Hillsdale Market House will close March 29 after 85 years of business, fourth-generation owner Brett Boyd announced online last week.
“Unfortunately, despite numerous investments to reinvent our business, we can no longer continue operations,” Boyd wrote in a Facebook post March 16. “We are forever thankful to our customers and vendors who supported our family and associates for so many years.”
Anytime Fitness and Biggby Coffee, along with the Boyd family’s store in Hudson, will remain open, but Sharon’s House of Pancakes, Underdogs: Sliders Spirits & Sports, Krispy Krunchy Chicken, and Blimpie Subs & Salads will close with the store. The 46,000-square-foot Hillsdale property on Carleton Road remains available for purchase, currently listed at $5.5 million.
Boyd said Hudson Market House, a drive of about 17 miles east of Hillsdale, will remain open.
“Our family remains steadfastly committed to our Hudson store, associates and customers,” Boyd said. “We look forward to future investments there to continue our commitment and wide variety of services to those neighboring communities.”
Hillsdale Market House is in the midst of a closing sale this week.
“Starting Tuesday, March 17, many products throughout the Hillsdale store will be discounted by 25%,” Boyd wrote online. “This excludes meat, produce, alcohol, and some other items. From Friday, March 27 to Sunday, March 29, all remaining products will be reduced by 50%. Inventory remaining after March 29 will be considered for transfer to our Hudson location or donation to many local food pantries.”
The store faced more competition in recent years after Meijer opened in May 2024 and Aldi opened in March 2025, both just north of the city on M-99.
Both the Hudson and Hillsdale locations are for sale. Brittany Ostrowski, a real estate agent from ERA Reardon Realty, told The Collegian in October 2025 that Boyd hopes to retire and spend more time with family. Business at Hillsdale Market House had become more difficult because of the saturated grocery store market in Hillsdale, according to Ostrowski.
“Hudson has been kind of taking care of Hillsdale for a long time, making money and pumping it back into Hillsdale, being creative, reducing the footprint of the grocery,” Ostrowski said. “Trying to get it to be profitable, and with the competition, it’s been hard for them.”
At the close of the March 16 city council meeting, Ward 2 Councilman Matthew Bentley marked the “passing” of the grocery store.
“Without pointing fingers, I’d just note that economic development has its downsides,” Bentley said during an open comment period of the meeting for councilmen. “I think there’s every reason to believe that the Market House, an institution that’s been here for 85 years, seems to be a victim of it in a prime location. Meanwhile, we keep patting ourselves on the back for cramming more stuff into the sprawl out there on 99. I’d like to focus on downtown and the near-downtown. It’s an unfortunate loss to our community.”
