“While on MN60 to and from Mankato, see the Odin sign, always want to stop and finally did. Cool little town with a big name. The mural on the old buildings is pretty neat. Went in the grocery and Cafe. Worth it. Owner was very nice. Was able to get breakfast even though breakfast was over. Looking forward to stopping again for lunch. It's just a neat little place, if that's what you like, stop in Odin.”
“Trimont Town Center is a non-profit grocery store, a liquor store and an Ace Hardware store. Their gas station includes pumps for semis. The grocery store has a good little deli, with rotating menu, including chicken or turkey pie & specials; a couple of tables. GLUTEN FREE end-cap includes flour, crackers, etc; check freezers & you’ll find at least 2 GF meals or pizzas at all times. Meat department has good steaks as well as great prices on pork chops! (People from Twin Cities have been known to shop the meat dept repeatedly for very good meat at great prices.) LOCAL ARTISANS wall at front of store has locally farmed flour/chips/oatmeal, jewelry, magnets, postcards, pottery & more. (Oh, and cleanest gas-stop bathrooms ever.). ATM. Thank Gretchen on your way out. A unique public-private partnership, including over $800,000 local donations, USDA 80/20 loan guarantee & thousands of hours of donated time from locals maked this all work. It works better than most dreamed possible, with dedicated staff & volunteers”
“Been in town a few months and finally got in, loooove the tamales and burritos! Some things are a bit pricey but that's to be expected from locally owned shops in small towns. Got a big bag of dried beans, bag of like 10 tamales, a big ol burrito and some drinks for like $30 so really not too bad. There's also a ton of herbs and spices, pretty excited to see that. Definitely will go back!”
“Great little store for me as I’m always traveling. With $30 I got three sirloin steaks some chicken thighs and three frozen Chinese meals I can put together for myself to eat for a night.”
“As a previous manager 2022, I agreed the store looks bad! When I walked away the store got terrible. It will take time, but we will fix it back again.I’ll be retiring soon as a ASM.”
Walmart shoppers want a head start on the holidays, and money explains a lot of it. Some 44% of respondents call affording the holidays their top stressor, and 61% say holiday costs shape their shopping mood. Asked what would make the season easier, 70% picked lower prices and 57% picked more deals and promotions. Convenience ranks lower: 30% want one-stop shopping across categories, and 20% want faster delivery.
Walmart wants your groceries at the door before the ice cream softens. On May 29, the retailer said its 30-minute-or-less delivery had reached 33 U.S. markets, adding a wave of new cities across the Northeast. Shoppers in those areas can order from more than 100,000 items, everything from fresh produce and baby formula to pet food, electronics, cold medicine, and prescriptions. Behind the scenes, the service leans on Walmart's store network and an algorithm that factors in order size, available drivers, and distance from the store.
Trader Joe's keeps adding stores, and shoppers keep showing up. The California grocer has marked nine more locations as "opening soon," pushing its expansion into new corners of the country. The grocer also took first place in the American Customer Satisfaction Index's 2026 supermarket rankings. It has held a spot near the top of that list for years.
Target is rolling out its most ambitious store overhaul in more than ten years, with plans to remodel over 130 locations and open 30 new stores across the country this year. The retailer is also putting money into supply chain technology upgrades to keep pace with how shoppers buy today.
Kroger is spending $112 million to build two new stores and renovate 15 existing locations across central and northwest Ohio. The company calls it a "record-breaking" commitment to the region. The two new Kroger Marketplace stores will rise in Canal Winchester and Delaware, Ohio, each costing roughly $30 million to build. Kroger broke ground on the Canal Winchester location on March 19 at the southeast corner of Diley Road and Greengate Boulevard. The 118,000-square-foot store is expected to open in late fall 2026 and will create around 250 jobs.
