Tollefson’s Retail Group was the 2022 recipient of the Franklin G. Larson Excellence in Family Business Award presented through the Prairie Family Business Association. The award is presented to family-owned businesses that exemplify the Franklin G. Larson principles of honesty, ethics, strong community focus and empowering others to be successful.

The Prairie Family Business Association (PFBA), founded in 1992, is an outreach center of the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business. PFBA helps family businesses thrive through generations by providing a resource network for family business success. The association serves more than 230 members of businesses throughout the region and nation.

Tollefson’s began in 1925 as a single furniture store in Minot. Today, the fourth-generation, family-owned business has more than 200 employees throughout 22 locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Tollefson’s Retail Group Inc. encompasses four business entities — Slumberland Furniture, The Carpet Garage Flooring Center, Tollefson’s Carpetland and Tollefson’s Contract Flooring.