The Local Grocer

I found this store to be an interesting visit, and would recommend anyone in the area to give it a try at least once! I went on a Monday morning, and the staff were working on getting things staged for the week. The store was a little understocked, and a little messy. There are lots of Michigan products here,some that I would not have found at the local Kroger, Mejers, or Walmart. Frozen meats like whole duck, ground bison, and even ground boar! I ended up picking up a bag of Flint Coffee, which is roasted in the shop above the building! If you're ever in the area and what to check out something neat, this is a great store to stop in and see.

After an exhaustive search and a few failed attempts to score a carton of C.F. Burger Creamery's Old Fashioned egg nog; I found one carton left at The Local Grocer. I thought that I wasn't going to have any this Christmas as it's the 21st of December as of today. So I was super charged to find out they had one carton left in stock. Thank you for carrying this product.

Nearly everything in the store is advertised as local and organic, but nothing in the store actually is local or organic. Almost every ingredient in their "grab and go" section was purchased from GORDON'S FOOD SERVICE. The meat and cheese they use is the bottom of the barrel, worst meat you can purchase. They sell it as if it's organic, and it isn't labeled correctly. I've personally heard the owners lie to customers about the nitrates and nitrites in their meats. The store is very poorly stocked. Good luck finding ANYTHING you need. And if you do, it's going to be full of gmos, pesticides and fertilizers. They treat their staff and customers with an unmatched level of disrespect, but will smile at you in person. If you get to know them, the owners openly but quietly speak negatively about nearly every business owner and farmer in the Flint Metro area. These are coincidentally the same people they claim to be "supporting." A quick glimpse into their "storeroom" off the kitchen would have you terrified to eat or shop there ever again. The owners are incredibly rude to the homeless population of Flint, to a degree that is appalling.