Manufacturers & Distributors

Except in nless you’re a restaurant or some kind of institution, you may not be able to purchase directly from these manufacturers. Some, such as most Koegel meats, are available in retail stores. Others, such as Abbotts Meat and Pierino Frozen Foods, have an office receptionist at their plants, where you can walk in and purchase any of their products. Just have a look around!

Breads

• Detroit
  • Brown’s Buns Baking Company
• Flint
  • Mr. Bread
• Hamtramck
  • Metropolitan Baking Co.

Deli

• Warren
  • Lipari Foods

Frozen Foods

• Lincoln Park
  • Pierino Frozen Foods (handmade pasta)
• Warren
  • Bosco’s Pizza Co.

Meats/Seafood

• Dearborn
  • Dearborn Brand
• Detroit
  • Wolverine Packing Co.
• Eastpointe
  • Winter Sausage Manufacturing Co.
• Flint
  • Abbotts Meat
  • Koegel Meats – Some of our recipes, such as the Ground Bologna Sandwich Spread and the Amost Flint-Style Coney Sauce call for meats from Koegel’s. They’re simply some of the best meats you can buy statewide.
• Hamtramck
  • Kowalski Co.
• Kentwood
  • Superior Foods
• Royal Oak
  • Superior Fish Co.
• St. Clair Shores
  • Alexander & Hornung

Pasties

• Crystal Falls
  • Nylund’s Pasty
• Gaylord
  • Albie’s Foods

Produce

• Detroit
  • Ben B. Schwartz and Sons, Inc.
  • La Grasso Bros.
  • Rocky Produce
• Grand Rapids
  • Greenridge Fruit, Inc.
• Lincoln Park
  • Preferred Brands Producs

Products

• Bay City
  • Michigan Sugar
• Frankenmuth
  • Star of the West Milling Co.
• Traverse City
  • Cherry Capital Foods

Full-Service Commercial Food Suppliers

Grand Rapids

• GFS Marketplace – GFS serves the foodservice industry. Their GFS Marketplace stores allow for the browsing of their products while also allowing the public to purchase the same foodservice items without a membership fee. These are some of Dave’s favorite stores.