I’m really enjoying the business numbers day. And I feel SO much better about opening a business after realizing how much support we have and things set up for us that would take eons to create from scratch!
I’m also surprised how many of you are from Kirkwood, MO! Tom and Judy hope to open doors this spring.
More of the owners here are Jerry from the super exciting existing Lafayette, Indiana store
Sterling from upcoming Nashua, New Hampshire store
and Matt and Rachel from the Greenwood Village, Colorado store (turning over ownership on February 1!)
Are any of those your hometowns!?
Snacks!
And our working QuickBooks lunch!
Turkey Sandwich (I think there were cranberries involved!? It was great!)
Pasta salad and green salad
Los chips
Super delicious lunch!
I’m now ruining my teeth with a butterscotch hard candy!
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Do they have Great Harvest in Iowa? I guess I could google that.
There is a GH in Des Moines, IA on Ingersoll Ave.
Ive visisted the one in Omaha too when Im driving through from Iowa City.
That lunch looks way better than the typical business lunches I have!
I wonder if there are any GH’s in DC!?
Beth, There are Great Harvests in Alexandria and in Rockville! Definitely check them out!
Also, just outside of DC (the other directions) Annapolis and Columbia. I have met Pam and Tom from the Annapolis store… delightful–super cool and a great store!
Beth,
Come visit us in Herndon or Vienna VA!
Tim & Jess Groszkowski
Owner GHBC -Herndon/Vienna
I work right down the street from your Vienna location. I’m heading over on my lunch break!
Awesome!! Enjoy:)
I need to find out where the CA locations are and visit the closest one to me.
Emily,
I had to search it out. It is in Folsom on Bidwell next to Trader Joes. I didn’t know what to expect and when I walked in and they offered me a whole piece with butter and honey, I about died. It was so yummy. I was hoping to find some of those whole grain buns like Kath made sandwiches out of, but no such luck. I guess that is where the owner can be creative.
I think you mean Lafayette, IN… I went to Purdue! Boiler Up!
I was just going to say the same thing! Go Boilers!
Me too! Boiler Up. I live about 90 miles south now but will look them up the next time I am in Lafayette. When is Jerry opening?
I had no idea there’s a Great Harvest in Nashua. That’s not too far from me.
I think there’s one in Newton, MA too… not sure how far that is from you.
I am excited about this Nashua thing! Nothing cool ever happens in NH!
The Great Harvest in Nashua, NH will be opening within the next couple of months. See our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/greatharvestnashua) for the latest news. We will be in Nashua, NH at 4 Sunapee Street (actually on Amherst Street across from the Country Tavern restaurant at the site of the Blushing Rose). We’re looking forward to bringing Great Harvest whole grain breads to NH!
Sterling – I am SO excited to see Great Harvest in NH! We moved to NH from St. Paul, MN a year ago and have been without Great Harvest bread since then!!! I make a monthly trek from Concord to Nashua for Trader Joes and Costco…looks like Great Harvest will now be on the list as well. Good luck to you and hope to see you soon.
Lafayette, INDIANA, Kath!!!!
I know, because that’s where I used to get my high fiber flax fix when I was in grad school. SIGH. I miss it!!!
I just got really excited about the Nashua, NH location!! Can’t wait (though it’s a bit of a drive for me)!
Same here
It’s like 1.5 hours for me, but I just might make that trek one of these days!
yum! that’s a great looking lunch….sure wish a great harvest was a’comin’ to our town! We’re too far in the sticks though, i’m afraid! Thankfully, i adore making bread…but I’d love to try all their “specialty” kinds!
OOOPS – FIXED Indiana!
It’s so fun to watch this process from the start, best of luck.
That lunch looks delicious!!! And butterscotch candies are the best way to end meals… Werthers Originals are my biggest weakness!
I love me a
turkey sammie with cranberry mayo!! Looks good!!
That food looks SO good. That sandwich looks delicious – almost like the sandwich I made to use up my Thanksgiving leftovers. Mmmm…
Drooling over that turkey sandwich!
Yummo! That is one good looking sandwich!
that sandwich looks amazing! i love when cranberries are incorporated into sandwiches
I am from right near Kirkwood, MO! How fun that the store is coming there
Your lunch looks very delish…..YUMM!
I went to Great Harvest today and it made me think of you! lol. I tried the High Five Fiber, and it is awesome. Your business trip looks like it’s so much fun!
What a productive day! I love butterscotch hard candy
I would never have a problem working if I could attend these types of lunches
Butterscotch candy acts as a barrier against cavities, didn’t you know that? 
I wish they would come to Orange County! I need to see what this bread is all about
Not from Lafayette but Indianapolis. Any chance you could prevail on someone to open one in Indianapolis Kath?
Franklin, IN and I am wishing for our own store too!
That pasta salad looks great!!!
Oh, I just got so excited.. I’m from Nashua! I can’t wait to try out Great Harvest bread!
Another NH dweller
I live in the White Mountains 
I wish there was one coming closer to me. There is one not too far, but just far enough away to not be convenient. Oh well, maybe soon! Enjoy your afternoon!
Cranberry and turkey is the best! I living in cali now but I used to go to Great Harvest in Seattle and loved it!
Yes, I was born in Kirkwood, MO!! And I am so glad you can post so often during your GH trip. I live for your posts! They make me so happy! I love getting comfortable and sitting down to a couple of KERF posts
oooh i love butterscotch candies, even when they stick to my teeth
That sounds like something you call your mom to say. “Mom, I’m running with scissors.” “Mom, I’m ruining my teeth with candy.”
And I’m an adult and you can’t stop me!
Yay! I live in Mass. but I’m only 20 minutes from Nashua, NH
I can’t wait for it to open!
It looks like you are having a great time and they are providing you with some fab food!
I was really excited when I saw Kirkwood, MO! There’s another Great Harvest in the St. Louis area but Kirkwood is so much closer to me! We actually stopped last night and bought some spinach and feta bread and some 9 grain rolls. Can I just say I was in pure bliss when I tried some of the spinach and feta?! So delicious!!
Kirkwood is super close to St. Louis! Excited to see Kirkwood/St. Louis represent!
I’m originally from Indiana, though pretty south of Lafayette. I didn’t realize how big Great Harvest is! I wish there was one in San Diego!
Great looking lunch – what an exciting thing to be a part of!
I think I read that Charleston, SC has a store coming? Is that correct?
Already open!!
YUMO lunch!!!!!!! Im not even hungry and it made my mouth water!!!
Have you guys decided if you are going to ship bread from your location?!?!
We really can’t if there’s a location in your hometown. I’m not sure it would be profitable for us (and a lot of work!) to ship, but something we may consider.
There is nothing in middle of nowhere Nebraska! I had never even heard of GH until I stumbled upon your blog a few months ago (and yes, I’ve read every post already
) and now its ALL I think about! I checked out the website and the closest is 2-3 hours away. Let us know if you ship! Im sure a lot of readers would support you guys!!!
Oh no doubt! I lovvvve me some bread..and I drool when I see it here. The closest one to me is about 4 hours
Boo! Would love if they shipped! They should just put it on OpenSky! lol
I’m from Kirkwood, MO too. Gotta love middle America and visiting my family when I can up there.
What a fun work conference! That is so exciting that ya’ll are starting such a cool new business!
I googled GH & found one 20 minutes from me here in southern NJ, I had no idea! It’s not near my usual travel routes but sounds like a good reason for a detour some day soon. Stay warm, you guys, it’s cold here back east.
Wow, your lunch spreads are so much better than the standard office/business lunch! Go you!
The Lafayette store rocks – and the owners are super nice! We are about 45 mins away and drove there just to eat at the Great Harvest when I started reading your blog – love it!
The one in Greenwood Village is close to my house. I don’t currently buy bread there but you are making me re-think the store bought bread thing. I have seriously been contemplating making my own bread at home. GH bread is okay but I find it to be really dense.
Lafayette is my GH! I was so excited to see that someone I recognize is on your blog, I get bread there at least a couple times a month
That’s my kind of lunch! YUM YUM
Lafayette in the house!
Oh, wait. I’m about an hour or so away. The closest GH store to me is about 15 minutes away, but I swing up to Lafayette (West Lafayette) a few times a year.
It’s such a small, small Great Harvest world.
Yum on that cranberry sandwich!!!
That’s so cool! I mean, most places are “company owned”..but these a real live owners! May be kind of a “duh” thing..but it’s really awesome!
Wow that lunch looks AWESOME!
So I’ve been reading your blog for about a year (love it!) but have never commented. But had to after this post–I was just in the Lafayette GH in December and met the owner (not that he would remember me). My good friends Doug & Julie live right down the street. Crazy that he’s there at the same time you are! Thanks again for all your posts and great food ideas. As I said, I really enjoy the blog!
I never remember to visit the olivette store, so maybe I’ll hit up the kirkwood one more since it is pretty close to my house. I might feel guilty for not making my own bread though! I try to do that more than buying.
So fun that you get to meet so many different store owners–that practical support will really help, I’m sure.
love your lunch, such variety, great one
I hope Great Harvest is happy about all this interest you’re generating! The bread on that sandwich looks like it could promote world peace!
So exciting! I geek-out over the numbers.
P.S. It was warmer there this morning than it was in the South. So. Cold.
Haha..don’t worry too much about the butterscotch candy! I just found out that it’s more those carbs that stick to our teeth (i.e., crackers and things) that cause ruining of the teeth vs. straight up sugars that dissolve. That is where my problem lies I think, with all my lovely cavities. Hmph.
Nashua NH isn’t too far from me! I’m excited that there will be a Great Harvest opening up there!
That turkey sandwich looks phenomenal! and yay for a Nashua store – it’s not super close to my mom’s….but for Great Harvest a little trek is definitely worth it!
Oh my goodness you just made my day!!!!!!!! Great Harvest in New Hampshire?!?? I live just outside of Nashua and unfortunately the closest one is a ways away in Mass…..I just squealed a little when I saw that.
No GH in my town (pop. 2000) but one of my best friends lives in Dillon! I’ve been scouring the pictures to see things I recognize. I should tell her to watch for you so she could accidentally be in the background of one of your pictures – an “extra” if you will!!
I’m from Lafayette! When I’m back home in the summertime I always go to the farmer’s market and visit the Great Harvest stand to get a loaf
You are so close to me visiting Dillon. I am in Pocatello, ID. I check your site often for food inspiration. I have heard rumors that Great Harvest uses a lot of high fructose corn syrup. Is this true. I do love their bread but try to stay clear of high fructose corn syrup.
Well, Kirkwood Mo is technically a part of St. Louis so even though you probably never heard of Kirkwood I’m sure you wouldn’t be surprised to know you have many readers from St. Louis
Greenwood Village is not too far from me–I’m going to have to stop by and say hello! And buy some Asiago Pepper Bomb… LOVE that stuff!
looks like a wonderful lunch! THe past 3 days all I’ve done is work during my lunch hour!
That sandwich looks AMAZING! I love cranberries!
The Greenwood Village store is just down the street from my office! We get lunch ordered in for meetings from that store!
I live in Lafayette, Indiana right now and fell in love with Great Harvest bread because it!
I used to live in Concord, New Hampshire, and we went to Nashua alllll the time:) Give him a New Hampshire holla for me!
Ah, I live in Indiana and Lafayette isn’t far! Glad to see GH coming near me!
I’m excited to see all the people from Kirkwood/St. Louis speak up! Kirkwood is super close to where I live too
I love the turkey/cranberry combo! So fresh
I would love to go to a GH and eat the delicious bread that you’ve been talking about! I think there is one in my hometown, Portland, OR, but I’m not sure about Cleveland, where I am currently living.
Nashua is not too far from where I am in MA!
Looks like a delicious lunch spread. I love when they have salads and other fresh options. Cookies and chips just never suffice.
Lafayette is about an hour and fifteen minutes away from Indianapolis. I’ll have to check it out sometime.
Woo hoo K-Wood!! I am an StL native, but now live in North Dallas. Any Dallasians up in Montana with you? I’d love to have one close to me, but alas, the closest GH is about 45 minutes away, in Flower Mound. Boo.
Kath! You’re eating my sandwich! Its called the T3C (Turkey Cranberry and… 3 of something).
I LOVE SWEETWATER CAFE!
HAHA! I forgot to shout out to Sweetwater!! It was delicious!
shouldout to the midwest, which is where I’m at
Layfayette, IN has a Caterpillar plant (my town has their headquarters). Kirkwood, MO is where Truman State is (that’s all I know about that town). A friend is from Greenwood Village, CO…so you’ve covered your bases.
I actually live just a few miles from a Great Harvest but never go there..might have to check it out though…it’s been here a few years
Actually, Kirkwood is an inner suburb of St. Louis. Truman State is in Kirksville…which is in northeast Missouri and literally has NOTHING to do except Truman State.
i’m from Nashua, NH! I Can’t wait!!
Shout out to Lafayette, IN. I live about 45 min. south. closest GH to me.
One of my best friends lives in Nashua, NH! I’ll have to tell her to go to the new GH store when it opens
Yay for Nashua!!
I’ve been wanting to try Great Harvest since I started reading your blog, but there wasn’t one nearby…or so I thought! The one in Greenwood Village, CO is about 15 minutes from my house. Yay!! Thanks for the heads up!
Where are all the Colorado people?!
Honestly, we have a Great Harvest in our town, but it lacks in the awesome it seems like it should have! Does that make sense? Half of the amazing breads you post about are nowhere to be found
Hey! I live in West Lafayette (next to Lafayette), IN and I used to live really close to Nashua, NH! Small world! I guess that this is a sign: I need more good bread in my life!
I have a daughter in Kirkwood Mo and a son in Lafayette, IN. I love reading your blog!
I am going to school at Purdue (leaving on Wednesday!) and I applied to work at Jerry’s GH!!!
I have an interview on the 18th. 
Good luck!!