There’s about to be new Butcher in Harmon’s Grocery stores.
Butcher’s Bunches, a jam business founded in Cache Valley, finalized a contract with Harmon’s on Tuesday to sell a guava-filled cheese bread made in partnership with Salt Lake City’s Cheese Bread Mania.
Butcher’s Bunches founder Liz Butcher said the partnership will greatly increase the customer base and income for the business.
“We have landed a couple of other small stores, but we’ve been waiting for Harmon’s to join us,” Butcher said. “This is going to be awesome.”
It’s not the business’ first success. Since the opening in 2009, Butcher’s has filled orders for many high-profile customers. The business was commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival to create a “Back in Black” chocolate blueberry jam for attending celebrities. Butcher’s has also filled orders for actor Ben Affleck, Marriott hotels and is currently negotiating an order with celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.
Butcher started her business with limited ambitions. She was selling her homegrown produce at the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market when the social winds and market forces pushed her to try something new.
“Everyone has a garden these days and the price of tomatoes went down,” Butcher said. “I wanted to sell something different from everyone else at the farmers market so I started this business on the side. I didn’t know it would take off like this.”
Her jams are all sugar-free and contain produce grown by businesses around the Utah area.
“I like to use locally grown fruits and vegetables,” Butcher said. “I like promoting Utah businesses.”
The jams are primarily made by Butcher and her daughter-in-law, Alycia Butcher.
“It’s really fun,” Alycia Butcher said. “I’m basically involved in everything and get to see the product from start to finish and I love every bit of it.”
Kyndall Peterson, Paige Sjoblom, Aaron Griffiths, Lauren Handy, Heather Foster, Jill Dean and Cambria VandeMerwe contributed too this article
Butcher's Bunches has been in Harmon's for almost a year. The comments about Cheesebread Mania were stated as off the record as were several other comments in this article. (It was not supposed to be known to the general public until after March 10th.) Responsible journalism this is not. I was told today, March 20th that this was never published. Liz Kennard Butcher, Owner, Butcher's Bunches Handcrafted Preserves.
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