Hiller’s Northville Store to Highlight Michigan Products and Vendors at Buy Michigan Week Food Fair

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – “There is so much talent in the state of Michigan – as a business owner, I am honored to highlight the hard work of my neighbors and support our economy by buying their products,” says Hiller’s Markets CEO Jim Hiller.

In concert with the statewide initiative known as Buy Michigan Week, Hiller’s Markets will host local companies and products in the Northville store, with samples for shoppers, August 1-2, 11:30-3:30. As a leader in the Buy Michigan Initiative, Hiller’s hosted three hugely successful Michigan food fairs in the spring. This will be the first Michigan food fair for the Northville store.

“We are responsible for our own salvation,” says Jim Hiller, who launched the Buy Michigan initiative last year and has devoted energy and resources to featuring Michigan companies in the Hiller’s biweekly circular, launching a collaborative Hometown First program with locally-owned businesses and identifying Michigan products with special shelf tags. “Working together, we ensure the viability of this region that much faster.”

Hiller’s Michigan Food Fair: August 1-2
11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Northville store: 425 N. Center Street (between Main Street and 8 Mile Road)
(248) 344-4001

Participating vendors at the forthcoming Michigan food fair will include Boar’s Head, Charley Marcuse’s Ballpark Mustard, Guernsey, Moo Moo’s, Polly’s, Community Tea, Carmella, Better Made, Beirut Bakery, Laura’s Delites, Germs Begone, Global Warming Salsa, Grandad’s Sweet Tea and Co-op Elevator. Hiller’s will simultaneously have an exhibit full of information during the downtown Northville Buy Michigan street fair that weekend.

Hiller’s has long been committed to showcasing locally-made, grown and produced food items. Among the hundreds of Michigan products Hiller’s sells are such brands as Garden Fresh Salsa, Pioneer Sugar, Guernsey Farms Dairy, Olga’s Kitchen, Bareman’s, Better Made, Hamilton Eggs, Old Orchard juices, Michigan navy beans, Polly’s Pastries and others. Additionally, Jim Hiller has mentored many local food entrepreneurs, including Garden Fresh’s Jack Aronson, Polly Levey-Carpenter of Polly’s Pastries and Alice Gambee of Community Tea House. “All of us are feeling the pangs of this troubled economic time and only by working together to highlight the extremely full landscape of Michigan talents will we make it through,” says Hiller.

Hiller’s groceries are located in Ann Arbor, Berkley, West Bloomfield, Northville, Plymouth, Commerce Township and a new 52,000 square-foot store in Union Lake.

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