# "A thankful Bemidji grocer shares his success with his employees"

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**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-thankful-bemidji-grocer-shares-his-success-with-his-employees/57437 "2012-12-02T17:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-thankful-bemidji-grocer-shares-his-success-with-his-employees/57437/1 "2012-12-02T17:33:37Z")

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> BEMIDJI, MINN. - Joe Lueken spent 46 years becoming a successful grocer and community benefactor here. Finally, at 70, he’s ready to sell the business, travel the world with his wife, Janice, and reap some of what they’ve sown.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.startribune.com/local/180550281.html?refer=y](http://www.startribune.com/local/180550281.html?refer=y))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-thankful-bemidji-grocer-shares-his-success-with-his-employees/57437/2 "2012-12-20T10:00:10Z")

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THANK YOU for sharing this my friend. In these troubling times when little children from any culture are targeted for murder or worse, we can easily lose faith. This can help restore the goodness many men still have in their hearts. What a kind, wonderful man. I can only hope and pray that one day I can emulate what he has done.