Daisy Mae's Market, the largest produce retailer at Findlay Market, delivers fresh produce to downtown businesses and restaurants weekly for a healthy break room option. Due to the overall success and high demand for deliveries within the past year, owner Barry Cooper decided to expand the storage space to a location near
Findlay Market with more space for storage and preparation.
"We can carry more inventory and have a place to assemble and sort the orders," Barry said. "It is difficult to manage everything in a tent outside at the market. Now we have a place for storage with a cooler and assembly tables for the daily twenty to thirty orders."
Daisy Mae delivers to the Downtown area without any delivery charge and will travel as far as Norwood. If the need arises for further locations, Cooper says he is willing to entertain any sizeable office. Daisy Mae offers a few set packages of fresh fruits and vegetables, but will also customize orders to fit client's needs. Clients vary from large insurance, engineer, and architectural firms, to smaller businesses in the area.
The company also offers personalized orders for employees at businesses to take home, allowing customers to complete all of their produce shopping at the same time of the business drop off. Many business clients receive orders once or twice a week. Daisy Mae delivers Tuesday through Friday.
Cooper expressed his excitement for the delivery and market's future as they expand further in Over-the-Rhine.
"There is quite a buzz in OTR. There is a sense that things are changing a bit with a lot of urban professionals moving in and new shopping arriving at Findlay Market."
Daisy Mae has also introduced new product lines to cater to different ethnic groups, which also brought in new clients.
"We are right on the crest of the idea of healthy living and people trying to eat better. Now we're filling a niche," Cooper says.
Writer: Lisa Ensminger
Photography by Scott Beseler
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