![]() ![]() “Some people came in a few times a week and left with a $2 order,” Liz Troyer said. At first people thought we were a bakery, then they saw the meats and cheeses and the bulk food we offered and they kept coming in.”Ĭustomers tested out the new market, sometimes buying just a few slices of meat at a time. ![]() Because of the name, a lot of people who came in thought we made the pies. They were getting five to seven calls a day from people asking where they could get the pies in this area. “Even before we opened, they stopped in and asked whether we’d be interested in selling their pies,” Delon Troyer said. The local store that sold pies from Troyer’s Home Pantry, in Apple Creek, had gone out of business. “We came to the conclusion that the Massillon area needed a bulk food store, and we found the perfect building,” Delon Troyer recalled. Everything here is as fresh as it gets, and our customers tell us all the time that we have very good prices.”ĭelon had worked in the construction business for almost 30 years before he and Liz decided to open a bulk food market almost six years ago. “That’s why most of the products we carry come from Walnut Creek Foods. “When people grow up around here, or come to visit, they come to expect the high-quality meats and cheese that this area is known for, and you may not always get that at the giant supermarkets,” she said. They come in for a sandwich at lunch time and order ‘the usual,’ and they love that we know exactly what they want.”Īnd, she emphasized, the Troyers pack a lot of quality into their intimate space. People come in and tell us all about their week and what’s happening in their lives. “It gives us the chance to really get to know our customers. ![]() “We enjoy owning a cozy little mom and pop store,” Liz Troyer admitted. Well, not the part about driving past it. And that’s the way husband and wife owners Delon and Liz Troyer like it. Troyer’s Dutch Market, in Perry Township, is so small that you might drive right past it. ![]()
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