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.
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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.
