Down at the Market
Aunt Nee’s Stirs Up Some Spice at the Dearborn Farmers Market
This family-owned business is expanding with affordable sauce mixes, available each Friday at the market.
Patrick Schwager is excited about the business that he and his mom, Lydia Alcala-Schwager run together, Aunt Nee’s Fresh Foods. And he has good reason to be, with demand rapidly pushing more productivity and distribution outlets that he anticipates will expand to other states by the end of this year. Already a mainstay at many area markets and fairs, Aunt Nee's stirs it up each Friday at the Dearborn Farmers Market, too. The formula for success began when his parents took their salsa-making hobby to art-and-craft fairs in 2006 and started selling the packets to a receptive customer base. “I was in college at the time and never imagined that I would end up joining the family business," said Schwager, who graduated from the University of …
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