A soft serve machine for Rosefinch Mercantile

We all scream for ice cream

Hi all! I promise a proper update will be coming soon! We’ve got lots of great things to share, including the fact that our floors are being installed this week, finally! I know we’ve heard that before, but this time the tiles have actually arrived in the province. But first: a quick plea for help.

There have been a lot of times during the process of buying and renovating this building that someone has suggested to us that we do a crowdfunding campaign. I've always resisted it, because a lot of the work has been uncertain and open-ended, and we didn't really have anything to offer in exchange for funds.

But as we are in our last stretch of opening up as a grocery store, we surveyed the community to see what they are most hoping to see in this space. A sweet and common answer was that people really want to be able to come get an ice cream cone here again.

This is such a lovely thing to picture, and we want to make that happen.

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