Zehnder’s Mother of the Year Contest Celebrated 32 Years in 2025 Thank you to all who entered the Zehnder’s annual Mother of the Year contest! Congratulations to Lisa C. of Swartz Creek, Michigan for winning Zehnder’s Mother of the Year contest! Her daughter,...
Treat Mom to a Special Mother’s Day Celebration at Zehnder’s In 1928, William Zehnder, Sr. purchased the Exchange Hotel in Frankenmuth by trading his farm and borrowing $4,000. He remodeled the hotel to give it the look of Mt. Vernon, the home of George Washington,...
Zehnder’s opened its doors for business on Mother’s Day, 1929, when Zehnder’s chefs served up a total of 312 chicken dinners. Since then, hundreds of thousands of guests have participated in the Mother’s Day tradition at Zehnder’s, and Zehnder’s has come to know...
Zehnder’s Mother of the Year Contest Celebrated 31 Years in 2024 Thank you to all who entered the Zehnder’s annual Mother of the Year contest! Congratulations to Mary S. of Clio, Michigan for winning Zehnder’s Mother of the Year contest! Her son, Devon submitted...
I can hardly imagine the excitement and anticipation my grandparents must have felt. Having purchased the New Exchange Hotel in December of 1928 and then spending the next few months cleaning up and renovating the building, they were ready to open. I’m not sure...
Zehnder’s Mother of the Year Contest Celebrated 30 Years in 2023 Thank you to all who entered the Zehnder’s annual Mother of the Year contest! Congratulations to Roberta O. of Warren, Michigan for winning Zehnder’s Mother of the Year contest! Her daughter,...
