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Jelly, jam, preserves, fruit butters and conserves, what is the difference?

While we all love grandma’s canned jam, fruit preserves, or apple butter, did anyone know if it was technically a jam or a jelly? I personally have always wondered what is the difference, and the same goes for all of Cherry Republic’s jellies, jams, preserves, fruit butters… and now our new conserve. Jelly is made from […]

Cherry Delivery Man in the Making

I am on vacation this week, so I thought we would share a story from one of our fulfillment team members making his nephew’s dream come true on his way down to our Ann Arbor store. Below is the story from Tom. Tom and Stephen looking good! Wednesday afternoon I loaded up the big white truck and hit the […]

April Fools Flag

April Fools!!!! Yes, we are just joking. But we’ve been working and hope to have some legitimate designs for you to comment on sometime in the next month.

Cherry Stompers 2016

Patagonia Line 5 Film

Great Lakes, Bad Lines… Discover the story of two Michigan adventurers and their 500-mile, fossil-free journey across the Upper Peninsula along the route of Line 5 – a 63-year-old pipeline – that threatens our inland waters and Great Lakes. Every day nearly 23 million gallons of oil flow through Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline located on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac just west […]

Cherry Republic Expansion

2016 Tailgating/Bowl Game Recipes

We had a contest for $20 Cherry Republic Gift Cards to see if we could get your best tailgating or super bowl party recipe. We had a total for four people submit recipes and the rest of you must be pretty secretive over your special recipes. Congratulations to Teri, Shelly, and Ted who’s dishes were selected […]

National Cherry Month 2016

PIPE UP! Cherry Republic, FLOW, and Groundwork

2016 Glen Arbor Area Winter

Above is a favorite angle of the Crystal River at the Dunns Farm Rd culvert. Here is a second view of the Dunns Farm culvert looking straight up the Crystal River. If you have never paddled the Crystal in the winter, this mild winter would be a great year to do it. Can you see the duck […]

State of the Company 2016

Cherry Republic’s State of the Company meeting had a packed agenda of 18 items to cover in three and a half hours. During our meeting, we laughed often, cried, celebrated and really rolled up our shirt sleeves and got some important stuff done. You can see the theme for the State of Company (and for the […]

Cherry and Bright Customer Survey 2015

Thanks again to everyone that took the time to take our survey. We learned some really valuable things to improve, but we also learned that we are doing a lot of things really well. Here’s a few highlights that we heard from you: In general we heard that you love our cherry products because of the […]

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