Squashtoberfest is our autumn celebration in honor of all things squash and pumpkin. Zehnder’s invited all home cooks, aspiring amateur chefs and TV network “Foodies” to enter into the day long, three-event cooking competition with three categories:...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I was walking through our bakery one morning when I noticed one of our bakers putting the final touches on a great looking product I didn’t recognize. “What’s that?” I asked. “Well Al,...
We’ve noticed over the past few years that many of our guests are requesting hot sauce or buffalo style sauce with their fried chicken. It got us thinking! We started to play around with different styles of seasonings, taste-tested them with several tasting...
I was a young girl living in Flint the first time I heard of Frankenmuth. My best friend and neighbor moved to this city I had never heard of before and thought I would never see again. Her family, being of German descent and very religious, thought it would be a...
By John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC If you come to Zehnder’s and visit our Foodstore, you can’t miss the almost life-size wooden gingerbread boards that adorn the walls. We have lots of folks ask about them – so here’s the story: Our interior...
