Photo by Jeff Mulfinger

Tienda Mexico store owner Joe Talamantes, right, welcomes a customer into his store Friday afternoon.

Saturday, October 06, 2001

Tienda Mexico store owner Joe Talamantes, right, welcomes a customer into his store Friday afternoon. Talamantes, who operates the Mexican store with his wife Phyllis, said since the Farmland Foods fire in July they’ve seen about a 50 percent decrease in their business. Many of their customers who have moved away call in to the store to check on the status of Farmland&160;- they want to come back to Albert Lea if the business rebuilds.