THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
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Meat Manager Maria Collins and Assistant Manager Scott Conner at the County Market in Tilton.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is sixth in our 12-story road-trip series looking at the people and places along Illinois 1 — from Watseka to Paris.
TILTON — When County Market opened 13 years ago in the former Eagle grocery store along Illinois 1/Georgetown Road, Assistant Manager Scott Conner said the line of customers wound all the way around the building.
The village, with a current population of about 2,500, had been without a grocery store for a number of years.
Today, there remains a reciprocal appreciation between the customers who are thankful for the convenient grocery store with friendly staff and store employees who welcome customers who feel like family.
County Market had been owned by Covington Foods and was taken over by Neimann Foods in 2016.
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