Posts Tagged ‘quality local food’
Shop Quality in 2020 vs Quantity
As the story about the general retail environment says it’s getting tougher and tougher across America, an interesting phenomenon has begun to take shape. Somewhat of a reversal from the conventional wisdom that dominated retail shopping and grocery strategy for over a decade. Bigger was better and smaller, quality local markets got swallowed up by…
Read MoreFood For Good
During November and December, the LDF Country Market will have collection baskets for non-perishable food donations. The “Food for Good” campaign will benefit The Tribal Economic Support program. BDC Director of Corporate Projects Melissa Doud and Country Market Supervisor Doug Finn kick off the “Food for Good” drive that will run through Dec.23 at LDF…
Read MoreGrilling Season Coming to a Close?
There are two seasons in Wisconsin, winter and grilling. Winter seems to drag on forever and even makes an appearance in April, sometimes May. Winter makes everything cold and gloomy and sometimes we just wish that groundhog would never see his shadow again and deliver an early end to winter which leads to the best…
Read MoreFood Trends in 2019 Update: Dairy
Earlier this year we discussed the overwhelming presence dairy has in this state. We know that if you are from Wisconsin, you grew up in the milk and cheese state and were always proud of that fact. Over the last few years, there has been a campaign coming from the west coast claiming “happy cows…
Read MoreFood Trends In 2019 Update: Produce
Earlier this year on our blog we examined some of the projected food trends in 2019 and the summer months. We wanted to take a look again at some of these and see if the projected trends held up. When it comes to produce in 2019 we examined the following: Some of the biggest challenges…
Read MoreAdvantages of grilling with propane versus charcoal
Since people have grilled and tailgated they have always used some variation of wood or charcoal to heat and stoke the flames. How these flames got there has changed since the 1950s when the propane / gas grill was invented and sold. Ever since then the “laws of grilling” debate has carried on; propane vs…
Read MoreWelcome to Lac Du Flambeau, Campers
We welcome you to the beautiful Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Lands. June, more than any other month of the year we see the most tourists come up north and visit us. We have a robust camping community that loves to come and spend their nights under the sky and in the great outdoors. We also…
Read MoreGrilling Season is Upon Us
There are two seasons in Wisconsin, winter and grilling. Winter seems to drag on forever and even makes an appearance in April, sometimes May. Winter makes everything cold and gloomy and sometimes we just wish that groundhog would never see his shadow again and deliver an early end to winter which leads to the best…
Read MoreFood Trends 2019: Produce
After last year, 2019 is looking like a very similar year for grocery store produce divisions. Companies selling fresh produce will have to face some of the same issues they faced last year, but if anyone is prepared for it again it’s the LDF Country Market. One of the things to watch is possible sales…
Read MoreChuck the Butcher Featured on WJFW
One of our great assets and friends at the LDF Country Market is our butcher Chuck. NBC 12 WJFW took notice recently and ran an entire segment on him. A link to the article and video segment is below. It provides great insights into how great he is at his job and how lucky we…
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