Our Story
Hahn’s Market offers you expertise drawn from four generations of grocers. This story is an American classic. In 1955 Johnny Hahn bought his first store. It was small, going up one aisle and down the other, but it offered the people of Grand Mound, Iowa, everything they needed to make great meals.
The store was run by the whole family, even young Tom Hahn (the second generation) was learning the tricks of the trade by bagging and carrying groceries and just about anything else that needed doing.
Shortly after, the Hahn’s moved into a bigger, more modern facility; a mere five thousand square feet (about the size of a mini-mart these days), but that same staff, and same care to the customers needs.
In all these years, from the first day they have lived by the motto “Serving the customer has always been our business” and with the state of customer service these days, it continues to serve as a rare but valuable code of conduct.
Meat has always been the point of pride for Hahn’s, and the original meat counter offered the finest cuts in town.
In the 1970’s the Grand Mound store was sold, and Tom went into the “warehouse” business, supplying hundreds of stores throughout the Midwest. It was then, that Mc Q’s in Eau Claire (a modest grocery store) became available. Tired of the road, and itching to get back to his roots, Tom and his wife Shirley bought the modest store, and enlarged it to 10,000 square feet, serving the growing northern Eau Claire neighborhoods. Enter generation three (Brian and his sister) in to the grocery business. Since 1978, the store went through a number of improvements and expansions.
In 2005, the third generation took over, and the decision was made to again go back to the beginning, and the re-introduction of the Hahn’s Market name. These days, Eau Claire has plenty of places to buy groceries, but what was lost is that commitment to the customer and the selection necessary to make a great meal. The third and fourth generations welcome you to Hahn’s Market. Brian Hahn and his kids can be found behind the meat counter, can help you select a bottle of dinner wine, and his kids will still be happy to carry out your groceries just like their great grandfather did.
