Sisters Carry On Shamrock Inn Cheese Spread Tradition
June 21, 2012 | 1 min to read
There undoubtedly have been Irish eyes smiling down as Vickie Elgersma and Tama King advance their grandparents’ legacy with their own new business venture, Guinn Special Recipes.
Seventy-one years after Floyd and Vida Guinn founded the Shamrock Inn in Cordova, Ill., the homemade cheese spreads their supper club was famous for are being brought back to life, thanks to their granddaughters’ entrepreneurship.
The sisters have been working for more than a year to turn their sought-after family recipes into a product for the grocery shelves. With their first production batch completed and distribution beginning across the Hy-Vee Food Store chain, Elgersma and King are eagerly awaiting customer response to Guinn Special Recipes’ cheese spreads.
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