Mackinaw Family Market — Attraction in Wawatam Township

Was in there last week with my family. Bought a gallon of milk, half gallon of OJ, bread and a 12 pack of Pepsi. The cashier put the bread and OJ in the same bag. I asked her if she could not do that. I mean really who wants smushed bread. She then set the OJ with my milk and not bag it. The she was upset because I didn’t tell her at the beginning of the transaction that I had WIC so we had to start almost over. While she was scanning my WIC items, I put the OJ in a bag. She then proceeded to tell me that they don’t like to put just one item in bags. I told her that I don’t like smushed bread. She said that the bags are too expensive to waste in one item per bag and that they charge for bags. She didn’t this time because it was just one item.

Your cashiers need to learn how to bag properly and not put cold things or heavy things with bread. Also if it is not posted I don’t see how you can charge for bags. If that is the case, then do away with the plastic and make the customers provide their own bag.

On a side note, I work for Walmart in my hometown and we have a customer that demands that everything be double or triple bagged, even bread. We may not like it, but we do it because they are the customer.

Only reason we came in is because we didn’t want to go to Saint Ignis to...

This is a family market. If you're looking for chain store experience/inventory then you'll be disappointed. But if you want fresh food, friendly staff (treated us like neighbors instead of tourists) and good prices you'll love it here. You'll also enjoy some of the handmade fudge, etc. from the area without having to fight the crowds in the specialty shops. This is an older building, so the handicap amenities are rough, but they are there. I didn't have trouble in my wheelchair and the staff is ready and willing to help if something's out of reach. My service dog was readily accepted here (actually, my SD was readily accepted everywhere in the Mackinac area). All in all, my husband and I enjoyed our visit and the picnic lunch we put together at the Mackinaw...

You're invited to the neighbor's for dinner. Wonderful! Foolishly,because good manners are automatic with you, you blurt out "May I bring anything?" "Don't be silly,you're our guest!" comes the reply. Soon to follow? "Oh,now that I think of it, no one remembered to do anything about (choose one) a salad/dessert/limes for the G&Ts. Do you mind terribly? " Thanks to The Mackinaw Family Market you can honestly answer "Of course not!". Mere minutes away,the MFM stands ready to make you look like a hero or heroine to your hosts by selling you things. Good things. Dinner party appropriate things. Conveniently located at the corner of Central and Something. Hours change with the seasons. But the staff is reliably friendly as well as...