Fligner’s Supermarket is on a roll.
The Ohio Grocers Association awarded the Lorain market the 2014 Pinnacle Award— and this is the second year in a row they’ve won.
The store has been around since 1924 and it’s one of the last independent supermarkets hanging in there. A key of their success? Local support.
In an interview with Chronicle-Telegram, co-owner Ben Fligner said:
“We strive to utilize the whole local economy. When people buy meat from Fligner’s, a lot of people benefit. The money stays in the county and goes back to local farmers.”
Congrats, Fligner’s!
This article appears in Feb 19-25, 2014.
The key here is “independent supermarket” — and not some generic layout, with generic management, cramming local consumers into a generic philosophy.
You know, I’ve never actually been here, but I should make a trip out there. Always great to see local businesses helping each other out and succeeding in the process. I’m also glad to see these guys resist the pressure to sell out and let Giant Eagle or someone else buy them up.