Peterson Popcorn Opens Inver Grove Heights Store

Peterson Popcorn, a family business that's sold homemade popcorn and ice cream in St. Paul since 1977, opened an Inver Grove Heights store near Simley High School last week.

"What an excellent first few days!" reads a Peterson Facebook post. "We love seeing everybody's smiling faces from around town, what an excellent community of people."

Peterson, located near Hometown Meats at 3045 80th St. East, is being run solely by family members for now, though the popcorn store is considering hiring outside help this summer.

Inver Grove Heights residents have shown excitement on the store's Facebook page.

"Hub & I each got a cone & a bag of 3-way mixed popcorn!" wrote Connie Siebers. "This is the kind of business IGH needs!"

Here's Peterson Popcorn's description of their popcorn-popping process:

We start with fresh popped popcorn, add the highest quality ingredients, and use our secret family recipes to create mouth watering delights for everyone to enjoy.

We take pride in making our popcorn, one batch at a time, fresh, and by hand daily. You can be assured that your Popcorn has the best flavor and is of the highest quality. We hope you enjoy our Popcorn as much as we do!