A University of Minnesota study shows more than 60-percent of rural grocery store owners plan to run their business for 10 more years or less. And the vast majority don’t have a transition plan in place to help assure the store will continue to operate. Study spokeswoman Kathy Draeger…

Draeger says often when a consumer works in a regional center they’ll do the bulk of their grocery shopping at a large chain grocery store. The study questionnaire was mailed to grocery stores in communities with populations less than 2,500.