Hugo's Family Marketplace is a family-owned chain of

supermarket A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limit ...

grocery stores located in the U.S. states of

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

and

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. It was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939. Hugo's is headquartered in the city of

Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city ...

. The chain's stores have been supplied by the

Nash Finch Company The Nash Finch Company was a Fortune 500 company based in Edina, Minnesota, United States. The company was involved in food distribution to private companies, primarily independent supermarkets, and military commissaries; and the operation of re ...

since 1939. Nash Finch was once headquartered in Grand Forks, but moved to

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in 1919.

History

Hugo Magnuson Hugo R. Magnuson (May 23, 1900 – May 20, 2003) was an American businessman and politician. He founded the regional Hugo's grocery store chain. He was the mayor of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, from 1964 to 1972; he also served as a c ...

, a former mayor of Grand Forks, opened his first grocery store, the Pure Food Market, in

Grand Forks Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city ...

. Magnuson's grocery stores carried the Piggly Wiggly name for a period of years, before switching to the current "Hugo's" name. After Hugo's retirement, his son Curtis Magnuson became president of the chain. Hugo died in 2003 at the age of 102. Curtis died in 2007 at the age of 66. The chain is now run by Curtis' daughter, Kristi Magnuson-Nelson. Today, the chain operates ten stores exclusively under the "Hugo's" name. The store's mascot is a cartoon of a smiling blonde boy named Seemore for Seemore Savings and the slogan is "''More low prices, more great stuff, when you go to Hugo's''". The chain also operates Six liquor stores in North Dakota and Minnesota under the banner Hugo's Wine and Spirits.

Locations

North Dakota

(five locations) * Jamestown * Grafton

Minnesota

* East Grand Forks * Crookston * Park Rapids *

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External links

Hugo's website
{{Supermarkets of the United States Supermarkets of the United States Companies based in North Dakota Retail companies established in 1939 1939 establishments in North Dakota Family-owned companies of the United States