Yesterday, July 27th, Rollin’ Gelato catered gelato to the Michigan Tech Send Off event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The event was for incoming freshman to Michigan Tech, and about 200 people attended. The weather was wonderful…ly warm, which was good for eating gelato and talking about the university. The event was especially good for us, as …
Michigan Tech Event — Bought the Honey
Yesterday Widad bought the honey for the new flavor we are developing for the coming week’s Michigan Tech Send Off event in Grand Rapids. Widad found the honey from a local farmer at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market.
At Vicksburg tried the composting can
Yesterday, at the Vicksburg Farmers’ Market we tested out the composting can — the white can. Patrons came back to our booth after finishing their 4-ounce cup of gelato and deposited their cup, lid, and spoons in the white can — We filled the can 1/3 up. Then we tried it at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ …
Delivering on a Sunday morning to the neighborhood
During our walks in the neighborhood, Widad and I stopped several times to talk with neighbors. Inevitably the conversation would move to talking about how Rollin’ Gelato was doing. It is fun to talk with neighbors (and everyone else) about how things are progressing with the company, the flavor development, and more — we even …
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Battle Creek Food Truck Fridays — The RG VW Bus our for the First Time
Earlier this evening we took the RG Food Truck, a 1976 VW Bus, to its first food truck event. The event was in Battle Creek for the Food Truck Fridays event, hosted by the Battle Creek Farmers’ Market Association. The event was from 5-9pm, and we had a blast. First of all, we are happy …
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Our containers — compostable
This past Saturday we had someone purchase a 4-oz cup of gelato at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market. It was late in the day, and we only had chocolate gelato left in the freezer. She bought a chocolate cup, and walked away eating the bold flavor of chocolate in one of our little cups (as pictured …
Is our gelato gluten-free?
Yesterday, at the Texas Township Farmers’ Market I was asked by several people if our gelato was gluten-free. I didn’t know, but I did know that we didn’t specifically make the gelato gluten-free. So I told the patrons that the gelato wasn’t gluten-free just to be on the safe side. I didn’t want to say …