RETAIL tips and help customers visualize their upgraded spaces. First runner-up: Menards Second runner-up: Skilled Saws Inc./Hardwood Flooring BEST FLO RIST
UNIVERSITY FLOWERS bit.ly/CJflowers
If you want high-quality, fresh-cut flowers and plants or one-ofa-kind floral arrangements for special occasions, then pick up the phone and call University Flowers. The shop offers daily “Buck a Stem” flowers and gift baskets and has a vast array of vases, home decor and gift items. Plus, same-day delivery in Topeka is offered. First runner-up: Porterfield’s Flowers and Gifts Second runner-up: Dillons Floral Department
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FURNITURE MALL OF KANSAS furnituremallofkansas.com
Since its founding in 1933, this family-owned business has grown from a single store in Emporia to a mall-concept retailer in Topeka that’s home to Mattress Headquarters, Flooring Headquarters and three furniture stores — Discovery Furniture, RoomMakers and Marling’s. A big-store selection can be found, while its legacy of small-store customer service remains. BEST FURNITURE STORE First runner-up: Nebraska Furniture Mart Second runner-up: Owls Nest Antique Mall and Flea Market BEST MATTRESS STORE First runner-up: Nebraska Furniture Mart Second runner-up: The Mattress Hub
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JACKSON’S GREENHOUSE & GARDEN CENTER
jacksonsgreenhouse.com A favorite gardening and landscaping destination, Jackson’s Greenhouse offers everything you’ll need to grow plants indoors or outdoors, including annuals and perennials, cacti, orchids, succulents and tropical plants. Among its products are mulch, soil, sod, bird baths, tools, paving stones, insecticides and fountains.
supermarkets offer the staples of life — bread, milk, apples, frozen pizza, toilet paper — and specialty items that include fresh seafood, organic produce, pet supplies and flower bouquets. First runner-up: Aldi Second runner-up: Topeka Hy-Vee B EST JE W E LRY STORE
CALHOUN’S JEWELERS calhounsjewelers.com
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If you’re looking for something that will impress a loved one, take a look at the diamond rings, wedding bands, vintage estate jewelry and watches in the display cases at this family-owned and -operated jewelry store. Calhoun’s also repairs jewelry and watches and uses its CAD software, 3-D printer and casting equipment to custom-make jewelry.
Considered “neighborhood” stores because of their size and short driving distance from shoppers’ homes, the combo food-drug-floral
First runner-up: Briman’s Leading Jewelers Second runner-up: Diamonds by Design
First runner-up: Skinner Garden Store Second runner-up: Kaw Valley Greenhouse B EST G RO C E RY STO R E
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