About Spikes & Houles

About Us

Spikes & Houles is more than just a feed store. We are a destination for pet owners, farmers, and homeowners to stock up on feed, seed, garden supplies, fresh plants, and much more. Our stores are staples of locally-owned shopping options in each of the communities they serve and give customers a choice between top national brands as well as locally-made feed and seed sourced from local partners and directly from our historic mill in Delano.

The driving force behind the success of Spikes & Houles has always been the passion of our employees. They are the experts that our customers have come to rely on for information about their animals and lawn care needs. Spikes & Houles employees own horses, chickens, goats, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals. They are not only passionate about their own animals, but they are also extremely passionate about our customers and the health of our customer's animals. Want to see for yourself? Just bring your pet with you when you shop one of our stores! Being able to shop WITH your pet is just one of the many benefits of shopping locally with us instead of the big box stores.

A typical visit to a Spikes & Houles will see you greeted by large stacks of the feeds that you use the most:  horse feed, chicken feed, wild bird seed, and dog & cat food. For locally-made feed and seed, we have more options than anyone else:

  • We blend and package our own wild bird feed fresh daily at the Historic Delano Mill. Only the finest quality seeds and grains are used. We eliminate the fillers that won’t provide the nutrition that beautiful native and migrating birds need. 
  • We blend and package our own companion animal and livestock feeds at the Historic Delano Mill. These feeds provide the best combination of nutrients and flavor-filled rations your animals will love.
  • We blend and package our own premium grass seed, pasture seed and forages. Formulated specifically for Minnesota terrain, soil and weather conditions for your lawns, pastures and athletic fields. 

Spikes & Houles also welcomes professional lawn care operators, pasture maintenance crews, landscape contractors, municipalities, golf courses, arborists and tree services to meet with our on-site turf expert and review your supply needs for fertilizer, organic fertilizer, grass seed, pest control products and winter ice melt.

Our History

The Spikes & Houles family of feed stores have been serving local Minnesota communities for over 100 years. There is a photo hanging up at the Spikes & Houles store in Forest Lake dated August 21st, 1916 that shows E.J. Houle making his first sale from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. From those humble beginnings, Spikes & Houles family of feed stores have grown into six locations serving thousands of customers and their beloved animals and pets. On a given day, Spikes & Houles will feed dogs, cats, horses, chickens, livestock, and even zoo animals! Our employees are knowledgeable because like our customers, they are also animal lovers, pet owners, and have first-hand experience of each product they make and sell.

In 2020, Spike’s Feed, Seed, & Pet Supply acquired EJ Houle’s Feed Stores, grew from three locations to five, and changed our name to incorporate both historic family names to officially become: Spikes & Houles. The most-recent Spike & Houles location opened in April 2021 and is located in Maple Plain. That brought the total number of locations to six. All six locations offer in-store shopping, curbside pickup, and delivery. Spikes & Houles is a member of the Gertens Family of Businesses and in 2021, we expanded our product line to feature more lawn and garden items including fresh, locally-grown Gertens plants for each season.

 


Store Locations and Phone Numbers:

Delano Spikes & Houles Feed Store: (763) 398-0316

Address: 511 Railroad Avenue, Delano, MN, 55328 (View in Google Maps)

Elk River Spikes & Houles Feed Store: (763) 241-4930

Address: 906 US-10, Elk River, MN, 55330 (View in Google Maps)

Loretto Spikes & Houles Feed Store: (763) 479-1481

Address: 6265 County Road 19, Loretto, MN, 55357 (View in Google Maps)

Forest Lake Spikes & Houles Store: (651) 464-3326

Address: 55 2nd Street Southwest, Forest Lake, MN, 55025 (View in Google Maps)

Stillwater Spikes & Houles Store: (651) 777-7229

Address: 10010 60th Street North, Stillwater, MN, 55082 (View in Google Maps)

Maple Plain Spikes & Houles (Formerly UFC Farm Supply): (763) 479-2123

Address: 5135 Oak St, Maple Plain, MN, 55359 (View in Google Maps)


 

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