Acme Recent Market, the native grocery store chain, continues to rejoice its begin 130 years in the past, revealing the winners of its Buckeye’s Finest contest.
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Ohio entrepreneurs entered their Ohio-made or grown merchandise (meals or normal merchandise) within the contest, vying for a complete of $10,000 in financial prizes and the chance to promote their objects in Acme shops.
The grand-prize winner of the $5,000 prize is Brian Reardon, 51, who entered his 5-0 Buffalo-style hen dip. The 2 first-place winners of $2,500 every are Nana and Natasha Takyi-Micah, creator of marinade Supreme Sauce that’s made utilizing a Ghanian recipe and Nicole Lazar, producer of an elderberry syrup.
The tagline for profitable 5-0 dip is “So good it needs to be unlawful.”
The 5-0 dip’s creator Reardon, who retired this week after serving 26 years as a police officer for Bainbridge Township, mentioned 5-0 is a time period for a police officer.
Reardon, who lives in Mentor, started advertising the dip — with origins in a crockpot dip he used to make for events — in 2019.
He and James Reinart, a companion within the dip enterprise, now have the product in all Acme Recent Market shops, in addition to Big Eagle shops and Heinen’s shops.
The dip is gluten-free and keto-friendly.
A maker of one other meals product produces the dip for Reardon and Reinart, who manages an auto dealership.
The primary elements are boneless and skinless hen breast, cream cheese, ranch dressing and a scorching sauce.
It is available in a 16-ounce container, which sells for no less than $7.99, and should be refrigerated. New flavors are Blue Line Southwest Veggie Dip and Hen Bacon Ranch Dip.
Supreme Sauce Marinade
The Supreme Sauce Marinade — primarily based on a standard Ghanian sauce — garnered a first-place for its creator Nana Takyi-Micah of Mayfield Heights.
It’s made with tomatoes, onions, inexperienced peppers, seasonings, peppers and extra.
Out there in both gentle or medium, the marinade should be refrigerated after opening, mentioned Takyi-Micah, who moved to the USA from Ghana in 2010.
Supreme Sauce is obtainable at Acme shops, in addition to Big Eagle Market District shops in Northeast Ohio. It is also bought on-line at https://www.michaspecialtyfoods.com.
“I seen that in grocery retailer cabinets there wasn’t an African class,” mentioned Takyi-Micah, 31, who’s an insurance coverage agent.
“I needed to share my tradition,” he mentioned. “And good meals brings folks collectively from totally different backgrounds.”
As with the 5-0 dip, a meals producer makes the marinade for Takyi-Micah’s Micah Specialty Meals.
The marinade is available in a 12-ounce bottle and sells for $5.79 at Acme shops.
Well being Junkie’s Elderberry Syrups
The opposite first-place winner is Well being Junkie’s Elderberry Syrups, created by Nicole Lazar of Sagamore Hills.
Merchandise made with antioxidant-rich meals equivalent to elderberries have been rising in recognition.
Lazar says on her web site — https://heyhealthjunkie.com — that she created her line of elderberry syrups after “each elderberry product I discovered” on retailer cabinets “was loaded with processed sugar and different components.
“With a background in holistic well being, I knew I may make one thing extra healthful,” she mentioned. “I started working, and Well being Junkie Elderberry Syrup was born.”
