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Weinreis family builds business on hard work & team work
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By Maria Tibbetts
huck Weinreis and his six brothers never learned to cause conflict. “Our father kept us so busy we didn’t have time to stand around and argue and hassle over stuff. We went and got the work done, and maybe another brother would show up to help you with it.”
That attitude carries through to today, 60 years later, when all seven are still in business together. Their business spans several states and recently added a 30,000-acre ranch in northwestern South Dakota. “Everybody does whatever needs to be done. From what I see, that’s the only thing
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that makes something work,” Chuck said. Chuck is the oldest boy—their family also included five sisters. “I’m the chief ditch-digger. We don’t use titles around our outfit.” Their outfit now includes the children of Chuck and his brothers, and the same attitude is being taught to another generation.
