Your Chance to Help the Michigan Economy

Hello to all,

This message was sent to me from a friend.  Please read and BUY MICHIGAN!!!

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 ga ve 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 in d ependently 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 < BR>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!

SPECIALTY FOODS AND WEBSITES

pop's barbeque sauce www.popsbbq.com clarkston

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 www.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

Look for these products online and while you are travelling through Michigan!

When $1 is spent locally, that $1 impacts three to seven local businesses before leaving

the local economy.

Check out these other websites for more ideas on how you can support Michigan companies with your purchases: www.michiganwines.com, www.michiganbeerguide.com, www.buymichiganproducts.com, www.michigania.com, www.buymichigannnow.com, www.absolutemichigan.com

A note about this list: This list is in no way complete. It is a grass roots effort to encourage people help the state's economy. With no motive other than that.

FOOD BRANDS AND GROCERY STORES

(Product, brand name, 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

The foods on this list may be available at these Michigan owned grocer's :

Spartan Stores

Meijer

Busch's

Hiller's

IGA

Glen's

D&W

Felpausch

L&L

VG's

Hardings

Nino Salvaggio

Quality Dairy

Randazzo's

Taorello's

Vince & Joe's

Colasanti's

Family Fare

and more...

If you don't see

them at your store,

ask for them!

 

Thanks for reading!!