Foods store. Lueken, who is transferring ownership of his three stores to his employees, loves to share his motto in life: "Do the right thing."
Just in time for Christmas, a retiring Minnesota grocery store owner is giving his roughly 400 employees quite a gift: ownership of his three stores.