Kenyon's grocery store · family owned
Kenyon Market
Fresh meat cut in store, produce, deli and bakery, and the meatballs and pulsa Kenyon orders every holiday season.
Open as usual. The store is for sale, and the owner wants it kept a grocery store.How to help
This week at Kenyon Market
Wow deals
The ad for September 16 to September 22, 2026, the most recent one on this page. A new ad starts every Wednesday; the current one is at kenyonmarket.com/ads.
Fresh 93% lean ground beef, family pack
$7.59per lb
Blue Bunny mini ice cream cones or bars
6 to 8 ct
$3.49
Simply Potatoes
20 oz
$2.49
Red Baron pizza
17.89 to 23.45 oz
$3.99
Best Choice apple juice
64 oz
$1.79117 items from the four-page ad follow, department by department. The ad as printed (PDF) · kenyonmarket.com/ads
Meat and seafood
Fresh 93% lean ground beef, family pack
$7.59per lb
Fresh boneless beef chuck roast, USDA Choice
$8.59per lb
Fresh boneless beef chuck steak
$8.99per lb
Fresh boneless pork loin roast
$2.19per lb
Fresh boneless pork loin chops
$2.99per lbFrozen boneless skinless chicken breasts
$2.69per lb
Frozen chicken drumsticks or thighs
$1.49per lb
Cook's ham, butt portion
$2.19per lb
Cook's ham, shank portion
$1.99per lb
Farmland bacon
16 oz
$4.59
Farmland sausage rolls or links
8 to 12 oz
2 for$4
Hillshire Farm Lit'l Smokies
13 to 14 oz
$3.99
Bar S classic corn dogs
14 ct
$6.99
Oscar Mayer Fun Pack Lunchables or Snackables
2.64 to 10.7 oz
2 for$5
Paradise Kitchens breaded chicken
24 oz
$4.99
Van de Kamp's breaded fish
18 to 24.6 oz
$6.49Produce
Sugar Bee apples
$1.99per lb
Red seedless Holiday grapes
$2.49per lb
Navel oranges
$1.49per lb
Avocados
5 for$4
Beefsteak tomatoes
$1.59per lb
Extra large green bell peppers
each
79¢
Yellow onions
3 lb bag
$2.49
Best Choice red or gold potatoes
5 lb bag
2 for$5
Fresh Express iceberg garden salad
12 oz
$1.88
Bolthouse organic baby-cut carrots
1 lb
$1.79
Dandy celery sticks
16 oz
$3.99
Taylor Farms vegetables
10 to 12 oz
2 for$4
Marzetti dressing
12 oz
$4.99Deli and bakery
Kretschmar off-the-bone ham, sliced
$6.99per lb
Wilson roast beef
$7.99per lb
Cady Creek Farms Colby cheese
$4.69per lb
Mrs. Gerry's supreme seafood salad
$7.99per lb
Sabra hummus
8 oz
2 for$6
Rotella's Italian white hoagies
6 ct
$4.69
Clyde's classic donuts
24 oz
$5.69
J. Skinner Danish strips
14 oz
$4.69
Izzio sourdough bread
24 oz
$3.99Dairy
Prairie Farms milk
half gallon
$1.99
Fairlife lactose-free milk
52 oz
$4.99
Crystal Farms shredded or chunk cheese, buy 5 save $5
6 to 8 oz
$1.88
Crystal Farms stick or string cheese, buy 5 save $5
9 to 10 oz
$2.99
Crystal Farms cracker cuts, buy 5 save $5
7 oz
$2.19
David's Deli bagels, buy 5 save $5
14.2 oz
99¢
Daisy sour cream or cottage cheese
6 to 8 oz
2 for$3Best Choice singles
12 oz
2 for$4
Kraft Deli Deluxe American slices
12 oz
$4.49
Kraft natural shredded cheese
24 oz
$6.99
Rana ravioli, tortellini or sauce
7 to 15 oz
$3.99
Chobani yogurt
5.3 oz
10 for$10
Philadelphia soft cream cheese
7.5 to 8 oz
$3.49
Pillsbury Grands! biscuits, crescents or cinnamon rolls
8 to 16.3 oz
2 for$5Breakfast
Always Save cereal
18 to 26.8 oz
$2.79
General Mills cereal
11.2 to 16.8 oz
$3.49
Post cereal
18 to 25 oz
$4.99
Quaker oats
18 oz
$3.49
Eggo waffles
10 ct
$2.99
Bays English muffins
6 ct
$3.49
Hungry Jack or Pillsbury pancake mix
28 to 32 oz
$2.49
Bisquick
40 oz
$4.29
Banquet Brown 'N Serve sausage
6.4 oz
2 for$3
Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl
7 to 9 oz
$2.69
Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles
9.6 oz
$4.49
Crav'n Flavor breakfast sandwiches
14.56 to 19.6 oz
$4.99
Mr. Dell's hash browns
24 to 32 oz
$3.49
Hormel Mary Kitchen corned beef hash
14 oz
$3.49
Just Crack An Egg scramble kit
2.25 to 3 oz
2 for$4
Best Choice French toast sticks
16 oz
$2.99
Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice
46 oz
$3.99
Old Orchard juice
64 oz
2 for$4
Folgers ground coffee
22.6 to 25.9 oz
$12.99
Starbucks K-Cups
10 ct
$9.99
Chobani creamer or La Colombe cold brew
24 or 48 oz
2 for$9
Best Choice 100% honey
12 oz
$3.79Frozen
Red Baron pizza
17.89 to 23.45 oz
$3.99
Real Dough Pizza Co. pizza
18.6 to 21.15 oz
$10.99
Hot Pockets
4 ct
$3.99
Birds Eye Voila! skillet meals
21 oz
$3.99
Bibigo dumplings, Pagoda rangoons or wontons
6 to 7.27 oz
3 for$9
Smucker's Uncrustables
8 to 10 ct
$7.99Simply Potatoes
20 oz
$2.49
Superior Selections frozen fruit
12 to 16 oz
$2.99Blue Bunny mini ice cream cones or bars
6 to 8 ct
$3.49
Milky Way, Snickers or Twix ice cream bars
6 ct
$4.99
Halo Top ice cream
16 oz
$3.49
Bomb Pop ice pops
12 ct
$2.99Grocery
Kraft macaroni and cheese
5.5 to 7.3 oz
5 for$5
Maruchan ramen
3 oz
3 for$1
Progresso soup
18 to 19 oz
$1.99
Always Save peanut butter
18 oz
$1.99
Always Save saltine crackers
16 oz
$1.39
Heinz ketchup
29.5 to 31 oz
$4.99Heinz yellow mustard
20 oz
$2.49
Ken's Steak House dressing
16 oz
$3.49
Buffalo Wild Wings sauce
12 oz
$3.49
Zatarain's rice sides
6.9 oz
2 for$3
Betty Crocker potatoes
4 oz
2 for$3Best Choice apple juice
64 oz
$1.79
Chex Mix, Bugles or Gardetto's
9 to 14.5 oz
2 for$7
Old Dutch Restaurante tortilla chips
13 oz
2 for$7
Pringles party stack or Mingles
5.5 to 7.16 oz
$2.99
Rold Gold pretzel selects
16 oz
$5.49
Nabisco Ritz toasted chips
8.1 oz
$3.99
Nabisco party size cookies, crackers or grahams
23.7 to 28.8 oz
$6.49
Snack Pack pudding cups, family size
12 ct
$4.49
Hershey's snack size Halloween candy
9 to 11.6 oz
$5.49Drinks
Pepsi products
6 pk, 16.9 oz bottles
2 for$10
Bubly sparkling water
8 pk, 12 oz
$3.99
Bubbl'r sparkling water
6 pk, 12 oz
2 for$13
Polar sparkling water
8 pk, 12 oz cans
$3.69
Best Choice drinking water
24 pk, 16.9 oz
$3.69
Niagara purified water
24 pk, 16.9 oz
2 for$6Household
Best Choice Ultra paper towels
6 rolls
$7.99
Cottonelle or Scott bath tissue, Scott towels or Cottonelle wipes
4 to 12 mega rolls
$6.99
Best Choice freezer or storage bags
10 to 48 ct
3 for$5
Always Save foam plates
150 ct
$5.49Always Save plastic red cups
16 oz
$1.79Selected varieties where the ad says so. Prices are the store's, copied from its September 16 to 22, 2026 ad; the ad is the record if anything here differs. Product photos are from the store's September 16 to 22, 2026 ad (kenyonmarket.com/ads) and belong to the store and its suppliers. Get the ad by email: kenyonmarket@gmail.com.
Made in the meat department
The meatballs and pulsa
The recipes came from Hjordis Musgjerd, who emigrated from Norway in her early twenties. Her grandson Owen brought them to the store in 1961, Fred Braegelmann bought the rights with the store in 1986, and Pete Wagner got them with the sale in 2014. Carla and Sonya in the meat department still make both.
Ordering for the holidays
Church suppers and families order weeks ahead for November and December. This year the owner asked customers who plan to order to do it early, so every order is covered whatever happens with the sale.
Call 507-789-5101 to orderKenyon Market Famous meatballs
A Swedish meatball mix made in store from a recipe that came to the store with Owen Musgjerd in 1961 and has passed to every owner since. A gluten-free version is made too. Churches place their supper orders months ahead.
Pulsa
The Norwegian potato sausage, made in the meat department the same way, without the home butchering and casing. Orders peak in November and December.
Ham loaf, pork sausage, Italian sausage
Newer additions made in store alongside the meatballs and pulsa.
Lefse, lutefisk, creamed herring
Lefse and lefse mix, lutefisk in the freezer and by fresh order, and creamed herring in the cooler for the Scandinavian table.
Every week
Ways to save
Weekly ad
A new four-page ad every Wednesday. Pick it up in the store, read it at kenyonmarket.com/ads, or email kenyonmarket@gmail.com to get it sent to you.
Kenyon Market app
Free on the App Store and Google Play. App-only specials, points on what you spend, and loyalty rewards. Anyone at the register will help you sign up.
Milk punch card
Buy the set number of milk or other marked items and the next one is free.
Monthly Messenger ad
The store's ad in the Kenyon Messenger carries an entry ticket for a drawing: a $25 gift certificate to a Kenyon restaurant.
Hours7 a.m. to 8 p.m.Every day of the week
Address109 Red Wing AvenueDirections · Kenyon, MN 55946
Pays withSNAP, WIC, cardsSNAP / EBT, WIC vouchers, Visa, Mastercard
Help keep Kenyon's grocery store
The store is for sale, and open
The owners told the city council on July 14, 2026 that the store must sell or close, and that they would rather sell to someone in town. About twenty people work here. Kenyon has had a grocery store on this block since 1925.
Count me in
Leave your email and we will send news on the store, the sale, and any community effort to keep it. Nothing else, and never sold.
You are on the list. Thank you. Next: shop this week's ad, and if you can, tell the council.
About
In the store's words
Our family-owned store is happy to have served our community for over two decades. Come to Kenyon Market to find everything you need from the everyday essentials to specialty items from around the world.
Our friendly staff is here to help you find exactly what you're looking for and to offer you assistance regarding all the products we carry.
From kenyonmarket.com/about. Best Choice and Always Save are the house brands on its shelves.
Since 1925
A hundred years of one grocery store
Seven names since 1925, never closed, and from 1925 to 2008 never a missed week's ad in The Kenyon Leader.
1925
Archie Kramer opens the Self-Serve store on October 30, the first self-service grocery in Kenyon, next to the Citizens State Bank. Peter Dyrdahl joins on day one; the two later own it as Kramer and Dyrdahl Self-Serve.
1950
A four-day 25th-anniversary smorgasbord serves about 1,500 people. Change is paid in silver dollars.
1959
Herman Flemming and Irvin Hukriede of Cosmos buy the store.
1961
Owen Musgjerd buys Flemming's share; the store becomes H&M Self-Serve. Musgjerd brings his family's pulsa and meatball recipes.
1975
Musgjerd becomes sole owner; the store is Owen's Fairway Foods for 11 years.
1986
Fred Braegelmann of Richmond, Minn. buys the store in July: Fred's Fairway Foods. Sunday hours begin.
1989
Braegelmann builds the present 13,170-square-foot store on Red Wing Avenue, shared with a pharmacy. Randy Boomgaarden becomes manager and Scott Miner head of the meat department.
2001
Full remodel. The pharmacy sells at the end of 2013 and the grocery takes over its space.
2014
Father and son Dan and Pete Wagner buy Fred's Hometown Market in November through Wagner Foods Inc., then in eight small-town stores across southern Minnesota and Iowa, and rename it Kenyon Market. Dan Wagner was the Minnesota Grocers Association's 2010 Outstanding Grocer.
2021 to 2025
LED lighting, new flooring, closed-door coolers in dairy, meat and produce (summer 2025), a loyalty app, and the weekly ad doubled to four pages. Manager Randy Boomgaarden retires in 2025.
2025
Dollar General opens August 26 at 98 Gunderson Boulevard, on the old Milo Peterson Ford site. A second one opens in Wanamingo on March 13, 2026.
2026
July 14: the Wagners tell the city council the store must sell or close and ask for help finding a local buyer. The store stays open.
From Kevin Anderson's column in The Kenyon Leader, October 22, 2025, and the Kenyon Messenger, November 6, 2025.
Quick answers
Questions
What are Kenyon Market's hours?
Every day, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., including Sunday.
Is Kenyon Market closing?
No. The store is open its normal hours. The owner announced in July 2026 that the business is for sale and that he wants it to continue as a grocery store under local ownership. The council and press record is on the support page at kenyonminnesota.com/businesses/kenyon-market/support/.
Does Kenyon Market take SNAP, EBT and WIC?
Yes. The store's ad states that it accepts SNAP, WIC vouchers, Visa and Mastercard.
How do I order Kenyon Market meatballs or pulsa?
Call 507-789-5101 or ask at the meat counter. Holiday orders are taken well ahead; the owner asked customers to order early this year. A gluten-free meatball is made as well.
Where is the weekly ad?
At kenyonmarket.com/ads, in the store, in the Kenyon Market app, or by email from kenyonmarket@gmail.com. A new ad starts every Wednesday. This page shows the current ad by department.
Is there a Kenyon Market app?
Yes, free on the App Store and Google Play, with app-only specials, points on purchases and loyalty rewards. Staff will help you sign up at the register.
Does Kenyon Market deliver?
The owner told the Kenyon Messenger in 2024 that the store delivers groceries for seniors who cannot get out, and the state's Aging and Disability resource directory has listed a Thursday delivery inside the city limits with no fee. Call the store to arrange it; there is no online ordering.
Who owns Kenyon Market?
Pete Wagner and his father Dan Wagner, who bought the store in November 2014 through Wagner Foods Inc. Pete runs it. He is a third-generation grocer; his grandfather John Wagner opened the family's store in Adams, Minn. in the 1940s. His brother Chris owns Island Market in Pine Island, which is why the two stores share an ad.
How can I help keep the store?
Shop the weekly ad, order holiday meatballs and pulsa early, speak at a council meeting, and join the supporter list at kenyonminnesota.com/businesses/kenyon-market/support/. If you could buy or invest, call Pete Wagner at the store.
Is Kenyon Market hiring?
Openings are posted under Career Opportunities on kenyonmarket.com, or ask for Pete in the store.
Sources
- kenyonmarket.com: about, departments, location, links and the September 16 to 22, 2026 ad
- The Kenyon Leader, October 22, 2025: Local grocery store has evolving, yet longstanding, legacy in Kenyon, by Kevin Anderson
- Kenyon Messenger, November 6, 2025: Kenyon Market Has Whaaat?, by Cheri Roshon
- Kenyon Messenger, October 11, 2024: It Is Much More Than What Is On The Shelf, by Natalie Jacobson
- The Kenyon Leader, November 3, 2014: Change at Fred's Marketplace Foods, by Terri Lenz
Compiled September 17, 2026. Corrections: team@kenyonminnesota.com.