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Garfield Plaza, In-C Store becomes Schaut Market

The Garfield Plaza and In-Convenience Store has sold and re-opened Oct. 31 under a new name, the Schaut Market.

Sonja Hall founded the store in 2015 in a former storage room of Mitz’s Cabinets.

“We were getting successful to the point of incorporation, big loans and needing to hire employees,” Hall said. “My kids, the more successful it got, the more they were pushed to the side.”

Discussions began in mid-October with Connie and John Schaut.

“It happened pretty quick,” said Connie.

“Selling was something in the back of my mind through summer vacation with the kids,” Hall said. “It was a wonder...

 

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