Shopping local and buying local. It all rolls from one to the other. I had posted a while ago about how I shop local as a shop owner.
For me, it starts at “where can I buy wholesale products that are local?” I consider local anything east of the Mississippi.
I support smaller wholesale businesses. I want to bring the best of what I like and enjoy to The Stillroom.
This year I gambled a little by purchasing items with a shelf life. This can be a risky thing to do and I have avoided it to a degree in the past. But that was then and this is now.
I started out with smaller jars of clotted cream and jam. I have added maple products and scone mixes. I know, people think scones are dry and boring. They aren’t. These are cream scones. All you do is add heavy cream and they are excellent!
This is a reminder to you, that you don’t have to travel to the strip for some things that you can find right here in The Stillroom!
From the Harney & Sons loose teas to the jars of maple cream, it is you that helps this engine keep going, which in turn helps the wholesale supplier. The edibles that you will find in the shop are from local, east coast suppliers!
I strive to bring products made in the US and have been doing that since The Stillroom first opened in 2001. Although I like to add, it is a global economy and tea does come from China!
The shop still carries the usual accent pieces and dry goods that you have seen pop up over the years. Old, new, vintage, antique, hats, gloves, cool stuffs, you get it.
So, on that note it is Small Business Saturday.
Think small!
“This is the way”
-The Mandalorian
