A Message From the Owners

The Weaver Family moved to the Thompson Falls area in September 2001 where they immediately fell in love with this community, its people and all that it has to ofer. But with 8 children to provide for, Marty and Erma needed something that would meet multiple needs. They needed a source of income, they needed a way to teach their children to serve others as well as how to be a blessing and an asset to this community and to the people that call it home. Being a people person by nature as well as someone who loves to start new things, Marty quickly decided that a “ding and dent store” would be the perfect fit for their family. They wasted little time setting things in motion for their new store idea and within a short amount of time they had acquired the property east of town a few miles with a few buildings on it.

FALLS MARKET, operated as Grocery Surplus (also known locally as The Ding & Dent) until June 2025. It opened in 2002 by the Weaver family as a very small, liquidation grocery store in an 1800 square foot renovated shop.

One year later, in September of 2002, when Marty and Erma Weaver opened the doors to their “new” Grocery Surplus Store, they had no idea where the journey that they had just embarked upon would lead them. It would prove to be a journey of perseverance and a deepening faith in God Almighty. And as the years went by, the Grocery Surplus story was written with the ink of successes and failures, joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains, laughter and crying. But through it all, they never lost focus or their purpose for operating the store. That purpose was to provide for the community of Thompson Falls and the surrounding area, a more economical alternative for quality groceries. And they did just that through the avenues of discounted and liquidated groceries for over 2 decades.

Today we are operating as FALLS MARKET. We are second-generation owners of the company, and we are still a small, locally owned, family run business that is passionate about community. We are forever grateful for the rock-solid foundation of Grocery Surplus that we now have the opportunity to build upon. It is our intent and our desire to carry on the legacy of Grocery Surplus. And we will continue, with the best of our ability, to serve our customers with the same service and price conscious mindset that has been making friends and loyal customers for decades.

At this establishment, we are totally committed to growth, both as a company and at a personal level, but we are very keen to the fact that growth doesn’t happen by accident. Consumer needs and demands are always changing and evolving, and it can be challenging to keep up with buying trends and habits within the marketplace. But it is our promise that we will always do our best to meet the needs of our customers and our team members and anybody else that comes through our doors. And we will always be seeking ways to improve. That may include making some changes as we grow. Changes can be good of course and even necessary at times. In fact it is the changes that we have already implemented and have in mind to still add to the establishment that motivated us to make a name change. But the important stuf must never change. Important stuf like our core values and commitments that have built this store from the ground up. “To stop growing is to stop living”

Sincerely, Emery & Jana Weaver (owners)