Western South Dakota News

Buche Ace Hardware is celebrating anniversaries and grand openings at four locations throughout the month of November.

America’s most celebrated “helpful place” is hosting several events at four locations in South Dakota. The Buche Ace Hardware location at 1140 East Fifth Street in Winner is celebrating its grand opening. Buche Ace Hardware at 2211 SD Highway 10 in Sisseton and Buche Hardware and Lumber located at 301 East Highway 18 in Martin are celebrating one-year anniversaries, and the company's 560 South First Street location in Pine Ridge is celebrating its three-year anniversary.

The parent company itself is celebrating its anniversary in November. Established in 1905 in Lake Andes, South Dakota, the GF Buche Company is celebrating 117 years in business. According to the company's website, the GF Buche Company “owns and operates grocery, convenience, auto parts and hardware/lumber stores, along with fast food restaurants, in 19 locations in 11 different communities throughout South Dakota.”

“GF Buche Company prides itself on great customer service and differentiation within the retail industry. RF (the president of GF Buche) credits both of these key attributes to his dad and grandfather, as they have been handed down in each generation. The Buche Company employs about 400 team members and is planning for more growth,” the website stated.

Each of Buche Ace Hardware locations was designed to reflect the needs of the local community, in addition to offering products and services customers have come to expect from a full-service Ace store. That includes solutions to everyday home maintenance needs, as well as an extensive array of high-quality products in a variety of categories including paint, lawn and garden, tools, power tools, automotive, housewares, plumbing, hardware, electrical, cleaning and outdoor living.

Buche Ace Hardware also focuses on providing expert specialty services in paint color matching, wire, rope and chain cutting, auto key programming and cutting, screen repair, hunting and fishing licenses, acrylic sheet cutting, glass repair, STIHL power equipment repair, glass cutting, grill maintenance and repair, delivery and assembly, small engine repair and key cutting at its Winner location.

Sisseton’s store highlights having a farm and ranch department, an RV and marine department, offering delivery and assembly, STIHL power equipment repair, auto key programming and cutting, paint color matching, acrylic sheet cutting, key cutting, live bait, propane refill or exchange, hunting and fishing licenses, screen repair, rental, blade sharpening, auto key programming and cutting, small engine repair and glass cutting.

Buche Ace Hardware in Martin offers hunting and fishing licenses, auto key programming and cutting, carpet cleaning rentals, screen repair, lumber and building materials, delivery, key cutting, STIHL power equipment repair, paint color matching, rentals, acrylic sheet cutting, propane refill or exchange, glass cutting, contractor center, auto key programming and cutting, and glass repair.

The Pine Ridge location offers live bait, propane refill or exchange, assembly, hunting and fishing licenses, paint color matching, auto key programming and cutting, and key cutting.

At each store’s location, customers can find thousands of essential products and supplies, including some of the most respected brand names and best-selling items to help people take care of their homes. Key store focuses and product offerings include brands such as STIHL, Traeger, Weber, Toro, EGO, YETI, Milwaukee, Benjamin Moore, Big Green Egg, Magnolia Home, DeWalt, Clark+Kensington, Scotts and many more.

F. Buche Co. is currently run by RF Buche, the great-grandson of Gus (GF) Buche, who started the company in 1905 in Lake Andes, South Dakota. Grocery stores owned and operated by the company can be found Gregory, Mission, Oacoma, Pine Ridge, Sisseton and Wagner, as well as one named CashSmart located in Scotland. Convenience stores owned by the company are found in Lake Andes, Mission, Wagner and White River, with one named Buche’s Gus Stop located in Wanblee. Other stores owned by the Buche Company include Taco Johns and Buche Auto Parts.

For more information, visit Buche Ace Hardware's Facebook Pages: Buche Ace Hardware - Sisseton, Buche's Hardware - Pine Ridge, Buche Ace Hardware - Winner and Buche Hardware and Lumber. The company’s Ace Hardware website also has more information on the rewards program. For information about the grocery store and other owned businesses, visit Buche Foods.

Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, with more than 5,600 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 70 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in China, Panama and the United Arab Emirates.

Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and is known as "the place with the helpful hardware folks." For more information, visit AceHardware.com or Newsroom.AceHardware.com.