Employee Feature

A personal guest post by our Director of Human Capital, Brittni. Growing up, I had dreams of becoming a lawyer, a chef, and at one point, even a race car driver. All these dreams were the driving force for me to do my best in school, to have an internship, and devise a ten-year plan. My "career"...
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Meet Cathy! She is a proud mother, grandmother, and Registered Nurse. You can always find her showing off pictures of her family in the back room during lunch! In her free time, she loves to spend time with her family, whether it be at the Lilac Festival on Mackinac Island or in Northern Michig...
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Meet Sara! Sara is our beloved Bookkeeper. Her favorite part about working at GSG is that she feels extremely appreciated and valued. She loves the simple surprises at work, such as the little thank you compliments that Jennifer writes and her smiling coworkers. Her favorite coworkers are ones ...
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Meet Maddie! Here for her fifth summer at GSG, we have known Maddie since she was only 14. Maddie just finished her first year at Michigan State University studying Advertising Management with minors in French and Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. Her passion for marketing and its influen...
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Meet Alyssa! In the fall, Alyssa will be a junior majoring in Business Management with a minor in Counseling at Lake Superior State University. Alyssa’s favorite part about her job is that it’s more than a job- it’s a family. She said that, “the relationships made with customers and cow...
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Jen: Business Operations Manager Meet Jen G or- as we like to call her -the OG! Jen started working at GSG when she was only 14! Now, she is our Business Operations Manager who works on ordering products and making sure everything is going swimmingly. She loves working at GSG because of how...
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Cameron: Shipping Manager Meet Cameron! Our comedic shipping manager who is always cracking jokes and performing impressions with his partner in crime and other half of the “Shipping Dudes”, Daniel. The best coworkers in Cameron’s eyes have a sense of humor and are easy to work with. His ...
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Brittni: Director of Human Capital Meet Brittni! A recent Political Science graduate from Michigan State University, Brittni is ready for any task thrown at her, which is an important quality to have as our Director of Human Capital. This is Brittni’s third year at GSG, and she is very excited...
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Pictured from Left to Right: Shawn Young, Cameron Stone, Jennifer Shorter handing the check to Kim Redman, Brittni Daley, and Pamela Pynnonen-Moyer. The Grandpa Shorter’s Gifts Team donated $1,700 to the Mossy Foot Project on behalf of Kim Redman. Mossy Foot is a painful foot disease that affec...
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Yes, that's correct. This winter, all the buzz is around socks. However, not just any socks, but Blue Q socks. What are Blue Q socks? Well, funny you should ask, because until recently, I didnt have a clue either. Blue Q socks are carried at J.W. Shorter & Son Mercantile in Downtown Petoskey, M...
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