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    The Reinvented Boomchunka(Post)

    Cherry Boomchunkas are my first food product.  It all began 22 years ago in a search for expanding my business.   I had been selling Cherry Republic t-shirts, but was frustrated because tees were onl ...

    Hockey on Little Glen Lake(Post)

    As we have been driving back and forth between our Glen Arbor HQ and our Empire Warehouse fulfilling orders, our staff has been driving by perfect ice on Little Glen Lake. The ice has been smooth as ...

    Happy Birthday, Boomchunka!(Post)

    Cherry Republic’s first food product-- the first Cherry Boomchunka Cookie was baked 20 years ago.  For two decades, we have been baking, packaging and selling this dynamite mixture of chocolate, ...

    A Golden Opportunity(Post)

    This post was written by Alex Lowry.  She and her family were Cherry Republic's millionth gift box recipients.  Inside this box they found our Golden Ticket, which automatically earned them a trip to ...

    New Fall Line Up(Post)

      The first shades of Fall are painting the leaves here in Northern Michigan. Reds, oranges, and yellows travel over the hills and along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Fall certainly is a beautif ...

    Behind the Holiday Scenes at Cherry Republic(Post)

    Cherry Republic began as a small store with 2 employees but now employs over 200 people for the busy holiday season. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at Cherry Republic during our busiest time of the ...

    Northern Michigan Valentine Giveaway(Post)

    Want to win one of two Cherry Republic Valentine's Gift Boxes? We're looking for romantic stories that involve northern Michigan in general and Cherry Republic in particular. Did you meet some ...

    Coming Soon! The 2021 Virtual Test Kitchen(Post)

    Last year we had to get creative with our Traveling Test Kitchen, so we went virtual — and our loyal Citizens of the Republic made it a great success! We had over 350 people ‘apply’ to be taste teste ...

    Cherry Ambassadors For a Day(Post)

    The Cheney Family were the high bidders in our most coveted Inaudible Auction to date: an instant transformation into Cherry Republic employees, and a morning of hard labor in Glen Arbor.  We think t ...

    Life!(Post)

    What does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie stand for? It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt.  I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a big red Cherry Republic.  The ...

    Rooted in Empire(Post)

    From left to right, Bob Sutherland (CEO), Al Skiver (Builder), Todd Ciolek (COO) and Roni Hazelton (Director of DFC Operations) plant their shovels in the ground and move the first piles of dirt, of ...

    Boomer the Bear(Post)

    Boomer, the Cherry Republic Bear, looks more relaxed now that he finally has a name. The bear has been around for ages, but he's lacked a name until now. We asked for suggestions from our Orchard ...