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Upper Midwest Gourmet is a one-stop, wholesale distributor of specialty food service ingredients, Flamenco fair trade organic coffee, Italian gelato ingredients and equipment, hundreds of other gourmet beverages and foods, café equipment and machines, and environmentally-conscious supplies like cups, napkins, and eco-sleeves.
Upper Midwest Gourmet
1901 Traffic St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413
Office: (612)728-7208 / Fax: (612)728-7227 / E-mail: info@uppermidwestgourmet.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-5pm / Friday 9am-1pm (Central Time)
See About Us for more. Our UMG Blog starts below. Thank you.



By Michael Applen, on September 26th, 2008
Your customers will love the BRAND NEW triple-wall 16oz “Happy Holidays” paper cup from Insulair.
Get your “Happy Holidays” 16oz Insulair cups before it’s too late!

Limited time seasonal offer and limited stock available, so please Pre-Order yours today!
Feel free to Contact Us with any other questions or comments.
By Jesse Grote, on September 18th, 2008
35Dub.
Congratulations Minnesota on a project quickly completed.

By David Chall, on September 16th, 2008
Ho Ho Ho. Christmas Candy orders are now closed for the season. We will be taking Valentines day pre-orders until November 1st. Please call your sales representative and find out what is availble this year.
Cheers,
David
By Michael Applen, on September 15th, 2008
Next time you are in Northern Minnesota take some time to enjoy a beautiful cafe in Park Rapids called “Bella Caffe.”

Thom and Cathy Peterson are the owners and they did a great job of creating the perfectly authentic Italian motif for their cafe. They serve espresso and coffee, fruit smoothies, wine, beer, cheeses, antipasto, paninis, treats, and much more.
I truly enjoyed my experience at their cafe and am positive you will as well.
Bella Caffe – 116 3rd Street West, Park Rapids, MN 56470 / (218)732-7625
Please Contact Us for more information.
Thanks.

By Michael Applen, on September 15th, 2008
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This a great way to add some profits to your counter/retail offerings.
Minimum order of 1 case or (4 x 60pc) displays
Please Contact Us for more information or Pre-Order Yours today!
By Jesse Grote, on September 10th, 2008
While I acknowledge that this has little to do with coffee, and by “little” I actually mean “nothing,” it is an interesting study nonetheless and worthy of our perusal.
Please note that Upper Midwest Gourmet is firmly entrenched in Popville, and we expect you to honor that vernacular when placing orders. And yes, I realize that we don’t sell Pop. I mean Soda.

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Also, comments are open, so feel free to leave one.
Thanks!
By Jesse Grote, on September 8th, 2008
By David Chall, on September 5th, 2008
Well Northerners, the chilly mornings and evenings are finally here. That means it’s time to start re-arranging inventory and moving back into the hot beverages. Make sure you raise your par levels on Chai Tea and Syrups for Hot Drinks. We are taking pre-orders for Ghirardelli Christmas / Holiday candy for the next 2 weeks so talk to your sales rep. and place your special orders now. Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint, Pralines, Creme D Menthe, Egg Nog and all the other Holiday flavors are all back in stock here and should be on your shelves too. Don’t wait to follow Starbucks lead. Make them follow you! Cheers, David
By David Chall, on September 5th, 2008
Just a reminder to all our coffee customers. Our Roasterie roasts all of your coffee when you order it. Many other companies claim to do this but we really do operate like this. There is no giant stock of roasted beans on the shelf for days and weeks at a time. Occasionally we can pull coffee from a batch that is scheduled to deliver the next day or increase the size of a batch of coffee about to be roasted to accommodate a rush order. However, we cannot guarantee that if you order coffee on Monday that we can roast, cool, package, label and ship your order on the same day. We require you place your coffee orders by 11:00 am the day before you need the beans to be shipped. If you order coffee on Monday it will ship on Tuesday or if you are a local Van route customer it will be roasted the day before your next delivery. Please remember this when planning your coffee inventory. It is our goal to have you serve the freshest and best coffee possible and we don’t want to have to put bags on the shelf waiting an extended amount of time before your next order. Also remember that we Gold Cup Certify all exclusive Flamenco Coffee customers at no charge. Feel free to talk to any of our 3 gold cup staff members to schedule a time to have your store certified. Cheers, David
By David Chall, on September 4th, 2008
Every year we guess how many peices of equipment to bring in from suppliers to meet the heavy season demand. As usual, we have a few items left over and have rock bottom clearance pricing. Here is a sample of some of the equipment we have:
Oscartielle Ventura XP6 gelato display
Sevel EII gelato display
Sevel SLM8 demo gelato display
ISA 4 pan gelato display
Bravo Trittico 18 Hot Process Batch Freezer
Technogel BF30 Batch Freezer
Technogel Mixgel 50 Hot Process Batch Freezer
Frigomat 5 liter Heater Mixer for making Hot Process Gelato
Frigomat T5 Countertop Gelato Batch Freezer
Grindmaster Brewers and Grinders
Mayfair double Panini Grills
Vita Mix assorted show blenders (all new in box but opened for display)
Hoshizaki AM100 Ice Machines
Pricing is great so call today for your best deals of the year.
Cheers,
David
By David Chall, on September 4th, 2008
Hi Upper Midwesters!
Check out the article that appeared in todays New York Times featuring a couple Upper Midwest Gourmet Gelato customers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/business/smallbusiness/04sbiz.html
I hope you enjoy it!
Cheers, David
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