The recipe for Cream-Nut peanut butter from Koeze (rhymes with Susie) in Grand Rapids, Michigan hasn’t changed since Albertus Koeze started making it in 1925. The equipment is old, too, from the middle of the last century. Even a lot of the staff have been there for decades. As Martin Andree, vice-president of Koeze puts […]
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July 9, 1995—19 years ago yesterday—is the “birthday” of Zingerman’s Mail Order. Sort of. Actually we kind of made it up. Our anniversary isn’t as clear-cut as at some other businesses. We didn’t have a first day that we opened our doors the way Zingerman’s Delicatessen did on March 15, 1982. We don’t have a […]
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In the tinned fish world at Zingerman’s, Ortiz tuna is the belle of the ball. Each year we sell a boatload of it. Last year we sold more than 30,000 tins. It’s delicious, and it certainly merits all the attention it gets, but it’s not the only tinned fish in town. Portuguese sardines are equally […]
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