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Grosse Pointe 'Slow Jams' Speeding onto Store Shelves Across Metro Detroit
Grosse Pointe Farms mom behind product that mixes Michigan's agricultural bounties with principles-backed business plan.
The name of the product is Slow Jams jam, but business is moving anything but. In less than a year, the Grosse Pointe born and bred jam-making start-up has made the leap from homemade and sold at a stand in Eastern Market to a commercial kitchen that's turning out hundreds of jars weekly. From the kitchen in a Grosse Pointe Woods church, Slow Jams heads for homes, restaurants and grocery stores across metro Detroit. The jam, which comes in 22 flavors, is sold in smaller, gourmet and specialty grocers such as Plum Markets, The Produce Stations and Zingerman's Creamery. It has also just made a big move to the shelves of 20 Kroger stores, part of a Buy Michigan promotion. Slow Jams jam is the creation of Shannon Byrne, a Grosse Pointe …
