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Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Clint and Jenny Osner – Hired Man’s Grocery & Grill, Inc.

“Homegrown.” It’s nice to enjoy homegrown products fresh from the garden, for example.  Today we’ll learn about a store which is providing lots of good products in a rural community. A key to its success is that the business itself is homegrown.

The Hired Man's Grocery & Grill in Conway Springs, Kan. is owned by the Clint & Jenny Osner family.
The Hired Man’s Grocery & Grill in Conway Springs, Kan. is owned by the Clint & Jenny Osner family.

Jenny and Clint Osner are owners of Hired Man’s Grocery & Grill, Inc. in Conway Springs near Wichita. Jenny and Clint grew up and went to school at Conway Springs.

Clint became a certified welder. “I’m a teacher,” Jenny said. She got her education degree from Wichita State and earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She also taught swimming and lifeguarding.

After the old grocery store in Conway Springs closed, Jenny and Clint decided to open a store themselves. “We did it because we believe in the community,” Jenny said.

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