SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb.—An Iowa company is buying a Nebraska-based chain of farm and ranch supply stores.
An official with The Mercantile says the sale to Sioux City, Iowa-based Bomgaars is effective March 1. The sales price was not disclosed.
The Mercantile has Nebraska stores in Scottsbluff, Alliance, Bridgeport and other towns. It also has a store in Torrington, Wyo.; stores in Brighton and Loveland, Colo.; and a store in Spearfish, S.D.
Chuck Weinreis is a controlling partner with The Mercantile. He told the Scottsbluff Star-Herald in a Tuesday story that employees will have a chance to continue at their stores.
He described the sale as a “business decision.”
Bomgaars says it has 48 farm, lawn and garden stores in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Information from: Star-Herald,
