Hugo Magnuson

Hugo Magnuson

Hugo R. Magnuson (May 23, 1900–May 20, 2003) was the founder of the regional Hugo's grocery store chain and a former mayor of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. He served as mayor from 1964 to 1972. He also served as a city council member for seventeen years.

Magnuson is best known for the chain of grocery stores which bear his name and dot eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. He opened his first grocery store in Grand Forks in 1939.

The city of Grand Forks declared May 2000 as "Hugo Magnuson Month" in honor of his 100th birthday. Magnuson died days before his 103rd birthday in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.gohugos.com Hugo's grocery store website]
* [http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=3730 Article from "The Lutheran" magazine about Magnuson]


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