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Happy Friday! 🥃
Where's you're favorite place to get your fish fry fix?

Happy Friday Wisco! 🥃

Fascinating article:
"Al Norman has been fighting to keep Walmart and other big-box retailers out of small towns like this one for 25 years. He’s been successful in Greenfield, his hometown and the site of his first battle with Walmart, and in dozens of other towns across the country."
https://tinyurl.com/greenfieldma

Money talks,
How you spend it shapes your community's future.
Make good choices!

Imagine what your community would look like without any local businesses 🤯

When you remove local businesses you take away the character and individuality they bring. These owners are also constantly adding new products that benefit their customers. Keep the charm in your community and support local!

** MOTHERS DAY GIFT IDEA **
What Mom doesn't like CHOCOATES?!!! 😋🍫

This assortment features a 12-piece assortment of handcrafted chocolate truffles all beautifully laid out in a wine bottle-shaped box.

Comes with truffle varieties that can include:
Milk Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
White Chocolate
Black Raspberry
Chai Tea
Cappuccino
Crème Brulee
Tiramisu
Pomegranate
Lemon Merengue
Champagne
Rum
Coffee Caramel
Caramel Pecan
Strawberry Cheesecake
Coconut
Kahlua/White Russian
Irish Crème

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Let's do it!! Where should we? 🤔

I don't know what I would do without our local businesses! ❤️

Happy Pi (3.14) Day! 😋🍕🥧
What's your favorite local bakery or pizza place?

The unfortunate truth of owning and running a business.

Running a business is really hard.

What they don’t tell you is that it can cause severe stress and anxiety, and drains you mentally to the point of depression in even the most laid back people.

People will talk about you, compare you to others, use you, they will view you as a service and not a person anymore.

Friends and family will expect discounts and people will value you and your hard work less than a big chain store.

You have to worry about if you forget to email/message someone back, are they going to think it was on purpose? Did you disappoint them? Will they hold that against you? When in reality you just can’t get to everyone’s messages and emails.

Starting up and running a successful business puts incredible strain on personal lives and relationships, many of which fail because there is just often no work life balance. You need to be the director, the worker, the admin, the marketing team, the accountant, the cleaner..... All whilst being a parent, a husband or a wife, family support, friend... it’s one of the hardest things you will try and balance

There’s a reason you don’t see many people succeed in small businesses after 5 years. If they are successful they are overwhelmed. It takes a toll. It’s freaking exhausting. Especially the past couple of years when so much has been out of our control.

Here’s a small reminder that we are just normal people with hectic lives. Be kind, be patient, support small businesses…….and hopefully more of us will stick around!

I copied this from another small business owner that I support and they support us.

💖 highlight the good

Spread more smiles - make a small business owner's day by thinking local first.