BUY LOCAL – Michigan Goods

I know that I am a blog slaker, but I won’t waste my time or yours giving excuses (this time).  I got this in an email to day and thought it was pretty fantastic – Elizabeth, you can even get this stuff online in NC!  Support Michigan!!

Hello to all,

In a recent

issue of Hour Detroit magazine, I read the following quote:

‘If we all spent $10 a week on Michigan products, we could put $36 million every week back into the state’s economy’.

That was powerful to me. Every day I hear people bemoan the state of Michigan ’s economy and here was a simple and impactful thing that each of us could do to help.

I contacted a woman named Jeanne Lipe at the Michigan Agritourist Department who confirmed that the numbers were correct and gave me some leads to get started on what has turned into this email today.

The idea is to shift $10 per week of your grocery budget to products that are from Michigan companies. I wanted an easy to use list of Michigan products that I could find at my local grocery store. I have attached a copy of that list to this email. It is in no way complete, but it will get you off to a good start if you should choose to help out.

Some things I learned along the way: There are a lot of Michigan owned grocery stores that are supporting other Michigan businesses on their shelves. Spartan stores are a cooperative; this means that if you buy a Michigan made product from a Spartan affiliated grocery store, you are getting a ‘triple dip.’ The product is made in Michigan , the grocery store is independently owned by a Michigan family, and Spartan Stores headquarters is located in Grand Rapids . Other independently owned stores are a ‘double dip’. This includes stores like Randazzo’s and Westborn markets.

Meijer is based in Grand Rapids , so also counts as a double dip.

I also found a whole bunch of products that are not mass distributed, but are available online and in some specialty food shops. I have added them on a second sheet. There are some great treats and gift items there.

I am not one to send bulk email or encourage you to send them on, but I am making an exception to that rule today. If you think this idea is a good one, and you have friends and family throughout the state who might help out, please forward this email with the lists attached on to them. $36 Million per week could go a long way!

online stuff in Michigan:

specialty products brand website located in

barbeque sauces pop’s barbeque sauce

 

www.popsbbq.com clarkston

barbeque sauces billy bones bbq

 

www.billybonesbbq.com sanford

blueberry – everything the blueberry store

 

www.theblueberrystore.com south haven

cherry – everything cherry republic

 

www.cherryrepublic.com glen arbor

cherry products megan’s mom’s/natalie robyn’s

 

www.sixlugs.com interlochen

essential oils lorann oils

 

www.lorannoils.com lansing

free range beef and buffalo tmz farm

 

www.tmzfarm.com pinckney

granola michaelene’s gourmet granola

 

www.gourmetgranola.com clarkston

handmade chocolate truffles the chocolate garden

 

www.chocolategarden.com coloma

essential oil soaps bob’s wife’s soaps

 

bobswifessoaps.com st. john’s

herbs and art

 

www.creekside-herbs.com cedarville

hot pepper jelly mrs. devaney

 

www.mrsdevaneyshotpepperjelly.com jackson

maple syrup doodles sugar bush

 

www.doodlessugarbush.com blanchard

mint chocolates hanover’s mint

 

www.michiganmint.com st. john’s

northern michigan artisan bread stonehouse bread

 

www.stonehousebread.com traverse city

organic beans, rice and grains vita spelt

 

www.purityfoods.com okemos

organic teas and products light of day

 

www.lightofdayorganics.com leelenau pennisula

preserves food for thought

 

www.foodforthought.net honor

preserves and fruitcake jampot

 

www.societystjohn.com/jampot.jp eagle harbor

salsa – fruit traverse bay farms

 

www.traversebayfarms.com bellaire

supplements fruit advantage

 

www.fruitadvantage.com bellaire

the pinconning cheese store piconning cheese

 

www.pinconningcheese.com pinconning

truffles, caramels, chocolates grocer’s daughter chocolates

 

www.grocersdaughter.com empire

vegan and vegetarian foods the vegetarian express

 

www.thevegetarianexpress.com edmore

mustard brownwood farms

 

www.brownwoodfarms.com willamsburg

stone ground wheat products maiden mills

 

www.maidenmills.com holland

coffee becharas brothers

 

www.becharas.com highland park

sausages detroit sausage

 

www.detroitsausage.com detroit

cookies johnny b’s

www.johnnybcookies.com saint clair shores

In Michigan Stores:

product brand names company located in:

all purpose gourmet spice blend deyoung’s fore seasons hartland

bill knapp’s cake etc. awrey battle creek

brats alexander & hornung st. clair shores

bread flatout saline

bread and muffin mixes jbdough benton harbor

cereal kellogg’s battle creek

cheese reny-picot benton harbor

cheese s. serra warren

chewy granola bars yotta bar maple city

chocolates morley’s sterling heights

condiments american spoon petosky

cookies archway livonia

cookies& crackers keebler battle creek

dairy goods bareman’s holland

dairy goods calder carleton

dairy goods cf burger detroit

dairy goods guernsey northville

dairy goods melody farms livonia

dairy goods dairy fresh taylor

soynut snack products nature’s select owosso

extra virgin olive oil kenzoil ann arbor

garlic bread – frozen cole’s grand rapids

herring ma cohen’s detroit

hommus basha ferndale

horseradish brede’s detroit

hot dogs etc kowalski hamtramck

juice old orchard sparta

lunch meat & sausages koegel’s flint

mexican food hacienda mexican detroit

muffins and snack cakes weight watchers jackson

muffins, brownies etc jiffy mix chelsea

mustard mucky duck ferndale

natural foods eden’s clinton township

nuts germack detroit

packaged vegetables butter blends grand rapids

pasta al dente whitmore lake

pasta – frozen pierino lincoln park

pasta sauce sansonetti foods holly

pasta sauce romano’s shelby township

peanuts and snack food kars madison heights

peanuts and tortilla chips great lakes snacks or festida cedar springs

pickles freestone pickles bangor

pickles topor’s detroit

pop faygo detroit

pop vernor’s detroit

private label beef jerky spartan, meijer taylor

produce aunt mid’s detroit

rice and tapioca pudding spillson’s monroe

salad dressings litehouse lowell

salsa sansonetti foods holly

sausage dearborn sausage dearborn

snack foods better made detroit

sugar pioneer and big chief bay city

sugar free candies dr. john’s grand rapids

tortilla chips, salsa garden fresh, ferndale

tortillas la michoacana detroit

tortillas don marcos romulus

tortillas la jalisciense detroit

turkey (deli) golden legacy, brickman’s grand rapids

tuscan italian foods elena’s auburn hills

water absopure plymouth

wines st. julian paw paw