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Jacqlon’s Faces Staying Open or Retirement

Business Spotlight

Jacqlon’s Country Cafe

Jacqlon’s Faces Staying Open or Retirement

Jacqlon’s broke ground as the first restaurant in Holmen 25 years ago. As Jacqlynn and Lonnie Hauser approached 2020, it was the year to retire. Unfortunately their savings is getting tapped instead during these challenging times.

An economy-watcher spoke of 2020 as, “One day the community is going to wake up and find a bunch of dark storefronts where they once loved something.”

The lights are dimming in our small businesses – the restaurants and stores that make us vibrant. The owners are unable to keep pulling from personal savings to keep their employees in jobs.

The time is now to lean into buying local. Check out these Four Ways to Help Buy Local, Support Small Businesses >>.

Here’s the story of owners Jacqlynn and Lonnie Hauser in Holmen.

Jacqlon: A Lifetime Investment Struggling

Watching their Retirement Shrink

 

Co-owners Jacqlynn & Lonnie (Jacq-Lon) planned on selling and retiring. Then the pandemic made their business not a viable sales opportunity.

 

Many doubted that the first restaurant would make it in Holmen, but Jacqlynn and Lonnie knew otherwise. They opened their Jacqlon’s Country Cafe & Restaurant and grew their thriving breakfast and weekend crowd. To the naysayers, they celebrated being open 25 years this year. A few months in, retirement got farther away than closer. 

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