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Grocery
Like everyone else, Powell Riverites buy the vast majority of our food at big grocery stores. Managers, inspired by customers’ requests and their own interest in local food, are working hard to bring in local products, including fruit and vegetables, fish, meat and prepared foods.
Chopping Block • 4741 Marine Owner: Russell “Rusty” Simmons, with son and sausage-maker Craig Simmons The store: Third-generation Powell River butcher shop, with produce and grocery. The local story: Bring the butchers the deer, elk or other meat you’ve hunted, and they’ll process it for you. You can’t get much more local than that! Two years ago, Rusty partnered with Wildwood’s Hatch-a-Bird Farm to bring in local eggs and produce. The store also carries Powell River-raised pork and chicken and Lois Lake Steelhead. Staff process their own line of sausages and other smoked meats - including a unique partnership with T-Fit - an “eat clean” gluten- and nitrate-free pepperoni.
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