[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CmvusvYWZA] We’re one step closer to naming our mascot. Thanks to the great suggestions we received, we’ve narrowed the list to the five favorites. Now it’s up to you. Take a look at the finalists and cast your vote! We’ll tally the votes and announce the winning name in a future Orchard Report. //
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Mary, Colebrook, and Hawthorn Grandchildren are adorable, wonderful, imaginative and brilliant. But being a grandmother is no easy task. With a few years of experience, I’ve learned a few tricks of the trade. Here are some ideas for getting the best out of your grandkids – with the least friction from their parents. 1. Keep your […]
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-bHlUgEOHI] Can you think of a good name for the Cherry Republic bear? If so, let us know in the comments below. If we like your suggestion the best, you’ll win a gift box specially picked out for you by me. So give us your best suggestion and help us finally give the Cherry Republic bear a […]
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Our chef, Tony Finnestad, fields questions from a reporter in the lead-up to our Traverse City store’s reopening. It’s been boarded up for weeks and has been the scene of noisy, dusty construction work with a near-constant stream of contractors coming and going. But the day is finally here! The work is almost finished! Our fabulous, […]
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Ice formations on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Sleeping Bear Bay After a long, cold winter, spring is coming to northern Michigan! While there is still a chill in the air and doubtlessly more snow before summer, the sun is noticeably warmer and the piles of snow and ice are melting. If you picture spring in […]
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Camps for the kids and tours and events for the grown-ups will hopefully be a fun way to get more people to experience life in the Republic! Cherry Republic has a new addition coming in June. We have named it the Cherry Republic Experience and its goal will be to bring memorable and heartfelt events to customers […]
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Last year, Cherry Republic celebrated its first 25 years of existence. As we start our second 25 years, we thought we’d share some dreams we hope to accomplish by the time we are 50. So here is a rainbow of ideas and though some might seem farfetched to you, each of these dreams have been discussed within […]
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For the second year in a row, frigid temperatures over Lake Michigan have left it nearly 60% frozen. Those cold temperatures coupled with the strong winds we’ve had over the past month are the perfect ingredients for the formation of ice caves. There were ice caves on Lake Michigan last year, but none had formed so far this year. Until […]
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2015 will be the year of biggest change ever in the life of Cherry Republic! It’s going to be an exciting ride, and we are inviting our customers and friends to come along by sharing a peek at some of these major projects in a series of posts in the coming weeks. This first one is […]
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Two weeks ago we asked you to suggest someone you thought should be our Valentine. Whether it was someone who needed a little cheering up, someone who is just totally awesome and deserving of some recognition, a dear friend, or someone you admire from afar, we wanted to know. The response was overwhelming. We had over […]
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Our True Cherry Pie. Simple and delicious. They fly off the shelves as quickly as we can bake them. It’s become one of our signature products. But few people enjoying a slice of our True Cherry Pie on a balmy summer’s day know of the desperate 40-mile journey through the teeth of the worst blizzard […]
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Setting off on the annual hike to school Somehow, the stars aligned to make the whimsical and uniting annual Sutherland family walk to school happen in the middle of winter. We hiked on Tuesday and planned to take a shortcut across Big Glen Lake. I excitedly thought we would set a new record time for this seven-mile […]
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