Miner's Ace Hardware is a family business begun in 1956 by brothers, Lee and Glenn Miner. Both Lee and Glenn had worked in their parent's (Abe and Bee Miner) hardware store in Culver City during the late 1940's and early 1950's. As a family they had often visited the Central Coast to vacation, ocean fish and dig for claims. When a small hardware store in Grover Beach (located in the building to the immediate west of the present Grover Beach Store) came up for sale, the brothers were able to purchase the business and move their young families to the Central Coast. 
 
For the next several years both Lee and Glenn (along with their first employee, Wally Lewis) worked tirelessly to build the business. 70 hour weeks were the norm and profits were continually reinvested into the business to fund expansion. 
 
In 1964 Lee left the business to pursue other opportunities and Glenn took over the hardware store. In 1972 Glenn decided to join the buying co-op, Ace Hardware, which is owned entirely by the member dealers. This strategic alliance allowed Miner's to leverage the buying power of almost 5,000 independent Ace Stores and remain competitive against the growing "Big Box" trend. 
 
In the meantime Mike Miner, Lee's oldest son, who had worked in the store during high school and while attending Cal Poly, returned to the family business in 1979. Mike became President three years later and began to grow the business: the Grover Beach store experienced several expansions that eventually quadrupled its size, the Arroyo Grande Store was opened in 1986, the Morro Bay Store in 1997, the Los Osos store in 2000, and the Atascadero store in 2002. 
 
For the next few years, Miner's continued to grow through the expansion and remodeling of its existing stores. In 2005 Paul Filice, Mike's son-in-law, joined the business and was named President in 2008. The next year Miner's opened its sixth store in Nipomo and most recently the seventh store in San Luis Obispo. 
 
Today Miner's Ace Hardware remains a family owned and operated business. Our core value of treating others with fairness, humility and respect is reflected in our outstanding employees and our commitment to our legendary customer service.