11/6/09
Contact: Sara Long
517-432-1555, ext. 170
SUPPLEMENT TO: MAKING IT IN MICHIGAN 2009
November 11, 2009
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
Note to media: Food entrepreneurs and MSU Product Center innovation counselors will be available on-site for interviews.Vendors available for pre-conference interviews are:
- Robin Green, Midges Muffins, Grand Rapids, homemade muffins, 616-710-1607, robingreen@midgesmuffins.com
- Perry Harmon, Way North Foods, LLC, Traverse City, gourmet biscotti, 231-360-2006, perrys.creations@sbcglobal.net
- Lynda Herkner, Herkner’s Foods, Traverse City, cherry toppings, 231-357-2096, lherkner@c21northland.com (award winner)
- Linda Hundt, Sweetie-licious Pie Pantry, DeWitt (homemade pies, national contest winners), www.sweetie-licious.com/, yummy@sweetie-licious.com, (517) 449-6277 (not exhibiting, but a successful Product Center client and former award winner)
- Justin McLosky, Mandingo Pickles, LLC, Owosso, pickles, 989-725-7913, mandingopickles@gmail.com
- Josh Miner, Zingerman’s Creamery, Ann Arbor, maker of artisan cow and goat cheese and gelato, 734-929-0500, jminer@zingermans.com
- Fran Russell, Fran’s Famous Nuts (mixed nuts), Lansing, 517-702-0239, fransfamousnuts@gmail.com
- Sue Spagnuolo, Dolce Vita Dairy (goat cheese), St. Johns, 989-224-3432, sms8003@hotmail.com (Award Winner 2009)
- Hillory Yammen, Achatz Handmade Pie Co., Detroit area, maker of homemade pies, one of the “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch” for 2009 award winners, 586-749-2882, Kkreft@achatzpies.com (other contacts at Achatz are Wendy Achatz, wendy_achatz@comcast.net, 586-784-4743)
For a complete list of vendors, visit http://www.makingitinmichigan.msu.edu/Marketplace/ListofVendors/tabid/77/Default.aspx.
For media assistance prior to the show, contact Eileen Gianiodis or Sara Long at (517) 432-1555, ext. 177 and ext. 170, respectively.
For media assistance during the show, contact Eileen Gianiodis at (517) 242-4753.
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