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Show USU Dining Guide • Fall '09 • Page 8 Old Grist Mill is famous for freshness The Old Grist Mill Bread Co. started in 1992, primarily as a whole grain bread store. The Old Grist Mill was the first of it's type in the Cache Valley. OGM is not a franchise and is locally owned and operated. Owner Val Dee Christensen said, "We use local ingredients as much as possible, depending on availability. We always use the freshest ingredients available. Our wheat is stone ground in the store daily. We make bread as healthy as possible, with no added dairy or oils to most of our products. We have grown from one small store lo now having four locations." Besides the stores familiar to USU customers in Logan, there is an Old Grist Mill store in Brigham City and another in Ogden Christensen said the original bakery location (often referred to as the "4th North" location) in Logan has fresh free samples alwasys available. u We have a variety of whole grain and white breads, including Honey Whole Wheat, Country White, Sourdough, Multigrain, and many others. We also offer a variety of quick breads (no yeast/cake like breads) including Banana, Sour Cream Pecan, and a customer favorite — Pumpkin and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. We also offer delicious Oatmeal Cookies, Sugar Cookies — another customer favorite available Monday and Thursday only — English Tea Scones, Pumpkin Sqaures, Brownies and various other pastries." After two years as a bread store, the OGM added sandwiches to their lineup, Christensen said. The store added the sandwiches to the menu after having many customer's requesting them, he said, and the sanwiches are 'design your own' and made fresh to order. "They have been a huge success from day one," he said. "We are now able to do orders of one up to our largest order which was 4,0000 in a day — with prior notice of course! We are proud to say that our menu has evolved through customer suggestions." Christensen said through suggestions and research, all locations except the bakery at 400 North offer homeslyle soups with at least five different flavors daily. Various meal combinations are offered ranging from $3.00 - $7.00. The customer favorite has always been the "Lunch Special" offered anytime GRIST 78 EAST 400 NORTH (435) 755-0262 • i i ili in during business hours, which includes a full sandwich, chips, cookie and a drink. "Customers are always talking about the variety of delicous breads that we offer. We like hearing our customers say that we offer a homemade sandwich that is better than they can make*at home. Most of our customers are repeat customers that recognize the great value that we offer. We have shipped our products all over the U.S. to customers that tried us as they were passing through Logan. Our Lunch Specials have been all over the country. We've had customers tell us they ate our bagels for lunch in NYC, sandwiches in National Parks, even a group that packed our sandwiches with them on buses and ate them on the beaches of California," Christensen said. OGM offers a healthy alternative to fast food. They pride themselves on offering great products for a good value. Customers have become friends over the years. The owners said they believe that once a patron tries their products, they will be back. Old Grist Mill Bread Co., 78 East 400 North Logan, (435)-753-6463 981 S. MAIN (NEXT TO MAWS) (435) 753-6463 BREAD COMPANY BUY A LOAF OF 8REA9 GET3 8AGELS FREE BUY AMY COOKIE GET 1 FREE! |