Post date: Jan 27, 2013 10:23:27 PM

Elwood market will open Feb. 4

by HARRY G. PERKINS Kearney Hub

ELWOOD - The Elwood Hometown Cooperative Market will open at 8 a.m. Feb. 4.

On Feb. 9, 2011, a group of people decided Elwood needed a grocery store. The previous grocery store closed Jan. 15, 2011.

Thanks to the group's efforts, the old store has been refurbished with fresh paint, new lights and flooring, a large investment in coolers, and something folks won't see: new wiring to replace the old and to increase the electrical capacity to accommodate the new coolers.

Leah Ann Brell, a member of the committee to re-establish the market and 2012 president of the Elwood Chamber of Commerce, said the store's operating hours will be 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.

Brell said the board of directors decided to delay a grand opening until the store has been operating a month or two.