The other day I happened to see a couple handing off a shipment of lots of packages, and I was intrigued by the charming shipping label logo: Little Red Wagon Granola.
We chatted for a few minutes and I learned that Little Red Wagon makes their granola locally, here in the Chapel Hill area, and ships to many health food stores, cooperatives and gourmet markets throughout the East Coast. In the spirit of supporting local business, I looked for the granola when I was at Whole Foods in Chapel Hill a few days later and bought the Pumpkin Patch granola and the Mocha granola. (I had a hard time deciding among all of the Little Red Wagon granola options!)

Delicious Granola on a Rainy Day in Chapel Hill, NC – the kids couldn’t wait for me to hurry up and take the picture so that they could eat it!

Here is Little Red Wagon’s description of the seasonal blend, Pumpkin Patch granola:

“This fall variety combines pumpkin, spices, pecans, sunflower and pumpkin seeds with tart sweetened cranberries. Great to bring a bag for breakfast and snacks when you go visiting.”

Here’s a description of the Mocha Granola from Little Red Wagon Granola’s website:

“A collusion of breakfast foods. Did the granola drop in the coffee – or did the coffee drop in the granola? We’ll never say – but it doesn’t really matter anymore. Rich velvety dark chocolate drops and an abundance of almonds completes this variety. You can have the best of both worlds in the same bite.”

Now you can probably understand why I had to get both; I couldn’t choose just one!

Having now visited the Little Red Wagon Granola website, I am so impressed that Yolanda Bravo started out in 2004 selling her goods at a small market stand at the Chapel Hill Carrboro Farmer’s Market, and then over time expanded to offer lots of wonderful varieties of granola in health food groceries, cooperatives, and gourmet markets stores across the East Coast. She is a mom who started her business part-time and expanded the business in stride with her family. We love to support local businesses, and it is especially inspiring to learn about local businesses owned by moms.

I happened to notice that the top package shipping label from Little Red Wagon Granola that day was being sent locally to the Saxapahaw General Store. This reminds me: the last few Saxapahaw Saturday evening music events are coming up in the coming weeks.  The Saturdays in Saxapahaw concert series features a different musical group each week (FREE!), as well as an excellent Farmer’s Market and lots of fun activities for kids/families/everyone. Our family has always had a great time at Saturdays in Saxapahaw. It’s an easy drive & a pretty drive from Chapel Hill/Carrboro (less than 30 minutes).

How’s that for a segue? Little Red Wagon Granola …. to the Saxapahaw General Store, to Saturdays in Saxapahaw … yum! Sounds like a great combination! Next time we go my kids will probably be munching on some Little Red Wagon granola from the Saxapahaw General Store, along with whatever delicious Farmer’s Market goods we always find in abundance at Saturdays in Saxapahaw.  Bon appetit!